Sunderland took an early lead in the first half as recent signing Wahbi Khrazi scored directly from a free-kick on his home debut. The Tunisian’s curling free-kick deceived everyone and landed in the bottom corner to put the Black Cats ahead. Jermaine Defoe had a huge opportunity to double his sides lead but a miskick from 6 yards looked to be a costly one.
United then had a few chances with Darmian, who later went off with a dislocated shoulder, and Borthwick-Jackson supplying testing balls into the box but to no avail as Sunderland appeared to be rather comfortable.