TACTICAL SWITCH BY LE BRIS PAYS OFF

SUNDERLAND overturned a two-goal deficit to win at Swansea City and climb to third place in the Championship.

- Phil Blanche

Swansea established a healthy lead inside 17 minutes as Zan Vipotnik volleyed home and Liam Cullen dispatched a fabulous free-kick.

But Sunderland levelled through Dan Ballard and Dan Neil – whose previous goals both came in a 2-1 victory against West Brom over 12 months ago – and Jobe Bellingham claimed the winner with his third goal of the season.

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris said: “We started slowly with two goals conceded on set-plays, but I thought we could get back in the game.

“When we fixed one or two small details, we dominated the second half and created chances.

“We needed to believe it was possible. Emotionally with a young team sometimes it’s white or black and we were in the middle with grey.