This weekend marks Sunderland’s return to Championship competition. Middlesbrough, Sunderland’s next opponents, will need to address a few injury concerns prior to their trip to the Stadium of Light on Saturday.Preston North End and Michael Carrick’s team drew 1-1 at home last time out. It was encouraging to see Australia’s Riley McGree, a midfielder, return to the bench last weekend after missing time due to injury.
Meanwhile, Darragh Lenihan, Dael Fry and Tommy Smith remain more long-term absentees for Boro. They haven’t featured in this campaign at all. They signed Scotland international winger Ben Doak on loan from Liverpool on deadline day and he came off the bench against Preston to make his debut. He will now be eager to make a name for himself in Carrick’s starting XI.
Following their draw with the Lilywhites, Carrick said: “I’m frustrated, we should have won the game. We were in a great position where we should then probably go on and win the game. We created enough opportunities again to score more and didn’t give a lot away again. So there were a lot of good things in there that over time we feel will benefit us.
When they have something to cling to in the second half, the game alters drastically. We need to figure out how to defeat the teams that are attempting to stop us as the game is coming to a close. I believed that we gave it our best shot; there was a lot of positive energy and effort, but in the end, we were unable to locate the game-winning pass.
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