Evanilson got here off the bench to cancel out Eliezer Mayenda’s opener to rescue a Bournemouth level in a 1-1 draw on the Vitality Stadium as Sunderland’s run of video games and not using a league win extends to 4.
Mayenda had given his facet a deserved first-half lead, tapping residence after Petrovic spilt a venomous Habib Diarra strike into his path.
Nonetheless, eager to take care of Bournemouth’s run with out defeat, that now stretches to eight video games, Evanilson bundled within the equaliser within the second half, arrange by a brilliant Marcus Tavernier cross within the second half.
Buoyed into the opener after welcoming Granit Xhaka again into the workforce after seven matches out with harm, looking back, Sunderland will really feel arduous accomplished by after being denied a penalty early on.
With simply three minutes on the clock, Alex Jimenez’s clumsy problem on Enzo Le Charge within the space was waved away by Jarred Gillett. VAR caught with the on-field choice, deeming the deal with “normal contact”.
Sunderland, who additionally had eyes on incomes their first win on the street since October, practically discovered a second however a brilliant Petrovic save denied Diarra one-on-one.
Nonetheless, minutes later, Evanilson, who changed David Brooks in the course of the half-time interval, scored to disclaim Sunderland the possibility to leapfrog the Cherries.
As a substitute, Bournemouth keep eighth whereas Sunderland keep eleventh. Nonetheless, after this spherical of fixtures concludes, with video games round them, Bournemouth might drop to eleventh whereas Sunderland might find yourself in thirteenth.
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