Managerless Sunderland crashed to a damaging home defeat at the hands of bottom-of-the-table Doncaster Rovers.
The Black Cats, who sacked head coach Lee Johnson last weekend following a 6-0 reverse at Bolton, found themselves 2-0 down at half-time with Reo Griffiths and Tommy Rowe scoring the goals for Rovers.
And while Corry Evans pulled a goal back at the death, this was a defeat that saw Sunderland slip further off the promotion pace and drop to fourth in the table.
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Here's how James Hunter rated the Sunderland players.
Thorben Hoffmann 5
Made a couple of saves but might have done better for the first goal
Carl Winchester 4
Played on the right of a back three but this was not one of his better games
Danny Batth 4
Another very disappointing showing, following on from last week at Bolton
Callum Doyle 4
Again, another bad day following on from Bolton
Lynden Gooch 4
Pushed on from right wingback but to no great effect
Corry Evans 5
Very poor in the first half, better in the second and he did score his first goal for the club late on
Dan Neil 4
Brought one good save out of the keeper but was too easily brushed aside in midfield, and was eventually take off
Dennis Cirkin 4
Played left wingback and has to take collective responsibility
Alex Pritchard 5
Not at his best, but he was still one of Sunderland's better players on the day
Elliot Embleton 4
Hit the post in the second half but didn't do much else
Ross Stewart 5
Had what looked like a goal disallowed because the officials couldn't tell whether it had crossed the line
Subs
Jack Clarke 5
For Winchester 61mins. Couldn't produce the spark Sunderland were looking for
Jermain Defoe 6
For Embleton 73mins. Raised a cheer when he came on, albeit he didn't look like scoring
Jay Matete 6
For Neil 73mins. A tough game to come into, but there were some promising signs from him
Not used: Patterson, Dajaku, Hume, Roberts
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