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James Hunter

Dajaku miss sums up Black Cats: Sunderland 1-2 MK Dons player ratings

Sunderland slumped to their fourth defeat in five games as they were beaten at home by MK Dons.

The Black Cats have now won just one of their nine games since the turn of the year, and have slipped out of the play-off places.

Alex Neil's first home game in charge turned into a nightmare as his team was booed off.

Mo Eisa put the visitors in front just after half-time, and although Ross Stewart equalised on the hour, former Sunderland striker Conor Wickham came off the bench to score the winner 15 minutes from the end.

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Here's how James Hunter rated the Black Cats players

Anthony Patterson 6

Made three good saves in the first half and could do nothing about the goals

Carl Winchester 6

Did OK at right-back

Bailey Wright 5

Sunderland were far too open at the back, and it cost them

Callum Doyle 5

MK Dons exploited the huge gap between him and Wright

Dennis Cirkin 5

Looks jaded and badly in need of a rest, but Sunderland have no-one to replace him

Jay Matete 5

Generally showed a lot of promise over the 90 minutes, but both goals came from his mistakes when he gave the ball away

Corry Evans 5

No lack of effort, but Sunderland needed more from him than that

Dan Neil 5

Below-par, still in need of a rest, and it was no surprise when he went off

Leon Dajaku 4

Missed a big chance in the second half, and that summed up his afternoon

Ross Stewart 6

Scored the goal and also had other chances. Never gave up

Alex Pritchard 6

Showed flashes of quality

Subs

Elliot Embleton 6

For Dajaku 56mins. Produced the assist for Stewart's goal

Jack Clarke 6

For Neil 56mins. One or two glimpses of his skill when Sunderland were chasing the game

Patrick Roberts N/A

For Evans 78mins.

Not used: Hoffmann, Defoe, Xhemajli, Hume

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