SUNDERLAND: Sunderland secured a 1-0 victory over Newcastle United thanks to Nick Woltemade’s unfortunate own goal on Sunday which settled the derby in dramatic fashion as the fierce North-East rivals met in the Premier League for the first time in nearly a decade.
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Woltemade’s header a minute into the second half proved decisive as fans who marked their calendars after Sunderland’s promotion were treated to an entertaining game that lived up to its billing as one of English football’s fiercest clashes.
Woltemade’s mistake marked just the second Premier League own goal in the Wear-Tyne derby, extending Sunderland’s unbeaten run against their rivals to 10 Premier League games.
Sunderland remain unbeaten at home this season and the win lifted Regis Le Bris’s side to seventh on 26 points, two points off the top four. Newcastle slipped to 12th on 22.
