I will not play again:Jobe Bellingham confirm his departure due to…

I will not play again:Jobe Bellingham confirm his departure due to…

If any team in the Championship needed an afternoon like this – Jobe Bellingham turning a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 win at Swansea City – it was Sunderland.

 

If goals and wins have been in short supply for Regis Le Bris’ team recently, so too has excitement.

A flurry of draws, three of them 0-0 stalemates, and familiar failings in the final third. So, when Sunderland found themselves two-nil down at Swansea with only 17 minutes on the clock, it was difficult to imagine a Black Cats side who had mustered only six goals in their previous eight Championship games making much of a fist of things.

 

The jubilant celebrations which set a small corner of the Swansea.com Stadium rocking, then, arose not only out of relief but of bewilderment too.

Regis Le Bris learned an ‘important’ lesson about Sunderland’s character in South Wales. The coach has spent the last few weeks bemoaning his player’s wastefulness in the final third – questioning their ‘desire’ to break down deep-lying defences – so the manner in which the Wearsiders turned things around may have pleased Le Bris even more than the three points.

Chris Rigg will get the assist for Jobe Bellingham’s 76th minute strike, racing onto a Patrick Roberts pass and drilling his cross into the penalty area for the onrushing midfielder.

 

But, speaking at full-time, a smiling Jobe was keen to highlight the role Wilson Isidor played in proceedings. Isidor’s darting run to the near post drew Ben Cabango away, opening up the space Bellingham needed to finish in a manner reminiscent of his Galactico brother.

Jobe Bellingham highlights Wilson Isidor role in Sunderland winner

“Character is the big word really,” Bellingham said at full-time. “In the first-half, we weren’t at the races really. Obviously, I made the mistake for the second goal and you’re trying to gather your thoughts really.