Pundit weighs in on Hull City vs Sunderland controversy with brutal message to Tigers

Sunderland beat Hull City 1-0 in the Championship on Sunday. But the game wasn’t without controversy.

 

Sunderland retained their spot at the top of the Championship table with a 1-0 win against Hull City last time out.

Regis Le Bris’ side were put to the test once again, with summer signing Wilson Isidor scoring the winning goal in the 63rd minute.

 

The French striker, on loan from Zenit, has now scored three in his last four Championship outings for the Black Cats.

 

But his goal at the MKM has sparked debate, after it appeared as though referee Bobby Madley blocked a Hull City player who was then dispossessed, with Sunderland taking possession and scoring on the counter.

Wilson Isidor’s controversial goal in Sunderland win at Hull City

The goal has certainly provoked conversation among fans and among pundits as well.

 

Speaking after the game, former Black Cats striker Darren Bent sided with Sunderland over the Isidor goal, suggesting that the Hull City player should’ve been more aware.

 

Curtis Davis however disagreed with Bent, saying that Madley clearly got in the way of the Hull City player, who many think was Xavier Simons, but it was actually the no.8, Marvin Mehlem.

Now, Ryan Dilks has weighed in with his opinion, saying on The Second Tier podcast: “I’ve got a lot of sympathy for the referee, because he’s tried to get out the way, hasn’t he, and he didn’t know where Simons [Mehlem] was when he was behind him.

 

“So it’s not like he was purposely blocking the ball, which is what a lot of people related to Hull seem to be basically acting like that was the case.

 

“I think Hull’s protestations about the whole incident were very over the top because, Alfie Jones went mad at the referee after the goal, which I just don’t think’s particularly fair.”

Dilks added: “If you’re mad at the referee then you’ve also got to be just as mad at Simons [Mehlem] for not dealing with the ball better, and whichever defender it was for not dealing with Isidor.