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Regis Le Bris made a winning start to life as Sunderland manager as the Black Cats earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over Cardiff City in the Welsh capital.
The Sunderland manager still had the likes of Clarke and Jobe Bellingham to select as he named his first starting XI as Black Cats boss. The Bluebirds have been renowned set-piece specialists in recent seasons, but they fell behind to Sunderland’s first effort on target as poor defensive play cost Cardiff.
The visitors missed a golden chance to lead 2-0 on 67 minutes when Eliezer Mayenda got his shot all wrong after Bellingham found him unmarked in the penalty area, with Mayenda – who lost his balance as he took his shot - firing straight at goalkeeper Evan Horvath. “I think it was more upsetting to lose three points because at least one point we should have got, because for 90 minutes we controlled the game.“We tried to come back into the game and we had chances to score but we couldn’t manage it. But today we can speak more about positive things than negative things.”“It wasn't easy to start away, especially here at Cardiff. The game was tough.
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