Championship roundup: Bellingham hits winner as Sunderland battle back
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Sunderland overturned a two-goal deficit to win a 3-2 thriller at Swansea and climb to third place in the Championship. Swansea established a healthy lead inside 17 minutes as Zan Vipotnik volleyed home and Liam Cullen dispatched a fabulous free-kick, but Sunderland levelled through Dan Ballard and Dan Neil – whose previous goals both came in a 2-1 victory against West Brom over 12 months ago. Jobe Bellingham then claimed the winner with his third of the season.
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The win moved Sunderland to within two points of second-placed Leeds who were held to a 1-1 draw at Preston. Brad Potts put Preston ahead in the 23rd minute but an unfortunate own goal from substitute Jack Whatmough in injury time saved Leeds a point.
“If you can’t win it then you have to make sure you don’t lose it,” said the Leeds manager, Daniel Farke. “To score the goal in added time, also in this way, after we took so much risk and made so many changes in the game feels like a valuable and priceless point, especially in an away game. It’s a good point in a tough place.”.
Wycombe, the League One leaders, got back to winning ways after successive draws with a 4-1 victory at bottom-placed Shrewsbury. Taking on the man he played under for a decade at Adams Park, Matt Bloomfield decisively got the better of Gareth Ainsworth, with Beryly Lubala and Caleb Taylor scoring in the first half. Fred Onyedinma then made it three and while Jordan Shipley quickly pulled one back from a free-kick, Daniel Udoh grabbed a fourth against his former club.
