Joe Nicholson reacts after Sunderland's 3-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday

Joe Nicholson reacts after Sunderland's 3-0 win at Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough

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00:00 Here at Hillsborough Stadium where Sunderland have recorded a convincing 3-0 win over Sheffield

00:06 Wednesday to move up to fourth in the championship table. It was pretty comfortable from very

00:11 early on. Sunderland head inside five minutes when Dan Ballard headed home Alex Pritchard's

00:16 corner and then 2-0 up after eight minutes when Jack Clarke cut in from the left-hand

00:21 side and curled a low shot into the far corner and there was unrest in the stands here. Protests

00:26 against the Sheffield Wednesday owner who released a statement on the morning of the

00:31 game as the pressure builds on their manager Isco Munoz. They're now bottom of the table

00:36 with just two points from their first nine games and after Sunderland went 2-0 ahead

00:41 they only really looked like there was going to be one winner tonight. Sunderland added

00:45 a third around the half an hour mark when Mason Burstow was fouled in the penalty area

00:50 and Jack Clarke converted to make it 3-0. It was another excellent performance from

00:55 Clarke down the left-hand side who was beating opposition players quite comfortably and

01:01 now up to seven goals in the championship, the top scorer in the division. Good performance

01:06 as well from Burstow, his best performance in a Sunderland shirt, winning the penalty.

01:10 He played an excellent ball over the top for Clarke for Sunderland's second goal and you

01:15 can really see now that he's starting to drop deep, link up play, get used to playing in

01:18 this Sunderland side that have played for a long time without a striker and in the second

01:23 half it was really a bit of a non-event. Sunderland very comfortable in possession, Sheffield

01:27 Wednesday dropping deep into kind of a 5-4-1 formation, not really putting too much pressure

01:32 on the ball and Sunderland were able to dictate the pace of the game quite comfortably. Dan

01:37 Neal in Sunderland's midfield had another very good game and Sunderland comfortable

01:41 winners in the end. So a result which moves them, as I said, up to fourth in the championship

01:45 with both teams still to play this weekend. Sunderland, it's a quick turnaround for them,

01:50 play again on Wednesday when they'll host Watford at the Stadium of Light.