Daniel Wales with the latest North East sport headlines,, including Sunderland winning against Cardiff despite the Bluebirds levelling the game before half time.
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00:00Sunderland maintained pressure on the three teams above them in the
00:03championship with a 2-1 victory over Cardiff City on Saturday. An early
00:08opener from Eliza Maienda was cancelled out by Cardiff's Isaac Davies before
00:12halftime but a late winner from Chris Mepham secured all three points.
00:18Yeah it was an important win today and I think we started well and probably our
00:23first 20 minutes were very good I think out of position and in position with a
00:29good rhythm a good pace after that we wasn't possible to maintain the level I
00:35don't know why exactly maybe because we were a little bit tired because of the
00:39opponent as well it's possible but we had this period between the beginning
00:44and the end we didn't manage this period properly but it's a good win at the end.
00:50Middlesbrough meanwhile were unable to continue their recent winning run as
00:55they lost 1-0 away at Swansea City. An impressive individual effort from Eom
00:59Jisung in the first half was enough to sink Borough on the day with Michael
01:03Carrick's side now five points adrift from the playoff places in the
01:08championship table. Yeah I didn't like it to be honest I didn't like it, that's
01:15not us, we didn't play well enough to get anything from the game we didn't
01:20start well give ourselves too much to do we finished strongish and looked like
01:25we there's a possibility of getting something from it but really today
01:29today wasn't wasn't what we want to look like. And in the National League
01:33Gateshead were beaten 3-1 by Aldershot Town despite taking an early lead
01:38against their opponents through Jack Rowles they were soon pegged back though
01:42and from then had no answer to Aldershot's advances with the home side
01:47scoring twice in the second half to put the game beyond Colmagne's side.
01:52Hartlepool meanwhile drew 1-1 with Eastleigh with Poole's goal being scored by
01:58Reyes Cleary. The home side then responded thanks to a strike from Tyreese
02:02Shade before the interval although Hartlepool did have chances to win the
02:07tie during the second half that were not taken including an effort that struck
02:11the crossbar.