Flocking to Twitter, many Sunderland fans were left unimpressed by another lacklustre display from midfielder Lynden Gooch despite their victory over Ipswich Town on Saturday.

The Black Cats ran out 2-0 victors as they finally returned to winning ways, coming off their barren run of six consecutive matches without a victory in normal time (BBC).

Sunderland's win keeps them well in contention for automatic promotion as they fight among one of the closest races England's third tier has seen in recent years.

Only five points separate sixth place from the summit of League One and Lee Johnson's side are right in the mix, helped in no small part by their victory over The Tractor Boys.

However, it was anything but routine as Sunderland left it late and secured the win in dramatic fashion with two goals in the last five minutes. Indeed, Luke O'Nien opened the scoring in the 85th minute before Aiden McGeady sealed all three points with an injury time penalty.

Sunderland fans slam Gooch

Despite this precious win, one man who failed to impress was Gooch, as numerous fans were quick to point out on social media.

This isn't the first time he has been criticised by many Black Cats supporters this season, either, with the 25-year-old's recent performance against Bradford also coming under fire.

It's little wonder they felt the same way against Ipswich judging by Gooch's SofaScore numbers, with the American ranking as Sunderland's lowest-rated player on the day with 6.1. He also picked up another booking, his sixth of the season, whilst succeeding with none of his crosses, completing zero dribbles and winning just 33% of his duels (SofaScore).

Taking these numbers into account, you can understand why supporters felt his performance was "shocking" - check out some of their verdicts from Twitter below.

"Madness how Gooch still has the audacity to put a Sunderland kit on"

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"Evans, Embelton & Gooch off please, Mr Johnson."

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"Gooch and O’Nien need hooking and never allowed to play for this club again…"

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"Sub off Gooch, never play him again, recall Diamond & Hawkes."

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"I thought Embleton second half especially was awful and could’ve been off 10 minutes earlier. Was typical Gooch too I thought, loads of effort and the ball but so wasteful and frustrating"

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"Not the best performance but the fight was there. Don’t think either team done enough to win the game so that’s a positive. Hopefully the end of Gooch, shocking footballer"

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"Still don't know how Gooch is a professional footballer"

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