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title: "Sunderland: Fans laud Lee Burge"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-black-cats-stadium-of-light-lee-burge-qpr/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Sunderland News"
published: "2021-10-27T16:10:05Z"
modified: "2021-10-27T16:10:05Z"
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# Sunderland: Fans laud Lee Burge

**Sunderland fans were delighted with the performance of Lee Burge during their League Cup round of 16 tie with Queen’s Park Rangers.**

The Black Cats travelled to Loftus Road on Tuesday evening in the Cup already as the lowest-ranked team left in the competition. The clash in London ended as a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes, and the north-east outfit progressed to the quarter-finals after prevailing 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out.

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Burge was selected by Lee Johnson ahead of usual first choice Ron-Thorben Hoffmann, and the back-up choice put in a strong performance. He made three saves ([via SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/sunderland-queens-park-rangers/bsQ)) and was a rock between the sticks for his side, which is quite the turnaround given [the criticism he has previously suffered](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/sunderland-black-cats-lee-burge-stadium-of-light-lee-johnson-league-one-blackpool/) from the supporters.

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After the final whistle, the supporters were quick to praise Burge for helping them progress. They took to social media platform Twitter to share their thoughts on his impressive showing.

### **Let’s see what the fans had to say about Burge below**

**“Get in boys ¼ finals here we come Burge outstanding tonight. Great battling team performance.”**

Credit: [@johne113](https://twitter.com/johne113/status/1453102401003655173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453102401003655173%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fjohne1132Fstatus2F1453102401003655173widget%3DTweet)

**“Really enjoyed that game. Held out own against QPR. Well played to Lee Burge. His best performance in a Sunderland shirt. Hope we are rewarded with a home draw.”**

Credit: [@Tony\_young78](https://twitter.com/Tony_young78/status/1453103254494134272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453103254494134272%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FTony_young782Fstatus2F1453103254494134272widget%3DTweet)

**“Burge’s best game for us (even before penalties). It seems we sign Germans made of Weetabix. Especially made up for the 2,800 down there tonight. They deserve it.”\**

Credit: [@kingsway79](https://twitter.com/kingsway79/status/1453103254682980359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453103254682980359%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fkingsway792Fstatus2F1453103254682980359widget%3DTweet)

**“A big shout out to Lee Burge tonight. He was confident & got every decision to come for the ball right & made some top saves & justified his managers decision to play him. That should do wonders for his confidence”**

Credit: [@Hag\_SAFC](https://twitter.com/Hag_SAFC/status/1453108419351748611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453108419351748611%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FHag_SAFC2Fstatus2F1453108419351748611widget%3DTweet)

**“A very good all-round performance this evening and delighted we beat higher league opposition in QPR to make it through to the Quarter Finals. Lee Burge’s best game in a Sunderland shirt…?”**

Credit: [@haymansafc](https://twitter.com/haymansafc/status/1453111191551627264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453111191551627264%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fhaymansafc2Fstatus2F1453111191551627264widget%3DTweet)

**“Brilliant save from Lee Burge. What a game he had”**

Credit: [@LimbsSunderland](https://twitter.com/LimbsSunderland/status/1453211504891793415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1453211504891793415%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FLimbsSunderland2Fstatus2F1453211504891793415widget%3DTweet)

***In other news, [Sunderland fans were far from happy with this League One update.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/sunderland-afc-news/sunderland-black-cats-league-one-team-of-the-week-crewe-ross-stewart/)***