Sunderland kicked off 2020 with a draw against Fleetwood Town away from home in what was an at times controversial occasion.
Penalties proved to be the running theme of the game with both goals coming via the spot and other claims for more also being thrown up during the contest.
Ched Evans scored his fairly early on in the game to give the Cod Army the lead but Sunderland kept going and eventually earned a point as Chris Magure scored his own penalty with minutes to spare on the clock.
A pretty engrossing tie, then, and one the Black Cats might have felt as though they could have won had decisions gone their way a little better over the full course of the match.
Indeed, that was reflected by many fans’ thoughts on Twitter after full-time so let’s take a look at the best of what has been said on the social media site:
https://twitter.com/dylanoliver_/status/1212417640137777152
https://twitter.com/matthewftm/status/1212418042438803456
Mint performance referee was their best player
— metty (@vflmetty) January 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/micoicon/status/1212417930614509569
https://twitter.com/jacobcunliffe8/status/1212417689353895938
Frustrating result. Missed chances but nowt that manager can do abt that. Fight was there, work rate was there. Just couldnt hit target enough
— harry johnson (@hjohnson198) January 1, 2020
https://twitter.com/kieranherlihy7/status/1212419225408720902
Will take a point, but we definitely should have had three. Referee was absolute rubbish as per usual and Parkinson should have made some subs way earlier in the game, and that O’Nien sitter, unbelievable…
— Joe Eccles | Ecco (@ecco_in) January 1, 2020
