Middlesbrough helps survival bid with win over Sunderland

Marten de Roon put the ball through goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s legs after eight minutes to earn Middlesbrough a 1-0 victory over bottom-placed Sunderland.

Sunderland's Adnan Januzaj in action with Middlesbrough's Adam Forshaw (L) and Adam Clayton.

 

Middlesbrough sent Sunderland closer to relegation and helped its own faint hopes of survival with its first Premier League win in more than four months on Wednesday.

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Marten de Roon put the ball through goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s legs after eight minutes to earn a 1-0 victory over bottom-placed Sunderland.

Middlesbrough is six points behind 17th-place Hull with four games to go to stay in the Premier League. Sunderland is 12 points from safety with five games remaining, although it has a game in hand over Hull.