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Elliot Embleton's late strike at Oxford made it four wins out of five games for Sunderland - and the midfielder has challenged the Black Cats to go one better and end the season with five victories in their final five matches. Academy product Embleton came off the bench to score the decisive goal as Sunderland beat their play-off rivals 2-1 at the Kassam Stadium.
Elliot Embleton grabbed an 89th minute winner to ensure Sunderland would move back into the top six with five games to go. The Black Cats have a game in hand on promotion rivals Wycombe Wanderers and the win at Oxford lifts Alex Neil's side four points clear of Saturday's opponents.
A decade and a half on, a certain generation of Sunderland fans still go misty-eyed when recalling the early Roy Keane era on Wearside. One of the many things that sticks in the memory was the ability of his teams to score crucial late goals.
Sunderland got an important win against League One play-off rivals Oxford United yesterday.
Sunderland's last-gasp winner was 'a bitter pill to swallow', admits Oxford boss Karl Robinson as the Black Cats came out on top in the crucial play-off clash at the Kassam Stadium. Elliot Embleton came off the bench to score in the 89th minute to hand Alex Neil's side a 2-1 win which saw them climb back into the top six.
Sunderland moved into the top six in League One after a late win against fellow play-off competitors Oxford United today, and Alex Neil will surely be delighted to have potential promotion back in his team’s hands with just five games to go.
Nathan Broadhead hopes he has timed his comeback from injury to perfection as Sunderland look to secure a play-off place in the final month of the season. Broadhead was the Black Cats' hero when he came off the bench to score a 95th minute winner against Gillingham at the Stadium of Light at the weekend, lifting the club back into the play-off spots.
Sunderland overcame struggling Gillingham 1-0 yesterday to put them up to sixth and into a play-off spot in the League One table.