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Substitutes Dan Neil and Patrick Roberts scored late goals as Sunderland scraped an unconvincing victory against basement side Crewe Alexandra at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats toiled for 85 minutes against a side that had lost nine of its last ten games, barely testing visiting goalkeeper Dave Richards.
Luke O'Nien made his first start since recovering from shoulder surgery as one of three changes to the Sunderland side that beat Fleetwood Town in midweek. O'Nien made a goalscoring comeback from the bench in that game after three-and-a-half months on the sidelines, and he was rewarded by Alex Neil with a place in the starting XI against Crewe Alexandra, with Elliot Embleton missing out.
Sunderland look to build on back-to-back clean sheets when they host relegation-threatened Fleetwood Town on Tuesday evening.
Sunderland's goalless draw at Charlton Athletic was a game of contradictions. On the one hand, the return of Nathan Broadhead after two-and-a-half months on the sidelines, a positive performance - including a first-half display that Alex Neil described as the best football of his five-game tenure - in which Sunderland dominated possession, created a hatful of chances, and in which they denied the Addicks so much as a single shot on target.
Patrick Roberts joined Sunderland on a free transfer from Manchester City in January but has made just four substitute appearances since.
Patrick Roberts request to play in Sunderland U23s is a sign of his determination to play a part in the League One run-in, says Alex Neil. Roberts joined the Black Cats from Manchester City in the January transfer window but is one of a group of players - which also includes Jermain Defoe and Jack Clarke - who arrived with very little match practice, meaning they have only been used sparingly up to now.
Mercurial Patrick Roberts was the player all of the big clubs wanted as a youngster.
Patrick Roberts played for an hour but could not prevent Sunderland U23s slipping to a third straight league defeat as Stoke City U23 won comfortably at Eppleton. January signing Roberts was included in the starting XI because he is desperately in need of gametime if he is to play a meaningful part in the Black Cats' League One campaign.