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Championship: Blackburn go top and Swansea pull off brilliant comeback

18-Oct-2022 21:18:46 | The Guardian

• Blackburn 2-0 Sunderland; Norwich 0-1 Luton
• Swansea recover from 2-0 down to beat Reading 3-2

Blackburn went top of the Championship as they defeated their former manager Tony Mowbray’s Sunderland 2-0 on his first return to Ewood Park.

Ben Brereton Díaz put Rovers ahead when he curled a left‑footed effort into the top corner from the edge of the box, seconds after a Sunderland penalty appeal was turned down. Scott Wharton’s close-range header soon after half‑time put Rovers in control despite a hint of offside. Sunderland pushed to try to get back into the game but they could not find a way past a resolute home defence as Ryan Hedges’s effort from almost halfway with the final kick of the game glanced the Sunderland post.