Sunderland 1-0 Tottenham: Nordi Mukiele's deflected strike sinks De Zerbi debut

A long rest period was experienced by Sunderland before returning to compete in the Premier League, leaving a match on their return to matchday 33 full of expectations of the great performance that the team led by Regis Le Bris brings.

For this match, a competitive lineup was seen, with Black Cats' best players to face a team that comes in a negative moment, like Tottenham Hotspur. With a great performance, Le Bris's side left the match with a positive victory.

By a minimum 1-0 at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland took the victory with a goal from Nordi Mukiele, who, with some luck, scored this goal after a shot from outside the area and due to a deflection from one of the Tottenham players, it would end up confusing the goalkeeper and end in the winning goal for Black Cats.

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For this match, high expectations were placed on Tottenham, who were on a new stage with their new coach, Roberto De Zerbi, but it ended in a negative debut and headed towards defeat. Sunderland won 1-0 and left Spurs in the relegation positions.

With this victory, Sunderland end matchday 33 in 10th place in the Premier League with 46 points obtained, leaving a positive campaign in their return to the Premier League, in a first season where they make it known that their ambitions will go beyond the current moment they are experiencing for the following seasons.

BACK-TO-BACK WINS! ❤️‍🔥#SUNTOT pic.twitter.com/XPz3Jxug4d
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) April 12, 2026

Tottenham for their part, finished this matchday in 18th place in the Premier League, with 30 points and being in the relegation zone with 6 matchdays left they have a quite difficult task and it would be believed that surely they could go to the EFL Championship.

Sunderland are already preparing their next match and with 6 matchdays left, they still dream of reaching positions for European competitions being the great desire of the team, who would be only 2 points away from reaching sixth place occupied by Chelsea to enter the UEFA Europa League. Without a doubt, a dream that Sunderland have very possible this season.

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