Sunderland vs Chelsea LIVE
Sunderland beat ten-man Chelsea 2-1 on the final day of the Premier League season to pip the Blues to a place in the Europa League. Chelsea led their hosts in the table as they headed up to Wearside and knew a win would have been enough to qualify them for either the Europa or Conference League. Trai Hume’s volley and Malo Gusto’s own-goal ensured their defeat, in spite of Cole Palmer’s long-range consolation strike which narrowly beat Robin Roefs, and Brighton’s loss to Manchester United ensured the Black Cats would finish seventh and qualify for the Europa League.
Wesley Fofana’s sending off as Chelsea chased the game did little to help, and the Blues will now play no European football as Xabi Alonso takes over the team next season.
For Sunderland, the win completes a stellar first season back in the top flight, exactly one year on from the day when they confirmed their promotion from the Championship. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, with expert insight and analysis from Arthur Ferridge.
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FULL-TIME: Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
It’s all over! Sunderland qualify for the Europa League, Chelsea go home empty-handed.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+12mins: Cole Palmer has also had his name taken, now. Unclear why.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+10mins: We’ve played the full ten added minutes now, but you’d think a few more minutes will still be played given the stoppages we’ve had.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+8mins: Enzo Le Fee earns a standing ovation as he is replaced by Chris Rigg.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+7mins: Joao Pedro catches Robin Roefs late with his trailing leg as he presses, and is duly booked. Frustration brimming over for Chelsea.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+4mins: The Chlesea corner comes to nothing but they retain possession. James lofts the ball back into the box in search of Colwill, but he can only head back into the hands of Roefs.
The Chelsea centre-back seemed to knock heads with Mukiele in doing so, and both will receive treatment.
Colwill has been in the wars today.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
90+3mins: Acheampong takes a shot on the volley but sees it blocked behind, and Chelsea win a late corner.
Le Fee seems to have caught a boot in a sensitive area there and takes a moment to get back to his feet.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
There will be TEN added minutes here!
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
89mins: Reece James has a chance to whip a ball in from a Chelsea free-kick, but somebody in the box was in an offside position and they squander the chance.
Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea
88mins: It is end-to-end stuff now as both sides start to grow a bit leggy. Delap misses one shooting chance before Sunderland hare back down the other end and miss one of their own through Isidor.
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