Ellis Simms scored three times in his first two games for Sunderland – but had gone three months without a goalBirmingham City were beaten by two goals of Premier League quality as Tony Mowbray’s Sunderland won at St Andrew’s.On-loan Everton striker Ellis Simms scored the Wearsiders’ first goal on 25 minutes, set up by fellow loan man Amad Diallo.Manchester United winger Diallo then scored a superb, curling second four minutes into the second half to seemingly seal Blues’ first home defeat since August.Substitute Lukas Jutkiewicz gave Blues hope on 78 minutes with his first goal in almost a year, but Sunderland survived late home pressure, including seven minutes of added time.That was enough to earn Mowbray’s men a second straight away win on the former West Brom and Coventry manager’s return to the Midlands to lift Sunderland into the top half of the Championship table, within a point of John Eustace’s 10th-placed Blues.Amad Diallo has now scored three times in Sunderland’s last five gamesIt was a night when Blues could have climbed into the top six of the Championship, at least temporarily, if they had won.But they wasted a great early chance when skipper Troy Deeney’s header bounced back off the angle of the left upright and crossbar – and they were made to pay when Sunderland went in front.Diallo looked like he had been halted on the edge of the penalty area, but he powered himself back off one knee to twist himself out of the tackle, spread the… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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