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Sunderland
Championship
Apr 21, 2018 at 3pm UK
 
Burton Albion

1-2

McNair (34')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Bent (86'), Boyce (90')

Chris Coleman apologises to Sunderland fans for 'brutal relegation experience'

Sunderland boss Chris Coleman apologises to the club's fanbase after being relegated into League One courtesy of a late 2-1 defeat at home to Burton Albion.

Sunderland boss Chris Coleman has moved to apologise to fans after the Black Cats' 2-1 defeat to Burton Albion condemned the club to relegation from the Championship.

Coleman's charges had led at home to Burton with five minutes remaining, but late goals from Darren Bent and Liam Boyce saw Sunderland relegated for a second season in a row.

"Firstly, I'd like to apologise to everybody, the supporters, for coming up short and ultimately not having what was needed," said Coleman, according to Chronicle Live.

"It was a brutal experience, the disappointment is huge. Maybe it was blind optimism with three games to go, but even with five minutes to go [today] we were in the driving seat, we were winning.

"We didn't play very well today. The five games previously, we were very, very good, but today you could see both teams were nervous and edgy.

"We were in the lead, the atmosphere in the ground was great, everyone was singing because it looked OK, and then it all changed. We are 44 games into the season and we haven't been good enough.

"Sorry to the supporters who have stuck with us and come here every week and followed us away from home, we haven't been good enough – we've fallen short, and I apologise to them."

Sunderland's relegation will now see them participating in the third tier of English football for only the second time in the Black Cats' history.

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