Match Recap
Sunderland needed just one moment to knock a Champions League regular out of the Europa League picture, and it came from Enzo Le Fee in the 66th minute. The midfielder's strike was enough to see off AZ Alkmaar 1-0, a result that looks even bigger on paper: AZ sit fourth in the table while Sunderland are down in 31st, still searching for their first points of the campaign. Neither side had a top-ten scorer on the pitch, with the league's charts still topped by Petar Stanic on seven goals, but Le Fee's name is the only one that matters after this one. For a team yet to register a win, breaking the duck against a side ranked so far above them in the Europa League standings is the kind of result that changes momentum fast. Sunderland held their nerve for the final half hour to see it out. Watch how Le Fee found the space to beat the AZ Alkmaar defense and send the home crowd into raptures in the highlights below.
