Fulham fall as Black Cats’ luck changes

Fulham 1 Sunderland 3

Less likely was the chance that the helping hand would come in the form of a first-half red card for Fulham defender Brede Hangeland.

As Martin Jol, the Fulham manager, bemoaned afterwards as he unpicked a game that turned on the 35th minute dismissal for a two-footed lunge on Lee Cattermole, red cards and Fulham simply don’t go together. In fact this was their first in 18 months.