Sunderland complete rescue job

Sunderland 2 West Brom 0

Just weeks after admitting they needed divine intervention when they slipped seven points off the survival pace, the 46-year-old Uruguayan saw his team secure a fourth successive top-flight win for the first time since December 2000 to end their fears.

Jack Colback’s third goal of the season got the home side off to the perfect start when he turned Marcos Alonso’s near-post cross past goalkeeper Ben Foster.