Coventry beat Sunderland 3-1, Sakamoto scores first PL goal

📰 Coventry beat bottom-placed Sunderland 3-1 at home on 31 October and moved out of the relegation zone. 📌 Key points ⚽ Tatsuhiro Sakamoto scored his first Premier League goal from the edge of the box. 🎯 Taiwo Awoniyi added a second before half-time. 🚀 Jack Rudoni's shot deflected in early in the second half. 🟥 Sunderland's Omar Alderete was sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time. 📈 It was Coventry's third league win of the season. 📝 What happened ⚽ Coventry led through Sakamoto, then Awoniyi won the ball and scored his first league goal since joining in the summer. 🎯 Early in the second half Rudoni's effort took a deflection off Alderete and beat Robin Roefs to make it 3-0. 🧤 Sunderland pulled one back in the second half when Enzo Le Fee scored a penalty awarded for handball. Alderete was then sent off in stoppage time. 📊 By the numbers • Goals: Sakamoto, Awoniyi, Rudoni; Le Fee (pen) for Sunderland • Sunderland red cards: one (Alderete) • Coventry's third league win of the season (Sky Sports) • Coventry moved above Manchester United, according to Sky Sports 🔭 Why it matters Coventry bounced back from their defeat at Fulham with three points and left the bottom three. Sunderland stay bottom. According to Sky Sports, it was their first Premier League goal since 20 September.