Some Sunderland players need to improve following the Plymouth Argyle defeat, believes Marco Gabbiadini.
Sunderland suffered their first defeat of the season last weekend, losing 3-2 vs Plymouth Argyle.
Argyle came from behind and then got themselves back in front at the death in what was an exciting game at Home Park.
Patrick Roberts and Romaine Mundle were the scorers for Sunderland; Mundle has now scored three in his last three outings.
Sunderland signed Mundle from Standard Liege in January, paying a reported £2million for the 21-year-old.
He’s had to bide his time at the Stadium of Light, but since Jack Clarke’s move to Ipswich Town, Mundle has really stepped up to the plate.
BBC pundit and former Sunderland man Marco Gabbiadini though believes that Mundle still has one particular area of his game to work on.
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Many on social media believe that Mundle may have been lucky to have stayed on the pitch vs Plymouth.
He and Plymouth captain Joe Edwards came together in the second half after a strong tackle from Edwards on Mundle.
Mundle reacted and was shown a yellow. Gabbiadini has since given his verdict in the incident.
“The captain [Edwards] and the full-back was in Mundle’s face trying to wind him up, and it maybe just needed a little more know-how from the likes of Mundle in those positions,” Gabbiadini said on Total Sport.
“Don’t get too involved or really accentuate the contact and get the player riled up.
“I can’t remember if Edwards got booked in the end, but he got away with murder really.”
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Sunderland experience will come very soon
It was only last season that many regarded Sunderland as almost too young of a team, and one desperately lacking experience.
Experience has been added this summer but Regis Le Bris now has players like Dan Neil, Dan Ballard, and Anthony Patterson who were previously regarded as quite inexperienced, but now boast a couple of seasons of Championship experience.
And next season we can say the same about the likes of Jobe Bellingham and perhaps Mundle too, who’ll have had a full season of second tier experience come then.
We maybe saw signs of his inexperience in the incident with Edwards, but it doesn’t take away from his fine form of late.
Sunderland’s next fixture is at home to Middlesbrough this weekend.