How did the players fare in Sunderland's 3-0 defeat to Manchester City?
MAN CITY (4-3-3):
Donnarumma 6; Nunes 6, Dias 7, Gvardiol 8 (Ake 69, 6), O’Reilly 8; Silva 8 (Lewis 81), Gonzalez 6, Foden 8 (Reijnders 69, 6); CHERKI 8 (Savinho 81), Haaland 6 (Marmoush 69, 6), Doku 7.
Subs (not used): Trafford (gk), Ait-Nouri, Khusanov, Bobb.
SUNDERLAND (5-4-1):
6 Roefs : Didn’t really have a chance with any of City’s goals and made a couple of good second-half saves
5 Mukiele : Wasn’t able to make any of his usual rampaging forward runs and had a tough day defensively
5 Geertruida : Slotted into the back three, but was under pressure for most of the afternoon
6 Ballard : Did well in his individual battle against Haaland and made a brilliant sliding block from Foden
5 Alderete

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