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BBC: Dennis Cirkin scored an 89th-minute equaliser as Sunderland preserved their unbeaten home record with a draw against Watford.

Sky: The Black Cats took an early lead thanks to Luke O’Nien but looked set to suffer their first home defeat of the season after Tom Dele-Bashiru’s penalty and a stunning effort from Imran Louza in the first minute of the second half.

Watford Observer: RECAP: Sunderland 2 Watford 2

Sunderland 2 Watford 2 minute-by-minute report

Cleverley not letting late equaliser cloud his pleasure at performance

Successful small steps appear to be the way to take giant strides

Louza and Dele-Bashiru ‘controlled the game for large parts’

Taking a short-term view is the key to longer-term improvement

To substitute or not to substitute – that was the question we asked Cleverley

Fran’s Watford Blog: This was a very impressive performance from the Hornets. I don’t think anyone in the away end expected anything other than a defeat, so to come so close to ending Sunderland’s unbeaten run of home games was admirable. It was a wonderful team performance with some moments of real quality. First Doumbia winning the penalty. The header just before had caused Patterson problems, but the youngster continued to fight for the ball to win the spot kick. Then Dele-Bashiru stepped up and was totally unfazed by the opposition goalkeeper and fans who were trying to unnerve him. It was a confident strike which sent us into the break with some hope. Then Louza’s goal, which was a thing of beauty. There is something incredibly special about being behind a goal when one like that is scored. Every fan who had got up at the crack of dawn to travel to the game thoroughly deserved to see that. The fact that Louza tried another audacious shot immediately after the restart following the equaliser made me very happy indeed.

From the Rookery End: DCW and Mike convened the morning after Watford’s 2-2 draw away at Sunderland to assess the performance and reflect on some much needed reasons to be cheerful – a very steady debut for Egil Selvik, an encouraging first start for Doumbia, a promising central defensive partnership of Pollock and Abankwah, and an absolute worldie from Imran Louza. If only we could defend set pieces…