Sunderland’s Luke O’Nien was more than happy to receive a yellow card after leaping on the back of Bristol City’s Alex Scott on Saturday to stop a counter attack.
With the Black Cats leading 1-0 in the 82nd minute of the Championship encounter at the Stadium of Light, O’Nien was not willing to see Scott’s run progress after being beaten.
Instead of diving in with a tackle and risking a potential red card, the 28-year-old former Wycombe Wanderers man jumped onto his rival’s back and even appeared to give him a peck on the cheek.
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With referee Gavin Ward blowing up and showing a yellow card, the in-house Sunderland commentary team couldn’t contain their laughter.
One broadcaster said before cracking up: “And the strangest yellow card you’ll see all season!”
One fan then said in response: “Haven’t laughed as hard in some time at the SOL.”
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A second laughed: “That’s a new one!”
However, it was in fact Bristol City who had the last laugh with Nahki Wells’ penalty in additional time securing a point for Nigel Pearson’s men after Jack Clarke’s superb opener.
Sunderland head coach Tony Mowbray told BBC Radio Newcastle: “We played against a decent team – young, athletic and overall we have to say well done to them they stuck in there and got a point.
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“It was their 11th game unbeaten, so we knew it was going to be tough. They had spells in the game when they gave us problems but I thought we were going to score a second goal but it didn’t come.
“We got sucker-punched at the end with the penalty.”
The draw leaves Sunderland fifth in the table but level on points with Blackburn Rovers in seventh, with Bristol City 15th but unbeaten in eight in the league.
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