Yuji Nakazawa blocked an Edgar Benitez strike and Sunderland-bound Christian Riveros headed wide after a superb near-post run.

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Mignolet, Paulo Da Silva, Cristian Riveros, Reid, Marcos Angeleri and Jack Colback were all named in Sunderland's starting XI.

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Sunderland-bound Cristian Riveros headed wide, while Antolin Alcaraz and Santana both peeled away from their markers with far too much ease but could not quite make the decisive contact.

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The former Bradford and Walsall keeper also had to dive low to get a hand to substitute Edgar Benitez's goalbound drive and also push away a header from Cristian Riveros.

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And they should have gone into the break 2-1 up, with Nedum Onuoha heading over from six yards and Cristian Riveros failing to make a decent connection with Elmohamady's lovely delivery from the right.

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