Elliot Embleton (pictured above) was among the goalscorers as Sunderland earned their first victory in this year's Premier League Cup, beating Exeter City 2-1 at Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground.
Exeter had won their first Group H fixture after progressing through the qualifying round but Embleton's deflected effort on 36 minutes and Luke Molyneux’s strike from outside the box put Sunderland 2-0 up after the break.
Liam McAlinden pulled a goal back with five minutes but Sunderland held on to go level with Exeter on three points from two matches.
See: Sunderland report | Exeter report
Next fixtures
Sunderland: 15 Nov v Legia Warsaw (H), PL International Cup
Exeter: 4 Dec v Brighton (H), PL Cup
Watch Molyneux's leveller for Sunderland
📺@LukeMolyneux3 and @elliot_embo strike to defeat @OfficialECFC in the #PLCup
— Sunderland AFC (@SunderlandAFC) November 3, 2017
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