This weekend, Sunderland travel to the home of Manchester United, Old Trafford, for the first time since 2017. The Black Cats hit the lows of League One in that time but have clawed their way back and now sit fifth in the Premier League, nine places above the Red Devils and their under-pressure manager, Ruben Amorim.<\/p>\n
Here we take a look back at just some of the memorable encounters that the two have had at the Theatre of Dreams down the years.<\/p>\n
Sunderland took a massive step towards securing their Premier League status with a first win at Old Trafford since 1968. Seb Larson’s well-taken first-half goal was enough to give the Black Cats the three points and almost ensure their great escape was complete. The visitors came into the game full of confidence after recently drawing at Manchester City and defeating Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
United, the reigning Premier League champions, were a shadow of their former selves; however, that should take nothing away from Sunderland, who came to Old Trafford with a job to do and did so impressively. Conor Wickham crossed the ball to the edge of the box for the arriving Larso,n who calmly volleyed the ball into the far corner of the goal. United rarely troubled the visitors and were lucky to only lose by one goal.<\/p>\n