How did the players fare in Sunderland's 1-0 home defeat to Hull City?

SUNDERLAND (4-2-3-1):

4 Patterson: Made a complete mess of trying to deal with Gelhardt’s corner, but scrambled a couple of other balls away

5 Hume: Tried to get forward down the right-hand side, but too many of his crosses were easy to deal with

5 Ballard: An already difficult afternoon got worse when he suffered an injury while trying to block a second-half shot

5 O’Nien: Had a tough time against a lively Hull attack, although as usual, his commitment couldn’t be questioned

4 Cirkin: Was exposed on a couple of occasions as Hull broke down their right and wasn’t a factor in attack

5 Neil: Saw plenty of the ball, but wasn’t really able to do much with it as Sunderland’s defence malfunctioned

4 Bellingham: An off-colour display in which he failed to ask any serious questions of the Hull defence

6 ROBERTS: Kept on trying to force a breakthrough and came close with a couple of long-range shots

4 Rigg: Had a couple of early shots charged down, but quickly dropped out of the game as a creative force

5 Le Fee: Had his quietest 45 minutes in a Sunderland shirt before failing to reappear after half-time

4 Isidor: Wasted Sunderland’s chance when he directed a close-range header wide at the back post

Subs:

5 Mundle (for Le Fee, 45): Added some natural width in the second half, but the quality of his crossing was fairly poor

5 Mepham (for Ballard, 49): Slotted in at centre-half, but Hull remained a counter-attacking threat

4 Mayenda (for Rigg, 60): Charged around, but dragged a decent chance wide of the post

(not used): Moore (gk), Hjelde, Samed, Browne, Poveda, Aleksic.

HULL (4-3-3):

Pandur 6; Coyle 6, Hughes 7 (Egan 70), Jones 8, McLoughlin 7; MATAZO 8 (Slater 79), Alzate 6, Crooks 7 (Pedro 68, 6); Gelhardt 8, Joseph 6 (Puerta 68, 5), Barry 6 (Lincoln 40, 7).

Subs (not used): Lo-Tutala (gk), Drameh, Amrabat, Burstow.

Man Of The Match: ELIOT MATAZO – The Hull midfielder dominated the heart of pitch and was a key presence in both midfield and attack.