A fired-up Sunderland came from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 in torrential rain and go fourth in the Premier League table.
Bournemouth took the lead in the seventh minute through Amine Adli who scored his first goal for the club from close range after Evanilson had struck Antoine Semenyo’s low cross against the post.
The visitors added a second eight minutes later in stunning circumstances as Tyler Adams successfully lobbed Sunderland keeper Robin Roefs from inside the centre circle.
But Sunderland hit back in the 30th minute when Alex Scott was adjudged to have caught Reinildo in the area and Enzo Le Fee dispatched the resulting penalty kick.
Seconds after the restart, Sunderland levelled with Bertrand Traore’s low driven strike that caught out Bournemouth keeper Djordje Petrovic at his near post.
Moments later Bournemouth had a goal disallowed when Evanilson was flagged for offside after he tapped in Semenyo’s cross which looked to be deflecting into the bottom corner.
Evanilson was made to pay for his error as Sunderland completed their turnaround in the 69th minute through substitute Brian Brobbey who headed in Le Fee’s corner.
Bournemouth pushed for a late equaliser and even hit the crossbar through Marcus Tavernier’s powerful effort from the edge of the box.
Cherries substitute Lewis Cook was shown a straight red card in the 96th minute for catching Sunderland’s Noah Sadiki with his elbow as the hosts held on to end their three-match winless run.
