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Beale’s Cats taken to cleaners by Sky Blues

Sunderland’s new era under boss Michael Beale suffered a nightmare start as they were rolled over 3-0 by Coventry City at the Stadium of Light.

Tatsuhiro Sakamoto opened the scoring for Mark Robins’ side in first-half stoppage time, with Callum O’Hare and Kasey Palmer finding the net in the second half.

Former QPR and Rangers manager Beale admitted: “Today couldn’t have gone any worse, let’s be honest about it. We have to apologise to our fans and we have to respond in a couple of days’ time.

“We need to look forward. The team needs to get better results than it did today.”

New Stoke City manager Steven Schumacher began his reign with a goalless draw at home against Millwall.

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