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Jobe Bellingham keeps Sunderland in title hunt

Regis Le Bris praised the quality of teenager Jobe Bellingham after watching him fire Sunderland to victory for the second time in a week.

Jobe Bellingham

By Chris Ennis

SUNDERLAND 2
Ballard 47, Bellingham 72

NORWICH CITY 1
Regis Le Bris praised the quality of teenager Jobe Bellingham after watching him fire Sunderland to victory for the second time in a week.
The 19-year-old struck 18 minutes from time to seal victory over Norwich and keep the Black Cats firmly in the race for automatic promotion.
Boss Le Bris said: “Jobe is so powerful. He wants to affect the game and he has the good quality to do it, so it’s not a big surprise for us.”
Bellingham’s 72nd-minute strike proved decisive after Dan Ballard had cancelled out Anis Ben Slimane’s...

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