Ruben Dias set us on our way to three points with a first-half thunderbolt, before Josko Gvadiol’s towering header doubled our advantage at the interval.
Cherki was at his creative best for our third, producing a sensational Rabona cross for Phil Foden to head in his fifth goal in a week.
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The win takes us to within two points of league-leaders Arsenal and in his interview with City Studios after the game, Cherki communicated the team’s overall feeling of pride after scoring three and keeping a clean sheet.
“We are very proud. We worked all week for that. The team played vey well.
“We defended well, we attacked well. For that we are very proud.
“We worked a lot for taking a lot of risks, for scoring a lot of goals, and don’t concede a goal.
“Today it’s unbelievable because we scored three goals and we didn’t concede a goal.
“For that we are very proud.”
The Frenchman also spoke about his magical assist, touched on how he is settling into life in the Premier League and spoke about Sunderland’s qualities.
Watch the entire interview via the video at the top of the page.
