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West Brom 1-2 Sunderland - Baggies beaten by play-off rivals with Dennis Cirkin double

Tony Mowbray's Sunderland climbed into the Championship top six as they came from behind to beat West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.

John Swift's late first-half penalty on the stroke of half-time gave Albion a just about deserved interval lead.

But Lynden Gooch crossed for Dennis Cirkin to power in a header for the equaliser five minutes after the restart.

The Sunderland left-wing-back then waltzed his way into the Albion box to cap a fine team move and score again for a match-winning second six minutes from time.

With a great sense of irony it was a role reversal from Albion's 2-1 victory at Sunderland in December when they were the ones to trail to a first-half penalty but turned it round to win.