Au Stadium of Light, Jérémy Doku started on the bench before playing his first minutes of football since December 10, sidelined by a leg injury.
Bernardo Silva thought he opened the scoring in the 7th minute of play, following a corner, but the linesman raised his flag to signal offside.
Jérémy Doku entered the game in the 52nd minute to make up for the departure of Savinho who was also injured, but he was unable to upset the match.
This white nobody Cityzens places them 4 points behind Arsenal (45 points), solid leader after their 4-1 success against Aston Villa (3rd, 39 points) on Tuesday. Sunderland are 7th with 29 points.
