McCarthy: Millwall Deserved To Win

The Black Cats came away empty handed from Millwall despite taking the lead on the half hour mark through Marcus Stewart.

"Millwall deserved to win. It was a fair result although I felt both their goals went against the run of play," McCarthy said after the 2-1 defeat.

"We started the second-half better and before they scored I thought we might but that's football.

"It was a very competitive game and you find in matches like this there are heated exchanges and there could have been more bookings."

Millwall 2   Sunderland 1   Dichio 39, 62 Stewart 30
Starting line-up Sub'd Warner     Ward     Muscat     Lawrence     Livermore     Roberts     1 (59) Wise     Sweeney     Braniff     2 (59) Dichio     Harris     Substitutes Sub'd Ifill     2 (59) Elliott     1 (59) Peeters     Fofana     Gueret	Competition Nationwide League Division One Saturday 17th January 2004 Match Statistics 13 Goal Attempts 8 5 On target 5 8 Off target 3 0 Woodwork 0 9 Corners 2 8 Fouls 15 3 Offside 3 Cards shown    McAteer (64) unsporting behaviour    Whitley (72) unsporting behaviour Other Information  Referee Cain, G ,Merseyside  Attendance	Starting line-up Sub'd Poom     McCartney     Bjorklund     Wright     Babb     McAteer     Whitley     Oster     Smith     Stewart     Kyle     1 (77) Substitutes Sub'd Cooper     1 (77) Proctor     Ingham     Thirlwell     Williams