Sunderland beat Sheffield United 1-0 in the League Cup on Wednesday night to progress through to the next round.
This means that Sunderland have now beaten two Premier League sides this season, after overcoming Burnley in the last round, which is one more than Newcastle have managed.
Twitter: Sunderland have beaten more Premier League teams than #nufc this season #safc (@rossgregory9)
These Newcastle fans reacted to the stat…
How sad…
Twitter: @rossgregory9 How sad ? giant killers (@BuzzJonnyNUFC)
Well…
Twitter: @rossgregory9 Sunderland have beaten more teams in league one this season than nufc have in their entire history, wonder why that is ? (@dinobaby02)
Congrats…
Twitter: @rossgregory9 @BootGeordie Sunderland have beaten Sheffield Uniteds reserve team, congrats ??? (@daveynicnufc)
Fact.
Twitter: @rossgregory9 They’ve also played 107 more THIRD TIER games than Newcastle (@leazeslad)
Bless…
Twitter: @rossgregory9 @stevewraith Bless them (@joegray1892)
Bit harsh…
Twitter: @rossgregory9 Worst tweet I’ve seen in a long, long time. (@deanmnicholson)
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Whilst Sunderland fans could use this to taunt Newcastle fans, it has to be said that they are facing up against Premier League sides with weakened teams – rather than the full strength outfits Newcastle have to face on a week-to-week basis.
This is not to detract from Sunderland’s achievement, as they have clearly been impressive so far, but Newcastle had to face a good Leicester side and have already played Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool in the league.
