Adingra must contribute more standout moments

Former Sunderland icon Marco Gabbiadini has claimed that Simon Adingra's performance against Leeds United on Sunday has to be the 'benchmark' for the Black Cats' attacking cohort moving forwards.

- by Sports Reporter

Simon Adingra celebrates his goal against Leeds United at the Stadium of Light.

The Ivorian has endured a relatively underwhelming start to life on Wearside, but scored his first goal in red and white in a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light, and came agonisingly close to adding an assist too, only for Brian Brobbey's first-half header to graze the top of the crossbar.

And having been impressed by Adingra's enterprising display against Leeds, Gabbiadini has suggested that both the 23-year-old and his fellow attackers need to be reaching that standard and level of output on a more frequent basis.