Newcastle 0 Sunderland 1 player ratings: Who was man of the match at St James' Park? Costel Pantilimon or Adam Johnson?
Johnson struck in the 91st minute
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Your support makes all the difference.Adam Johnson condemned Newcastle to a fourth successive derby defeat for the first time in their history as Sunderland snatched a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 victory at St James' Park.
The winger struck in the 90th minute to settle a rip-roaring encounter which might have gone either way until his intervention.
It was no more than Gus Poyet's men deserved after creating the better chances on an afternoon when they collected just their third Barclays Premier League win of the season.
Black Cats striker Steven Fletcher was denied by the crossbar before the break and Connor Wickham, Jordi Gomez and Johnson all passed up glorious opportunities to open the scoring.
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But goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon had to pull off fine second-half saves from Ayoze Perez and Moussa Sissoko as the Magpies threatened to end their run of defeats before Johnson dashed their hopes in front of a passionate crowd of 52,315.
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