Mayenda punishes huge Coventry error to put Sunderland on top in playoff

Eliezer Mayenda strokes the ball home to put Sunderland 2-1 up against Coventry in the Championship playoff semi-final.Photograph: Michael Zemanek/ShutterstockWho ever believed in the form book for the playoffs anyway? No team has ever entered the English playoffs in worse form than Sunderland, after their five successive defeats, but Wilson Isidor’s first goal in 14 games and Eliezer Mayenda’s late capital enabled Regis Le Bris’s team to earn their first victory over Coventry