Finn Geragusian

Sunderland U18 forward Finn Geragusian spoke about his delight at contributing in Saturday’s 4-1 derby win over Newcastle United.

The Armenian’s two goals in the space of three early first-half minutes helped Jordan Moore’s side to back-to-back home wins.

On Saturday’s performance, Geragusian praised the young Black Cats’ pivotal early start. His brace inside the opening 10 minutes was added to be Marcus Neill's penalty in added time made it 3-0 at the interval.

“Overall, I thought the lads played excellent from start to finish,” the Armenian explained via safc.com. “We battled really hard and got at them in the first few minutes.

“The fast start really helped us control the game, and the early goals really set the tone.”

Newcastle got one back in the 65th minute through Alfie Hutchison but there was a further goal for the Black Cats in the 87th minute through Ivan Struk.

Following the win, Geragusian now has three goals in three U18 appearances, and post-match, the forward discussed his two strikes.

He continued: “The first goal was a bit scrappy, if I’m honest....