Sunderland boss Jack Ross says Jerome Sinclair’s attitude since joining the club on loan from Watford has been exemplary.

The striker has had to make do with limited opportunities at the League One club, but made the most of a rare start to net in a 2-2 draw with Peterborough last night.

It was only the sixth time the 22-year-old has turned out for the Black Cats, with four of those appearances coming as a sub, and his strike at the Stadium of Light was his first for the club.

Ross has been hugely impressed with the manner in which Sinclair, who has failed to make an impact since arriving at Vicarage Road from Liverpool in 2016, has gone about his work.

“When you bring loans to the club, you have to be careful they are a good fit and a good character, Jerome has had limited opportunities but his attitude in training is brilliant,” Ross told the Sunderland Echo.

“He is determined to do well here. Not just for his own career, he likes the club and I was really pleased for him.

“He is hard on himself, he was disappointed at half-time with the missed opportunity and others were good around him.

“I was just disappointed his goal was not the winner.”

Sinclair’s strike came with 11 minutes to play after Joe Ward’s effort had cancelled out Josh Maja’s opener.

It looked to have snatched all the points for a Sunderland side which had seen Bryan Oviedo sent off, but Ivan Toney netted in the 84th minute to see the spoils shared.