Bromley’s unbeaten run came to an end in inglorious fashion at Gander Green Lane on Tuesday as their inability to defend set pieces was rudely exposed by their old rivals.

Sutton dominated the first half with Bromley failing to register an attempt on goal and they eventually took the lead on 40mins when Craig Dundass smashed the ball home after The Ravens had failed to clear their lines several times.

Mark Goldberg’s men will point to the fact that the referee had blocked a Bromley through ball which caught them on the back foot, but they really should have dealt with this before the goal game.

The second half saw Sutton continue to dominate and they were 2-0 up on 51mins when Dundass headed home a deep cross.

Bromley finally came to life after the introduction of Elliott Buchanan and Max Noble and they pulled one back on 57mins when Pierre Joseph-Dubois latched on to a Marlon Patterson through ball and coolly finished past Tom Lovelock.

The Ravens drew level on 64mins when Buchanan hit a sweet drive from the edge of the box into the bottom corner. Louie Theophanous then put the visitors in front four minutes later when he scored a great solo effort, but the lead didn’t last long.

On 74mins another Sutton corner was poorly defended and Jamie Stuart turned the ball in at the far post for 3-3.

The home side were then awarded a soft penalty on 76mins, but Joe Welch saved Sam rents spot kick.

Sutton dominated the last few minutes going close twice before in the 94^th minute they grabbed a winner when a long throw was poorly defended again and Harry Beautyman smashed the ball into the roof of the net from six yards.

The game although very entertaining showed the defensive frailty of Mark Goldberg’s side against the more direct sides especially with both first choice centre backs out injured.

 

Bromley: Welch, Ming, Patterson, Orome Holland, Dubois, Waldren Jones (Noble 55), Fuseini, Theophanous, Welsh (Buchanan 55).

Subs Not Used: Rhule, Finn, Howard.

Match Rating 4/5

Referee: Mr S Daly

Star Man: Craig Dundass (Sutton)

Goals:

Sutton – Dundass 40 & 51mins, Stuart 74mins, Beautyman 94mins.

Bromley – Dubois 57, Buchanan 64, Theophanous 68mins.