DANNY WARD was once again on the scoresheet but couldn't prevent Wanderers from suffering a 6-1 defeat against Sunderland.

The Yorkshireman gave the visitors an early lead with a stupendous curling effort that left Trevor Carson with no chance whatsoever.

But the hosts soon recovered from the early setback to go into the interval at 2-1 thanks to strikes from Roy O'Donovan and Nathan Luscombe.

O'Donovan hit a quickfire double after the restart to claim a hat-trick, before further goals from David Healy (penalty) and Luscombe completed the scoring.

Zoltan Harsanyi almost reduced the arrears for Wanderers in the dying stages but his effort struck the woodwork.

Sunderland: Carson, Kay, Brown, Reed, Madden, Cornforth, Weir, Meyler, Healy, O'Donovan (R Noble, 83), Luscombe.

Subs Not Used: Hourihane, Misiewicz, L Noble, O'Mahoney.

Bolton Wanderers: Bogdan, Riley (Battersby, 63), Blakeman, Sheridan, Connolly, Eckersley, O'Halloran, McDonald, Ward (Sampson, 46), Mooy (Stokes, 63), Harsanyi.