David Moyes slammed his side's performance in Sunderland's
4-1 defeat at Burnley, labelling the
showing as useless. Sunderland never
really got going at Turf Moor, and made it very easy for Andre Gray to net Burnley's first-ever Premier League hat-trick,
before Ashley Barnes compounded
Sunderland's misery with a fourth.
Jermain Defoe's late consolation did little to cheer Moyes, who was very
frank about his side's performance, with the Black Cats' defending bearing
the brunt of his wrath. He said “I think
that is a bad a performance as I have been involved with, in any side,
especially defensively, we were useless. It is not easy to explain, as you
expect players to stand in the right place and head it, track people, go for
the ball at the right time, save it at the right time. It can happen, everybody
has bad games every now and again. I have been a player, so I know you get
these games sometimes. Normally, I would give the opposition some credit, but I
can only look at my own team today. We were terrible.”
Moyes even refused to apportion any of the blame to the fact that
he lost two players through injury in the first half, as Lamine Kone and Victor
Anichebe were forced off. He said “I think losing Lamine Kone was a big blow, as he is really
important to the team, we had already lost Jason Denayer yesterday in training
with a hamstring injury. We were always going to be stretched, but we didn't
even play well when they were on the pitch. At this time of year, every team
struggles with injuries and suspensions, and we are no different. We will cope
with it.”
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