Sunderland (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

Nightmare Walking said:
We didn't look better because Savinho went off. He was our best player when on the pitch. He looked fast, sharp and was beating the full back with ease. He was also working hard to get back. We looked better because Gvardiol and Rodri came on. It had absolutely nothing to do with Savinho going off.
He should have taken at least one of the chances he had. But, I thought he played well and the amount of stick he gets is totally unwarranted.
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It’s not April 1st
 
BluestBlue said:
This Loss is on the players. Pep can’t be blamed one bit. He could’ve played TJ after 70 mins but we had 5 chances to score and failed to convert. Players like Savio are the perfect examples as to why a team struggles to dominate. He will never make it here. Semenyo can’t come soon enough. Possibly the worst I’ve seen Haaland and Foden play today since they’ve been here outside last season. It’s no longer in our hands. It’s now going to take a miracle to win the league from here on out. Arsenal aren’t laying down neither is a team with EIGHT key players out, worst performance of the season. Not much to say but learn from it and move on.

Give the ball to Cherki more, stop playing players that don’t bring anything to the team and bring our quality down. For instance. Ake x Dias x Donnarumma is the worst combo i can think of, there is less than 0 build up play there, Bernardo doesn’t do anything besides run, when he can’t run anymore just take him out. TJ might be poor but he’s the only player that runs off the ball and who can see his runs and acc pass him the ball ? CHERKI. If Foden can’t do anything then bring on Rico because he has a good relationship with everyone especially Haaland. There’s small tweaks that can make a chain reaction.


All hope is not lost. But this was a significant setback.


Really hope Nico G can get a good rest.
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“This loss” Lucky we got a point out of the loss
 
I bloody loved that match, if not the final outcome.
Credit to Sunderland - physical, tactical, committed, and played to win in a dogged and fair fashion. Well done to the referee too who kept the game moving and was fair throughout.
We moved it too slowly in the first-half but much better in the second.
I never stopped believing we would win, but we just couldn't stick it away.
On we go, with plenty of twists and turns to come.
 
No1 was Colin bell said:
Meh tough game that. Had enough chances. Great to see Rodri back and playing well. Nunes really good as was Donna. Ake did ok. Haarland bossed out of it for a change but we didn’t seem to have enough in the box to use space from the fact he had two or three on him. Gvardiol was really good and my motm even though not on for long.
Two points dropped but there is a long way to go.
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Summed it up perfectly
 
SamBlue said:
You'll never win anything with kids, or putting effort in playing only one half of the game,which this team has been doing for the third season now.

That first half looked like there is only one side was in a title race and it was not us for sure.

Just another one of those games where we look preposterous once the opposition hits certain intensity levels, and they have missed 8 players tonight.

We are waiting here for some epic Ars meltdown even they are not capable of, otherwise this was never a title race.
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What they were hitting were our players.
 
Great to see Rodri back. Doku too but that is 2 points dropped for me. We were desperately poor first half which really helped them grow into the match. Much better second half but we can’t afford to throw away chances like we did tonight.

Ironically Bernardo’s messing with their keeper from a corner cost him a goal. He had no need to be offside there.

Haaland had probably his worst ever performance for us. He was never seemed up for the fight. Foden was poor. Savinho did well until it mattered and he needed to take his chances.

Leeds destroyed Cirkin last weekend but we never stretched him. Should have had Savinho or Doku running at him.

Referee was really poor, he made clear anything goes so it allowed them to go really aggressively into challenges. Cost us an injury to Nico. We adapted 2nd half but one foul on Rodri he ignored was laughable. 4 minutes injury time was a joke considering the stoppages 2nd half.
 
citymad said:
Doku was sensational when he came on and Cherki had a good game and always a threat. Not sure what game you were watching.
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lol…sensational.

Sensational is a winner or a hat trick.

He did what he does, look like something might happen, but invariably never does.

I’d have started him mind.
 
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