Sunderland manager David Moyes has admitted that his team “didn’t play well” after their 4-0 mauling at the hands of Southampton on Saturday afternoon.
The Black Cats would have come into the game with a renewed sense of optimism about avoiding relegation after they drew with Tottenham and hammered Crystal Palace 4-0 last week.
However, the devastating loss against Southampton leaves them cemented to last position on the League table and will be a blow to their survival hopes.
Moyes said, “We didn’t play well, not as well as last week. We made some defensive mistakes.
“We had a great chance to maybe move out of the bottom three had the games gone for us, but unfortunately it didn’t fall for us.
“Southampton themselves had fragile confidence, but they got a goal off their centre-forward’s arm.”
Sunderland will now travel to New York for a team-building trip. Their next match will be a tough encounter against high-flying Everton in two weeks time.
