Our ball retention and passing was shit!
Allardyce insists his game-plan was NOT for Sunderland to be so defensive-minded, yet the encounter developed in that fashion due to their sloppiness on the ball.
He said: “The possession was poor.
“We didn’t sit back on purpose. We sat back because we kept giving the ball to them.
“If we didn’t pass the ball to them, then we kicked it out of play.
“These players are better than that, but maybe the fear and not getting a result after Man City put us on the back foot a little bit.”
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Allardyce insists his game-plan was NOT for Sunderland to be so defensive-minded, yet the encounter developed in that fashion due to their sloppiness on the ball.
He said: “The possession was poor.
“We didn’t sit back on purpose. We sat back because we kept giving the ball to them.
“If we didn’t pass the ball to them, then we kicked it out of play.
“These players are better than that, but maybe the fear and not getting a result after Man City put us on the back foot a little bit.”
Read more: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...5-per-cent-fitter-now-1-7722586#ixzz3zf2HvV6S