A bizarre afternoon on Merseyside saw Sunderland suffer defeat to Everton by 6 goals to 2. Sunderland were very good going forward and looked more dangerous than they have in a long time. However, defensively another horror show unfolded, with six goals conceded in poor fashion. The Black Cats had managed to crawl back from two goals down when Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher scored either side of half-time to make it 2-2. However, Everton ran away with the game from then, with Arouna Kone bagging a hat-trick and Romelu Lukaku proving a handful.
Questions will be asked of Sam Allardyce’s system with a 3-5-2 formation being used and simply not working. Whilst many individuals may have played themselves out of the team such as Wes Brown and Costel Pantilimon.
