Seamus Coleman is a big doubt as he is suffering with a stomach virus. They hit the post twice in the early moments which was bad luck, but too many of these Sunderland players are simply not fast enough to guarantee their side’s future in the Premier League.
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45+3′ – GOAL! Lovely stuff from Defoe to beat two Everton defenders before clipping a volley over the head of Howard via a deflection off the boot of Stones.
“Hat-trick for Kone heading home from a gorgeous cross by Lukaku”.
Ten minutes later Sunderland hit the post again. Sunderland caught wide open at the back. “Our performances have deserved more points but we know, going into these next 10 games, we are in competition with teams that are not in those top positions”.
Defoe was booked for blocking a free-kick illegally after climbing all over Barry.
“In the end, you’ll ask them two or three times and then you’re saying to yourself, ‘well, do they really want to help themselves?’ I can help them as much as I can, but it won’t work unless they help themselves”.
The Ivory Coast frontman suffered a near-career threatening knee injury in October 2013 after joining Everton that summer and was sidelined until the following December. Whenever a player continues to pick up injuries, which seems to be one of the reasons that has stopped the process for Jack, which makes a player concerned.
Now with five goals in six Premier League starts this season, the man dubbed Goldenhead appears to finally have a Midas touch in his boots to match.
“I’ve always supported Sunderland from afar, even though I haven’t been at any games”. Everton were comfortable and passing the ball quite well, trying to make the opening.
Sunderland’s recent experiences at Goodison Park are promising, having won on their last two visits without conceding a goal – a third consecutive win at Everton would be the first time they’ve done so in the top-flight since 1904. Their league play has not been up to par lately.
Everton went on to dominate possession for the rest of the half but were caught out in the final minute of stoppage time.
It was Ole keep-ball then with a sequence of 45 paces that took the ball all around the pitch until Mirallas could not find anyone with his cutback from the byeline.
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They were made to pay when Everton took the lead in the 19th minute when Kone sent Deulofeu clear down the right channel and he cut inside the area before beating Costel Pantilimon with a strike which took a slight deflection off Billy Jones’ attempted block. Deulofeu’s outstanding pass looked destined for Lukaku, but Coates got there first to put it into his own goal. A one between Kone and Lukaku allowed Kone to get a shot away from just inside the box which curled beyond Pantilimon.
