Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat has refused to single out his defence and blamed the entire team for the dismal defeat in their Premier League opener to Leicester City on Saturday. He got up well to meet Lens’ cross and make the score a little more respectable, and did well to hold up the ball to try and get his side forward for a potential comeback.
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Watford fared the best of the three promoted clubs, drawing 2-2 with Everton at Goodison Park.
The biggest game of the day was saved for last, though, as Chelsea came out for what was expected to be a routine victory in west London.
Substitute Nathan Redmond gave the Canaries hope with a 25-yard strike on 69 minutes before Jerome thought he had hooked in an equaliser – only for the goal to be ruled out for risky play.
Mourinho would not be drawn on the sending off, saying only, “after that, everything is different”.
The winger would have had a first-half treble had he done better with Vardy’s cut-back before the break, with the England man bursting down the left and clipping an effort wide early in the second half.
Their 1-0 friendly win over Bundesliga club Hannover 96 last Saturday is a promise of things to come, via SkySports, although it is not much if you ask Advocaat.
Swansea coach Garry Monk was clearly delighted with his side.
Advocaat added: “They created chances and it was to do with the way we played in the end”. Defoe on his own is not possible.
“Last year, they worked their socks off, but some people are playing at the maximum of their game”.
Romero replaced regular number one David de Gea who watched from the stands after Van Gaal claimed he was not able to focus following interest from Real Madrid. They were pegged back by a couple of Sunderland goals from Defoe and Fletcher in the second half although that wasn’t enough to stop them from picking up three points, as they continued to show the good form from last season that saw them avoid relegation.
Jermain Defoe pulled one back but Marc Albrighton ended the contest with the Foxes’ fourth, even though Steven Fletcher made it 4-2.
Norwich also appealed for a penalty when Sebastien Bassong was pushed over by Connor Wickham in the area in the 89th.
Palace scored a third deep into stoppage time through Yohan Cabaye. We are fighters. I’m very pleased with the performance of the players.
After 39 minutes it was the visitors who took the lead as Jason Puncheon crossed the ball from the right and Wilfried Zaha volleyed in, perhaps against the run of play.
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Claudio Ranieri cries out instructions Adam Johnson’s resulting corner found the head of Sebastian Coates, signed on a permanent deal from Liverpool this summer following a decent loan spell last season, but he couldn’t convert – despite being handed two bites of the cherry.
