Sunderland will strive to complete a Selhurst Park hat-trick when they travel to South London on Saturday.
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“It was all about fear when the first goal went in”, said Allardyce, 62, who impressed in inspiring Sunderland to survival last season.
Bewildered Palace couldn’t find a way back into the game, with Sunderland picking up a crucial three points against their former manager Sam Allardyce.
Following a humiliating defeat that leaves Palace 19th in the Premier League table, manager Sam Allardyce also apologised to supporters for his team’s performance and accused his side of being “mentally fragile” after failing to win at home once again.
While new boss Jose Mourinho insists Januzaj has a future at Man Utd, he recognises that regular first-team action is what he needs in order to continue his development, so he chose to loan him out to someone who he knows can bring the best out of him. We all know more what we are doing now, especially in this formation. I apologise to them for what they saw today’.
It couldn’t get any worse after the break for Palace, but they didn’t reduce the scoreline as numerous club’s supporters left way before the final whistle.
Zaha himself only returned to the Palace side against Bournemouth having been away at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast.
“They played against Tottenham in midweek and they were great in that game as well”. They are the sort of things I have found in football. “We are in fighting with a few teams”.
“That is the way it is, I’m sure he would say the same if it was on the other foot”.
The first half suggested it will take more to turn things around. The pitches are not the best so you need to block it out. I hadn’t signed a player when I had left and that was far too long.
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“The main thing was to handle the pressure and show courage. They lost control. You have to keep control mentally when you go a goal down”, he said in his post-match media conference. That’s what I am trying to do.
