“I think we could have done better especially in the first half”, he said.
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“[Barkley] didn’t show the level I expect”, Koeman told reporters. But the second half we performed way better and it was deserved win.
It does of course hinge on which players Moyes selects.
And following his double on worldwide duty for Belgium last week, the big striker revealed he was sure the goals were ready to flow again under Koeman.
“That’s why I am more annoyed”.
“Up front we didn’t keep the ball and create enough”.
“There have been a couple of games where we’ve been right in it right at the end, but the minute we lost a goal tonight, we never looked like getting back into it. If we play like the first half then we’ll be in 13th, 14th place, but we need to fight for Europe”, he added.
Lets remember that Everton are no mugs.
The second half was however a capitulation, with Toffees’ hitman Romelu Lukaku scoring thrice in the space of 11 minutes to stun Moyes and his charges. “It’s good to have a bit of money but it’s also sometimes good to realise you’ve got to get out on to the training ground and teach players, build them into a team”.
Koeman: “I was really angry at half time”. Lets be honest, they need us.
But the 53-year-old has been backed to turn Sunderland’s fortunes around, by Joseph Yobo – a player he managed for close to a decade at Everton.
New signings Didier Ndong, Mika Domingues and Jason Denayer are all expected to make the match day squad.
“We were in the game”, said van Aanholt. We didn’t always pick the right pass.
Sunderland is 19th with a single point.
When you become the manager of a football club you support that club and you aren’t interested in anything else, so I’m only interested in winning and winning for Sunderland.
Koeman: “I did not have doubts about him”.
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Barkley’s demotion from the national team came after he was overlooked at Euro 2016, failing to play a single minute, and leaves him facing a fresh challenge. “Lukaku is a big threat and we knew that tonight”.
