Villa were undone by a Jermain Defoe brace as the hosts ran out 3-1 winners at the Stadium of Light, leaving Garde’s side 11 points adrift of safety.
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Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce praises Jermain Defoe for the striker’s brace in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League.
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Villa are without a win in 18 matches (D5 L13); extending their longest ever winless run in their league history.
The Black Cats have failed to score in six of the last eight Premier League games against Aston Villa.
He said: “I would have preferred that Mr Allardyce came to me before the game and say, “Hello”.
I know that it’s getting hard, but there are still 19 games to play and 57 points to win and there is still enough to reach the target”. We got what we wanted.
In the red and white corner at the Stadium of Light today are the Black Cats, who have lost five in a row and whose December form was described by Allardyce as “s**t”.
Left-back Van Aanholt was allowed to advance and fire in a speculative left-foot shot which Guzan looked to have covered until defender Micah Richards stuck out a leg and diverted it into the net.
“It’s all about holding your nerve though I suppose as we’re the home side, we should be favourites”.
He explained: “I would have preferred that Mr Allardyce had come to me before the game to say hello”.
In one of the most important games of the weekend, struggling outfits Aston Villa and Sunderland clash for an absolutely crucial three points.
But Villa levelled in the 63rd minute as Borini was caught in possession on the left-hand touchline midway inside the visitors’ half and Sunderland paid the price.
“Even though we had a little setback when they scored we got better as the second half got on, some of our passing was a little eratic in the first half”.
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“It’s like in every game – we’re missing quality sometimes”.
