Moyes said: “If we had come in 1-0 down at half-time, I still would have felt slightly undone by it because I didn’t think they had too many attempts at goal in the first half”.
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The Black Cats lost their opening Premier League fixture 2-1 to Manchester City last week, and followed that up with a 2-1 loss to newly-promoted Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.
Sunderland’s injury woes continued on 35 minutes as captain John O’Shea was forced to withdraw, handing Boro the initiative to see out the game as the interval approached.
“But I want it right now and I think he (Stones) has got a great chance of becoming “right now” working with Manchester City, with all due respect to Everton”.
“When we come together in the next couple of days, we will go through the availability of all those players – the ones who were in the Euros and the ones who weren’t – and then make our squad decision from there”.
Having carried the ball into the Sunderland half in one of the visitors’ first ventures into opposition territory, Stuani stunned the hosts by picking out the top corner of Vito Mannone’s goal in spectacular fashion.
That being said, we are just two games into the new season. David Moyes admitted after the game that he is expecting his side to be in a battle to avoid the drop again this season so beating a relegation rival is crucial for Aitor Karanka’s side.
‘Rashford is not playing now so it makes it harder for me to select him, as exciting as he was past year and how he burst on the scene, ‘ Allardyce said.
“Not many players in our team have played much in the Premier League”.
“You will know about the captain next week, by Tuesday or Wednesday so you will know who is going to be captain”, said Big Sam.
“I feel confident we can do well, it’s been proved in the two games that we can match it”.
“I am really pleased for them because they were supporting us when we were in the Championship and they deserve to enjoy it”.
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“[Rooney] the most successful England player for the last decade, he’s broken every record at league level, Champions League level and worldwide level, so yes, we should talk very much about Wayne and about how good he is, what a fantastic player he is and what a really, really good captain he is”.
