Sunderland goal

[Twig]

Yes it looks like Leno was worried he would get a kick in his face so went "safe" with his feet. What I didn't like was Joachim Andersen in the centre circle playing the wide Sunderland man onside at the start of the move - sheer carelessness.

Yeah the fault was 50:50 between the two of them. Mind you when you play 90mins without a single attempt on target that doesn't leave much margin for error!

[alfie]

Yes it looks like Leno was worried he would get a kick in his face so went "safe" with his feet. What I didn't like was Joachim Andersen in the centre circle playing the wide Sunderland man onside at the start of the move - sheer carelessness.

Yeah the fault was 50:50 between the two of them. Mind you when you play 90mins without a single attempt on target that doesn't leave much margin for error!

Blaming those two ok, but no one there trying to stop the cross, Bassey was left standing.

[hovewhite]

Yes it looks like Leno was worried he would get a kick in his face so went "safe" with his feet. What I didn't like was Joachim Andersen in the centre circle playing the wide Sunderland man onside at the start of the move - sheer carelessness.

didn't understand why he was on the pitch.

[alfie]

Yes it looks like Leno was worried he would get a kick in his face so went "safe" with his feet. What I didn't like was Joachim Andersen in the centre circle playing the wide Sunderland man onside at the start of the move - sheer carelessness.

didn't understand why he was on the pitch.

That means the whole back line were guilty, as they must have been further up.

[Matt10]

The issue I have is that during the match we hadn't put our defensive line in those positions. Why was the change necessary after we had sustained some good defensive shape and held Sunderland to mostly half-chances? The logic doesn't make sense to me, especially because Sunderland put on pace - yet we respond with making our line higher and fullbacks even further? Paired up with a central midfielder playing right centerback who is turned around and doesn't win the ball or cut off the angle to the pass when Sunderland hit the post.

[YankeeJim]

I question relying on center halves to track back at pace with strikers. Not exactly their forte. Both Bassey and Andersen were outrun. This is the price of pushing everyone forward. Fine if you're chasing the match but with a point in hand, it seems foolish to me.

[iansthailand]

I know he has been offered to palace but Sanchez of Walham could be a decent shout.

He's already got one MoM award for us this season.