Sunderland boss Moyes expects Djilobodji improvement

Papy Djilobodji has got off to a slow start at Sunderland, but manager David Moyes is adamant the defender will get better with time.

Djilobodji arrived at Sunderland from Chelsea for a fee reported to be in the region of £8million, but the Senegalese centre-back has failed to stop the Black Cats from losing four of their opening five Premier League games this term.

And last time out against Tottenham the 27-year-old spoiled an otherwise solid performance by fluffing a clearance that led to Harry Kane scoring the winner.

But Moyes believes Djilobodji is working hard to cut out the errors and improve his performances in the North East.

“We can’t keep leaking goals,” said Moyes. “What I will say about Papy is that he is aware of a couple of mistakes he has made.

“He’s watched the clips on the video and we’ve looked at what he should have done better and how he should have dealt with things.

“He’s accepting that. We’re on the pitch with him trying to make things better.

“It would be worse if it was someone saying ‘no, I’m not making any mistakes, I’m doing fine’.
“But he’s accepted it and he understands it.

“When you have people who accept they’ve made mistakes, there is every chance of making them better.

“I think Papy will get better and I have to say he has not played that badly, it’s been more about lapses in concentration in games.”