Moyes not holding back on Sunderland after heavy loss

David Moyes watched his Sunderland side go down 4-1 to Sean Dyche’s Burnley at Turf Moor and the Scotsman admitted that there were almost no positives to take from the thrashing in Lancashire.

Andre Gray became the first man to score a top-flight hat-trick for Burnley since Peter Noble in 1975, with Ashley Barnes adding a fourth from the penalty spot, while Sunderland could muster only a late Jermain Defoe consolation.

And Moyes refused to make excuses for his side, who now sit 18th in the Premier League, with only Hull City and Swansea below them.

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“It was a really poor performance; I’ve got no excuses for it. It was way below the levels we should be performing at,” the former Manchester United boss said.

“The boys kept going when it was tough at the end and the game had gone from us. It was too late by then because in that 15-minute period after half time we were poor and it’s cost us.

“We have to get ready for Liverpool now, no time to dwell. We have to dust ourselves down and go again.

“The goals we conceded were terrible and we didn’t make the most of any of the chances we created.”