Moyes : Sunderland’s position not reflection of effort

David Moyes’ Sunderland side are still rooted to the bottom of the Premier League but the Black Cats manager insists it’s not due to lack of effort.

Sunderland suffered a 2-0 defeat to European-chasing Everton on Saturday afternoon as Idrissa Gueye and Romelu Lukaku got the goals.

Jermain Defoe hit the woodwork for his side as they just missed the chance to level before Lukaku sealed the points for the home side who are seventh in the league.

Moyes’ side meanwhile are just two points off safety though and the Sunderland manager admitted he felt his side were in contention at Goodison Park until late on.

“The players are giving it everything they’ve got and it’s certainly not for the lack of effort or running or working (that we’ve lost),” he said.

“We had done ever so well to make sure it was only 1-0.

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“It was late in the game and we were always hoping that we could nick something but we weren’t good enough in the first half.

“I thought we got better in the second half and we sort of had one chance.

“We had grown into it and sort of played better but ultimately we didn’t get it and we gave away a poor second goal.”