Van Aanholt’s endeavour delights Sunderland’s Moyes

Patrick van Aanholt’s goal rescued a point for Sunderland side against West Bromwich Albion and David Moyes admitted he was pleased with his side’s perseverance and endeavour.

Moyes had been critical of his side in recent weeks, even singling out goal-scorer Van Aanholt for his defensive frailty, but the Scotsman has clearly had a change of heart.

And even though it was their first league point since August 27, Moyes felt his men deserved the three points.

“I’m pleased we’ve come back to get a point and it’s a start, but I’m still disappointed we didn’t get all three,” Moyes explained.

“I’d have liked to have got that second goal and won it 2-1, but I don’t think we deserved to be 1-0 down as we played well enough in the first half.

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“A point gives us something to build on. It wasn’t a point we were after, but I would have taken it at 1-0 down with 75 minutes played.

“I’ve got to say well done to the players for sticking at it. They kept going and never gave in to get us something out of the game.”

“The energy and commitment was great. The endeavour was fantastic, though we are lacking bits of quality.”

“We had to change the system and see if we could find another way of getting a goal, and thankfully Pat came on and got one for us.”