Sunderland ‘never out of the game’

Sunderland manager David Moyes was pleased that his side made a game of it against Tottenham, despite being under the cosh for large portions of Sunday’s 1-0 defeat at White Hart Lane.

The Black Cats had to withstand a barrage of attacks from their north London hosts, who had 31 attempts in the game – more than any other side has managed this season.

“We had to hang on for a long time in the game,” Moyes told Sky Sports after the match. “I wanted us to play much better, but Tottenham’s quality forced us to be the way we were. We found it tough against them, but we hung in, we made some chances ourselves, and maybe we were a bit unlucky.

“I think possibly the best chance of the game was for Steven Pienaar in the first half, and then we went down to ten men – it was tough at the end, but we still tried to make a chance or two.

“It was a tough game for us, Tottenham had most of the ball, we had to …

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