Black Cats earned good point after poor start, admits Le Bris

Régis Le Bris said it was a good point for his Sunderland side after they battled back from a poor start to draw with Everton at the Stadium of Light.

- by Phil Smith

The Black Cats fell behind when Iliman Ndiaye scored a fine individual strike inside the first quarter of an hour, with the visitors then spurning some huge opportunities thereafter. Sunderland improved as the half developed, with Granit Xhaka equalising a minute into the second half.

The Black Cats were the better side thereafter, but weren't able to score a winner.

"Yes, we didn't start well, or the opponents started really well, they were better than us, they were dominant," Le Bris said.

"We were not composed on the ball and we turned the ball over many times, so it was like we fed their dynamic, because they like spaces, they like counterattacks, they like 1v1s, Grealish, Ndiaye... they are really good when they have space to exploit, and because of our turnovers it was possible to do that.