Sunday 1 November 2015 17:55, UK
Sam Allardyce thinks Sunderland paid the price for trying to get all three points as Everton ran out 6-2 wins at Goodison Park.
Sunderland found themselves 2-0 down after goals from Gerard Deulofeu and Aroune Kone but fought back with strikes either side of the break from Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher.
The momentum seemed to have shifted in Sunderland's favour but three goals in eight minutes helped Everton run away with all three points with Allardyce blaming his side's attacking mindset for the defeat.
"We went to go and get three points," Allardyce told Sky Sports. "When we decided we thought we could get three we opened the game right up and let Everton hit us on the counter-attack.
"When you do that you've got to score the third and not them. We had chances to do it but didn't, and that played right into Everton's hands.
"We stopped defending when we didn't have the ball and we allowed Everton three goals from counter-attacks where they played through us, around us and in behind us.
"We had no-one there to defend correctly after getting back to 2-2. That was something I didn't think they should have done."
Allardyce, whose side stay second from bottom in the league, thought Sunderland should have shown more fight in their bid to come away with a point from Goodison Park.
"They should have held on to the point and made sure the point was secure," Allardyce said.
"When you come back from anywhere in the Premier League with 2-2 it's enough. It's like a win but the lads got carried away and thought they could score a third.
"That left so many spaces for Everton to attack and they've punished us in the end.
He added: "It's a real shame after we clawed our way back and I think deservedly so.
"We put Everton on the back foot and found plenty of spaces to score the third. But you've got to either scorer it or not leave yourselves open at the back.
"We left ourselves wide open and that's why we've suffered the defeat we have. We made it easy for them to go on and score six."
