Sunderland in drop zone after 4 goal licking

Sunderland manager Roy Keane will be feeling the pressure after his club slumped to a 4-1 defeat to Bolton on Saturday.

Despite a dream start that saw Djibril Cisse draw first blood for Sunderland with a goal in the 11th minute, Keane’s defence was not equal to the task of defending a lead and the equaliser was scored by Bolton just minutes later.

Gary Cahill put Bolton ahead in the 21st.  Sunderland fought back bravely and were desperately unlucky to have a second Cisse goal disallowed after the referee ruled that Kenwyne Jones had pushed Jlloyd Samuel to facilitate the goal.

From there on in it was Bolton’s game as Johan Elmander tore through the hapless Sunderland defence to score twice more for his team.

“It was very poor again,” Keane told the Canadian Press. “Individual mistakes have cost us for three of the four goals and obviously it is a very hard one to take again. We are giving teams a helping hand and maybe one or two players lost confidence in the second half.”

The result sees Bolton firmly entrenched in the top half of the Premier League table, while Sunderland are in serious danger of relegation as they remain mired in 18th place in the league table.