Ever heard the one about the team whose top scorer was own goals… in their own net?
We know it’s been a bit of a rough rollercoaster ride for Sunderland fans over the last year or two. So, the fact they have scored more own goals than any other Premier League team since the start of last season isn’t all that surprising.
HOWEVER, they have scored 10 own goals in that time – considerably more than any other side (Liverpool are second on seven). And 10 goals is more than any Sunderland player has scored at the right end in that time:
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There’s a way to tell a player he’s had his first Premier League goal taken away from him. Twitter probably isn’t it – hence Southampton’s excellent reply…
This picture kind of says it all, doesn’t it?
Jordi Gomez says the self-belief is returning at Sunderland.
Victory at Crystal Palace sets them up nicely for today’s meeting with Everton.
Former Barcelona trainee Gomez said: “Southampton was hard but it is in the past already. Monday night helped. The confidence is fine. It would be good not to have a relegation battle.”
