Arouna Koné scored a hat-trick and Gerard Deulofeu also shone as Everton thrashed sorry Sunderland to leave Sam Allardyce’s side moment from bottom 3.39pm GMTSo Arouna Koné takes the match ball after his hat-trick but the man-of-the-match could have equally have gone to Gerard Deulofeu,who scored one and provided two assists. From Howard to Lukaku, Everton were excellent, or although for large parts of that match,they didn’t have to be: Sunderland were woeful. Allardyce gambled playing a 3-5-2 and it backfired dramatically, his team lacked a leader when Cattermole went off injured, and lacked shape defensively and didn’t lift enough of their many chances going forward. After final week’s celebrations,Sunderland supporters have been brought back down to earth with a bump. They remain moment bottom. Thanks for reading and for your emails and tweets. See you next time. Bye!Footballers can be like artists when the intellect and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz - everything pulls together into one intense moment that is beautiful. He doesn’t have to mediate approximately it; its pure instinct. 3.25pm GMTRelief.
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Source: theguardian.com