Moyes ‘disappointed’ with Januzaj after red

However, three changes suddenly became four just before kick-off in north London, with Moyes opting to bring in Belgium worldwide Denayer in place of left-back Van Aanholt.

SUNDERLAND insist there was nothing sinister about Patrick van Aanholt’s late withdrawal from yesterday’s 1-0 defeat at Tottenham, but have continued to fail to clarify the exact nature of the “medical reasons” that resulted in the Dutch full-back being taken out of the starting line-up. Sky Sports then showed footage of the Sunderland warm-up, in which Denayer appeared to relay information to Van Aanholt, who appeared bewildered and then infuriated by what he was being told.

He said: “For medical reasons we chose to withdraw him”.

At his post-match news conference, Moyes expanded slightly after offering the same excuse for leaving out the Netherlands worldwide. I’d like to be straight.

Harry Kane was the hero for Tottenham, netting home the game-winner before leaving with an ankle injury.

It means Sunderland – who had Adnan Januzaj sent off for a second booking in the final minute – remain winless from five matches, with only Stoke City below them on goal difference in the Premier League table.

“It starts with working hard in training, which we are doing, we are bonding together and the more we play together the better we will be”.

“We were in the game, but we have to be truthful – it was tough”. “We had to defend for long periods but at least we gave ourselves a chance of winning it – we were never out of the game today”. “Things were whizzing past the post and we were hanging in there”.