Gus Poyet admitted Sunderland were undone by the class of Sergio
Aguero in Wednesday's 4-1 Premier League defeat to Manchester City.
Sunderland
had beaten champions City 1-0 in each of their previous four top-flight
encounters at the Stadium of Light and threatened another upset on home
turf when Connor Wickham opened the scoring in fortuitous circumstances
in the 19th minute.
However, Manuel Pellegrini's men quickly turned on the style and the
majestic Aguero equalised with a superb solo goal before rounding off
the comeback with a cool finish in the 71st minute after Stevan Jovetic
and Pablo Zabaleta had also scored.
"We started the game very well but we gave too many options to City to attack," head coach Poyet told BBC Sport.
"We didn't have the time to improve technically after taking the lead
because they equalised so soon with a superb goal. When you have
players like Aguero, they can do something from nothing."
Poyet also believes his team showed elements of fatigue from Saturday's spirited 0-0 draw with Premier League leaders Chelsea.
"It was very difficult especially after the effort on Saturday," he
added on the club's official website. "I decided not to change too many
players and we started well in the first 20 minutes of the game, but it
was tough and they were better than us.
"Sometimes you cannot complain too much - they were quicker and they were better technically.
"[City's] quality is why they are where they are and why they play to
win titles. That is why sometimes as a manager you dream about having a
player who can do something on his own, so you can give him the ball
and he will create something on his own to score.
"City have this but we need to be realistic and we cannot always be
at the same level as the top teams, so it is a disappointing result but
we need to accept it."
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