Everton boss David Moyes speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "Incredibly disappointed that we did lose. Spells in the game where it looks as if we would be the ones to get in front. Sunderland stuck at it, we didn't.
"The players know the moments and you have to take them. We haven't got over the line with games. Difficult to say today but in other games we've had a hard treatment with decisions but today was more to do with us not keeping control. We gave away a terrible first goal then we were better side at that point but they got away and got a second goal."
On first season at Hill Dickinson: "Lots of good stuff. But this just shows if you're not quite at it, better players not quite on it, you're not going to win. We need to add to it, we need to look at it. Results in the last four or five games haven't been good enough. Performances haven't been bad but our points tally not been good enough."
On Seamus Coleman: "Always wanted to let Seamus to have an opportunity to say goodbye to supporters here at home. He's been such a big, important player for us over so many years."
Did you know?
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Merlin Rohl is the very first German player to score for Everton in the Premier League and the newest nationality to strike for the Toffees in the competition since Guinea-Bissau's Beto in December 2023.
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Everton manager David Moyes has lost his last three Premier League meetings with his former sides.
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Everton have failed to win their last six Premier League games (D3 L3), with the Toffees last enduring a longer winless run in the top-flight between December 2023 – April 2024 under Sean Dyche (13).
