Poyet blasts officials as Black Cats out of luck

Sunderland 0 Aston Villa 1

The Black Cats ran out against Aston Villa knowing a victory could lift them out of the drop zone after encouraging results at Everton and Cardiff over Christmas.

However, a 1-0 defeat at the Stadium of Light plunged Poyet’s men back into the mire as 2014 got off to the worst possible start.