The mind boggles sometimes about the things that emerge from Sam Allardyce's mouth.
The Sunderland manager is a journalist's wet dream when it comes to quotes, and after last night's 1-0 loss to Manchester City at the Stadium of Light, the Black Cats boss was once again in fine verbal garbage form.
His side were beaten by a Sergio Aguero goal, but the game was noted especially for one seemingly ugly incident when Jermaine Defoe's elbow appeared to connect with the face of Nicolas Otamendi.
https://twitter.com/JHunterChron/status/694628776173518849
https://twitter.com/SteveWilson1967/status/694675525210656768
Things got heated for a while but the game eventually calmed down as Sunderland slumped to another home loss under the former West Ham manager.
In his post-match briefing, Allardyce was asked about the incident, and he trotted out a line that was pretty much just missing the cliche of "they don't like it up 'em", and "they're technically better so they are them foreign players".
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Naturally the hypocrisy and stupidity of the statement was quickly exposed on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/Con_027/status/694648247311319040
https://twitter.com/DaveSmith8882/status/694644260444966912
https://twitter.com/ChrisJT23/status/694651303146946560
We wonder what his players will think of the statement the next time one of them gets an elbow or stray boot to the face?
