The Black Cats shipped six goals away at Everton this afternoon to take their goals against tally for the season to 25 in 11 outings, which is a division high.

Asked for his reaction by BBC Sport to his side's defensive display at Goodison Park, Allardyce conceded that they could be in for a "long haul" if progress is not made soon.

"The defensive frailties were just too much in the side today and we allowed Everton to win the game comfortably in the end," he said.

"If we don't sort those out, and we are going to give it away like we did when we get to 2-2 today, it will be a long haul over the next few months or so."

The result has left Sunderland second from bottom, with just one victory to their name this term.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	45	31	4	10	89	39	50	97
2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
3	Ipswich Town Ipswich	44	26	12	6	88	56	32	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	44	17	13	14	68	55	13	64
10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	45	13	11	21	58	74	-16	50
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	45	4	12	29	32	87	-55	24