Tony Mowbray admits Sunderland could not maintain their intensity levels in the second half as Burnley overturned a 2-0 deficit to win at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats were outstanding in the first period against a side that was two divisions above them last season, and deservedly led at the break thanks to goals from Amad and Dan Neil.
But the second period was a different story as Nathan Tella, Manuel Benson, Anass Zaroury, and Josh Brownhill, scored for the Clarets to turn the game on its head. "The first half was about intensity from us - intensity to stop a good football team from playing," said Mowbray.
"We tried to ask question of them, they play a very high line, they try to impose themselves on you, push a lot of players against your back line with their full-backs playing high. We decided not to be the team that plays 5-4-1 against them and lets them have 70 percent possession.
