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Sunderland: Did the Black Cats really show 'a lack of effort'? We crunch the stats

"Lazy, disgraceful and pathetic," was how Alan Shearer described Sunderland in their 2-0 home defeat by Swansea at the weekend.

The Match of the Day pundit did not hold back in his criticism, blasting the players for a "complete lack of effort" during the defeat, which came a week after a 2-0 win against Hull.

When those comments were put to Black Cats boss David Moyes, he replied he was "privy to the stats" and "couldn't disagree" with Shearer.

So we decided - with held from our friends at Opta - to have a look and the stats ourselves.