Poyet: Sunderland can't let Adam Johnson do everything

The Uruguayan manager feels that the winger is often the only creative player to stand up and be counted and challenges his charges to make more of a contribution

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has called on his squad to stop relying on Adam Johnson to provide all of their attacking quality.

Johnson has impressed in the first half of the Premier League season and is the joint-top scorer at the Stadium of Light with four league goals but Poyet feels that his other players need to offer more creatively.

"Sometimes we are a bit unfair with [Johnson] and give him all the responsibility," the Uruguayan told the Shields Gazette.

"We need to share the responsibilities to go forward and create something. Someone needs to stand up, not always Adam Johnson.

"He was tired against Liverpool [in Saturday's 1-0 defeat]. Adam had been a father and hadn't trained for a couple of days. He wanted to play but he had to track back too much. It was at the point where he couldn't go past people because he was so tired."

Johnson nearly added to his tally for the season against Liverpool with a swerving volley that thudded into the crossbar, having beaten Simon Mignolet.

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - Rating: 4.5

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