EPL: Draw with Sunderland a complete disaster, says Fernandinho

Manchester Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho has admitted that Manchester City suffered ldquoa complete disasterrdquo after being held at home by bottom club Sunderland on WednesdayThe 22 draw three days after the 32 defeat by Liverpool leaves Cityrsquos Premier League title hopes in tattersFernandinho had opened the scoring for City less than two minutes into the game but in the end Manuel Pellegrinirsquos tiredlooking side were relieved to rescue a pointA distraught Joe Hart of Man City after drawing against Sunderland at the Etihad Stadium PICGetty ImagesldquoItrsquos a very disappointing resultrdquo said FernandinholdquoThe whole team is disappointed about the result especially in the way we played The result was a complete disaster for usrdquoCity sorely missing the injured David Silva and Yaya Toure are now six points behind leaders Liverpool with a game in hand The Citizens had appeared to have held off Sunderlandrsquos challenge until two fine goals by Connor Wickham in the second half threatened a real upsetSamir Nasri grabbed a point with a late equaliser but then missed a glorious chance for a winner as Cityrsquos hopes of making up lost ground fadedlsquoMentally not therersquoPellegrini lamented his teamrsquos lack of intensity for the poor result ldquoI think we couldnrsquot take out of the mind the game against Liverpool and that was the consequence why the team didnrsquot play well We needed more intensity but our mind maybe was not in the moment to do itrdquoldquoMaybe at the moment Liverpool and Chelsea have better chances than our team because we are in third position but we still continue fighting until the last gamerdquoldquoRemember this team two years ago were six points behind the leaders and they won the title at the end So it is difficult but it is not the last game we play todayrdquoAs for Gus Poyetrsquos Sunderland who came into this match on the back of five consecutive losses their survival hopes remain alive if only justEverton lose to PalaceEvertonrsquos topfour hopes suffered a blow as they crashed to a surprise 32 defeat at Goodison Park against Crystal Palace whose Premier League survival now appears assuredThe Toffees had been looking to take the opportunity to leapfrog Arsenal into fourth place in the race for Champions League footballBut instead they remain fifth a point behind the Gunners with both clubs having four more games to go after they were undone by a Palace side who were worthy victors of an absorbing contestThe result Evertonrsquos first home loss since Boxing Day and only their second all season brought their sevenmatch topflight winning streak to an endPalacersquos own run of victories meanwhile extended to four games as they moved up to 11th on to 40 points and 10 points clear of the relegation zone with four more fixtures leftPalace led Everton 20 thanks to goals from Jason Puncheon and Scott Dann on either side of the halfSteven Naismith reduced the deficit with a closerange finish in the 61st minute but Cameron Jerome restored Palacersquos twogoal cushionKevin Mirallasrsquo effort with four minutes of normal time remaining then set up a nervy finale which Palace managed to hold