Black Cats in 'bad moment' but 'need to stay together' - Talbi
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Sunderland winger Chemsdine Talbi says they "paid" the price of not playing with enough intensity at West Ham as they were convincingly beaten.
The defeat means Sunderland are now on a mini-slump having won just one of their past seven Premier League matches.
Talbi, who was returning for his first game since reaching the Africa Cup of Nations final with Morocco, told BBC Radio Newcastle: "It was tough, but we showed ourselves better in the second half. We brought more intensity.
"You can have these bad moments in the Premier League but we need to stay together to get through this difficult period.
"You need to be better than what we were in the first half, as that was not enough and everybody knows it.
"It is the best league in the world so for every minute where you are giving less, you will pay for it. We paid for it.
"We need to be together and fight again."
