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Wickham imploring Sunderland to score more goals

Sunderland striker Connor Wickham has urged the team to make the most of their chances.

?The Black Cats have scored just 23 goals in the Premier League this season, second least to Aston Villa, and Wickham suggests it is something that has to improve if they want to avoid the drop.

?"I wouldn't say the criticism (of the club's strikers) is unfair," he told the Chronicle.

"They are going get the most at any club because they are the money-makers, they are the ones that the fans are relying on to score the goals. That's where the criticism can come.

"Chances come and you do need to put them away. We are creating chances but we just need to put them away. The way we set up, we are setting up to attack at times when we get the ball. We do try to break as quickly as we can when we get the ball.

"We have done it in games but we have to get more consistent with it and get into the box more. We will climb away from the rest of the group down there if we can start to put our chances away."??

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