"It wasn't what I wanted. Firstly, congratulations to Tony, nice to have him back in football. It's difficult when you come and face a team with a new manager, but Sunderland have been playing well anyway. I knew it would be a tough place without a new manager getting the place bouncing. The first half we weathered a storm, created a few chances, and on another day we might have nicked a goal."
"Second half they played the game we wanted to play, they had one-on-ones, their attacking players had a good night, with balls in the box we didn't defend. The scoreline could have been greater. I have no complaints about the result. I'm not raging. I know what this league is like. We need to have 11 players at their best. The start has been really good and it's a positive start, but today was a game too far. There's no time to feel bad, we have to take it on the chin and move onto the next one."