RIGG ON FOREST WIN

Chris Rigg reflected on Sunderland's hard-fought win at the City Ground and was happy to play for an hour on his second Premier League start.

DEFENCE SOLID

“I’ve just said to someone there, I think it’s really important if we don’t play that well to still pick up points. I think the lads did so good there, especially the defenders and Robin, they were unbelievable today and I think that’s what kept us in the game. Clearly, it’s why we won.”

ANOTHER LEARNING CURVE

“I think I earned my opportunity today. I didn’t play as well as I’d like to play but that’s football and I’ll make sure I turn that round next time. But the lads helped me so much over the course of today. All the senior boys like Granit and Nordi, they helped me a lot so I can just thank them really.”

HALF-CHANCE

“It took a big deflection and I think it would’ve went down as an own goal to be fair!”

TIL THE END

“There’s loads of new players in the team now but I think our morals haven’t changed. We’ve always been resilient and that’s why we were promoted last year, so like I said our morals are still the same and our Gaffer is putting them in principle. That was a big resilient game today, the lads stepped up and we ran our bollocks off and I think that’s why we got the three points in the end.”

ONTO MAN UTD

“It's going to be a big challenge but the fans were great today and hopefully they can turn up in big numbers and help us get another three points.”