RLB ON DERBY

Regis Le Bris has said that Sunderland will go into the derby humbly but also with ambition and that it is necessary for us to view ourselves as the underdogs.

BIGGEST WEEK OF WORKING LIFE

“It will be another exciting challenge and I think if we look back through the season, we were, five or six months ago, a newly promoted side and now we’ve got 23 points and we are playing Newcastle at home. It’s a privilege, we are exactly where we want to be. It’s really exciting for our fans, for our players, and we’ll go into this game with humility but ambition and desire to win as well. It’s really positive.”

WATCHED ANY PREVIOUS DERBY GAMES?

“Not really, I think it will be a new story. It’s always a new story because teams have changed, the evolution of the club, the evolution of the Premier League. Newcastle are strong as well and they are well established in the Premier League, good experience, they played in the Champions League a few days ago. It will be a great team, a great opponent. We will be underdogs, we will be challengers but we will play with ambition, with desire.”

UNDERDOGS

“We have to have this mindset. If we think that the game will be easier because we had a good start to the season, I think it’s a problem. We have played, so far, really well, especially at home because we have this mindset. It’s like our first Premier League game and, if we play like that, with ambition, with energy, we will make mistakes, but we will be ready to manage different problems through the energy.”