Regis Le Bris shared his thoughts after securing yet another win against our North East neighbours. It's a league double this season meaning they haven't beaten us in the league since 2011. GREAT WIN “Massive achievement, winning two derbies in one year means a lot. We expected a high-intensity match and that was the case. The first half was balanced probably, but with a mistake we gave them the opportunity to score because they were not so dangerous, but it is what it is. The team reacted...

Sunderland lost to Brighton and Hove Albion at the Stadium of Light by a goal to nil. A second half goal from Yankuba Minteh gave the away team all three points. MELKER ELLBORG: 7/10 He made three decent saves in the first half, particularly the first one he had to make, but I think he could have done better with the goal. LUTSHAREL GEERTRUIDA: 6/10 Forced a save from the goalkeeper late in the first half but didn’t contribute a lot other than that. DAN BALLARD: 6/10 Not at his best today but...

Le Bris avoided saying that the Brighton game will be used as a response to us being knocked out of the FA Cup, instead saying it will be about desire and teamwork. IDENTITY "I don't know. We'll see. I think it's more about identity, once again. If you show desire, you show strong teamwork, strong togetherness, it's the starting point. For me, after that, you can win, you can lose because the opponent is strong as well. And the scenario in football is still unpredictable. Sometimes you win,...