Intro:

Hull City manager Steve Bruce spoke on Tuesday (23rd December), ahead of his side's Boxing Day trip to Sunderland in the English Premier League on Friday (26th December).

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Bruce, Hull City manager (on recent form):

"It's an away game in the Premier League and the one thing we've got to do at the moment is to concentrate on ourselves at the minute, and get ourselves out of this situation that we've found ourselves in. We've had an awful few weeks, couple of months if you like and whenever you go away from home in the Premier League, whomever it is, it's a tough game. We've probably arguably performed better away from home, for whatever reason, this year. So, I'm more interested in what we're going to do and how we're going to respond and get ourselves out of the bottom three - which is not easy reading for all of us."

SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Bruce, Hull City manager (on returning to winning ways):

"It's incredible how three or four losses can turn into not winning in nine or ten - or whatever it is. So, we have to get back to winning ways. We all, the squad and myself, nothing has really changed. It's amazing a bit of confidence and what a win can do. So let's hope it's in the near future and we can get our season back on track again, because I'm still totally convinced that we can finish above where we did last year."