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Black Cats win over United boosts survival hopes

Sunday, February 14 2016 by SNTV
  • Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce believes he has the squad to survive in the Premier League after seeing his team beat Manchester United 2-1 on Saturday.

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Allardyce, Sunderland manager

    (on win)

    "A really good performance today with the right result and everybody that produced and played on that field deserves a lot of credit today for the way they've managed Manchester United and how often we've taken the game to them and created lots of chances to win this game. And finally got the goal that did win it from Lamine (Kone) and our new players have made a massive contribution since they've been here, but nothing bigger than today, with Wahbi's (Khazri) goal off the free-kick and then his corner and Lamine scoring the winner for us and obviously that hopefully will bode well for the rest of the season."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Allardyce, Sunderland manager

    (on his hopes for survival in view of number of injuries)

    "It showed me today that the squad is good enough. If the squad could be depleted by four or five key players that would be available for selection and you overcome that injury list and produce a performance like that, it tells me that the squad is united. It's all trying to pull in the right direction, and certainly with a result as big as this one I hope it lifts their confidence brilliantly for the big push to try and get out of the trouble that we're in."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Sam Allardyce, Sunderland manager

    (on performance of January signings Kone and Khazri)

    "It's a terrific ask from these new players to produce that type of performance coming in January. They're on their knees in there, by the way, because they're not used to the pace of the game here - it's extremely quick and much much quicker than where they've come from. But they're handling it brilliantly and the ability that they've got in possession is making us better as a team when we've got possession."

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