"It's so disappointing, we know our performance was not what it needed to be. But, no, I don't think it will define our season. Nothing is lost today, it was a game of very few chances settled by a freak goal and we couldn't create the openings we wanted. The effort was there but the quality wasn't. We were disappointed with our creative output. We haven't delivered. It's difficult to take."
"I'm proud and happy, said Sunderland's manager. The win is well deserved. The lads were incredible. We were mature and composed under the pressure. Sometimes we were even a bit too patient. We were good with the ball but it was a question of being more clinical in the final third. We should have scored a second goal but we knew what to do"
Newcastle suffered a 1-0 defeat at Sunderland after Nick Woltemade's spectacular second-half headed own goal. Sunderland players posed for a celebratory group picture on the pitch in apparent riposte to a previous Newcastle photo. Eddie Howe called the result a horrible, painful feeling but insisted it will not define Newcastle's season, citing few chances and poor creative quality. England defender Dan Burn was taken to hospital for X-rays on damaged ribs. Sunderland moved to seventh, four points and five places above Newcastle. Manager Regis Le Bris praised his players' maturity, control and clinical intent.
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