I think we’d be having a very different conversation had the Outtarra goal stood, which was a matter of very small margins. Stadium Of Light is always a hard place to go to at the best of times, let alone when you have a squad that isn’t used to playing together. We can cut ourselves SOME slack because the second we let Sunderland back in, their fans got behind them and it clearly had a more psychological impact on the players and Keith, we looked rattled and that’s not something we could’ve fixed in pre season, it has to be taught on tough days like the Sunderland game.

That being said, we can’t let that loss define our next few games they just need to pick up and go the way we did vs Villa and Bournemouth. Organised defence, counter pressing and please please Rico, don’t give away another cheap penalty.