"I don't think it was a great gamem," he said. "I think we more than matched them. Sometimes you come away with something, sometimes you don't.
"Today they got a little bit of good fortune for the goal and that was the difference between the two teams.
"We never really got too close to getting an equaliser, maybe right at the death, but the reaction was good to going behind. They were competitive throughout the whole game.
"For all the attributes Sunderland have, I think we matched them but they got the little bit of luck that got them the three points."
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