Steve Bruce salutes Sunderland players for work-rate to defeat Arsenal
Black Cats chief pleased with side's desire...
By Tony Corbin
Steve Bruce was noticeably animated at the final whistle when his Sunderland team defeated Arsenal 1-0 at the Stadium of Light and had nothing but high praise for his players' efforts.
The Sunderland manager put his side's victory down to a strict adherence to tactics, which produced Darren Bent's game-winning strike.
“We’ve played well of late. We played particularly well at Tottenham and got nothing,” Bruce told Sky Sports.
“It’s always nice to beat Arsenal because they’re such a good team and we had a game plan to make sure we matched them in the middle of the park and them lads have run a million miles."
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