Sunderland boss Steve Bruce admitted that his side had been slightly fortunate to leave White Hart Lane with a point from a 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.
An Asamoah Gyan strike levelled things up for the visitors, just three minutes after Rafael van der Vaart had broken the deadlock for Spurs.
Bruce told his club's official website:"We rode our luck a bit in the first half. I chose to change things around in the second and then we showed a bit of spirit.
"After a difficult first half we rolled our sleeves up and asked a few questions of Tottenham. It's never easy to come here against one of the top sides.
"We can take big positives. We have had to change the mentality away from home.
"The second half I was pleased with. The first half? Let's be fair – we got a bit of a doing, but we hung in there.
"You need your defenders and your goalkeeper to perform in circumstances like that and a big hats off to them. The defence earned that point for us because they were fantastic."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email
