GUS POYET HAILS TROOP AFTER CHELSEA WIN

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was left
delighted with his side's battling
qualities after they fought back to
beat Chelsea on Tuesday.

The Black Cats went a goal down and looked to be on the way out of the Capital One Cup but Fabio Borini fired home late on and then Ki Sung-Yueng scored in extra-time when it looked as though penalties were the answer. Poyet's men are now through to the last four of the competition and the Uruguayan was left delighted with his
players.

"I'm pleased for the players and I'm delighted for the fans," said Poyet. "This has been a very hard season for the fans, but when you find yourselves in the semi-finals, that's something to enjoy.
"It's a victory in a special manner, scoring right at the end of the game and right at the end of extra-time. It's for them, for the players and for the fans."

Poyet believes the win over the  Blues shows his players are  buying into his philosophy as he battles to save the Wearsiders from relegation.

He said: 

"That's the way we are going to do it. It's important I can see that the players are doing it all the time.
"Even in extra time, even in the last two or three minutes, they were not trying just to go crazy.
"We are trying to play a game because I believe it works, and now [we have to do that] very week, every game.
"It doesn't matter who you play against at every level, if it's Norwich or if it's Carlisle in the [FA] cup, every single day, and the more we do it, the more difficult we are going to become to play against, I am sure."