Vincent Kompany praised 'fantastic' Sunderland after the Black Cats gave his Burnley side a scare at the Stadium of Light. The Wearsiders went in at half-time with a two-goal lead - thanks to strikes from Amad Diallo and Dan Neil - after outplaying the promotion favourites, with ex-Manchester City defender Kompany saying he 'hated everything' about his side's first half performance.
But Burnley came roaring back in the second half with a display Kompany described as 'relentless', levelling things up by the hour mark and then going on to win 4-2. The Belgian was complimentary about Sunderland, however, and gave Tony Mowbray's men great credit for the way they have coped while missing key players through injury.
"In all fairness, Sunderland were fantastic," said Kompany. "They have a lot of injuries, they are going through a period where they are having to find solutions to problems and they did ever so well.
