Lee Johnson praised 'brilliant' debutant Danny Batth after he helped Sunderland earn a hard-fought victory over Portsmouth at the Stadium of Light.
Centre-back Batth joined the Black Cats from Stoke City in midweek, and he made an immediate impact as Sunderland kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 win against Pompey that saw them move back into the automatic promotion slots.
Johnson said Batth added extra physicality to his side, which is a quality they had lacked at times in the first half of the campaign.
