Tony Mowbray was full of praise for his Sunderland side after their impressive win at Reading. The Black Cats shrugged off the setback of losing striker Ellis Simms to injury - leaving them without any recognised frontman - to score three times at the Madejski Stadium, ending the Royals' 100 percent home record in the process, in front of around 2,000 fans who had made the journey from Wearside.
"It was a good performance," said Mowbray. "Despite their home record, which I believe was unblemished this season, we looked at them, we had a few days to work with them, and we believed that if everybody did the basics well we could win tonight.
"It was good to score three goals. It's amazing to see how many people travelled from Sunderland on a Wednesday night - it's incredible really, but it doesn't surprise me as a football club, because it is a massive beast and we need to keep trying to feed it.
