"We're going to put that game in the bin and move on. We won't be breaking it down or analysing it."
Tony Mowbray did not bother picking over the bones of Sunderland's defeat against Swansea City. There would have been little point.
Luke O'Nien's red card, which arrived after only 18 minutes, completely distorted the outcome. Up to that point, it was a contest - and a contest that Sunderland were winning, at least in terms of momentum and dominance if not yet in terms of the scoreline.