Sunderland did not produce their best performance of the season at Norwich according to Trai Hume - but the Black Cats showed the steel required to climb back towards the play-off places. The Wearsiders arrived in Norfolk on the game of three successive defeats and on a run that had seen them pick up just a single point from four outings.
But Abdoullah Ba's goal in the first half at Carrow Road gave them a 1-0 win against play-off rivals Norwich to stop the rot and get them back on course. Hume was part of a defensive unit that stood firm in the face of heavy Norwich pressure in the second half and, while the fact that the Canaries dominated possession meant there was room for improvement in the performance, it was nonetheless an important result as it brought Sunderland back up to tenth in the table and to within five points of the play-off places with ten games remaining.
"It's good to come away against a good side and get three points," said Hume. "Obviously we'd had three losses in a row so the main thing was to get the win.
