Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio has said that a win could change his side’s poor run in the English Premier League.
“If we keep going on a long bad run it will be difficult to gel together. We need a good result. One good result can be the best medicine but obviously we need to be quick – and quick means Peterborough Tuesday and, on Sunday, Liverpool,” he said.
“One game, one win, will clean all the players’ brains from the problems they have now. The only way to find what you need is to work together. We have 14 new players and six or seven of those arrived in the last 20 days. Then we had international games and they didn’t meet each other until a few days ago,” he added.
Sunderland finds themselves in the relegation zone after five matches with just one point, a 3-0 defeat against West Brom being the latest setback.
Canio also said that the team needs to work hard and play regular matches in order to regain the form.
“We keep going, keep working hard, stick together, share the responsibility, and don’t turn our faces to the other side. It is better to have more confrontation. I believe in looking in each other’s’ eyes. I believe in this if I am at the top or the bottom. There is only one way – work, work, work,” Canio added.