Newcastle United take on Manchester United at home following their controversial denial of a win in Paris on Tuesday. Sunderland look to bounce back away to Millwall, whilst Middlesbrough flowing with full confidence ahead of their game at Leeds. Daniel Wales spoke to Sunderland boss Tony Mowbray.
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00:00 Eddie Howe has spoken for the first time since his side were controversially denied a win
00:06 in Paris due to a late penalty for handball.
00:09 Howe described the handball law as vague and said he would struggle to tell what is and
00:13 what isn't handball.
00:16 As for injuries, Howe made clear that Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock's setbacks were
00:21 not long-term spells out, whilst Sven Bottmann is reacting well to individual training as
00:26 he recovers from a long-term knee injury.
00:29 United take on Manchester United tomorrow evening.
00:32 In a snowy Sunderland, Tony Mowbray reflected on Wednesday's loss before citing tomorrow's
00:38 trip as an opportunity to right the wrongs.
00:41 We understand this is the league we're playing in.
00:45 No preparation for this game because there's no six inches of snow out there.
00:51 We have an indoor arena but three or four of the players don't train on the hard surface
00:56 indoors so it's very difficult preparation.
00:58 I'm trying not to make any excuses to the team.
01:01 We have to go to Millwall and be ready and try and take three points.
01:04 It's never easy at Millwall of course and yet they've lost a couple of games.
01:08 They'll have a real intensity about the way they want to try and get back on track and
01:12 so do we.
01:13 We have to have a real intensity about not losing a third game on the bounce.
01:17 So let's see how we go.
01:21 Mowbray also commented on the fixture congestion during the festive period and his faith in
01:27 the team.
01:28 I don't know.
01:29 If you're winning you do, yeah.
01:34 I can't recall here.
01:39 I think this time of the year should be good for us.
01:42 We're young, we're athletic, we're hungry to do well.
01:47 The games should come thick and fast and we'll be fine I'm sure.
01:52 When you look at the fixtures they're pretty tough.
01:54 Millwall away followed by two teams who were doing extremely well at the top end of the
01:58 table.
01:59 Luke O'Nine was also on the agenda regarding how integral he is to Sunderland both on and
02:05 off the field.
02:06 I think Luke's really important at the moment.
02:09 Corey's obviously not been around the team.
02:12 He's injured.
02:13 He's on his way back of course.
02:15 His boots are on every day now.
02:18 He's an experienced footballer who can resolve issues in the dressing room.
02:25 I think Luke lives in a...
02:31 Luke's an amazing human being, an amazing guy, a really talented footballer.
02:39 Luke wants everything to be A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
02:44 And football unfortunately in my mind isn't like that.
02:46 I've talked to him about this.
02:48 We can't all live in the world that Luke O'Nine lives in.
02:52 Michael Carrick praised his Middlesbrough side following their win in midweek and made
02:57 clear that performances have been consistently good of late.
03:01 They take a trip to Leeds tomorrow afternoon.
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