Alan Shearer

not too many times this season Sunderland but they were second best to everything and they deserved to be some very good goals yeah I mean Somerville that header brilliant ball in from Bowen little dink but the way he attacked it and jumped Somerville it was a brilliant header would have been proud of that one it was superb it was Fernandes in midfield I thought was absolutely outstanding he bossed the midfield yeah

At least they give themselves a chance, West Ham.

At least they're having a little bit of a fight, aren't they?

Whereas we didn't see any of that for large periods of this season.

So their last two games, they've got to keep that standard up.

Yeah, it was much better from Newcastle.

It was a bit more energy.

They made PSV look very average and that's been polite.

They couldn't handle Newcastle's press.

Yeah, they're miles clear in Eredivisie, isn't it?

Yeah, they just couldn't handle Newcastle's press.

They kept on trying to play out from the back and got caught and the first two goals were like thinking, what on earth are you doing, mate?

Played right into Newcastle's hands and 2-0 after, I don't know, 20, 25 minutes.

And there was never any danger of Newcastle losing that game once they got the first goal.

So it was a comfortable evening.

They made it comfortable, to be fair.

They needed a big win because they've got PSG next week.

That guarantees them at least a playoff place.

Yeah.

So, yeah, big, big win after a disappointing weekend and a disappointing performance at Wolves.