Wes Brown and his ex-Manchester United team-mate John O’Shea, can expect a sterner test in this week’s games with Chelsea and Spurs.
Wes Brown: “They will be good games, the lads are looking forward to them.
“They’re two big games against two sides with big players.
“This season we’ve thrived on these kind of games so hopefully we can take that into these two.
“We created the best chance of the game (Giaccherini’s). It’s just one of them that it went over. It did bobble for him, but we carried on.
“We managed to defend well and got a clean sheet away, which is always good.
“We knew they would be a threat.
“We’ll take a point and hopefully we can get the results in the next couple of games.”
PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
Tuesday December 3
20:00 Crystal Palace v West Ham United
Wednesday December 4
19:45 Arsenal v Hull City
19:45 Liverpool v Norwich City
19:45 Man Utd v Everton
19:45 Southampton v Aston Villa
19:45 Stoke City v Cardiff City
19:45 Sunderland v Chelsea
19:45 Swansea City v Newcastle United
20:00 Fulham v Tottenham
20:00 West Brom v Manchester City
Sunderland Fixtures
Wednesday December 4
19:45 Premier League Sunderland v Chelsea
Saturday December 7
17:30 Premier League Sunderland v Tottenham
Saturday December 14
15:00 Premier League West Ham United v Sunderland
Tuesday December 17
19:45 League Cup - Qtr Sunderland v Chelsea
Saturday December 21
15:00 Premier League Sunderland v Norwich City
Thursday December 26
15:00 Premier League Everton v Sunderland
Saturday December 28
17:30 Premier League Cardiff City v Sunderland