Gus Poyet: "I am sure we are going to make Lee a much better player than what people think, and that tells you how important he is for the football club.
"He is paying attention, he is always asking questions, he is always learning and if someone needed to play in this game above any game, it was Lee Cattermole, so there was no doubt in my mind about who was starting in the middle.
"Then, of course, you have got options, but I am sure he is going to be much better, and I hope he is going to keep helping us."
Sunderland Fixtures
Tuesday October 29
20.00 League Cup
Sunderland v Southampton
Saturday November 2
15:00 Premier League
Hull City v Sunderland
Sunday November 10
14:05 Premier League
Sunderland v Manchester City
Sunderland Squad
3.Dossena
4.Ki
5.Brown
6.Cabral
7.Larsson
8.Gardner
9.Fletcher
10.Wickham
11.Johnson A
12.Celustka
14.Colback
15.Vaughan
16.O'Shea
17.Altidore
18.Mandron
19.Moberg Karlsson
20.Westwood
21.Diakite
22.Ba
23.Giaccherini
24.Cuellar
25.Mannone
27.Ji
29.Roberge
31.Borini
33.Cattermole
35.Mavrias