Sunderland boss Gus Poyet admits he's trying to overturn a decade of underperforming.

Poyet is frustrated that his team are not playing out the identity he has tried to impose and was alarmed at the manner in which they lost to Liverpool on Saturday.

When asked about their lack of urgency and aggression, he said: "Only one Sunderland team has shown those characteristics - the team of Kevin Phillips and Quinn.

"The rest of the teams of Sunderland did not have any characteristics. They were rubbish. They were playing for relegation and suffering. I am trying something. But we are miles away to a point that it worries me a little bit."