Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was pleased with their 0-0 draw against Chelsea.
Poyet was understandably delighted by the commitment and discipline shown by his players.
He said: "It was the best for a while, no doubt. I always say you can prepare the team, you can talk tactics, training sessions, videos, the lot. But at the end of the day, it's the players on the pitch come Saturday at 3pm - or today at 5.30pm.
"That's the way you need to do it, to show they are convinced and they like it. Not too many people like to defend nowadays, and it's a pleasure that this team went out with the attitude today to say, 'We are going to stop you from scoring for the first time this season', and then be careful because maybe we will nick the game on the break.
"I think that was spot-on. You couldn't really see an easy chance for Chelsea. They needed to do something very, very special to score today."
