Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was delighted with their FA Cup win at Fulham.

Hugo Rodallega gave Fulham a 28th-minute lead against the run of play, but Sunderland at last got some luck when home goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli scored an embarrassing own goal.

It proved to be the game-changing moment at Craven Cottage, where Ricardo Alvarez's fine strike and a Jordi Gomez penalty secured the Black Cats a 3-1 win and fifth-round trip to giant-killing Bradford.

"I was just thinking how unfair football is because we were the better team by far, we were creating and controlling the ball," Poyet said of his emotions when his side were behind.

"We didn't allow Fulham to play the game they like to play and we conceded a very strange goal as well.

"I just wanted the players to believe that something would happen.

"I think the equaliser was probably the turning point of the game, but overall we deserved to win the game so I don't think it's an action to analyse too much.

"From our point of view, it was a game we needed to get back to a certain way of football, a certain way of passing football, controlling and being aggressive.

"The result should have been a consequence of that but, in the end, something needed to happen and maybe that goal changed the game for us.

"Overall, I am pleased today. I really enjoyed it. I didn't say this once, I think, this year. I really enjoyed watching the team today."