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Sunderland boss Moyes relieved to overcome lights drama for Hull win

Sunderland boss David Moyes was happy with their 3-0 win over Hull City.

It proved to be an eventful day at the Stadium of Light, which was plunged into darkness by a 49th-minute power cut, with a generator providing limited lighting after a nine-minute break.

That left David Moyes fearing a second successive win could be scuppered by circumstances way beyond his control before referee Lee Mason ruled that play could resume.

The Scot said: "When the lights go out, you never know what the reason is. We maybe spent all our money and not on the leccy bill!

"But that was the worry, that maybe for some reason you can't get it back on. But thankfully they got it back on and we got through it.

"I was serious (after Sunderland's first league win of the season at Bournemouth) when I said, 'The only thing I can look for is number two', because it's not enough.

"Even two is not enough, but all we can do is look for number three now, and the quicker we get number three, the better.

"I don't want to get detached, I want to give ourselves every opportunity of being in with a fighting chance."

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