Sunderland boss Gus Poyet was satisfied with their 1-1 draw against Swansea City.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring with a thumping strike before the break, but former loanee Ki Sung Yeung returned to haunt the Black Cats with a second-half equaliser.

Poyet told safc.com: "I think that it was key [building on recent results] and we're disappointed because we were ahead, but we needed to finish the week on a high and make sure we took something into Tuesday's game.

"It was a great game for us with no excuses and confidence is high, so let's hope we can go and win on Tuesday against QPR.

"I was very, very pleased with the first-half performance," continued Poyet. "I thought that we quite in control and passed the ball to go forward and find the goal, so the players were feeling good at half time but it was a matter of maintaining that level which is difficult when you're away from home and the opposition plays.

"Unfortunately we conceded the goal and the way Ki scored was not like us, but that is football and we need to learn from it so overall I'm pleased."