Sunderland defender Michael Turner admits manager Steve Bruce steamed into his players at halftime of their draw with Wigan Athletic.

After their half-time dressing-down, Turner says Sunderland are disappointed not to have gone on to win the game following the equaliser.

He explained to safc.com: "The way we performed in the first half was disappointing, and we got a bit of a kick up the backside at half time and rightly so. The second half was much better.

"We could have won it. In the second half we created good chances and put lots of pressure on - we're disappointed not to have come away with a win."

Just before Kenwyne Jones' goal, Turner missed a golden chance to equalise when he measured a flicked header across goal and wide.

"I probably thought I'd scored before it came to me," he admitted.

"It was a bit too easy, I didn't get enough on it and I'm massively disappointed I didn't score.

"Fortunately Kenwyne came up with a great header to get us a draw in the end."