West Ham United boss Avram Grant says his squad is too good to go down.
The Hammers have not collected all three points on the road since the opening day of last season, and despite their recent revival, that is proving a costly failing.
They slipped back to the foot of the Premier League table as Jordan Henderson's first goal of the season handed Sunderland victory at the Stadium of Light.
"We were better in the second half. We started the game not so good. We had chances to score so we're disappointed," Grant said after the match.
"We are playing away at Sunderland and we had chances in the second half. They had possession and they scored.
"It's fair to say that we need to improve, the gap is not too big, we came here and got a one-goal loss.
"I think we have a very good squad to stay up. We showed that in our last two games."
