Regis Le Bris praised Sunderland’s resilience after seeing them fight back from two goals down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 and climb back into the Premier League’s top four.

The Black Cats looked to be in deep trouble just 15 minutes in at the Stadium of Light, but dragged themselves back into the game before winning it with a second-half surge courtesy of substitute Brian Brobbey.

Frenchman Le Bris spoke about the importance of resilience in his pre-match programme notes, and the message had clearly filtered through to his players.

He said: “It’s crucial because in this league especially, you can’t control everything. The scenario will go wrong at times and if you don’t have the foundations, the character, the connection with the team, a bad scenario and you give up.

“It was the case to

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