Source: Team_Talk
Bruce hopes to continue bright start
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will lock horns with former club Manchester United at the weekend keen to continue a positive start to the season.[LNB] Saturday's 2-2 draw at Liverpool, which came a week after Arsenal left the Stadium of Light with just a point to show for their efforts, saw the Black Cats safely negotiate the second of three intensely difficult games.[LNB]The midweek Carling Cup exit at the hands of West Ham and a sub-standard display in defeat at West Brom last month apart, Bruce has been hugely encouraged by the way his side has coped with a tough set of fixtures during the opening weeks of the campaign.[LNB]He said: "It couldn't have been an any harder start. When I looked and saw we had Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United - it doesn't come any harder, does it, at the start of the season?[LNB]"However, if we can come out and nick a few more points, then it will have been a decent start. I think we have played very well this year up to now - there is only really West Brom where we have let ourselves down.[LNB]"We played particularly well at home to Birmingham and at Wigan with 10 men, so the signs are looking okay."
