Sbragia - We rode our luck

21 February 2009 17:43
Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia admitted his side rode their luck at times against Arsenal but was delighted to come away with a hard-fought draw.[LNB] The Black Cats battled for a 0-0 stalemate at Emirates Stadium to make it four Premier League games unbeaten.[LNB]Sbragia conceded Arsenal were guilty of spurning the chances they had on goal, but he hailed the dogged nature of his team.[LNB]He told Sky Sports: "I am delighted with the point. We said we'd be over the moon if we came here and got a point.[LNB]"We said we would try and keep a clean sheet and try and steal a goal. We had a little half-chance late on.[LNB]"We rode our luck a bit but we doggedly stayed in there. The defence and the midfield were excellent today. Overall I am really pleased.[LNB]"The longer the game went on we thought we probably had a chance, but to be fair they missed a couple of good goalscoring opportunities. We had a little bit of luck on our side."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports