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Sbragia pleased with point

11 Jan 2009 - 11:04:44

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Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia admitted he was pleased with a point after coming from behind to draw 1-1 with local rivals Middlesbrough.

Kenwyne Jones' equaliser eight minutes from full-time secured the Black Cats a share of the spoils at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday.

"We got the goal and from my point of view, I was quite contented with a point," admitted Sbragia.

"If we had stolen another one I would have been over the moon with that, but the last thing on my mind was I didn't want us to be caught on the counter-attack.

"We came out of a game and we probably deserved something from it."

Sbragia also played down a post-match spat between defenders Pascal Chimbonda and Nyron Nosworthy.

"It was just a bit of passion and a little bit of a misunderstanding, maybe with the language barrier," he claimed.

"That happens in football. They are as good as mates downstairs, that's not a problem.

"We asked them for a little bit of respect for each other as we need that in the team."