Sbragia - Wigan deserved it

Sunderland boss Ricky Sbragia has bemoaned the performance of his team after they slumped to a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Wigan. Grant Leadbitter scored the only goal for the Black Cats as Ben Watson and Charles N'Zogbia earned the spoils for Wigan.Sunderland dominated the possession for large parts of the game, but had little to show for it - much to Sbragia's frustration."I'm not sure about damaging, but it was a disappointing performance and we didn't take the game to Wigan," Sbragia told Sky Sports News."I thought the first half we were OK; we got back to the 1-1 and then gave a sloppy goal away for the second just before half time"The second half we were poor, I thought the tempo and the decision making was poor. In general I thought maybe Wigan deserved to win the game."Relegation fearsCombined with Portsmouth's draw, the loss to Wigan brings Sbragia's side one point closer to the relegation places.And with just a three point cushion, the Sunderland boss knows that the threat of the drop is very real."We've never thought that we weren't in a relegation battle, I think it was always going to be tight and I've always felt that there's a possibility that it will go to the last day," he admitted."At present we've got the points on the board, we know what we've got to achieve and we've got to try and get up and climb up the table"I'm obviously confident, and we've got enough to stay up, but we've got to play better than we did today."

Source: SKY_Sports