Gus Poyet: "Fabio (Borini) was so close to playing, the way he has been training, his attitude, how positive he is.
"But sometimes you can't play for whatever reasons, because of the shape, because of the team, because of the time.
"If someone deserved to score today, it was Fabio Borini."
Sunderland Fixtures
Tuesday October 29
20.00 League Cup
Sunderland v Southampton
Saturday November 2
15:00 Premier League
Hull City v Sunderland
Sunday November 10
14:05 Premier League
Sunderland v Manchester City
Sunderland Squad
3.Dossena
4.Ki
5.Brown
6.Cabral
7.Larsson
8.Gardner
9.Fletcher
10.Wickham
11.Johnson A
12.Celustka
14.Colback
15.Vaughan
16.O'Shea
17.Altidore
18.Mandron
19.Moberg Karlsson
20.Westwood
21.Diakite
22.Ba
23.Giaccherini
24.Cuellar
25.Mannone
27.Ji
29.Roberge
31.Borini
33.Cattermole
35.Mavrias