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Wilko delighted

Last updated : 16 December 2002 By Black Cat

"It's a terrific result for us, a better performance and probably a more valuable result than if we'd have got the penalty and got a 2-0 lead, because if we wanted to assuage any doubts about our character, then hopefully the performance after we missed the penalty and then finished up 1-1 will do that," he said.

"But the most important thing, I think, is the fact that there was a lot of leadership out there and there were a lot of people taking responsibility, and that was important.

"That's something we really, really have got to get a grip of."

"I decided to take a gamble with Proctor," he said. "I think he's got promise, what he now needs is experience, big-match experience, and he needs to learn the game a little bit.

"But he's quick, he's got an eye for goal, he's honest and I think probably as important as anything, he's a genuine Sunderland supporter, so he loves playing for Sunderland and he loved scoring that goal today."