Sunderland boss Steve Bruce was left angry with their 1-1 draw at Portsmouth.

The Black Cats have now won only one of their last seven Premier League games, and that has dented their bid for a top-half finish.

Bruce said: "To play here in front of a big crowd, and expectant crowd, you have to have a certain mentality.

"We have got to be bigger than the expectation and the groans because we didn't get the second one.

"We have got to be able to take the ball and be confident, especially in the Premier League.

"The away results, of course, put you under a little bit of pressure, but that's football. That's what it builds.

"I think they had one shot on goal before they scored - I don't know how many attempts on target we had, but certainly we had enough to have killed the game off.

"We go away and it feels like a defeat for us, the players, the supporters, everybody concerned. It's one of those horrible ones."