Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has labelled his side as a 'Jekyll & Hyde' outfit as they again lost on the road after playing well in patches.

The Black Cats dropped to 10th on the table after their sixth loss from eight away matches and Bruce wants to see vast improvement on the road otherwise it could be curtains for the season.

"It was disappointing," he said. "In the second half, we had a response. But the first half was not good enough. We've got a right to be disappointed.

"We've got to do something away from home to get this monkey off our backs. But you won't win a game in the Premier League if you play like we did in the first half.

"I don't remember a side this Jekyll and Hyde, and it's pretty alarming. I'll have to do something about it. We had thousands here, and thousands at Wigan, and we're not doing enough."