BLACK CATS' PERFECT RUN A MYSTERY!

REGIS Le Bris watched his Sunderland side continue their perfect start to the campaign, but admitted that he is not quite sure how they are achieving their early-season success.

- Phil Beveridge

The Black Cats have won four games in a row, and only ended a quartet of clean sheets with a freak 91st-minute own-goal at Fratton Park.

But despite masterminding Sunderland's best start to a season for 99 years, head coach Le Bris insisted he hasn't done anything special since arriving in the summer.

"I don't think like that," said the Frenchman. "It is just a question of going game by game and working on the pitch.

"We just analyse the best game plan to play against the opponent, and then we play. There is no explanation to our specific start. I hope we continue it, but football is hard."

Sunderland took the lead in the 31st minute when Jordan Williams clearance clattered into team-mate Zak Swanson's midriff and in.