Regis Le Bris hailed Sunderland’s unity, resilience and quality after their magnificent stoppage-time win at Chelsea, praising his squad’s bravery, composure in possession and the fans’ crucial support.

Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring early on, squeezing a low strike beneath Robin Roefs who will hav felt he should have done better.

But the Lads responded through Wilson Isidor, who netted his fourth goal of the season by turning home from close range in the 22nd minute after Dan Ballard had won a near-post header from a long throw.

Chelsea pushed hard for a second after the break, but Sunderland's defence stood firm. Then, in stoppage time, Brian Brobbey’s excellent hold-up play set up Chemsdine Talbi to fire home an incredible winner in front of the travelling Sunderland fans.

The result lifted Sunderland up to second in the Premier League table at 5pm on Saturday, having played one game more than leaders Arsenal, Liverpool, and Manchester City at that time.

Speaking post-match, Le Bris told safc.com: “Our main attributes were what we...