Keane sees the sunny side as Reid returns in style
In his younger, wilder days, the Corkman would have found trying to digest an unpalatable late defeat on home soil too much to stomach, but Keane the manager is a different beast.
This might have been Sunderland’s third straight defeat, his side apparently still suffering a hangover from their Wear-Tyne derby triumph over Newcastle, but he was still at pains to stress the positives.