Cattermole confident of survival

West Ham 0 Sunderland 0

Despite improvements in performance since Poyet replaced Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland will be bottom of the Premier League on Christmas Day after failing to find a winning goal despite creating the better chances.

“The manager said it is the best performance he has seen from his Sunderland side – we controlled the game throughout. The message is that if we play like that for the rest of the season we will have no worries, said Cattermole.”