00:00 Eddie Howe has spoken for the first time since his side were controversially denied a win
00:06 in Paris due to a late penalty for handball.
00:09 Howe described the handball law as vague and said he would struggle to tell what is and
00:13 what isn't handball.
00:16 As for injuries, Howe made clear that Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock's setbacks were
00:21 not long-term spells out, whilst Sven Bottmann is reacting well to individual training as
00:26 he recovers from a long-term knee injury.
00:29 United take on Manchester United tomorrow evening.
00:32 In a snowy Sunderland, Tony Mowbray reflected on Wednesday's loss before citing tomorrow's
00:38 trip as an opportunity to right the wrongs.
00:41 We understand this is the league we're playing in.
00:45 No preparation for this game because there's no six inches of snow out there.
00:51 We have an indoor arena but three or four of the players don't train on the hard surface
00:56 indoors so it's very difficult preparation.
00:58 I'm trying not to make any excuses to the team.
01:01 We have to go to Millwall and be ready and try and take three points.
01:04 It's never easy at Millwall of course and yet they've lost a couple of games.
01:08 They'll have a real intensity about the way they want to try and get back on track and
01:12 so do we.
01:13 We have to have a real intensity about not losing a third game on the bounce.
01:17 So let's see how we go.
01:21 Mowbray also commented on the fixture congestion during the festive period and his faith in
01:27 the team.
01:28 I don't know.
01:29 If you're winning you do, yeah.
01:34 I can't recall here.
01:39 I think this time of the year should be good for us.
01:42 We're young, we're athletic, we're hungry to do well.
01:47 The games should come thick and fast and we'll be fine I'm sure.
01:52 When you look at the fixtures they're pretty tough.
01:54 Millwall away followed by two teams who were doing extremely well at the top end of the
01:58 table.
01:59 Luke O'Nine was also on the agenda regarding how integral he is to Sunderland both on and
02:05 off the field.
02:06 I think Luke's really important at the moment.
02:09 Corey's obviously not been around the team.
02:12 He's injured.
02:13 He's on his way back of course.
02:15 His boots are on every day now.
02:18 He's an experienced footballer who can resolve issues in the dressing room.
02:25 I think Luke lives in a...
02:31 Luke's an amazing human being, an amazing guy, a really talented footballer.
02:39 Luke wants everything to be A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
02:44 And football unfortunately in my mind isn't like that.
02:46 I've talked to him about this.
02:48 We can't all live in the world that Luke O'Nine lives in.
02:52 Michael Carrick praised his Middlesbrough side following their win in midweek and made
02:57 clear that performances have been consistently good of late.
03:01 They take a trip to Leeds tomorrow afternoon.
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