SIGNING UP ... Sunderland players Simon Mignolet (left) and Keiren Westwood with young fans Leah Ledger 13, and Caitlin Green, 14 at the SAFC Shop at the Galleries, Washington.
KEIREN Westwood insists a winning start to the Martin O&8217;Neill era has not blinded Sunderland&8217;s players to their league position.
A first win in six against Blackburn Rovers last weekend lifted the Black Cats out of the relegation zone and instilled some much-needed confidence in a side struggling to hit the heights of last seasons 10th-placed finish.
But Sunderland remain just two points clear of the bottom three ahead of this weekends daunting trip to fourth placed Tottenham, who have racked up five successive top-flight victories at White Hart Lane.
Westwood hailed the win against Blackburn as massive, but he knows ONeills men must maintain the momentum from the goalkeepers first win in a Sunderland shirt.
The Republic of Ireland international told the Gazette: We needed a win against Blackburn, whether it was a different manager in place or not.
We should have won both the Wigan and Wolves games it was a crazy 25 seconds at Molineux so we should be higher up the table. We know that.
We know we should have a better points tally.
But the only way we can rectify that is tcats shopo keep going and pick up as many as we can.
It was a massive three points against Blackburn, and the way we went about it, I dont think anyone can say we didnt d
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