Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has said that his side can "take positives" from their game against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday despite losing 2-1.

Sebastian Larsson had cancelled out Jan Vertonghen's fourth-minute opener, but Christian Eriksen won it late for Spurs.

After the game, Poyet told the BBC: "It's painful. I thought we were good enough to take something from the game. I think we need to learn.

"We lost the game today because of a couple of incidents, but I think we can take positives.

"We created a great chance in the first half for Steven Fletcher, Danny Graham has forced a great save at the end and I think we should have had a penalty for a foul on Jermain Defoe."

The result leaves Sunderland 16th in the table.