Keane: we will survive

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is confident that his side will survive in the Premiership. Last weekend's 1-0 victory over Aston Villa has improved confidence in the side and Keane is looking to build on it.

Keane's men face Alan Curbishley's West Ham United on Saturday, and the Irishman knows that a second successive victory would represent another major step forward.

He said: "We have great belief - I see it on the training pitch every day. There is a confidence that we will get things right here. We are all impatient on this planet and I am no different, but you have to recognise how far the club has come, and we are trying to build. I believe I can get Sunderland up there, but it is going to be tough."