Former Sunderland winger Kieron Brady has praised the Black Cats' first leg performance in the Championship play-off semi-final but warns "the job is only half done".
Regis Le Bris' side host Coventry in the second leg on Tuesday with a 2-1 advantage following their first win at the CBS Arena in 40 years.
"We obviously can focus on the tactics, the degree of containment that was utilised but I think also the inclusion of Dan Ballard who was colossal in the heart of defence, and then to play with two recognised forwards which is something of a rarity in the modern game, and then to go on and convert the chances that they had would be very, very personally satisfying for Regis Le Bris," Brady told BBC Radio Newcastle.