Steve Bruce insists he is learning from his struggles at Sunderland Football Club.

After a bright start to the season the Black Cats have fallen down the table in recent weeks, and are now just four points ahead of the relegation zone in the Premier League.

This has piled the pressure on Bruce, but the Stadium of Light boss is sure he will come through this difficult patch as a better manager for it.

"When you come through it, it makes you better because you learn from it," said Bruce. "Nobody likes it, nobody enjoys it, you would be lying if you said you enjoyed it.

“But certainly you learn from it and you take it on with you. I have worked hard all my life and I will try to work as hard as I can to pull us around.

"I am the same one who came in six months ago, nothing has changed in that respect. There's no hiding place from it, we have just got to get a result, it's as simple as that."

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