Travel weary Swans faded second half after a dominant display first half, where we took a two goal lead.
When the Black Cats scored after six minutes of the the restart we knew we had a fight on our hands. But the Swans are made of tougher stuff these days and we saw out the game. Sunderland were frustrated and picked up five bookings as they became more and more desperate to score. It was not be as the Swans held on.
We remain in sixth place on 21 points, three points behind leaders Sheff Utd, who lost 3-1 at Stoke, in this tight division this season.
Five wins from the last six matches, something to celebrate.