Jones: Wins are all that matter
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of the league – and try and express ourselves and show everyone we can play at this level.
“That’s what we’ll all be trying to do.
“As a team, we’ll need to create a good performance to get a good result.”
Sunderland have suffered a bruising week on and off the pitch, with back-toback away defeats at Watford and Leicester City.
Manchester United are sixth, four points adrift of the final Champions League spot ahead of the Sunday lunchtime showdown.
Jones is desperate for Sunderland to put on a good show for the fans but knows, with the club’s top-flight status in real jeopardy, the only thing that really matters now is points on the board.
“The wins are the main thing and it doesn’t really matter about performances at this time, but you can look at the performance when you’ve lost a game and you’re disappointed,” added the 30-year-old, who has been with the club since the summer of 2014.
“You’re looking for some encouragement and you can look at moments in the game (at Leicester) where we’ve played well and if you can try and recreate that for 90 minutes, with the resilience we showed defensively at times, that will create clean sheets and give us a chance of getting a result.
“At this moment in time, results are the main thing, but when you lose a game you’ve got to look at what you’ve done well and try and recreate that for 90 minutes, knowing if you do that you will get the win.”