Cats must be wary of tricky Kent

Bristol City captain Bailey Wright believes that on-loan Liverpool winger Ryan Kent can cause problems for Sunderland in Saturday’s big Championship clash at Ashton Gate.

Kent was linked with a summer move to the Black Cats but ended up in Germany with Freiburg, before he signed a loan deal with Bristol City last month.

The 21-year-old has had four outings for the Robins, but they have won just once to slip to sixth place in the table ahead of the visit of secondbottom Sunderland.

Bristol City captain Bailey Wright has been impressed with the pace and quick feet of Kent and enthused on BCTV: “He’s shown what he’s about, he’s a good player, a nightmare to play against and he’s only going to get better and better.

“The more he settles in the more we will see the best of him. I think he showed us what he’s about and I’m excited about what he’s going to show us for the rest of the season.”

Bristol City went down 1-0 at lowly Bolton last Friday and have only taken four points from the last six league games.

Australia defender Wright added: “It’s been a busy few months for us and it’s not often you have eight days to prepare for a game, which is nice. We will get back to the training pitch and focus on us.

“Sunderland is another tough test, but we know what we’re about.

“We always give ourselves a good chance and it’s another opportunity.”

Reflecting on the disappointing defeat to Bolton, 25-year-old Wright, signed from Preston last January, said: “They made it difficult for us – it was difficult to break them down and the simple, basic things that we normally do well, we didn’t do well.

“We didn’t create enough chances, we didn’t have enough shots – we had a lot of the ball, but I think it was their plan to let us have that and frustrate us. We will bounce back.”