Keane begins healing process

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The Black Cats put in a gritty, if uninspired, performance against Champions League hopefuls Everton on Sunday only to lose out to a single, scrappy goal.

"Yes, the players are down and disappointed. The day they are not after a defeat will be a very sad day for the club," Keane said. "But we'll lick our wounds and get ready for another tough game on Saturday."

He added: "You have to keep believing. Sometimes it's hard when you lose, but the spirit among the players is the least of my worries."

Keane did not contest the winning goal, which replays show went in off the arm of Andy Johnson, but accepts it as another hard lesson in what has been a tough term back in the top flight.

He said: "It came off his arm but I think it would have been very harsh of the referee to disallow it. We have the benefit of replays but at the time we didn't think for a minute that it had struck his arm.

"You deal with setbacks. We've had our fair share, whether it be disappointing results, heavy defeats or decisions we feel have gone against us.

"That's the test of any manager or any player and we have to be positive for our next game. I think there's five, six, seven teams down there fighting and we've said all along it might go to the last week or two."