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Substitute Daryl Murphy's injury-time winner handed the Black Cats a thrilling 3-2 derby victory against Middlesbrough and brought a successful conclusion to their season-long fight to avoid an immediate return to the Coca-Cola Championship.

Keane said: "Staying in the Premier League was another challenge, but we have got another year left and hopefully that will be to improve the squad and make sure we are higher up in the table."

He added: "I am just delighted for everyone at the football club. It has been a roller-coaster, a proper roller-coaster.

"I have been on some at Alton Towers and they wouldn't touch this job, I'm telling you. It is just up and down.

"We have had a long week this week after the Newcastle game. I was disappointed with the reaction of certain people, both the media and our supporters.

"We know we are short, but you shouldn't question the players. They have answered a few people, like I knew they would.

"If they had dropped their heads - and it would have been very easy to - trust me, we would have been well adrift with Derby, that's a promise.

"But we have a good dressing room and if we didn't have a good dressing room, we would have been knackered. That kept us going, a good dressing room and good staff."

"We have got two games to go and we are still confident we can try to get a few points on the board and finish as high as possible."