Leeds United performed well in a 1-1 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday

Daniel Farke praised his Leeds United side for a strong reaction to Simon Adingra's first-half goal at the Stadium of Light but admitted their slow start left him with some frustration after the game.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalised for the visitors shortly after the break and in truth they were more than good value for a point given their performance across the game as a whole. An injury to Joe Rodon shortly before Adingra's goal ultimately aided the visitors, with Ao Tanaka coming on and a switch in formation leading to Farke's side dominating long stretches of the game thereafter.

Farke said he was considering a change even before Rodon picked up an injury but felt ultimately that it was a good point for his side.

"The unbeaten run continues, and we showed again a great mentality to come back out of a losing position," Farke said.

"Then of course another point on the table, we have improved our situation further on in a difficult away game. No other team has come away with a better result here so far during this Premier League season.

"So Sunderland unbeaten here at home, so it's definitely a good point. The performance from minute 30 on, because I think we dominated this game. Mood-wise I'm a bit in between, so all the positives I mentioned right now, but the gut feeling was also like we could have started the game better.

"I was not really happy with the first 30 minutes. To be honest, even without the injury I would have changed the base formation, perhaps even made a substitution during the first half. For the first time during this season, because the feeling was a bit... We got so much praise for our win last weekend when we scored four goals from set pieces. We waited way too much in the beginning of the game just for the situations for a throw-in or whatever, corner kick or whatever, free kick. I think we forgot a bit to show also the second part of our DNA. The second part of our DNA is football.

"To dominate the ball and to be brave on the ball and to be proactive to take the game to the opponent's half and to create chances to score goals. This is what we did then more or less from minute 30 on. The goal, excellent team goal, was a consequence out of this. I have to give lots of credit for this away performance from minute 30 on. Then the gut feeling was also like, we dominated each and every statistic. Normally we could have won this game if we would have been a bit more clinical in the opponent's box.

"We take the point, a good point, especially coming back out of a losing position. But no dancing on the tables tonight because we could have won."

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Why Régis Le Bris was pleased with a point for Sunderland against Leeds United

“I am pleased with many things,” Le Bris said.

“We can speak about individuals – Simon, Dennis, who both started today. We have had many questions around the AFCON, plus we also had Dan and Luke missing today. So, there were eight players missing, but we still showed a good character. I think we played well for part of the game, against a strong side. They are in good form, with good players, so it was a good point.”

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