By Colin Bertrand

PHIL Parkinson hailed his disciplined Black Cats for showing the steel to cling on for victory at Oxford – and boost their promotion chances.
Sunderland’s seventh clean sheet in eight games helped secure all three points after Oxford pushed hard for an equaliser in difficult conditions.
Centre-half Jordan Willis scored the winner in just the third minute, getting in front of defender John Mousinho to glance in Chris Maguire’s corner from the left.
“We defended very well and defending starts from the front,” Parkinson said....