Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has admitted that it will take a number of successive victories for the club to feel "a little bit safe" in the Premier League.

Allardyce has been appointed as the new boss of the Black Cats with the club five points adrift of safety, and ahead of their clash with West Bromwich Albion, the former West Ham United chief feels that every game is "enormous".

The 60-year-old is quoted by BBC Sport as saying: "Every game is enormous for us.

"We will have to be consistent, we will have to be resilient, we will have to be mentally tough in terms of believing in ourselves to try to get ourselves out of this position because, in all honesty, winning three games on the trot is going to be very difficult for us.

"But it would be three games winning on the trot before we would even consider ourselves being able to start to feel a little bit safe. Even if we win the game at West Brom, it's a nice start, it's a good start, but we are still in that position."

Sunderland have not won a league match since May 9, when they beat Everton 2-0 at Goodison Park.