'Put your ego aside and use mistakes as learnings' - O'Nien

Sunderland defender Luke O'Nien sat down with BBC Radio Newcastle to look back over his eight years with the club. Reflecting on the highs and lows of his time, he discussed how he has grown from his debut to now. He explained: "The thing I'm most proud of is, I've made many mistakes between my debut and now and there was the one on derby day.

But if you look at the reaction and the work I have done since then, I didn't just manage to help steer the ship that game but we limited them to very few chances at all. "Those are examples of how I was as a human being then, then fast forward seven or eight years and I have had to dig deep on one of the toughest days, in one of the toughest environments, to turn it around when really needed. "As human beings we make mistakes and it is important we face them head on, put your ego aside and use them as learnings to keep moving forward.

" Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds here or by pressing play on the clip above