A late Darren Bent penalty gave Sunderland their first win of the Premier League campaign, but Ahmed Elmohamady's team were fortunate not to concede earlier.

"Of course, we rode our luck a little bit with the Tevez miss - I don't think he will ever miss a chance like that again - but we are due some," said Bruce, who was nonetheless delighted with his team's display.

"It was a great performance. I have just said to my assistant, 'Is that the same team that played last week?', which is the problem.

"Today every one of them stuck at it and did their jobs properly."

On the losing side, City coach Mancini rued his side's poor finishing, but refused to burden his marksman with the first defeat of the season.

"Football is very strange. We played fantastic football in the first half but if you don't score, sometimes you can lose these games," said Mancini.

"We had the Carlos chance, but we also had three or four other opportunities.

"I am disappointed because we wanted to win this game."

The Tevez miss