Sunderland skipper John O'Shea has urged his team-mates to pay back the club's fans in the best way possible - by beating Arsenal on Saturday. The Black Cats players this week offered to refund the cost of tickets for supporters who made the trip to Southampton last weekend and witnessed a humiliating 8-0 Barclays Premier League defeat. However, the 33-year-old O'Shea knows victory against the Gunners would do even more to repair the damage. John O'Shea (above) wants Suderland to hit back from 8-0 Southampton defeat with a win against Arsenal . He told the Journal: "Three points is the biggest thing we need to give everyone - fans, ourselves and the staff. Ultimately, you have to confine that to a one-off. "Whatever team we were playing this weekend, we need to see what we had been seeing previously - intensity in our play, putting pressure on teams and stopping them playing. "Arsenal are a good team, they'll have spells where they're going to have the ball. But we need to put them under pressure, particularly when they've got a few injuries at the back and a midweek Champions League game. Let's see if we can use that to our advantage. "In terms of how the season had been going, that result was a big disappointment for the manager. Obviously he's spoken to us and that will remain in-house. But hopefully there'll be a reaction on Saturday and in the games coming up." Sunderland were humiliated 8-0 by Southampton last Saturday, and players refunded the fans' ticket price . Sunderland manager Gus Poyet (above) has led the inquisition this week into how his team got thrashed . Head coach Gus Poyet and his squad tackled the grisly task of analysing just what went wrong at the St Mary's Stadium on Tuesday and ensuring it was a one-off. O'Shea admitted: "It's been very raw. It's happened. You analyse everything and you have to make sure the level of intensity and tempo is maintained every week in the Premier League. "It doesn't matter who you're playing against. We had maintained that up until Southampton. That was the disappointing aspect."
Sunderland skipper John O'Shea demands three points against Arsenal .
The Black Cats were thrashed 8-0 away to Southampton last weekend .
The side refunded fans' tickets, now O'Shea wants to repay them with a win .
Sunderland skipper John O'Shea has urged his team-mates to pay back the club's fans in the best way possible - by beating Arsenal on Saturday. The Black Cats players this week offered to refund the cost of tickets for supporters who made the trip to Southampton last weekend and witnessed a humiliating 8-0 Barclays Premier League defeat. However, the 33-year-old O'Shea knows victory against the Gunners would do even more to repair the damage. John O'Shea (above) wants Suderland to hit back from 8-0 Southampton defeat with a win against Arsenal . He told the Journal: "Three points is the biggest thing we need to give everyone - fans, ourselves and the staff. Ultimately, you have to confine that to a one-off. "Whatever team we were playing this weekend, we need to see what we had been seeing previously - intensity in our play, putting pressure on teams and stopping them playing. "Arsenal are a good team, they'll have spells where they're going to have the ball. But we need to put them under pressure, particularly when they've got a few injuries at the back and a midweek Champions League game. Let's see if we can use that to our advantage. "In terms of how the season had been going, that result was a big disappointment for the manager. Obviously he's spoken to us and that will remain in-house. But hopefully there'll be a reaction on Saturday and in the games coming up." Sunderland were humiliated 8-0 by Southampton last Saturday, and players refunded the fans' ticket price . Sunderland manager Gus Poyet (above) has led the inquisition this week into how his team got thrashed . Head coach Gus Poyet and his squad tackled the grisly task of analysing just what went wrong at the St Mary's Stadium on Tuesday and ensuring it was a one-off. O'Shea admitted: "It's been very raw. It's happened. You analyse everything and you have to make sure the level of intensity and tempo is maintained every week in the Premier League. "It doesn't matter who you're playing against. We had maintained that up until Southampton. That was the disappointing aspect."
Sunderland skipper John O'Shea has urged his Saturday. The Black Cats players this week supporters who made the trip to Southampton last Southampton defeat with a win against Arsenal . players refunded the fans' ticket price .