Sunderland fan Eleanor McCabe says the 13-minute spell in which the Black Cats scored three goals in Wednesday's 3-2 Carabao Cup win over Brentford was "what we have been missing".

Regis Le Bris's side put aside their Premier League struggles to book a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, with 21-year-old Ivory Coast winger Jocelin Ta Bi the star of the show after playing a key role in all three goals.

"After Leeds I wasn't angry, or worried, I was just really frustrated," McCabe told BBC Radio Newcastle.

"It was another game where we were really competitive and difficult to beat but it was another game where I was sat there thinking, 'please can someone just put the ball in the back of the net'.

"We get into good positions and then just become incredibly polite. Then, Brentford happens and we score three goals in 13 minutes which is more than we have scored in the past two weeks combined. Apparently cup Sunderland and league Sunderland are two completely different teams.

"At some point the two of them really need to start talking to each other because that spell against Brentford is really what we have been missing. A bit of freedom, a bit of chaos, players running at defenders and making things happen.

"Speaking of which, Jocelin Ta Bi - you are incredible. Every single time he got the ball there was a feeling something might happen. He was direct, confident, fearless, and genuinely fun to watch.

"He proved sometimes football sometimes doesn't need to be more complicated than giving the ball to someone exciting and letting them make a defender's night miserable. After a peformance like that you surely have to be thinking how you get him more minutes."