John O'Shea has described Craig Gardner's goal during Sunderland's FA Cup victory over Southampton earlier today as "fantastic".
The midfielder scored the Black Cats' only goal in their 1-0 win at the Stadium of Light this lunchtime, booking the home side's place in the last eight in the competition.
The defender told BT Sport: "[Manager] Gus Poyet said to the lads beforehand, make a statement. We have big games coming up, Craig Gardner's goal was fantastic and he does do it every day in training.
"Southampton had some very dangerous players and they have some quality but we had to be alive at the back and maybe the pitch helped us out a bit."
Sunderland will learn who they will face in the quarter-finals when the draw takes place tomorrow afternoon.
