Sunderland striker Steven Fletcher has revealed that he was "angry" after he was recently dropped by manager Gus Poyet.
The Scotland international was omitted from the squad that drew 2-2 with Tottenham Hotspur last month, but he returned during the weekend's 3-1 win over Stoke City to score two goals.
Speaking about Poyet's decision to leave him out, Fletcher has admitted that his boss "got a positive reaction" from him.
"You want to play every game. If you are not playing, you at least want to be on the bench, so I am not going to say I was happy about it. I was angry," he told the Sunderland Journal.
"I think I have proved I should have been somewhere near the squad, so hopefully that will continue. The manager wanted a reaction and he got a positive reaction, which was good."
Those goals were Fletcher's first for Sunderland since December 2013.
