Yann M'Vila wants defensive stability at Sunderland

Sunderland loan signing Yann M'Vila says concentration is key to eliminating the defensive errors that have seen them lose their first two games of the season.

Dick Advocaat's side are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table after a 4-2 opening-day defeat at Leicester was followed by a 3-1 home loss to Norwich last weekend.

"If you communicate and concentrate, then you prevent the goals or the mistakes. We have been working hard this week but we must maintain our concentration to fulfill our objectives," M'Vila told The Chronicle.

"I don't think it is a matter of confidence. It is more of a problem of concentration. If we can get that better, I think we can do better this weekend because we have been training really hard this week."

Swansea are the visitors to the Stadium of Light on Saturday and M'Vila expects Garry Monk's side to provide stiff opposition after they recorded a comfortable 2-0 win over Newcastle last weekend.

"Swansea are coming to us in front of our supporters. They have seen us concede too many goals in the last two matches," the France international said.

"We need to put in a performance for the supporters because they are our family. We need to give something back to them because it has been difficult for them."

Summer signing Younes Kaboul admits the squad are desperate to make amends for their poor start to the season and says the players are raring to go this weekend.

"I don't know (what's gone wrong), I can't tell you because if I had the answer we wouldn't have lost the second game. We need to be better and we will get better," Kaboul said.

"We're really impatient for the game to start, then we can crack on. When you're a professional, you know what can be wrong and what's good. It can't always be perfect so you need to learn from that.

"In this world, you always learn every day at any age. So we've learned from the two games so far and we'll make sure that we're ready for Swansea on Saturday."