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There is a big game at the top and the bottom of the English Premier League on Wednesday, with championship-chasing Manchester City taking on bottom side Sunderland - the 'Black Cats' boss Guy Poyet was in a resigned and dark mood on Tuesday, after commenting on his and the club's future.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Gus Poyet, Sunderland manager:

"There are three teams that are going to go down and those three teams are going to be the worst three, there are not going to be any excuses. I don't like excuses, I said that I few weeks ago that I have a big list of excuses, but I am not going to use it but on the other hand you have to be realistic. You can't concede six own goals and so many deflected shots and a few bad decisions against and things that have been happening - as then it would be too easy to talk about luck, and nothing else."