Intro:

Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet looks ahead to Sunday's FA Cup third round tie against Championship side Leeds United.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sunderland coach Gus Poyet

"It's the best cup competition in the world and we want to play it. It's coming, especially this game, into a situation which is difficult because of the quantity of games that we played in the last week but I want to try to play the best team knowing that there is a few players that, it's been very difficult for them and they've been playing with a kind of touch-and-go situation so we need to be very, very careful and try to maintain a good team on the pitch but without forcing, let's say, anyone."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Sunderland coach Gus Poyet (asked if he can forget about the league for this one match?)

"No. At least not me -- I know it would be nice. I think we will play this game as a cup game but always, always thinking about Liverpool, even if it's in a week's time. It's about getting better in the league at home and making sure we get three points and things like so. So it's a good way to try to improve and to use certain players that I need to play."