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Sam Allardyce hopes for early transfer business — Sunderland

“We don’t want to wait for the miracle, we need to do it now”, said Allardyce, well aware of what Gus Poyet and Dick Advocaat endured at the end of the last two seasons. Draws are also important. “Now! It must have been the fear that got them through last couple of times, the feeling that “there’s no games left, lads, so if we don’t do it now, we’re finished, we’re gone”, and my God you couldn’t believe it when they did it under Gus Poyet”.

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“He had a chance today”.

Following the City clash, Sunderland are at home to Liverpool on December 30 before a crucial game against fellow strugglers Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light on January 2.

Allardyce, who made six changes for the game, said: “We have got players who are saying they deserve a chance in the team and, ‘Why am I not playing when the team is struggling?'”

But three goals in the opening 22 minutes from Raheem Sterling, Yaya Toure and Wilifried Bony effectively brought an end to the contest at that stage.

Kevin De Bruyne added a fourth goal early in the second half, before Fabio Borini at least put the Black Cats on the scoresheet.

Younes Kaboul will miss Sunderland’s Boxing Day trip to Manchester City and faces several weeks out with a hamstring injury. Three goals we could have done a lot better with, particularly the first and third.

“That seems to be the case for us at the moment”.

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“As much as you change the side and the squad around, which is what I have been doing since I have been here, and thinking you’re going in the right direction, clearly now in the last three games we are slipping back in the danger zone”. It’s really worrying for me that someone of his size can come and score like that at the far post without a challenge on him. If we get results, the other clubs can do whatever.

Repeat? Former Sunderland boss Dick Advocaat and Paul Bracewell celebrate with player Lee Cattermole after the Black Cats sealed the result to keep them in the Premier League in May