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Jordan Malbon: Was made captain for the day for my local team and the coach was telling me to scream my heart out, show my passion and show no mercy. We got beat 9-0 that day and I was dropped for the next two games.

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It was not just the ignominy of losing 4-0 at home, but the ignominy of losing 4-0 to Aston Villa. With all due respect to Villa, who had only managed to score four away goals all season prior to their trip up north.

As if that wasn't humiliating enough, BBC Score pundit and former Blackburn and Norwich striker Chris Sutton said Sunderland were "like a pub team" after midfielder Seb Larsson failed to appear at the start of the second half.

The Black Cats are now only a point above the relegation zone.

Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet said:

"We lost in the worst way possible and we're not getting it right. We need to perform and are not doing so.

"We have no-one to blame apart from ourselves. It's about being professional, standing up and correct it or it will be danger.

"We haven't been in the bottom three all year, but we aren't winning enough and have put ourselves in a difficult situation."

Huge game up north today. Hampden Park in Glasgow will be buzzing as Celtic take on Dundee United in the Scottish League Cup final.

It is a second cup final in two years for the Terrors (they lost to St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup final in May - the fans don't need reminding).

Celtic have won this title 14 times, Dundee United have won it twice - the last time in 1981.

You can watch live coverage of the match on BBC One Scotland and follow live text commentary on this very website.

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Marcus Gosling:, external Eight-nil down at half-time, our manager said: "Don't worry, we've got the wind with us in the second half". Lost by at least a dozen.

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We all saw that result coming didn't we?

What a goal by George Boyd - a strike which followed a shot on TV of City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who had the look of a haunted man who has a look of a haunted man.

That win moved Burnley up to 18th and on to 25 points - only a point behind Sunderland - we'll get on to them next.

Burnley manager Sean Dyche said: "Our will and desire to be in the Premier League is on show, but we won't get too carried away.

"We know there's a long way to go. The players are grounded. We haven't been broken from defeat - we've been dented a few times - but this win reinforces confidence and belief.

"I have said many times that the players are improving. They are growing and learning."

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QPR are in a slightly better position than Leicester, but it is now eight defeats in the last nine league matches - that is awful.

On Saturday they were soundly beaten 3-1 by 'Pardew's Crystal Palace®' and not even the delightful Matt Phillips 40-yarder was any consolation.

The Hoops are 19th with 22 points. They still have Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City to play.

QPR manager Chris Ramsey said: "I'm hoping nine games is enough - that's all that I've got so we'll go for it as best we can.

"The players believe. They're not bickering and moaning at each other.

"Some people are disappointed and some people are voicing their opinions, but they're still unified. All we can do is to keep fighting."

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Comfy seats, uncomfortable position. Leicester are seven points from safety with 10 games left.

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Leicester rarely troubled Hull keeper Allan McGregor, while Hull really should have come away with a win with Nikica Jelavic missing a couple of very good chances.

Leicester manager Nigel Pearson said: "We've got 10 games left, six at home and we probably need to win five.

"We're in the same sort of position as before. Our home form has to be drastically improved to give us the best chance.

"I'm not sure we could have played any more of an attacking style, but if players are having a bit of an off day they're having an off day."

What did Roy Castle sing? "Relegation is not what you need..."

It was mainly about the teams down at the bottom of the Premier League on Saturday.

So that's where we will start the review. Leicester?

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Sulaimon Adelekan:, external Last year, after going 3-0 down at half time, our coach played us the clips of Liverpool's comeback in Champions League final. We still lost.

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The Sunday Telegraph's sports pages has Jose Mourinho's message to the rest of the Premier League managers as one of its lead stories.

'The Special One' reveals he is also 'The Happy One' - never more so than when he's comparing his record of success with his peers in the game.

He could be in an even better mood by 15:30 GMT today...

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The Mail on Sunday has an exclusive interview with Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge in its sports pages.

The 25-year-old talks injury nightmares, playing under national boss Roy Hodgson, external and growing up in Birmingham.

"I'm a very closed-off person," he says. "I can count my friends on one hand."

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Danny Ings to United? Rafa Benitez to City. Mancini to take Toure, Jovetic and Kolarov to Inter for £45m?

The Star on Sunday is a BBC Football Gossip column all of its own.

Read the best of the rest here.

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The Sun on Sunday are showing video footage of what appears to be a kitchen boxing bout between Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney and his friend and former team-mate Phil Bardsley.

One of them ends up floored. Read who here.

No United-Spurs top four knock-out blow puns here - we'll let social media take care of that.

Sunday back pages (and front page) review coming up next.

Who remembers that song from Bugsy Malone? How does it go again? "So you wanna be a boxer..."

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"So I prefer to laugh and say that envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows give to the man."

That was Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who gifted the gathering journalists at Friday's pre-match news conference this beautiful metaphor., external

He was hitting back at his critics in his own typical manner.

I'm guessing he throws these gems out at will in the changing room, but have you ever played for a coach or captain who provided a moment of inspiration?

Maybe it was a rabble-rousing speech in the style of Sir Bobby Robson or Bill Shankly or maybe you were inspired by an action similar to when Louis van Gaal pulled his pants down in front of the Bayern Munich players. We've all been there.

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Unsurprisingly, we didn't have many one-horse races at Cheltenham this week, the Premier League on the other hand...

After his side's defeat at Burnley, Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is a shadow of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, looking enviously on.

Victory for the Blues over Southampton would seal the Premier League title. OK, slightly premature, but a victory would put the Blues eight points clear with two games in hand. Anyone want to bet against?

Chelsea v Southampton at 13:30 GMT kicks off a triple-bill of Premier League fun.

At 16:00 GMT we have Everton v Newcastle and Manchester United v Tottenham.

Here's hoping for goals, chances, skills and fracas-free thrills.