Sunderland’s Lee Cattermole cleans up to keep Chelsea at bay

• Gus Poyet says Diego Costa ‘always close to the limit’

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If you take José Mourinho at face value the Football Association should probably issue Sunderland with parking tickets but Gus Poyet’s players deserve credit for a bit more than magnificently stubborn defending.

Chelsea’s manager conveniently ignored the reality that Sunderland created the better chances and, had Adam Johnson not missed an inviting late opening, would surely have beaten his side for the third time in a row.

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via Chelsea | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/30/sunderland-lee-cattermole-chelsea-premier-league