Sunderland’s manager Gus Poyet prays for off-day from ‘perfect’ Chelsea

• Black Cats could make it three wins in a row against Chelsea

• Uruguayan urges caution against the ‘best team in league’

• December 2013: Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea, Capital One Cup

Gus Poyet is likely to be as surprised as anyone should his Sunderland side beat Chelsea for the third time in a row on Saturday evening but José Mourinho has reason to be wary of the Uruguayan. Quite apart from ending Mourinho’s record of 77 Premier League home games without defeat during his two stints in charge at Stamford Bridge courtesy of a 2-1 victory in west London in April, Sunderland also knocked Chelsea out of last season’s Capital One Cup at the quarter-final stage.

Considering that a couple of weeks earlier Poyet’s struggling side narrowly lost their home league game against Mourinho’s side 4-3 the stage seems set for an upset on Wearside. But Sunderland’s manager urges caution.

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