LONDON (Reuters) - Sunderland can beat the odds and stay up despite being bottom of the Premier League at Christmas, manager Gus Poyet said after an emphatic 4-1 win at fellow strugglers Fulham on Saturday.
Propping up the table on December 25 almost always leads to relegation, with only West Bromwich Albion making a great escape in 2005, but after Adam Johnson's hat-trick on Saturday hoisted Sunderland off the bottom, Poyet said they are up for the fight.
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