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Poyet happy Sunderland still alive in FA Cup

Sunderland boss Gus Poyet is happy to be still alive in the FA Cup.

The Black Cats, with new signing Jermain Defoe among their number for the first time at the Stadium of Light, could only draw 0-0 against Fulham, and might have lost it at the death when substitute Hugo Rodallega rattled the post from distance following Jack Rodwell's sending-off.

The replay will take place at Craven Cottage on Tuesday, February 3, and it is a game Poyet insists he is happy to have ahead of him.

He said: "I think if you ask Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Southampton if they want to have a replay, they would love it. It's football. Some teams love this competition because of those results."

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