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Will Buckley: 'Chelsea display took its toll'

Sunderland winger Will Buckley believes that his side's performance against Chelsea at the weekend hindered their efforts during their 4-1 loss to Manchester City.

By Darren Plant, Senior Reporter | 03 December 2014

Sunderland winger Will Buckley has put his team's 4-1 defeat to Manchester City down to the work-rate that they displayed in drawing with Chelsea at the weekend.

The Black Cats became the first team to prevent the Premier League leaders scoring all season, but that resilience was missing on Wednesday night as they were overrun by a rampant City outfit.

The 25-year-old told Sky Sports News: "We played so well against Chelsea on Saturday and it probably showed in our legs. City's top players turned up and punished our mistakes.

"We worked hard to get the lead and to get pegged back within two minutes was a blow. When Sergio Aguero is on that form, he is difficult to contain."

Sunderland remain in 14th position in the Premier League standings.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	48	97
P	Ipswich Town Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	35	96
3	Leeds United Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	38	90
P	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	23	75
6	Norwich City Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	9	69
9	Coventry City Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	11	64
10	Preston North End Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	-11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	2	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	-17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	-10	59
14	Swansea City Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	-6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
17	Stoke City Stoke	46	15	11	20	49	60	-11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	-11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	-14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	8	23	44	68	-24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
R	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	13	11	22	50	65	-15	50
R	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	-29	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	5	12	29	37	89	-52	27