Martinez piles pressure on Poyet

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During four years in charge of Wigan Athletic, he found out what was required to keep a team in the Premier League before eventually suffering the drop, wining the FA Cup and making the move to Goodison Park last summer.

So he was well aware of how Sunderland, rooted to the foot of the Premier League and seven points adrift of safety, would approach the visit of his Champions League aspirants — and he successfully negotiated the latest hurdle.