Sunderland vs Man City - 5 Ways Black Cats Can Stop Rampant City

4. Frustrate Their Forwards

You may or may not have seen the quality that Manchester City have up front, it's like watching a live version FIFA Ultimate Team for what they have - it's mad but goodness me it is impressive. If Sunderland go for the back-line of Phil Bardsley, Wes Brown, John O'Shea and Craig Gardner, they must be able to snuff out and frustrate the three forwards. How I hear you ask? The answer is challenges! Now I'm not saying that they should put in a leg breaking tackles in, heavens no! What I am saying is that if they can put in a clean yet crunching challenge (fans will love that by the way), they it could put them off from coming back so close and ideally, force a City player to either cross in further away from the box or make them pass it back.