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Sunderland give themselves hope

Newcastle skipper Fabricio Coloccini has denied that players fought on the bus back from their disastrous defeat at Leicester.

The Magpies slipped to within two points of the Premier League relegation zone as a result of their 3-0 reverse at the King Power Stadium last Saturday, prompting a week of blood-letting on Tyneside.

Coloccini and his teammates held a no-holds-barred meeting on Monday in an effort to thrash out the problems which have contributed to a deeply damaging eight-game losing streak,...