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There'll be no relaxing says Keane



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SUNDERLAND manager Roy Keane reassured the rest of the teams in the Barclays Premier League relegation battle that his side will not take a relaxed approach against struggling Bolton.
The Black Cats travel to the Reebok Stadium safe in the knowledge that their place in the top flight is secured for next season (kick-off 5.15pm, live on Setanta Sports.

Bolton, on the other hand, are one of six clubs scrapping to avoid joining De
rby County in the Coca-Cola Championship next season but Keane insisted his players will not be taking it easy.

"There will be no sympathy from us - we want to be fair to everyone," Keane said.

"I'll be picking the strongest team I have available and we're desperate for another win.

"Who goes down doesn't concern me too much - we've got to be fair to all the teams involved.

"We all love the Premier League because it's honest. I'm won't be messing about, we're going there to win. We've not had many away wins this season and we want another.

"If Bolton were to go down, it won't be because of Sunderland and our results against them, it's the season overall.

"They will look as it as a chance to win, but we've won four of our last six games so we fancy our chances, let's get as many points as we can.

"We're 100per cent focused on these (two] games - everything else is on hold. They are tough games but we owe it to our fans to do well.

"We'll have 3,500 fans at Bolton and we want to do it for them; it's full steam ahead."

Sunderland, who have won four of their last six games, secured their Premier League status with victory over Middlesbrough at the Stadium of Light last week.

It has been a rollercoaster ride for their fans this season but Keane admitted he was always confident that his team would survive the drop.

"People might not believe me but I believed 100% we'd do it," he said.

"I felt we had enough to stay up. We've done it now and we'll try to get stronger for next season.

"It's been a good achievement by the players because we've had many setbacks, they deserve all the credit, I'm proud of them."




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