Megson: next game a cup final

Gary Megson believes that Bolton's next game against Sunderland in the Premiership will be 'like a cup final', after a point against Tottenham moved Bolton out of the Premiership drop zone on Saturday.

"We've just played two cup finals. When we trooped off the pitch at Villa Park (lost 4-0), we were the lowest we've been for some time," Megson said. "It was a really poor performance and result, and we had two away games coming up. We managed four points from them and it's a position when the Sunderland game is a cup final.

"We will have 25,000 people there, hopefully helping us get a result we need and then let's see other results. It's so complicated.

"It doesn't matter if Sunderland are safe or not, we have to perform like I know we can.