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Yannick Bolasie (cpfc.co.uk)
Yannick Bolasie (cpfc.co.uk)

Sunderland -Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie pushed Sunderland back into the relegation dogfight with a hat-trick in his side's 4-1 romp at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Bolasie hadn't scored for Palace since September, but the Congo international ended that drought in spectacular fashion to hand new Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat a second defeat from his three matches in charge.

Advocaat had hoped last weekend's triumph over local rivals Newcastle would provide the spark to lift Sunderland away from the bottom three.

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