| 1. | The first sporting principle to fall would be promotion-relegation.
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| 2. | Racing stays in the relegation-threatened zone with 19 points.
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| 3. | On Saturday those four face teams who are threatened by relegation.
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| 4. | Manchester City also helped distance itself from relegation with a victory.
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| 5. | Three relegation spots are set, with the fourth nearly so.
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| 6. | The result consigns Carlisle United to relegation to the third division.
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| 7. | Sunderland has 32 points in 15th place and is fighting relegation.
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| 8. | Relegation-threatened Verona fell to 6-8-16.
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| 9. | Bolton, Crystal Palace and Barnsley stayed in the bottom three relegation
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| 10. | Piacenza played Empoli in a relegation-zone match at night.
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