Tag: fight

15 March 2025 Off

Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Leeds United: Championship leaders fight back from two down

By Total Football News

The visitors made a bright start, dominating the ball in the early stages, with Joel Piroe volleying over after the ball sat up for him in the first chance of the match.

But QPR grew into the game and took the lead in stunning fashion through Saito.

The Japanese winger took advantage of a loose pass from Brenden Aaronson in the box to whip a curling effort beyond Illan Meslier

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28 February 2025 Off

Van Nistelrooy vows Leicester ‘still in the fight’ to avoid drop

By Total Football News

In Leicester’s favour, however, is time.

A five-point deficit is not insurmountable and they have 11 league games left – that’s 33 points to play for.

But their upcoming run of fixtures look tough with their next four games being trips to Chelsea and Manchester City and home matches against Manchester United and Newcastle.

Leicester defender Wout Faes says the players still believe they can stay up.

“Of course, there

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21 February 2025 Off

Derby County: John Eustace wants to see fight from relegation-threatened Rams

By Total Football News

Following his arrival at Derby, Eustace said the 14 Championship matches that the East Midlands club had remaining would all be treated as “cup finals”.

And he insists that that the heavy loss at QPR has not changed his outlook on what will be demanded of his side.

“It’s a huge challenge, I was under no illusion coming in how tough the job was going to be,” Eustace said.

“We

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5 December 2024 Off

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has ‘no regrets’ in VAR fight

By Total Football News

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis says he has “no regrets” over his actions after calling out “big mistakes” made by the video assistant referee (VAR).

Marinakis was handed a five-game stadium ban in October for spitting on the floor as match officials walked past in the tunnel following Forest’s 1-0 Premier League defeat by Fulham at the City Ground on 28 September.

“We have seen things that are unbelievable and

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9 November 2024 Off

Stoke City 1-1 Millwall: Potters fight back to end Lions’ winning run

By Total Football News

Stoke City head coach Narcis Pelach told BBC Radio Stoke:

“It’s a penalty for us, a red card, and then probably we win the game, so I’m disappointed.

“It would have been a great week with three wins, but we have to take the point, it is what it is, and don’t get frustrated.

“They (the officials) got it wrong. It’s clear, everyone has seen it. The job of the

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21 September 2024 Off

Burnley fight back to beat winless Portsmouth

By Total Football News

Josh Brownhill’s 94th-minute winner after Jeremy Sarmiento’s wonder goal gave Burnley a dramatic Championship victory against winless Portsmouth.

The Clarets had laboured to break down a well-organised and determined Pompey, who seemed set to stretch their unbeaten away run to 13 league games.

Callum Lang gave Portsmouth a first-half lead after Connor Ogilvie had hit the post for last season’s League One champions.

The arrival of Ecuador winger Sarmiento changed

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21 April 2024 0

Fulham 1-3 Liverpool: ‘Jurgen Klopp’s clever changes keep Liverpool in title fight’ – Danny Murphy

By Total Football News
MOTD2 analysis

It has been a tough couple of weeks for Liverpool but they are certainly not feeling sorry for themselves.

Instead, their performance against Fulham on Sunday said to me that they are still fighting like mad for the Premier League title.

Going into the game, Reds boss Jurgen Klopp had said he felt his side have been too easy to play against recently, so he will be very pleased with

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