Tag: pressure

Fulham 1-0 Hull City: Alex Iwobi goal secures first Premier League win of season and eases pressure on Alvaro Arbeloa
17 October 2026 Off

Fulham 1-0 Hull City: Alex Iwobi goal secures first Premier League win of season and eases pressure on Alvaro Arbeloa

By Total Football News

Fulham boss Alvaro Arbeloa says securing the club’s first Premier League victory of the season before a crunch period of games for them was “massive”.

The Cottagers had been winless in their previous six league matches but secured all three points against Hull City thanks to Alex Iwobi’s 33rd-minute strike.

The result offered respite for head coach Arbeloa, who succeeded Marco Silva in the Craven Cottage hot seat in July

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Manchester United: Another failure to beat 10 men increases pressure on boss Carrick
11 October 2026 Off

Manchester United: Another failure to beat 10 men increases pressure on boss Carrick

By Total Football News

“I’m not happy with he amount of points we’ve got so far, for sure, you know,” said Carrick.

“I’m not hiding, there’s no hiding from that. I think it could have been different for a couple of little things here or there, but the reality is the reality, we’ve got to accept it, you know. We need to put things in a direction, in a positive direction quite quickly, that’s

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International break: Will the three-week interlude put more pressure on managers?
20 September 2026 Off

International break: Will the three-week interlude put more pressure on managers?

By Total Football News

While the evidence suggests things have to get pretty bad for a club to change manager early in the season, a few bosses are feeling the heat.

Manchester United

Simon Stone

There are ways of losing games of course, but I don’t see the trip to Fulham as being ‘make or break’ for Carrick in the sense of his job.

Carrick says it would be “ridiculous” to think that way

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VAR controversy: Pressure for quick decisions obvious in rushed derby review
16 September 2026 Off

VAR controversy: Pressure for quick decisions obvious in rushed derby review

By Total Football News

Completing a VAR review in the shortest possible time is not about skipping steps. And it was a critical mistake by Donohue and Antrobus.

Speed is a factor, but the most serious error in process came before Donohue tried to rush through the attacking phase.

Donohue asked the replay operator to stop the video on the first replay when Josko Gvardiol touched the ball to cross into the area. He

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Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: Foxes ease pressure on boss Cifuentes
30 December 2025 Off

Leicester City 2-1 Derby County: Foxes ease pressure on boss Cifuentes

By Total Football News

The result means Leicester will sit 12th in the second-tier table at the start of 2026, a year in which the club mark the 10-year anniversary of their astonishing Premier League title win – a sporting triumph in which the 5,000-1 outsiders confounded expectations to gatecrash their way to English football’s biggest prize.

While Leicester are six places adrift of the play-off spots, and there remain loud grumbles of

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Birmingham City: ‘Pressure not a problem’ – Blues boss Chris Davies
24 December 2025 Off

Birmingham City: ‘Pressure not a problem’ – Blues boss Chris Davies

By Total Football News

He added: “Whether there’s more or less pressure now I’m not quite sure, that’s not for me to know or really say, but I do feel we’ve got a really good opportunity now. That’s how I’m looking at it.

“We have had a little bit of a sticky patch. We had one earlier in the season which we came back from. I’ve been here 18 and a half months, and

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Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground. Video, 00:07:48Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground
14 December 2025 Off

Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground. Video, 00:07:48Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground

By Total Football News

Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground. Video, 00:07:48Forest pile more pressure on Frank after comfortable win at City Ground

This article was originally posted on https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/c62nzd1lnr8o

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Derby County 1-3 Leicester City: Foxes beat Rams to relieve pressure on boss Marti Cifuentes
8 December 2025 Off

Derby County 1-3 Leicester City: Foxes beat Rams to relieve pressure on boss Marti Cifuentes

By Total Football News

The lunchtime win lifts Leicester to 11th and above Derby, who slip to 13th ahead of the weekend’s remaining games.

The first league meeting of these regional rivals for almost 12 years pulled into sharp focus the wildly different fortunes they have had since 2014.

This is a season in which Leicester City celebrates the 10-year anniversary of their Premier League title win.

The FA Cup was collected, Champions League

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