Tag: pressure

2 January 2025 Off

Luton Town 0-1 Norwich City: Canaries win piles pressure on Edwards

By Total Football News

Luton manager Rob Edwards told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“It’s not the result that anyone wanted but the players gave everything and tried really really hard. We pushed and pushed and we deserved something from the game.

“I felt like it was the first time they had been in our half for a long time but we need to deal with the shot better – not allow the shot to

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26 December 2024 Off

Preston North End 1-0 Hull City: Potts piles pressure on struggling Tigers

By Total Football News

For Hull, their struggles continue, particularly away from home where they are still looking for a first clean sheet of the season.

They were, at times, decent going forward and had chances to both take the lead and draw level.

It was also a result though which could reduce Selles’ honeymoon period in the job with tough-looking home fixtures against Middlesbrough and Leeds next up.

The Tigers had started on

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6 December 2024 Off

Liverpool players are used to pressure – Arne Slot

By Total Football News

Arne Slot says his Liverpool players are used to the pressure of having to win as they seek to maintain their advantage at the top of the Premier League.

Slot’s side are seven points clear at the top going into Saturday’s derby at Everton (12:30 GMT).

Liverpool did stretch their lead to nine points by beating Manchester City last Sunday, but that was trimmed on Wednesday as they drew 3-3

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5 December 2024 Off

Gary O’Neil: Wolves manager vows to maintain same mentality despite growing pressure

By Total Football News

Wolves manager Gary O’Neil insists his “mentality won’t change” despite being under pressure after a poor start to the 2024-25 season.

Travelling supporters chanted “you’re getting sacked in the morning” at O’Neil as Wolves slumped to a 4-0 loss at Everton on Wednesday.

That defeat at Goodison Park was Wolves’ ninth of the Premier League campaign and with only two wins they are in 19th place with nine points from

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5 December 2024 Off

Everton 4-0 Wolves: Ashley Young, Orel Mangala and Craig Dawson’s two own goals pile pressure on Gary O’Neil

By Total Football News

Everton’s final season at Goodison Park seemed to be turning sour, with the team last winning and scoring in October to leave them teetering above the bottom three.

A goal shortage has been the main issue, failing to score with their last 69 shots before this game, and their 10 goals ranked as the fewest by any team in the top flight this season.

But Everton put that statistic

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9 November 2024 Off

West Ham United 0-0 Everton: Bore draw keeps pressure on Hammers boss Lopetegui

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West Ham failed to ease the pressure on manager Julen Lopetegui as they played out an uneventful goalless draw at home to Everton.

The visitors settled more quickly at London Stadium but other than a tame Iliman Ndiaye effort from the corner of the penalty area, Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was untroubled in a dull first half.

West Ham, meanwhile, were virtually non-existent as an attacking force but almost took

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9 November 2024 Off

Middlesbrough 5-1 Luton Town: Boro win increases pressure on Edwards

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Both bosses rejigged their sides following midweek wins, with the injured Alfie Doughty among five that started in Luton’s triumph against Cardiff who were swapped out, while Michael Carrick recalled Dutchman Burgzorg as he made four changes.

And the striker made an immediate impression on his return as he scored the opener, coolly finishing a clever set-piece routine from12 yards after Ben Doak directed a low Azaz corner into his

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4 November 2024 Off

Swansea City: Zan Vipotnik hopes pressure is off after scoring

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Swansea City striker Zan Vipotnik says he felt he was not doing his job well enough before ending his – and the team’s – long goal drought at Oxford.

The Slovenia international ended Swansea’s 563-minute run without scoring by netting in the first half of Saturday’s 2-1 win, his first goal since 17 August.

Florian Bianchini then grabbed his first goal for the club, before Oxford pulled one back to

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19 October 2024 Off

Luton ease pressure on Edwards by beating Watford

By Total Football News

Luton boss Rob Edwards told BBC Three Counties Radio:

“It’s been a tough start to the season, a tough start for all of us, we’ve taken a few hits – we’ve even taken hits during the game today, we lost two more centre-halves.

“People don’t realise how hard this is at the moment, we finished off with two wing-backs at centre-back, who were incredible.

“I don’t know where we’ll be

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21 September 2024 Off

Cardiff City 0-2 Leeds United: Largie Ramazani and Joel Piroe goals heap pressure on Erol Bulut

By Total Football News

Leeds United strode to a convincing win at the Championship’s bottom side Cardiff City to heap more pressure on Bluebirds manager Erol Bulut on an emotional day in the Welsh capital.

There were moving scenes before and during the game as both teams and their supporters paid tribute to Sol Bamba, the former Cardiff and Leeds captain who died last month aged just 39.

With the visitors already on top,

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