Graham Potter Brighton
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#PLStories- Graham Potter thinks Lewis Dunk was incorrectly red carded against Manchester United #BHAFC #MUFC

February 16, 2022
Graham Potter has backed Lewis Dunk over his red card at Old Trafford. Referee Peter Bankes initially showed yellow before being directed to the pitchside monitor. Albion head coach Potter said: “It was a yellow card live. “Adam Webster was around on the cover. “It’s not clear and obvious that he can’t get there so I don’t understand the intervention. “I don’t know what the stats are but, when the referee goes over to the monitor, it seems it’s only going to go one way.” United made strong representations to Bankes when Dunk was shown yellow – to the extent that Bruno Fernandes was booked. GRAHAM POTTER VERDICT AS BRIGHTON LOSE TO MANCHESTER UNITED Potter was asked by a reporter based in the North West whether the home team were over-zealous in their arguments. He replied: “I think asking the question, you’re answering the question.” Pushed to respond himself, he added: “I don’t blame them, I’m not being critical. MANCHESTER UNITED 2 BRIGHTON 0: OUR LIVE REPORT “They have got to their bit for their team, which I respect. "Then you need the referee and VAR and to make the calls independent of any external pressure, which isn’t easy.”
Ralf Rangnick
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#PLStories- Ralf Rangnick thinks cheap goals are being let in by Manchester United defense #MUFC

February 14, 2022
RALF Rangnick claimed Saints’ Old Trafford equaliser was “too easy” before quoting an expected goals statistic to imply that his side should have taken more from the match. A year on from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer overseeing a 9-0 win against Ralph Hasenhuttl’s team, his interim successor saw the Red Devils squander Jadon Sancho’s first-half goal on Saturday. Che Adams fired home an impressive equaliser shortly after half-time and Saints had chances to snatch a rare win at Manchester United, whose profligacy in front of goal led to a third successive match ending 1-1. Rangnick, who was the director of football when Hasenhuttl replaced him as manager at Red Bull Leipzig, called into question whether his charges are “nasty” enough against teams like Saints. Ralf Rangnick and Saints boss Ralph Hasenhuttl (Pic: PA) “They can be tough but the question is for what period of time and in which moments,” the German said, speaking after the match. “Again, if I see the game, the goal we conceded today, quite like at Burnley, it’s just too easy. It’s too easy. “It was not even difficult for Burnley and today for Southampton to score these goals, and against Middlesbrough it was similar. “If you are being counter-attacked after being 1-0 up, this is also a question of tactical discipline and being aggressive in the decisive moments and just don’t allow the players to go past you.” Rangnick also underlined United’s issues turning chances into goals as Cristiano Ronaldo’s barren spell stretched to a sixth match. It was Jadon Sancho who struck for Manchester United (Pic: PA) He told how United had a much higher ‘expected goals’ total than the visiting side. The metric takes into account the number and average conversion rates of chances across the match to determine how many goals one should have scored, with an open goal weighting higher than an outside the box shot, regardless of the actual outcome of said chance. With football being a low-scoring sport, meaning in any given 90 minutes a result can go any way really regardless of performance, clubs use it as a more accurate way to measure their side’s effectiveness and creativity. Some, however, are still sceptical of its usefulness. Man Utd (2.53) 1-1 (0.71) Southampton — The xG Philosophy (@xGPhilosophy) February 12, 2022 “Our team with a lot of technical players, with a lot offensively behaving and thinking players, for them it is difficult to stay compact for a longer period of time, for the whole game,” Rangnick added. “This is one of our problems. The other is that we don’t take enough advantage of the chances that we create. “Today we had an expected goals ratio of 2.57 to 0.7 of Southampton.”
Ralph Hasenhuttl
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#PLStories- Ralph Hasenhuttl gives funny response to media question from “From 9-0 to 1-1” after draw against Manchester United #SAINTSFC

February 13, 2022
RALPH Hasenhuttl was asked how far he thinks he can take his Saints team and responded in jest: “From 9-0 to 1-1.” The Austrian manager has accepted that the humiliating Old Trafford defeat to Manchester United, which took place just over a year ago, is “part of our history”. However, Saints are looking to write their own history under the Austrian manager with a young, hungry and ambitious squad that are continuing to carry them up the table despite tough opposition. The boss reminded media that he has not forgotten the events of February 2, 2021, when he was asked by The Athletic’s Carl Anka just how far he thinks his side can go. “From 9-0 to 1-1. I know that it was nearly a year ago when we lost here,” he responded. “(That was) a game in which we had no chance. It was a different team, we have now much more options with all the players we have tried to keep at the club and signed in the summer. “We had a good transfer window but the rest is about working every day, on your habits and on your qualities. We have shown that we are getting better.” Assessing his side’s performance in Manchester, which saw them go unbeaten in three Premier League matches versus Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and now United, he added: “We have shown that we can play a good game and this is good. “We knew that they (United) would press a little more, in the last game against Tottenham we had a bit more time to build up on the ball and as much pressure was not there. “It was not so easy and we still tried to be brave, but we were not quick enough in our decision making. We had not a lot of time to prepare for this game and this is very tough.”
Sean Dyche Burnley
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#PLStories- Burnley boss Sean Dyche reveals player position adjustments during fighting draw against Manchester United #BURNLEYFC #MUFC

February 9, 2022
BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche was delighted with his side’s response in their 1-1 draw with Manchester United. Paul Pogba gave the visitors the lead in the first half but the Clarets hit back through Jay Rodriguez after the break. Dyche admits his side struggled at times in the opening 45 minutes but was encouraged by their second half display. “It’s not an easy situation, we’re factually bottom of the league,” said the Burnley chief. “I don’t think we should be but there we are. We’ve got to correct it and it’s difficult playing against Manchester United. “There might be some noise about them at the moment but you look at that team sheet and they’ve got top, top players. “We didn’t get to grips with the performance but we stayed intact and at half-time I asked a bit more of a few individuals, I thought we carried a few. But it was a very good reaction afterwards.” Dyche had made the decision to shift Maxwel Cornet to the wing in order to bring Rodriguez in as a strike partner for Weghorst, and was repaid with a long-awaited landmark goal. “He’s a very good player,” Dyche said of the 32-year-old. “He’s never had a true run for us with injury and Covid and the rest of it but over the years he’s shown what a pro he is. “He stuck at it in the first half diligently and then in the second half pops up with the goal.” The Clarets remain bottom of the Premier League table but have two games in hand over the sides above them. Dyche’s men are back in action on Sunday when they welcome Liverpool to Turf Moor (KO 2pm).
Sean Dyche Burnley
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#PLStories- Burnley boss Sean Dyche reveals no big club is super club at Turf Moor #BURNLEYFC #MUFC

February 8, 2022
BURNLEY manager Sean Dyche intends to make Manchester United’s visit to Turf Moor an awkward one as he seeks to end his side’s long winless run. The Clarets haven’t registered three points since the end of October but back-to-back clean sheets in goalless draws with Arsenal and fellow strugglers Watford have boosted confidence. Dyche’s side, who have at least a couple of games in hand over their main rivals, are only one win from lifting themselves out of the bottom three but with United and then Liverpool to visit this week, the real challenge is to keep things moving in the right direction. That will mean harnessing home advantage and making life difficult for their more illustrious opponents, while hoping to capitalise on any vulnerabilities in United’s confidence after their FA Cup defeat to Championship side Middlesbrough on penalties. “You hope they are (vulnerable) but you can’t guarantee it. They have some very big players with real quality,” he said. “There is a bit of noise for many different reasons around Manchester United at the minute. “Particularly when we play the bigger teams, the superpower clubs, we make the game feel different and feel awkward for them, mixing the play and asking different kinds of questions and we have found we can win these kind of games and get results. “That’s our job and that’s what we intend to do.” There were boos after Saturday’s goalless draw with Watford and Dyche accepts his team have to offer a bit more in order to use the support the fans give the team. “I think there is a little bit of nervousness. We are not stupid, we have to continue the strong record we have had over the years at Turf Moor,” he added. “If you win games the fans feel great, but I’m certainly not going to question our fans in any shape or form. “We have to deliver a performance which will give them that feeling and we are trying to. “I thought we performed really well at their place and late on created some good chances, statistically it was one of our best performances. “They’ve had a bit more time to work with the manager, who’s had some time to get across his thoughts. “But I think we can build on the mentality from that performance and the last couple.”
Sean Dyche Burnley
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#PLStories- Burnley boss Sean Dyche reveals Burnley can survive relegation with unexpected draws and wins #BURNLEYFC #WatfordFC #MUFC

February 8, 2022
SEAN Dyche insists Burnley can still get themselves out of trouble after their crunch Premier League match against fellow relegation candidates Watford ended in a goalless draw on Saturday night. A series of postponements meant this was only Burnley’s fourth league game since mid-December, but they have belatedly reached the midpoint of the campaign with only one win from 19 – no side has come this far with one or fewer victories and survived since West Brom in 2004-05. Burnley sit bottom of the table, three points adrift of Norwich in 17th, and though they still have games in hand, they must find an answer to their goalscoring problems if they are to take advantage of any of them. With Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea the next visitors to Turf Moor, a fixture against a Watford side who had taken only one point from a possible 24 – a run which cost Claudio Ranieri his job – was a clear opportunity, but one Burnley could not take. “If it is as easy to take what you describe as a missed opportunity then everyone would take them and win every week,” Dyche said. “I think it is a performance which could have got a win but we didn’t get it and that has been sort of the story of the season. “So now it is about adding to what we are doing, keeping the base which has to be right in terms of clean sheets, but we have got to start turning draws into wins and sometimes turning what looks like a game that is getting away from you into a draw. “We have done that historically and we have got to do it again.” The games will pile up for Burnley as they make up for lost time, but Dyche sees that as an opportunity, pointing to the runs the Clarets have used in each of the last two seasons to pull clear of trouble. “Historically we’ve been strong in the second half of the season and we’re going to need all of that this season for sure,” he said. “We’re a point better off than we were a few seasons ago – it might not sound like a lot, but it could be defining, you never know.” There was an audible buzz at Turf Moor before kick-off as fans got their first look at the 6ft 6in deadline day signing Wout Weghorst, brought in to replace Chris Wood. The Dutchman, who scored 59 goals in 118 Bundesliga appearances for Wolfsburg, showed some flashes and linked up well with Maxwel Cornet, but could not end Burnley’s wait for a first home league goal since November 20. “I think Wout did really well,” Dyche said. “It’s not easy to come into a group, he’s accepted what the group are about. He’ll give us hold up play, he’ll give us quality and as he gets used to the tempo of the Premier League, when he gets his eye in, I think he’ll do well.”