The tactician claims that the Black Cats have still avoided all their Premier League troubles and need to secure more victories like the one against Reading last night.
Facing a crisis since the start of the season, Sunderland have been in somber mood, as the fortunes of the club go down the drain.
Since taking over last year, Martin O’Neill was expected to around the team’s performance and after a sensational six months in-charge, perhaps take them on a road to recovery in Europe.
However, things have not gone the coach’s way and currently the Wearside giants are embroiled in the relegation battle, with only a few points to spare.
Although blessed with an attack-minded squad, the side have just failed to carve out the right results for themselves and thus were weary of the threat posed by Reading at the Stadium of Light last night.
Luckily though, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-McClean-c17703, Steven Fletcher and Stephane Sessègnon were in the mood to find the back of the net and scored a goal apiece to seal victory for the hosts and lift some pressure off their manager.
O’Neill now faces League leaders Manchester United in their upcoming game and taking three points off at Old Trafford will be a tough task indeed, especially given the Red Devils’ current form.
And so the former Aston Villa boss was quite serious as he urged his troops to continue the momentum and try to achieve similar results in order to retain their Premier League status.
“We move up a couple of places which is pleasing, but the points are the main thing. We are far from out of trouble though. It is going to be tight for a long time. Until you got the requisite number of points we are going to be in a scrap with a lot of
teams involved."
"Fletcher had done absolutely no work whatsoever. When you were talking to me yesterday, I genuinely wasn't sure that he could play in the game. He came out this morning just to do a bit of a loosener and thought he wanted to give it a go,” said the trainer
while speaking to reporters.
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