Steve Bruce
I do not think there is a team who have worked as hard for a win as own lads have done today. They have run a million miles today to get a result.
It was a massive, massive game for us and for someone to get sent off so early on and then to go on and to win the match is usually unheard of unless you are one of the big teams.
It was a great effort and you would not have thought we were down to ten men during the first half. We are edging closer to safety but we have a tough run in so we cannot take anything fore granted.
Gary Megson
It's disappointing that we've lost a game to one of our near rivals when they went down to 10 men. We didn't set off well regardless of how many we played against whether it was 10, 11 or 12 men.
We rested many players in advance of this game but we didn't get the response from some of the players in the first half. We are in the bottom three and if we continue to play like we have today we will stay in the bottom three.
The TableLatest match Sunday,
16th March 2008Pld Home Away Overall Pts GD W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Manchester United 29 12 1 1 32 5 9 3 3 27 10 21 4 4 59 15 67 +44 2 Arsenal 30 12 4 0 33 10 7 6 1 25 12 19 10 1 58 22 67 +36 3 Chelsea 29 9 5 0 29 9 10 2 3 20 9 19 7 3 49 18 64 +31 4 Liverpool 30 9 6 1 38 12 7 5 2 17 9 16 11 3 55 21 59 +34 5 Everton 30 9 2 3 27 12 8 3 5 20 13 17 5 8 47 25 56 +22 6 Portsmouth 30 6 7 2 22 12 8 1 6 22 19 14 8 8 44 31 50 +13 7 Aston Villa 30 8 3 4 25 18 5 7 3 27 21 13 10 7 52 39 49 +13 8 Manchester City 30 10 4 2 23 14 3 5 6 13 20 13 9 8 36 34 48 +2 9 Blackburn Rovers 30 6 5 4 18 15 6 5 4 21 22 12 10 8 39 37 46 +2 10 West Ham United 30 6 5 4 18 18 6 2 7 15 18 12 7 11 33 36 43 -3 11 Tottenham Hotspur 29 7 2 4 37 22 2 6 8 17 25 9 8 12 54 47 35 +7 12 Wigan Athletic 30 7 3 5 18 14 1 4 10 9 28 8 7 15 27 42 31 -15 13 Middlesbrough 30 4 4 6 14 19 3 6 7 13 25 7 10 13 27 44 31 -17 14 Reading 30 7 1 7 17 21 1 3 11 18 36 8 4 18 35 57 28 -22 15 Newcastle United 29 5 5 5 18 24 2 2 10 12 32 7 7 15 30 56 28 -26 16 Sunderland 30 7 3 5 17 15 0 3 12 9 33 7 6 17 26 48 27 -22 17 Birmingham City 29 4 5 5 19 17 2 3 10 14 28 6 8 15 33 45 26 -12 18 Bolton Wanderers 29 5 4 6 18 15 1 3 10 10 28 6 7 16 28 43 25 -15 19 Fulham 30 4 5 7 19 26 0 6 8 8 23 4 11 15 27 49 23 -22 20 Derby County 30 1 4 10 8 25 0 3 12 6 39 1 7 22 14 64 10 -50
Next Game
Next up for Steve Bruce and his team is the difficult trip to Ewood Park on Saturday as the Latics face Blackburn Rovers.
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