“We will see tomorrow (Sunday) but I hope it is nothing important”, said Pellegrini.
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“Obviously if I let it get to me then it will effect my performance so I’ve just been keeping my head down and not let it sink in my head and just concentrate on it and that it was just another game we wanted to get three points in”, Vardy added.
Although the sight of Serigo Aguero leaving the pitch in the second-half with yet another injury will concern Manuel Pellegrini.
Time and again the visitors surrendered the ball in risky areas, and Maarten Stekelenburg had already denied Raheem Sterling and Kolarov by the time Sterling picked Maya Yoshida’s gaping pocket and squared to give De Bruyne a tap-in.
“We played very well for the first 45 minutes”.
Goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Fabian Delph and Aleksandar Kolarov provided just that. Ross Barkley put Everton 3-2 up after five minutes of additional time before Stanislas’s late goal saved a point for the home side.
“I was very pleased with the team’s reaction”. Massimiliano Allegri woke up on Thursday blissfully free of criticism over his team selection following Juventus’ Champions League win over Manchester City which sent them into the round of 16.
“It’s important to see with the medical staff how he recovers … it’s hopefully nothing serious”, Pellegrini told reporters.
‘We play nearly the same position but we are very different players and that is a better combination than two players who are similar, ‘ said De Bruyne. Newcastle has conceded at least three goals in four of its last seven matches, piling the pressure on its manager Steve McClaren following reports this week that he was involved in a training-ground bust-up with some players.
Southampton will return to action on Wednesday evening when they take on Liverpool at St. Mary’s Stadium in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
Ronald Koeman’s side took control of proceedings after the break, and found a way back into the game on 50 minutes as Long met a Sadio Mane cross with a powerful header.
“We had a big chance through Dusan Tadic to make it 2-2”. Southampton, missing suspended top scorer Graziano Pelle, did not help their cause by constantly giving the ball away in unsafe areas and with 20 minutes gone they were 2-0 down.
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“But I think that at the start of the game it was important to demonstrate we are a strong team”.
