The fight against Relegation

With there being only 4-5 games of the English premier league left it was imperative for Newcastle to pick up there first premier league win since the 6^th of February (1^st win in 8 games) when they beat West Brom 1-0 thanks to a goal from Mitrovic. Strangely enough Rafa Benitez decided to not go with Mitrovic (8 premier league goals) who has been effective for him since he took over at Newcastle and opt with Cissѐ who at this point had only one premier league to his name this season. Rafa talked about how his side had shown “passion and commitment”. That was definitely on show last Saturday and they will need the same today if they are going to defeat a Manchester City side who have seemed to click since the return of Kevin De Bruyne from injury. Newcastle however tend to before better at home then away with 5 of their 7 premier league wins coming at the St James’ Park.

Beating Man city will be a hard task for the magpies but they will be full of confidence with their win against Swansea. In their last six meetings against each other Newcastle have only beaten City once and that was away in the league cup in 2014. Newcastle will need to keep it tight tonight but with their only 2^nd clean sheet in 18 games coming on Saturday, all signs point to a Manchester City win as they push to solidify a place in the top four.

Sunderland on Song

Sunderland’s win on Saturday over Norwich was a crushing and demoralising blow. The 3-0 win drags Norwich right back in to the thick of the relegation fight. If they had beaten Sunderland they could have gone seven points clear but now they are just one point ahead. Advantage Sunderland as they have a game in hand and the better goal difference (-18). Defoe is looking inspirational for Sam Allardyce. He is a natural born goal scorer, a predator, a poacher a fox in a box he will get you goals. They traded Jozy Altidore a player who had just one premier league goal to his name in two and a half seasons of English football for Defoe in the January transfer window in 2015 he got goals last season and he is doing the business again. Himself and Borini caused havoc for the Norwich defence. Out of all the sides fighting relegation Defoe has the most goals this season with 13.

And lastly it was disappointing to see Aston villa getting relegated at Man Utd but it has seemed inevitable for the last couple of seasons. My only hope is that Aston Villa’s owner Randy Leaner sells the club swiftly, as well as selling players who don’t want to be there and bringing in new additions and a manager who has vast experience of the Championship which is an extremely difficult league to get promoted out of.

The fight against Relegation

With there being only 4-5 games of the English premier league left it was imperative for Newcastle to pick up there first premier league win since the 6^th of February (1^st win in 8 games) when they beat West Brom 1-0 thanks to a goal from Mitrovic. Strangely enough Rafa Benitez decided to not go with Mitrovic (8 premier league goals) who has been effective for him since he took over at Newcastle and opt with Cissѐ who at this point had only one premier league to his name this season. Rafa talked about how his side had shown “passion and commitment”. That was definitely on show last Saturday and they will need the same today if they are going to defeat a Manchester City side who have seemed to click since the return of Kevin De Bruyne from injury. Newcastle however tend to before better at home then away with 5 of their 7 premier league wins coming at the St James’ Park.

Beating Man city will be a hard task for the magpies but they will be full of confidence with their win against Swansea. In their last six meetings against each other Newcastle have only beaten City once and that was away in the league cup in 2014. Newcastle will need to keep it tight tonight but with their only 2^nd clean sheet in 18 games coming on Saturday, all signs point to a Manchester City win as they push to solidify a place in the top four.

Sunderland on Song

Sunderland’s win on Saturday over Norwich was a crushing and demoralising blow. The 3-0 win drags Norwich right back in to the thick of the relegation fight. If they had beaten Sunderland they could have gone seven points clear but now they are just one point ahead. Advantage Sunderland as they have a game in hand and the better goal difference (-18). Defoe is looking inspirational for Sam Allardyce. He is a natural born goal scorer, a predator, a poacher a fox in a box he will get you goals. They traded Jozy Altidore a player who had just one premier league goal to his name in two and a half seasons of English football for Defoe in the January transfer window in 2015 he got goals last season and he is doing the business again. Himself and Borini caused havoc for the Norwich defence. Out of all the sides fighting relegation Defoe has the most goals this season with 13.

And lastly it was disappointing to see Aston villa getting relegated at Man Utd but it has seemed inevitable for the last couple of seasons. My only hope is that Aston Villa’s owner Randy Leaner sells the club swiftly, as well as selling players who don’t want to be there and bringing in new additions and a manager who has vast experience of the Championship which is an extremely difficult league to get promoted out of.