00:00Middlesbrough defeated a struggling Sheffield Wednesday side at Hillsborough in the Championship
00:05to stay second in the table, although Rob Edwards admitted it was a stressful evening.
00:11Yeah, really pleased. It was quite a stressful game. It started really well, got the opening
00:17goal, really good goal. I think we created numerous chances, should have had a penalty
00:21of... it's like navel done. And yeah, because of that, because we didn't get the second
00:27goal, they're not going to go away. They don't go away when they're 2-0 down. I know there's
00:32been one game this year where they didn't quite get away, but they're in all the games,
00:35they keep fighting. It was always tough tonight. The atmosphere was different, which we'd spoken
00:40about. We were expecting that. But tonight was almost more pressure on tonight than there
00:44was on Friday night, because everyone's expecting us just to turn up and win. And in football,
00:49it's just not that easy. It would have made it easier if we got the second, like I said,
00:54that we, you know, we gave them oxygen by not putting them away. And then, yeah, probably
00:59made it quite nervy, but delighted with the three points. Yeah. And you mentioned that
01:04start as well. Was that something that you emphasised going into this game? We always
01:07do. We always want to try and start fast. You can't always do that for whatever reason.
01:10It doesn't happen. But tonight we did. We're on the front foot. And Newcastle United head
01:15coach Eddie Howe has praised his side's recent defensive displays and have seen the Magpies
01:20keep several clean sheets this season. Well, it's been massive that we have been good defensively,
01:25because if you're not free scoring, games can get away from you very quickly if you're not. So
01:30I think we have worked hard on that. I think the players have worked really hard. I think they've also
01:36had some really good defensive displays from our back four. And of course, Nick, who's hugely
01:41important to that. But I think the mentality has been really good to the off the ball work. I thought it
01:45was today. I think that was probably the hallmark of the performance. I thought our pressing, our
01:48energy was back to its very best levels. And then off the back of that, we played better football
01:53and we scored goals from our pressing. The first goal came from winning the ball back high. So
01:57a lot goes into it, a lot of effort from the players, but they get the rewards at the end.
02:02And the delivery of the idea I thought was really strong today. I think it was clear. I thought the
02:05players delivered it very well. I sort of get where you're going with it, because I still feel there's so
02:10much more to come. And we're seeing sort of the early shoots of a new team.
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