Cardiff City Manager Neil Warnock has insisted that he is
Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:35 pm
Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock relishing promotion push
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has insisted that he is coping with the pressure
By Mark Langshaw
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has insisted that he is coping with the pressure of the Championship promotion race.
The Bluebirds consolidated their position in second in the table with a 3-1 win over Burton Albion on Good Friday, and after the game, their head coach declared that he relishing every moment of their promotion push.
"Everyone expected us to win and those games are the hardest ones in football," Warnock told BBC Sport.
"With the other games we have to come there won't be that same expectation.
"We're in a fantastic position so let's enjoy it, we don't feel the pressure.
"I am just going to enjoy it and that is what I keep telling the lads. We should be enjoying this."
Kenneth Zohore, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Callum Paterson were on target for Cardiff as they continued their push towards the Premier League.
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has insisted that he is coping with the pressure
By Mark Langshaw
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has insisted that he is coping with the pressure of the Championship promotion race.
The Bluebirds consolidated their position in second in the table with a 3-1 win over Burton Albion on Good Friday, and after the game, their head coach declared that he relishing every moment of their promotion push.
"Everyone expected us to win and those games are the hardest ones in football," Warnock told BBC Sport.
"With the other games we have to come there won't be that same expectation.
"We're in a fantastic position so let's enjoy it, we don't feel the pressure.
"I am just going to enjoy it and that is what I keep telling the lads. We should be enjoying this."
Kenneth Zohore, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing and Callum Paterson were on target for Cardiff as they continued their push towards the Premier League.
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Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:40 pm
Neil Warnock credits Cardiff City side for bouncing back from Burton Albion equaliser
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Neil Warnock credited Cardiff City on a professional performance after they rallied to avoid slipping up against Burton Albion.
The former Albion manager watched his side run out 3-1 winners as they edged closer to promotion to the Premier League.
An eighth successive win for Cardiff came despite the Brewers equalising through Darren Bent after Kenneth Zohore had put the hosts ahead.
But a Nathaniel Mendez-Laing strike in first-half stoppage time hit Albion, who never recovered and limped toward a fifth defeat in six matches after Callum Paterson put the game to bed in the 64th minute.
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"They've really done well," Warnock said of his side, who stay seven points clear of third-placed Fulham.
"We knew it was going to be difficult today. Everybody expected us to win, which is the most difficult thing about football really.
"The rest of the season I don't think we'll have a problem with that, because of all the sides - I don't think anybody will expect anything.
"But all credit to the boys, especially having conceded an equaliser. I thought the goal was vital just before half time."
Warnock has spoken multiple times about his affinity with the Brewers, who he managed between 1981 and 1986, and that has not changed despite coming out on top against Nigel Clough's outfit.
As the 69-year-old moves closer to an eighth career promotion, he recognises how difficult it is going to be for the Brewers to achieve Championship football for a third season running.
"It's always going to be a struggle," Warnock added of his former side.
"Especially after last year's heroics. It's difficult, they're doing the best they can on what they've got.
"You just don't know - today we were looking after ourselves, but I thought they had a 10 or 15 minute period in the first half where they got a bit of confidence, knocked it about and ended up scoring a goal.
"But I thought after that we dominated certain areas.
"It's just small margins, isn't it?
Darren Bent celebrates with Lloyd Dyer after scoring his first Burton Albion goal (Image: Richard Burley/Epic Action Imagery)
"Goals kill teams, and we should have killed them off really.
"There are no easy games at this level, and if you're not 100 per cent sharp you get punished and I think the goals came from that sort of situation."
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Neil Warnock credited Cardiff City on a professional performance after they rallied to avoid slipping up against Burton Albion.
The former Albion manager watched his side run out 3-1 winners as they edged closer to promotion to the Premier League.
An eighth successive win for Cardiff came despite the Brewers equalising through Darren Bent after Kenneth Zohore had put the hosts ahead.
But a Nathaniel Mendez-Laing strike in first-half stoppage time hit Albion, who never recovered and limped toward a fifth defeat in six matches after Callum Paterson put the game to bed in the 64th minute.
NEIL WARNOCK:
"They've really done well," Warnock said of his side, who stay seven points clear of third-placed Fulham.
"We knew it was going to be difficult today. Everybody expected us to win, which is the most difficult thing about football really.
"The rest of the season I don't think we'll have a problem with that, because of all the sides - I don't think anybody will expect anything.
"But all credit to the boys, especially having conceded an equaliser. I thought the goal was vital just before half time."
Warnock has spoken multiple times about his affinity with the Brewers, who he managed between 1981 and 1986, and that has not changed despite coming out on top against Nigel Clough's outfit.
As the 69-year-old moves closer to an eighth career promotion, he recognises how difficult it is going to be for the Brewers to achieve Championship football for a third season running.
"It's always going to be a struggle," Warnock added of his former side.
"Especially after last year's heroics. It's difficult, they're doing the best they can on what they've got.
"You just don't know - today we were looking after ourselves, but I thought they had a 10 or 15 minute period in the first half where they got a bit of confidence, knocked it about and ended up scoring a goal.
"But I thought after that we dominated certain areas.
"It's just small margins, isn't it?
Darren Bent celebrates with Lloyd Dyer after scoring his first Burton Albion goal (Image: Richard Burley/Epic Action Imagery)
"Goals kill teams, and we should have killed them off really.
"There are no easy games at this level, and if you're not 100 per cent sharp you get punished and I think the goals came from that sort of situation."
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