Everton boss Dyche on crunch relegation decider v. Bournemouth
The Premier League is ready for a blockbuster ultimate day as Everton, Leeds United and Leicester City all combat for a spot within the top-flight subsequent season.
The Toffees are in pole place to outlive the drop, sitting seventeenth within the desk with a two-point benefit over their relegation rivals. They face Bournemouth on this afternoon’s conflict and with the Cherries already secure Everton have a powerful likelihood of claiming victory.
Elsewhere, Leicester (18th) tackle West Ham understanding that solely three factors – and an Everton loss – can be sufficient to maintain them within the Premier League. The excellent news for Dean Smith’s facet is that the Hammers are targeted on their upcoming Europa Conference League ultimate so might discipline a weakened staff.
The ultimate contender on this relegation battle is Leeds. They have arguably essentially the most troublesome problem as they tackle Tottenham. Home benefit can play it’s half and the Elland Road devoted will convey the noise. Like the Hammers, Leeds should win and hope Everton lose, the distinction is that Spurs are additionally chasing three factors as they’ve an opportunity to earn European soccer subsequent season.
Follow all of the motion from the Premier League ultimate day beneath and see which staff avoids the drop:
Leicester vs West Ham
David Moyes has reiterated the necessity for his West Ham staff to maintain constructing momentum as they head to Leicester this afternoon with an eye fixed on the Europa Conference League ultimate nonetheless to come back.
“We see a chance to get another league place higher up and we’re all well aware of the value of that in the Premier League,” he stated, “I think if you’d given me this position a few weeks ago I’d have snapped your hand off, because we don’t go into the last day with any real problems.
“More importantly we go into it as well knowing we’ve got a cup final in a week or so’s time. We want everybody fresh, but we want them all able and prepared.
“We don’t want the gap in time to be too long between the games, so all those things come into our thinking. Look, we want to keep playing as well as we have done and we’ve improved greatly in the last month or so.
“We had a really good victory last weekend, we won in Alkmaar as well and we want to keep that run going if we can.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:24
Leicester vs West Ham
Foxes supervisor, Dean Smith, was requested what his staff must do to verify they keep within the Premier League and he replied:
“We just have to go and win the game.
“We don’t even have to look at the Everton result until after the game. We’ll do our job and then see where it takes us. We can only control what we can do.
Smith added: “That’s what we have to keep telling the players – control your performance, help your team-mates out and go and get a win. If you do your part, we are looking at other people to help us. We’ve got to make sure we concentrate on what we do. It’s quite a simple message really and the lads have trained well so far.
“Any game you go into, from the first minute, you try to win the game. But you’ve got to get the balance right and that’s always the key thing. You’ve got to make sure you’re not too open.
“We’ve got to go and score a goal because, without scoring a goal, we don’t win the game. We know we’ve got to go and create opportunities, but we’re mindful of the threat that West Ham have.
“We’ll have to be good at both sides of the game. For us, it’ll be about trying to win the game from the first minute. We’ve got to concentrate on what we do in front of our own fans – and go and get the win. I’m looking forward to it.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:20
Everton vs Bournemouth
Sean Dyche has informed his Everton squad to “play hard and play to win” in as we speak’s essential encounter with Bournemouth at Goodison Park
“The focus should be on every game,” stated Dyche when chatting with the media on Friday, “My consistent message to the players has been that every game is important, and that every minute of every game is important.
“We showed that against Wolves – the mentality to take on every minute of the game until the final whistle, and we did that. We might have to do that again, but we should be doing that because that’s what the intention is.
“That’s the consistency I talk about. It’s the mentality to play hard every game and to go into every game to win. It’s no different in that respect; playing to win.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:16
Everton vs Bournemouth
Bournemouth boss, Gary O’Neil, admits that securing Premier League survival is an enormous achievement for his membership who come into the ultimate day understanding that they’ll be enjoying within the high flight as soon as once more subsequent yr. “The outside perception was that we were going to struggle this season, especially with where we were when I took over for the Wolves game and the tough spot we were in,” defined O’Neil.
“To be able to keep responding to win enough games to secure Premier League survival with some of the issues we’ve had with injuries and some of the runs we’ve had to get through was a big achievement for the group.
“Everybody within the dressing room and the coaching room understood how much we were giving every day and every moment to get everything we could out of everyone.
“So, to see all that work and effort pay off and reward everyone for the work that has been done is satisfying.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:12
Premier League relegation: What do Leeds, Everton and Leicester have to survive?
Only Southampton have already been confirmed as dealing with the drop to the Championship, however from solely a few months in the past the place at the least 9 sides have been at risk of taking place, it’s now simply two from three who will finish the weekend in despair.
Sean Dyche’s facet are within the driving seat after incomes a late, late level in opposition to Wolves final outing, however whereas survival stays in their very own arms, one win of their final ten matches doesn’t precisely provide a lot of a assure that they’ll get the job achieved.
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:08
Leeds vs Tottenham
Despite enduring a nine-game winless run in opposition to Leeds within the Premier League between November 1997 and November 2001, in current seasons, Spurs have come out on high on this fixture with eight wins of their final 10 conferences, together with three consecutive victories.
Another win as we speak and so they’ll make sure the Whites are demoted to the Championship.
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:04
Leeds vs Tottenham
Tottenham’s performing head coach, Ryan Mason, says that his staff have to managae as we speak’s ‘one-off game’ with Leeds and that stress will play an enormous half within the consequence.
“You have to be strong, you have to be a team, you have to compete,” he stated, “So, first of all, that’s what we want to do, then we want to implement our style and try to hurt them.
“Ultimately, this is a one-off game, for them, there’s a lot riding on it. That can work both ways, and we have to use it to our advantage. It’s a big pressure situation for them. They have to win. We have to try to manage the game in the best way possible and try to make it suit us.
“I think we know the type of game we can expect, regardless of the situation, every time you go to Elland Road you have to be ready, so I want the players to be ready. Yes, it’s the last game of the season, but that has to be the last thing on their minds.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 13:00
Leeds vs Tottenham
Leeds boss, Sam Allardyce, spoke to the media forward of as we speak’s sport and defined how he needs his facet to play.
“Controlled aggression, calmness and composure, particularly in possession is a necessity,” stated the person introduced in to maintain Leeds within the top-flight.
“The more possession we have and the better quality we can deliver, the more we can get at the Spurs defence. We can’t do that without ignoring their strengths, so the balance of the two means we’ll try to score first again.
“We’ve done that in the last two games, then failed after that. When you score first, generally, 80% of time you wouldn’t lose the game, but after that there’s a lot of time to do right job.
“This is the only time they’ve got left to do the right job. The ball will be in play 52 minutes, maybe 55, so it’s about 55 minutes concentration not 90, as it’s out of play for the rest.
“I want to see their best and their best will get the fans behind them, and the fans behind them will help them score, to get a result.”
Mike Jones28 May 2023 12:56
Ryan Mason ‘trusts the people making decisions’ at Tottenham forward of key summer season
Ryan Mason has belief in the important thing decision-makers at Tottenham to get the large calls proper this summer season.
Spurs’ performing head coach Mason will take his squad to relegation-threatened Leeds on the ultimate day in what is ready to be his final fixture in cost.
Eighth-placed Tottenham stay with out a everlasting supervisor or managing director of soccer and will miss out on Europe for the primary time because the 2009-10 marketing campaign except they higher Aston Villa’s consequence and match Brentford’s on Sunday.
Mike Jones28 May 2023 12:52
Leicester vs West Ham
Leicester want to full a Premier League double over West Ham for the fourth time, having gained the reverse fixture 2-0 in November.
But, the Foxes have gained solely one in all their earlier 5 Premier League dwelling matches in opposition to the Hammers, drawing two and shedding two.
Mike Jones28 May 2023 12:48