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Newcastle United captain Kevin Nolan: We will recover from opening game loss to Manchester United
Midfielder believes the team must respond to challenge of top flight football...
18 Aug 2010 01:50:00
By Anthony Sciarrino
Kevin Nolan insists that Newcastle United will bounce back from their 3-0 defeat to Manchester United in their Premier League opener.
Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs found the net as United cruised to a comfortable victory over the Magpies at Old Trafford on Monday.
However, Nolan believes that Newcastle will prove their mettle, starting with their home opener against Aston Villa on Sunday.
“We always bounced back last year,” Nolan told the Daily Star.
“Of course, we’re talking different leagues but the strength of the team was that we always looked forward and never dwelled on a bad result so we’re not going to start doing that now.
“Don’t get me wrong, there is a massive gap between the leagues but what happened last year was that we came together as a squad and a city and presented a united front.”
Nolan admits that the confidence that Newcastle gained as they easily won the Championship last season will be tested in their first few weeks at the top flight.
“We can’t get too carried away with what happened last year and realise this is a new challenge," he acknowledged.
“It is OK when you are winning every week as everything is hunky dory. All the players walk into work with a smile on their faces but now comes the time when we have to fight.
“We will get a few tonkings in this league as everyone does – even the big teams have off-days – but it is how you bounce back that counts.”
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Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Fletcher and Ryan Giggs found the net as United cruised to a comfortable victory over the Magpies at Old Trafford on Monday.
However, Nolan believes that Newcastle will prove their mettle, starting with their home opener against Aston Villa on Sunday.
“We always bounced back last year,” Nolan told the Daily Star.
“Of course, we’re talking different leagues but the strength of the team was that we always looked forward and never dwelled on a bad result so we’re not going to start doing that now.
“Don’t get me wrong, there is a massive gap between the leagues but what happened last year was that we came together as a squad and a city and presented a united front.”
Nolan admits that the confidence that Newcastle gained as they easily won the Championship last season will be tested in their first few weeks at the top flight.
“We can’t get too carried away with what happened last year and realise this is a new challenge," he acknowledged.
“It is OK when you are winning every week as everything is hunky dory. All the players walk into work with a smile on their faces but now comes the time when we have to fight.
“We will get a few tonkings in this league as everyone does – even the big teams have off-days – but it is how you bounce back that counts.”
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