{"id":296852,"date":"2011-03-09T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/birmingham-city-manager-alex-mcleish-claims-premier-league-relegation-race-will-go-right-to-the-wire\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T23:33:00","slug":"birmingham-city-manager-alex-mcleish-claims-premier-league-relegation-race-will-go-right-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/birmingham-city-manager-alex-mcleish-claims-premier-league-relegation-race-will-go-right-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish claims Premier League relegation race will go &#8216;right to the wire&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Steve Hewlett<\/h3>\n<h4>9 Mar 2011 23:33:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.3504983389\">\n<div readability=\"16.3413461538\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Alex McLeish, Birmingham City- Aston Villa(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9c7be07c95764_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL : Alex McLeish, Birmingham City- Aston Villa(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"41.2255005269\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham City<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/19100\/alex-mcleish\">Alex McLeish<\/a> has declared that there is still plenty of work to do if the Blues are to stay in the Premier League this season after a 1-1 draw at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/110\/everton\">Everton.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The away side took the lead after on 16 minutes with a header from Jean Beausejour but a stunning strike from Johnny Heitinga after 35 minutes levelled things up. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be tough, right to the wire, could be a lot of draws. We  have a lot of hard away games coming up, and if we can show that spirit  and character from here on in, on our day we can win any game,&#8221; McLeish told <em>Sky Sports News<\/em> after the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey defended well, but we didn\u2019t penetrate after a really bright start. But I\u2019ve got to pay compliment to the players for their battling qualities and we\u2019ll need that right to the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngster Jordan Mutch featured in the game setting up the opening goal of the game for Beausejoir and McLeish was happy with his contribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did really well, he did some stellar defensive work, Louis Saha is dangerous coming from deep and Jordan got back in the box with him and he made the goal, so the kid can be really pleased,&#8221; the Scot added.<\/p>\n<p>The game saw two players leave the action with injury worries within the first six minutes; Mikel Arteta pulled up with a hamstring injury and David Bentley was also forced off and McLeish put it down to tiredness after a glutton of fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unusual for us because last season we had a clean bill of health, but there is a level of fatigue within the squad. David hasn\u2019t played as much as he\u2019d like but maybe he\u2019d been carrying the injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham, fresh from their League Cup victory, turn their attention to the FA Cup on Saturday when they welcome Bolton Wanderers to St Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/9c7be07c95764_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/09\/2387349\/birmingham-city-manager-alex-mcleish-claims-premier-league\" title=\"Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish claims Premier League relegation race will go 'right to the wire'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish claims Premier League relegation race will go &#8216;right to the wire&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Steve Hewlett 9 Mar 2011 23:33:00 EPL : Alex McLeish, Birmingham City- Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has declared that there is still plenty of work to do if the Blues are to stay in the Premier League this season after a 1-1 draw at Everton. The away side took the lead after on 16 minutes with a header from Jean Beausejour but a stunning strike from Johnny Heitinga after 35 minutes levelled things up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish claims Premier League relegation race will go &#039;right to the wire&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/birmingham-city-manager-alex-mcleish-claims-premier-league-relegation-race-will-go-right-to-the-wire\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish claims Premier League relegation race will go &#039;right to the wire&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Steve Hewlett 9 Mar 2011 23:33:00 EPL : Alex McLeish, Birmingham City- Aston Villa(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has declared that there is still plenty of work to do if the Blues are to stay in the Premier League this season after a 1-1 draw at Everton. 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