{"id":366294,"date":"2011-04-04T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/blackburn-rovers-defender-martin-olsson-pleased-team-performances-are-being-rewarded-with-points\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T17:40:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-defender-martin-olsson-pleased-team-performances-are-being-rewarded-with-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/blackburn-rovers-defender-martin-olsson-pleased-team-performances-are-being-rewarded-with-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson pleased team performances are being rewarded with points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Mark Fordham<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Apr 2011 18:40:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.798235942668\">\n<div readability=\"16.344339622642\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL - Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool, Martin Olsson(Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ba1ac319120698_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>EPL &#8211; Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool, Martin Olsson(Getty Images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"36.00624609619\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/sweden\/17653\/martin-olsson\">Martin Olsson<\/a> believes that his team has turned a corner and they can compete with any team in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rovers followed up their dramatic 2-2 draw against Blackpool two weeks ago with a 0-0 draw at the Emirates against Arsenal and Olsson feels that his team is finally receiving the rewards for all the hard work he and his team mates have put in on the training ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is such a long time that we\u2019ve been playing good football but things haven\u2019t been going our way, it has finally come good, and no penalty against us as well, it feels good,\u201d he told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows the commitment of the team that even though we were one man down we wanted that point and it all worked out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels good to get the point, the Emirates is a hard place to come to with the way they play, but we have proved we can stand up to them and to any team.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the two positive results against Blackpool and Arsenal, Rovers still find themselves just two points away from the relegation zone but Olsson believes that confidence is high enough to stay in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe spirit in the dressing room right now is high and we now have to take that into the game against Birmingham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve Kean has always been positive in training, even if things haven\u2019t gone our way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can take this result against Arsenal into Birmingham and other games and there\u2019ll be no problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ba1ac319120698_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/04\/2426209\/blackburn-rovers-defender-martin-olsson-pleased-team\" title=\"Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson pleased team performances are being rewarded with points\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson pleased team performances are being rewarded with points<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 18:40:00 EPL &#8211; Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool, Martin Olsson(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson believes that his team has turned a corner and they can compete with any team in the Premier League . Rovers followed up their dramatic 2-2 draw against Blackpool two weeks ago with a 0-0 draw at the Emirates against Arsenal and Olsson feels that his team is finally receiving the rewards for all the hard work he and his team mates have put in on the training ground. \u201cI think it is such a long time that we\u2019ve been playing good football but things haven\u2019t been going our way, it has finally come good, and no penalty against us as well, it feels good,\u201d he told the club\u2019s official website. <\/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-366294","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>Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson pleased team performances are being rewarded with points - 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\/04\/04\/blackburn-rovers-defender-martin-olsson-pleased-team-performances-are-being-rewarded-with-points\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson pleased team performances are being rewarded with points - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Mark Fordham 4 Apr 2011 18:40:00 EPL - Blackburn Rovers vs Liverpool, Martin Olsson(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers defender Martin Olsson believes that his team has turned a corner and they can compete with any team in the Premier League . 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