CORK CITY MANAGER John Caulfield is looking forward to a “massive game” against Dundalk as his side look to leapfrog the Premier Division champions into first place.
The Leesiders’ 5-0 win over Galway United on Saturday, coupled with Dundalk’s surprise defeat to Sligo Rovers means that the gap between the top two has been reduced to a single point ahead of their meeting on Tuesday, with Cork boasting a superior goal difference.
Cork have defeated Dundalk in each of their three meetings this season so far, but the Cork manager remains wary of a side he described as “the greatest team that’s ever played in the League of Ireland”.
“People were saying that the league might be over but we felt that we were in with a chance,” Caulfield told eirSport.
“We know from now on that we need to win games. It was a great display [against Galway]. We have to recover and move on to Tuesday.
“I always felt that the league would go right to the wire. A lot of people didn’t think so, they thought it was over, but we felt that way.
“We’ve got to keep our feet on the ground. Obviously we’re coming up against the greatest team that’s ever played in the League of Ireland – so we’re told – and we know it’s difficult, but we’re still in there.
“No one gave us a chance and we’re still in there. It’s a massive game on Tuesday, but for us it’s a massive six games and we’re looking forward to that.”
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That’s a huge blow to United’s europa league hopes
Yeah focus on the negative about Jose instead of the match result and performance typical.
@Paul: yeah, not one positive adjective about United’s performance in the whole article.
Bizarre that Mourinho was booed by the Chelsea fans. I missed portions of the match so might be missing something…
@James Clancy: it’s Chelsea fans, what do you expect?!!
@James Clancy: United fans will boo him yet. It’s his scorched earth departures that cause it really.
@Brian Curtin: small club Chelsea
Chelsea are a skummy club for the way they taunted Mourinho like that.would not expect anything more from the Chelsea blues Brothers supporters club.
They should have let him go. I doubt he’d be able to punch his way out of a paper bag and could do with a good slap.
He was actually heading to the exit before the final whistle only the stewards made him stay till the end
that was a real ‘hold me back…please hold me back’ he’d have had his arse handed to him if he’d got near that guy
Good result for city
Great crack!