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Sunday felt like the largest low level in what has already been an up-and-down season at St James’ Park.
Not solely was it one other loss at dwelling and a extra-time defeat that dumped us out of one of the vital open FA Cups, we misplaced Anthony Gordon to a three-game ban, have new harm issues, had been denied a stoppage time winner and carried out poorly for almost all of a gruelling 120-minute match.
The subsequent few weeks are enormous to salvage a season at risk of slipping away and one in every of our captain Bruno Guimaraes has spoken out.
Bruno Guimaraes has change into the primary Magazine to talk publicly after a frankly disastrous day at St James’ Park on Sunday.
The Brazilian accepts the character of yesterday’s defeat was ‘laborious to just accept’ and has taken among the blame on his shoulders regardless of enormous frustration in direction of Anthony Gordon, Joe Willock for his miss and various our defenders for the poor roles performed in Brighton’s targets.
Nonetheless, in a put up on X on Monday morning, Bruno has urged everybody to stay collectively, insisting we nonetheless have ‘nice issues forward’ as we plan for subsequent Monday’s journey to West Ham and the Carabao Cup ultimate every week on Sunday:
Bruno mentioned: ‘Disenchanted to not progress within the FA Cup, because it was clearly one in every of our targets. Moments like this are when we have to stick collectively essentially the most.
‘I do know that when eliminations like this occur, it’s laborious to just accept, and we all the time search for somebody in charge. If it’s good to discover one, you possibly can blame me.
‘We’ve two weeks earlier than one of the vital vital video games for the membership lately, and we have to be prepared for this nice alternative.
‘My solely request is that, on this second, we keep united as one and go after the very best for the membership as a result of we nonetheless have nice issues forward.’
Disenchanted to not progress within the FA Cup, because it was clearly one in every of our targets. Moments like this are when we have to stick collectively essentially the most. I do know that when eliminations like this occur, it’s laborious to just accept, and we all the time search for somebody in charge. If it’s good to discover one,… pic.twitter.com/Vtuf7ts27H
— Bruno Guimarães (@brunoog97) March 3, 2025
Bruno has regarded properly beneath his good better of late, with a few of that right down to the variety of video games he’s performed over a relentless 2024 – the place Copa America denied him a break – and busy begin to 2025.
He’s featured in 35 of our 36 video games in all competitions and, regardless of being taken out of the beginning 11 yesterday, nonetheless performed nearly an hour as the sport went to additional time.
Bruno’s capability to make issues occur in tight areas, management the midfield, snap into tackles and canopy each blade of grass is second to none when he hits high gear, however we haven’t see that always sufficient for the reason that flip of the yr.
With Gordon set to overlook the ultimate and our defence managing just a few harm issues, it’s completely very important our midfield trio of Bruno, Tonali and Joelinton are again to their imperious greatest quickly; beginning at West Ham subsequent Monday.
