| It was obvious that Gareth Southgate knew nothing of whhat was going to come, after the 2-0 win over Derby.
He thought Adam Johnson's double had saved his job. |
Gareth Southgate: "There would obviously have been more speculation of me losing my job, and we would have been probably four or five places lower if we had lost (against Derby), which would have made life very difficult, I am sure, for all of us.
"I have had lots of games like that since I have been manager here where you wonder about the consequences of defeat, but we were very positive in the way we approached everything.
"We thought about how we could win the game. We didn't really consider the possibility of defeat, but you know all the while a fourth home defeat on the bounce would have been very difficult for people to accept.
"None of us wanted to go through that and we didn't want to put our supporters through that more than anything.
"We want them to see us winning at home and as the season goes on, we have got to make sure we do it regularly if we want to go up."
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