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- BBC News
'Stuff of dreams' for Longelo as late equaliser rewards sticking to plan
Emmanuel Longelo admits his late equaliser on his league debut for the club was the "stuff of dreams" as Motherwell produced a stirring second-half display to earn an opening day Premiership point against Rangers. The Ibrox side had taken an early lead through James Tavernier's close range header from a corner with the home team initially struggling to implement the style of play manager Jens Berthel Askou all changed after half-time with Motherwell perhaps unlucky not to earn a long-awaited home league win over Rangers."I feel like it was a deserved outcome," Longelo explained to BBC Scotland."We stuck to the manager's game plan very well, even though at times it wasn't working well for us. I felt like the boys dug in and I we should have had the victory."He [Berthel-Askou] just kept telling us to believe in ourselves and believe in our qualities. He keeps mentioning to us in training that we're top players and we just have to have that self-belief every time we're on the training pitch and we step out here to just keep believing in ourselves.""I felt like if we took our chances, more clinically in the end, we would have had the three points, but it's a stepping stone for us."At half-time, questions were being posed as to whether Motherwell's, at times, risky desire to play out from the back might be costing them against such opposition. It cost them the opening goal but sticking with it paid off as the home side increasingly took the game to Rangers."It will definitely boost the morale, boost the belief, so our fans can buy into it," the striker continued. "Once they buy into it, it will help us each and every time we step out on this pitch or whenever we travel away. "As long as we keep at it and keep doing what the manager wants us to do, then they'll [the fans] get on board and it will all come together."
Times
15 minutes ago
- Times
F1 rivalry will be healthier without Christian Horner, says Zak Brown
Zak Brown believes that Formula 1 rivalry will be in a healthier place without the departed Red Bull team boss Christian Horner. Brown and Horner have regularly butted heads in recent seasons, and while there appears to be a semblance of mutual respect in Toto Wolff — the Mercedes team principal — and Horner's rivalry, the Brit and the McLaren CEO genuinely do not like one another. Horner, who was team principal and CEO, was sacked by Red Bull last month after the British Grand Prix and replaced by Laurent Mekies. 'I'm happy he's in the role he's in, I like Laurent, and I think that'll be healthy, and maybe we can get back to focusing on competition on the track and where there's always going to be some political aspects to the sport, I think it's going to be healthier with Laurent,' Brown said. 'It went too far [with Horner]. There's always going to be politicking, and let's try and shut down their flexi wings and that stuff. But when you start getting into frivolous allegations, I think that's just going too far. 'I think if I look up and down pit lane now, I see us fighting each other hard, politically, but there being a line that's not crossed. I also think it's important for the benefit of the sport that we all can work together and there's a higher level of trust that if we sit down and have a conversation on a topic… there could be some confidentiality to that, and it's just not an automatic 'I'm going to use that as a political weapon'… that won't get manipulated away for political reasons and taken out of context.' One of the main disputes between Brown and Horner occurred over Red Bull's suspicions that McLaren were cooling their tyres in a manner which broke the rules. No evidence of this was ever found — and the FIA suspect that it was simply clever engineering that has given the championship leaders an edge in this area. In Miami, Brown drank from a bottle on the pit wall labelled 'tire water'. BRADLEY COLLYER/PA 'I think that we'll see a little bit of a change for the better,' Brown said. 'I presume he'll be back, he's young, he's a racer. His credentials are pretty awesome [but] I'm looking forward to racing Red Bull more like we race Ferrari and Mercedes, being more collegiate. 'From a fan's point of view, the drama, the villain stuff, I think works. But I also think the celebratory fight it out on track, but then photo bomb each other [as Ferrari's Fred Vasseur did in Miami], that wasn't pre planned. I think that's really good. That's a more fun way to go racing, and can be just as entertaining as the good cop, bad cop thing. I'm looking forward to that.' McLaren have taken up the mantle of being the sport's leading team from Red Bull, who have declined sharply since the start of last season. A number of key figures have left in recent years. 'Laurent coming in… that was not — or doesn't appear to be — a healthy environment. People leaving, [is a] fact, right? [Adrian] Newey, [Jonathan] Wheatley, Rob [Marshall], Will Courtenay, Dan Fallows — if I look at us at the other extreme, we really haven't lost anybody at the senior level. We've had people join us. So, I think stability is critical.' Brown was asked when the last time he had a meeting with Horner, in the way he had with Mekies on Sunday morning, was. 'Maybe when we were racing each other in Formula 3,' the 53-year-old laughed.
Daily Mail
15 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Formula One is 'healthier' without Christian Horner after sacking, claims nemesis McLaren boss Zak Brown
McLaren boss Zak Brown today claimed that Formula One is 'healthier' without Christian Horner. The sport is still in shock after Horner was 'released from operational duties' three days after the British Grand Prix last month, ending the Englishman's 20-year tenure at the helm of Red Bull. Horner and Brown, who raced against each other in Formula Three, had a long-standing antipathy and frequently aimed barbs at each other. And ahead of this afternoon's Hungarian Grand Prix, Brown pointedly welcomed Horner's successor, Frenchman Laurent Mekies. 'I just left having a chat with Laurent,' he said from inside the Hungaroring paddock. 'I'm happy he's in the role he's in. I am a fan of Laurent, I've known him a long time, and I think it will be healthy. Maybe we can get back to focusing on competition on the track. 'There is always going to be some political aspects to the sport. But, as I say, it's going to be healthier with Laurent. 'We're going to be in a better place, a little bit more unified, and more trusting that while we're fighting down the track we can have a conversation about what's good for the sport.' Horner, 51, survived accusations of coercive behaviour towards a female colleague last March, having been cleared in two KC-led investigations. He has always denied the claims and the complainant has left Red Bull to take up a new role in motorsport, as the Daily Mail revealed last week. Horner is taking some time out from the sport, but Brown expects his old sparring partner to return. 'I presume he'll be back,' said the American. 'He's young. He's a racer. He's got credentials that are pretty awesome. 'I'm looking forward to racing Red Bull more in the way we race Ferrari and Merc, being more collegiate, because it's important for the benefit of the sport that we all can work together.'
