Caulker: Cardiff have a mountain to climb to 避ける relegation

Steven Caulker 受託するs that Cardiff have got a mountain to climb in their 追求(する),探索(する) for Barclays 首相 League 生き残り.

The Welsh club look 運命にあるd to make a quickfire 選手権 return, with their 苦境 を強調するd by a 3-0 home 敗北・負かす to 水晶 Palace last Saturday.

It left them six points from safety with just five games left; Southampton, Sunderland and Newcastle away, while Stoke and Chelsea are their remaining 対抗者s at home.

Tall order: Cardiff captain Steven Caulker (right) says his side have a mountain to climb to stay in the Premier League

Tall order: Cardiff captain Steven Caulker (権利) says his 味方する have a mountain to climb to stay in the 首相 League

Grim viewing: Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unhappy with his side as they lost 3-0 to Crystal Palace

Grim 見解(をとる)ing: Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was unhappy with his 味方する as they lost 3-0 to 水晶 Palace

Dejected: Cardiff players look crestfallen in defeat to Palace at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday

Dejected: Cardiff players look crestfallen in 敗北・負かす to Palace at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday

'Staying in the 首相 League is all the 動機づけ we need. There is no other,' Cardiff captain Caulker said.

'We have to show more fight than we did against Palace. We have to draw 信用/信任 now from those games we’ve had this season where we have played 井戸/弁護士席.

'We are going to have to find some form and a little bit of luck along the way, too. That would not go amiss.

'We’ve got some 堅い, 堅い games coming up now. We can’t 否定する that. We do have a mountain to climb.'

Brave faced: Solskjaer acknowledges the Cardiff fans for their support in defeat at the full-time whistle

勇敢に立ち向かう 直面するd: Solskjaer 認めるs the Cardiff fans for their support in 敗北・負かす at the 十分な-time whistle

Cardiff’s 最近の form does not 示唆する they will realistically climb out of the 底(に届く) three.

They have 地位,任命するd one 勝利,勝つ in the last nine league games and 譲歩するd 15 goals across their past five fixtures, 含むing six at home to Liverpool.

'We do need to 勝利,勝つ at Southampton,' Caulker 追加するd.

'Everyone wrote us off in the 開始 home game of the season against Manchester City, and we 証明するd them さもなければ and went and won the game.

'We’ve got belief we can stay up. We need to put in a 業績/成果 and get a result at Southa mpton now.

'They have been very impressive in the 首相 League and they are going to be a very hard team to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域, but we are going to have to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 them if we want to stay up.'

Utter delight: Palace players celebrate their third goal vs Cardiff scored by Jason Puncheon (second left)

Utter delight: Palace players celebrate their third goal vs Cardiff 得点する/非難する/20d by Jason Puncheon (second left)

Cardiff boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer struggled to 含む/封じ込める his 怒り/怒る after the Palace loss, which 証明するd arguably their worst 業績/成果 since he 後継するd Malky Mackay as 経営者/支配人 in January.

Solskjaer said he is looking for players with 'belief, leadership and 忠義' for the 首相 League run-in, and 堅固に hinted there will be changes for the trip to St Mary’s.

England international Caulker 追加するd: 'Credit to Palace, they (機の)カム out strong. But at home with the (人が)群がる behind us, we want to 成し遂げる better than that.

'Palace were very direct and they 攻撃する,衝突する us with three sloppy goals from our point of 見解(をとる).

'They will be delighted, but we have to 直す/買収する,八百長をする thi ngs up and be better defensively. We’ve 漏れるd a lot of goals of late.'


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