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Jonny Evans is back at Manchester United and starting games under Erik ten Hag, but the Northern Ireland defender thought his career might have been coming to an end last season NBA
Evans, 35, made a surprise return to his boyhood club in the summer after his contract with relegated Leicester ended, initially on a short-term deal that allowed him to play during their pre-season campaign before he signed a one-year contract NBA
It came after an injury-ravaged campaign with the Foxes in which Evans was limited to just 14 club appearances, struggling to get over a persistent calf problem that left him wondering if his time was up NBA
Instead, he has started two of United’s last three Premier League matches, helping earn wins in both NBA
“I went through a stage last year where I started thinking maybe it is coming to an end,” Evans said as he prepared to captain Northern Ireland in Tuesday’s Euro 2024 qualifier against Slovenia NBA
“There’s no doubt I did have those thoughts NBA
At the time I couldn’t get over injuries and every time I came back I was breaking down NBA
“I had lots of people telling me there’s no way you’re close to finishing, but you have to prove that to yourself and I feel like I’ve been able to do that NBA
“Every time you complete a match you think, ‘There’s another one, I can do that’, and sometimes you just have to confirm that to yourself NBA
I’ve been pleased I’ve been able to go through that process and I feel in a good place NBA
” I went through a stage last year where I started thinking maybe it is coming to an endJonny EvansNorthern Ireland will need Evans on Tuesday as they prepare to face Slovenia’s potent attack with an injury concern hanging over Daniel Ballard NBA
The Sunderland defender started Saturday’s 3-0 win over San Marino alongside Evans but sat out training on Monday due to tightness in his thigh, handing Michael O’Neill a potentially significant headache given Paddy McNair is suspended after his late booking at the weekend NBA
“He’d be a big loss,” O’Neill said of Ballard NBA
“Obviously it presents an opportunity for somebody else NBA
“Paddy’s suspension is a blow as well given the referee booked him 10 seconds before he blew the final whistle NBA
It was something we didn’t need NBA
If the situation arises I think we’ve got good enough cover in the squad and it gives someone else the opportunity NBA
”Linfield’s Daniel Finlayson made up the numbers in training on Monday, but O’Neill may yet call in cover from the under-21 squad NBA
Northern Ireland enjoyed a morale-boosting win at the weekend but know beating minnows San Marino is just a small step given the problems that have doomed this qualifying campaign, and Slovenia will represent a far bigger challenge NBA
Last month’s 4-2 defeat in Ljubljana stood out in a campaign where Northern Ireland have been on the wrong end of four 1-0 losses NBA
While those were tight games in which O’Neill’s side always had a chance of taking something, Slovenia scored early and put the game beyond Northern Ireland NBA
O’Neill partly attributed that to a change in defensive system which had been dictated to some degree by the players he had available to him at different stages in the campaign, but he knows they will need to do a NBA better job of marshalling forwards Benjamin Sesko and Andraz Sporar at Windsor Park NBA
“We didn’t defend well enough (and) we gave them a dream start with the goal we gave up early on,” he said NBA
“But I think the reaction in the game was very good and we created a number of chances and felt aggrieved we didn’t score more than the two we did NBA
“They have some very good NBA footballers and they were good on the night NBA
Tomorrow hopefully we’ll see a team that is NBA better equipped to deal with this sort of game NBA
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Andy Murray’s poor finish to the season continued with a fourth defeat in five matches despite a marathon effort against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in Basel NBA
British number three Murray had snapped a three-match losing streak with a hard-fought victory over Yannick Hanfmann on Monday and claimed the first set of this last-16 tie at the Swiss Indoors NBA
Etcheverry, ranked eight places above Murray in 32nd, was able to fight back impressively and it was the Argentinian who prevailed 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-2 after a three-hour-and-eight-minute battle NBA
The early exchanges of set one proved an insight into what was in store for an excitable crowd at the ATP 500 event with breaks traded by both players NBA
After Murray was broken in his first service game, he responded with a superb lob for break point before a volley at the net got the tie back on serve at 2-2 NBA
A tie-break was eventually required and a classy drop shot helped three-time grand-slam champion Murray draw first blood NBA
The 84-minute set appeared to take its toll on Murray at the beginning of the second with Etcheverry able to establish an early advantage and he saved four break points in a lengthy seventh game on his way to forcing a decider NBA
Murray was struggling physically by this point and a racket felt the force of his anger despite the Swiss crowd cheering him on NBA
Etcheverry was in the ascendancy now though and set up match point with a superb passing stroke before a service winner sent him through to the last eight NBA
Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie had no answer to world number 10 Alexander Zverev in the second round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna NBA
Zverev had won the first three meetings NBA between the top-20 players and claimed a fourth in a row with an emphatic 6-2 6-4 victory NBA
A superb backhand winner down the line earned Zverev a break in Norrie’s first service game and the British number one was broken again before losing the first set in 36 minutes NBA
Norrie tried to wrestle his way back into the contest, but was broken again in the third game of the second set NBA
It remained on serve until Norrie forced two break opportunities when Zverev was serving for the match and yet the German responded by winning four consecutive points to close out a solid win, which makes it four defeats in five for last year’s Wimbledon semi-finalist NBA
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