[Official Site] Ward: We Know What's Required

Brighton & Hove Albion defender Stephen Ward has called on the side to produce another trademark away performance as they seek to overturn last night's 2-1 loss to Derby County.*
The Seagulls boast an impressive away record this season, securing important wins at Leicester, Wigan and Nottingham Forest, alongside notable draws at QPR, Burnley and Reading.
"With some of our away performances this year, we can take real credit from going away to bigger sides and getting positive results," he told seagulls.co.uk.
"So we have to take that into account and look to do the same on Sunday because there won't be much in it. It's similar to last weekend when we travelled to Forest knowing we had to win to get into the play-offs. We know we need to win this game to stay in with a chance of getting promoted, so we have nothing to lose.
"Derby will be pleased with the result but it really could have gone either way and it'll be a similar game up there.*
"They're are a good side and I'm sure they'll come out to try and kill the game off but, hopefully, that can play into our hands and we can have a performance similar to ones we've had away at Leicester, QPR and the like where we've had some big performances.*
"It'll be a tough test on Sunday and I'm sure they'd agree the tie is by no means over; there are plenty of twists and turns left yet."

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Reflecting on the first-leg defeat, the Irishman, who saw Rams keeper Lee Grant tip over a crashing second-half effort to preserve Derby's lead, feels Albion's performance merited a better result and feels that there is still everything to play for in Sunday's second leg.*

"It is a bit of a cliché but it's only half-time. We haven't lost it, we haven't lost three points, and we're not out of the tie.*
"Obviously it was disappointing to lose but on the other hand the performance we put in was very positive.*
"In the second half we were unfortunate not score a second goal but also not conceding was very important because if we had, it would have been a very uphill task on Sunday.*
"They had a bit of luck with their second goal but there's always things you can do better and looking at our own game we need to be more clinical. But their keeper made some outstanding saves and that tells you the story really.*
"We'll need a similar performance; to defend well and to take our chances when they arrive, but I firmly believe we've got a real chance on Sunday."







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