WORST START FOR FENERBAHCE UNDER ARAGONES!
Luis Aragones insists he has no intention of stepping down as Fenerbahce coach in the wake of Sunday's 4-1 home drubbing to Kayserispor.
Aragones, who took over Fenerbahce this summer after leading Spain to the Euro 2008 title, has suffered a hugely disappointing start to his reign and this latest loss has further increased the pressure on the 70-year-old Spaniard.
However, Aragones is adamant he is not going to fall on his sword, saying in comments reported by Marca: "To lose 4-1 is a bad result, but I have not come here to resign now. I'm here to do what I do best. Of course I'm not thinking about resigning."
The Kayserispor defeat leaves Fenerbahce 12th in the Turkcell Super League having lost four of their opening six games, winning the other two.
Fenerbahce have also picked up just one point from their opening two Champions League Group G matches, with last month's draw with Dynamo Kiev ending a run of eight successive home victories in Europe.
Last season, under the guidance of former coach Zico, Fenerbahce reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and finished as runners-up in the Turkcell Super League.
The Fenerbahce fans were chanting "I Love You Zico" as they were leaving the match early......
BURSASPOR MOVE TO SECOND PLACE.....
BURSASPOR moved into second spot in the Turkcell Super League table with a 2-1 win over Harry Kewell's Galatasaray.
Mustafa Sarp opened the scoring in the 38th minute and Sercan Yildirim doubled the hosts' lead three minutes into the second half.
Arda Turan pulled one back for Galatasaray eight minutes later but they could not find the equaliser.
Bursaspor are a point behind league leader Trabzonspor.
Kayserispor are four points behind Bursaspor in fourth place after they triumphed 4-1 at Fenerbahce thanks to Julius Aghahowa's hat-trick.
Aghahowa grabbed his first in the 21st minute and doubled his and his side's tally four minutes from half-time.
Roberto Carlos grabbed one back for the hosts just before the hour mark, but Turgay Bahadir restored Kayserispor's two-goal advantage in the 63rd minute before Aghahowa completed his hat-trick 11 minutes later.
Kocaelispor remain bottom of the table after a last-gasp goal condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at Eskisehirspor.
Souleymane Youla opened the scoring in the 13th minute but Volkan Bekiroglu equalised for the visitors 10 minutes from half-time.
Kocaelispor thought they were going to pick up only their second point of the season until Youla pounced again in the dying seconds.
Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK are only two points above Kocaelispor after they lost 2-1 at Denizlispor.
Yusuf Kurtulus put the hosts into the lead in the 15th minute before Roman Kratochvil doubled their advantage from the spot 11 minutes from half-time.
Marcos Marquinhos grabbed one back two minutes after the interval but the visitors could not find the equalizer.
Ankaragucu have only a point more and are still winless at home following their 2-0 loss to Genclerbirligi.
Carlos Kahe broke the deadlock in the 63rd minutes and Engin Baytar grabbed the other 12 minutes later.
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