Sentences with phrase «injury league lead»

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Should Arsene Wenger rest leading talisman Robin van Persie, Park will get a chance to impress in his first Champions League appearance as Marouane Chamakh is out with a knee injury.

Without him, for the subsequent match against Newcastle United, Gary Cahill came into the heart of the defence alongside John Terry, although an injury to the latter in that match led to his own absence from the Champions League bout against Paris Saint - Germain.

While absences due to injury and the Africa Cup of Nations may well have led to him missing out, there's also no space for current Premier League top goalscorer Romelu Lukaku who is snubbed in both starting XIs.

To name a few additional struggles: we have to compete with the richest league in the world where every team has money and isn't begging for transfers of their best players to fund themselves (8/20 of the highest valued teams), we have a poor injury record that is being addressed, we have far fewer homegrown talents in our league, the overall league quality is higher even if the highest teams are not of the quality of other top teams, selling of our best players during the past decade has lead to a lack of momentum and yes, there has been times where our manager got it wrong.

Though the Etihad Stadium brought in central midfield options in Javi Garcia and Jack Rodwell, the young Everton man is sidelined with injury and Yaya Toure is off to the African Nations Cup and this may well lead the Premier League title holders into making a formal offer for the experienced Roma man.

He was also heavily accused of faking an injury that led to the dismissal of Juventus» Juan Cuadrado in the 2017 Champions League final, according to The Mirror.

But it could be even more damaging if we get absolutely tanked by the Germans and the after effects could lead to a poor run of results that does just as much damage to our Premier League title hopes as another injury would.

Despite only winning the FA Cup and Community Shield for Arsenal in 2014, Wilshere needs to reignite his career by avoiding injury and rediscovering the form that led him to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award in the 2010 - 11 Premier League season.

Someone should point out to Peter King that Old Waterbuckets took leave from his 25 - year «tryst» with wife Jane Russell long enough to lead the Rams to two NFL titles in his abbreviated, injury - ridden eight - year career, and that he was among the league leaders in punting, was an excellent placekicker and was a 60 - minute man who also played safety.

Giroud will never lead us to the title he's not good enough and don't start with injuries Aguero was out for 6weeks and City had to play Milner as a striker but he still has 21 league goals because he's World Class, the truth is we are 13 points behind Chelsea even with his 14 GOALS GALORE we're not even close!

An injury crisis that left Arsene Wenger unable to call on Aaron Ramsey when he was on fire and had led us to the top [of the league for instance, with other big players like Ozil and Walcott already in the treatment room, was arguably the reason for us not winning the title that season.

Arsenal fans were sad to see Vermaelen leave, but a potential loan deal in January would make sense for both parties; Vermaelen would be able to get much - needed game time under his belt when he returns from injury, while Arsenal would greatly benefit from having a good quality defender who can lead from example and knows what it takes to play in the Premier League.

When the injury report was first released, Curry was listed as questionable for Game 2; however, most analysts believed that the league's leading scorer would be able to play.

DFS edge: Before his injury in Week 6, Rodgers led the league with 13 passing touchdowns in Weeks 1 - 5, was the frontrunner for the Most Valuable Player award, and scored 24.0 DraftKings and 22.0 FanDuel PPG.

Arian Foster, who was originally the co-favorite to lead the league in rushing, will likely miss several games due to a groin injury and, as a result, dropped from +600 to +1200.

It's interesting to note that Foster (+600) was listed as the co-favorite to lead the league in rushing yards, but we wanted to know what type of impact this injury would have on the Texans.

The club is upset that teams like Man City, Lpool, Man U, Chelsea and the likes are leading the charts in the injury league his season so they want to strengthen and take back our spot by singing Sturridge.

Ancelotti will probably be forced to do without the services of star man Cristiano Ronaldo — this season's leading scorer in the Champions League — after the Portuguese ace missed Saturday's victory at Real Sociedad with a niggling knee injury and was only able to complete a few minutes of Monday's training session.

Since Bailly's injury, which came back in November against Chelsea, Mourinho has struggled to find that consistent defensive partnership, something which has led to some disappointing results both in the league over the Christmas period and in the League Cup quarter - final loss to Bristol City back in Decleague over the Christmas period and in the League Cup quarter - final loss to Bristol City back in DecLeague Cup quarter - final loss to Bristol City back in December.

Chelsea have been such benefactors of a season bereft of serious injuries, and Antonio Conte's side lead the Premier League standings as a result.

Martin O'Neill will be cursing his luck after leading scorer Steven Fletcher was stretchered off in Scotland's international fixture against Wales last weekend and it has been confirmed that the former Wolves man will miss the visit of Manchester United and the rest of the league season, the same goes for Lee Cattermole who will look to regain fitness for next season as injury has prematurely cut short his 2012 - 2013 campaign.

Last season, against all odds, Pellegrini led Malaga to Champions league quarterfinals and perhaps won the tactical battle over two legs against Dortmund as well but the Germans shocked them to snatch victory by scoring 2 injury time goals.

If he had bought in January when we were leading the league but with injury concerns — he did nothing.He has sold unsung heroes like Cliche for $ 6m and Song — not bought Draxler, Mata, Willian and Hazard when he was in the box seat.

While injury disrupted his 2012 - 13 season, Ashley was handed the u18 captain's armband on his return to action at the start of the 2013/14 and he led a young squad to the Premier League North Division title.

We are less fit, we make less sprints, we cover less ground per player than (this season) any other team in the league, we make more errors to leading to goals, we have more players booked and sent off, we have more injuries than most clubs, we are less likely (since Payet) to do as we did last night and come from a losing position to win, we lose more games from winning positions than any other club (last season and this), the facts are damning to Slav, the biggest surprise is that our Chairmen run multiple businesses yet they don't seem to link these things together and realise that the manager and or the coaching staff are the problem.

City are still looking to bolster their attacking options after leading the Premier League 11 points adrift from 2nd placed Manchester United but with the injury concerns Guardiola had during last season, the Spanish manager would not want such a situation to arise again.

According to his Turkish team Osmanlispor, he will be out for three weeks after picking up an injury, which lead to his substitution after 39 minutes, in their 2 - 2 draw against Villarreal in the Europa League.

Arsenal have extended their lead at the top of this season's Injury League by a further five points this week, helped by the injuries to Theo Walcott, Thomas Vermaelen and Mikel Arteta as well as long - standing injury problems.

Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth» on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018 World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018 World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)

And Vinny, who has battled back from several long injury lay - offs over the last few years and delivered a man - of - the - match display to lead City to a third League Cup success in five years, also admitted it made victory taste all the sweeter.

Despite only winning the FA Cup and Community Shield for the Arsenal senior team in 2014, Wilshere needs to reignite his career by avoiding injury and rediscovering the form that led him to win the PFA Young Player of the Year award in the 2010 - 11 Premier League season.

Speaking in the lead - up to the Qarabag clash in the Champions League, Conte provided a positive update on Moses» injury, while taking an example of Hazard's progress.

Heskey missed huge chunks of the 07/08 season as he suffered a broken metatarsal and an ankle injury but his return led to an important equaliser against Chelsea which benefited Wigan massively whilst simultaneously dashing Chelsea's hopes of lifting the Premier League.

Having come tantalisingly close to bringing a long - awaited Premier League title to Anfield in 2013/14, the loss of Luis Suarez and injuries to Daniel Sturridge saw a disappointing follow - up campaign which would ultimately lead to Rodgers» sacking.

Craig Gardner, the team's joint - leading scorer in the league and one of the star performers under Alex McLeish this season, is a major doubt with an ankle injury while Alexander Hleb and Sebastian Larsson are both doubts as well after failing to last the fill 90 minutes against Fulham and Aston Villa respectively.

Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho have been in great form, injuries aside, and Luis Suarez is currently leading the goal scoring chart despite missing the first five league games.

Best Possible Scenario — Wilshere uses the Europa League games to break back into Arsenal's strongest eleven; leading the team to their strongest title challenge in years whilst staying injury free.

Costa also led Atletico to the first of two Champions League finals in the last four years, but he was forced to abandon 2014 final early on due to injury and Atletico lost 4 - 1 in extra time to Madrid.

But I still think the National Football League too often follows, instead of leading on head injuries, and reacts instead of being pro-active.

Proposed rule changes by Major League Baseball, designed to speed up the game by reducing time between pitches, could lead to a spike in arm injuries as players have less time to recover between throws, say researchers who have analyzed the impact of fatigue.