Sentences with phrase «last season this fixture»

Last season this fixture was being played in the Premier League, but following a disastrous campaign the two sides find themselves back in the Championship.

Last seasons fixture (a 3 - 0 thumping), Watford winning three on the spin at home and the fact that they hadn't conceded there for four and a half hours also haunted us as we tried to find some morsels of positivity before the game.

United, in the first twenty minutes, had given City a game, which can not be said in recent seasons; last season this fixture was a 2 - 0 defeat for United.

So on Saturday expect another intimidating display from Blackburn as they look to get right in the face of Arsenal early on as they did in last seasons fixture, when Allardyce targeted the Arsenal defence and Lukas Fabianski in goal as Arsenal's weakest joint and went straight for the throat by demanding long ball after long ball be played over the top and into Arsenal's penalty area.

Not exact matches

When the fixture list came out, I thought we needed to be five points ahead heading into the last three games of the season if there were a chance for us to win the title exactly because of the games like this.

Rosicky has spoken about this, as reported by Sky Sports, and despite saying that he is patient and still confident that Wenger will start to use him more as the fixtures start to come thick and fast, he is clearly a bit disappointed that he has not had a chance so far to build on last season.

This means that he will miss the return to Glasgow — where they were beaten in the same fixture last season.

The Citizens are back in action on Sunday as they face a tough trip to Merseyside for a clash with Everton at Goodison Park and will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the result in the corresponding fixture last season as the 1 - 1 draw saw them lose valuable ground in the title race.

Hughton was fired last Sunday and youth team coach Neil Adams has taken the reins as Norwich City prepare for five tough fixtures that will make or break their season.

They had no European fixtures at all last season and didn't play for long in the league cup.

Alexis was joined by Romelu Lukaku at the top of the table, thanks to five goals in his last three matches, but his Everton side have tough trips to Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester United and Arsenal left in the fixture list, and I can't see him being amongst the top two come the end of the season.

Benzema had his best league tally of goals last season however, and I believe Morata would be the more likely capture, and he may push for an exit should he not be chosen to start in any of the three league fixtures prior to the windows close on August 31.

Losing 2 - 0 over two fixtures against Chelsea was an upgrade vs. last seasons performance.

The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.

Gerrard doesn't possess many happy memories in fixtures against Chelsea, not least his now infamous slip which effectively ended Liverpool's title hopes last season, and applauding Jose Mourinho's side onto the pitch would be slightly awkward.

The 19 year old had a bright campaign last term but has started just one Premier League fixture this season and could perhaps be keen to secure regular first team elsewhere.

Burton have a decent record against Birmingham in recent times, having beaten them convincingly home and away last season, although this one looks like a fixture in which the away side will be looking for a result.

This article I read on bleacherreport sums up what a fan who wants the club success would like to see from than onwards: - Beat Bayern and progress above our mental block - Make top four and possibly as good as last season finishing # 2 likely getting positive result in our 5 most difficult fixtures (Spurs, Man U, Man City, Everton, Liverpool) & taking back some lost points - Ensuring we finish above any team in London except Chelsea of course - Win FA Cup best chance of silverware - Win UCL long reach but beating Bayern could spur the team and maybe make them believe coupled with playing any team except Barca, Real & Atletico in the round after and could we do a Chelsea 2012.

Saido Berahino The English striker has five goals and two assists this season, and if you made the mistake of benching him for his tricky fixtures last week (as I did), you'll definitely play him now, despite the prospect of Manchester United.

The Reds will be determined to get a result at Selhurst Park, having let slip a 3 - 0 lead in this fixture last season.

The Chilean, in the last two fixtures, led the line for his new club; He looked lively and, albeit hasn't been at the pinnacle of his prowess, he surely has a lot more to offer, as the season progresses into the business end.

As a reminder since we beat them 3 - 0 last season we have been alternating victories meaning neither team has won two straight fixtures.

The fact is that United have just one point more than at this point last season and their fixtures could not have been kinder.

22 - year - old Baggies forward Berahino netted 20 goals in all competitions last season but hasn't registered a goal this term and West Brom boss Tony Pulis elected to drop the England Under 21 international for their fixture with Chelsea on the weekend, stating that the marksman had been «unsettled» by exit talk (via BBC Sport).

Not only did Arsenal not lose at Stoke, like we did last season, Petr has kept the team in confident mood as we prepare to face his old side next weekend in yet another crucial fixture in the race for the title.

Rooney's next chance to get on the scorsheet will be at weekend as Newcastle United are the visitors to Old Trafford and the 29 - year - old will be hoping for a repeat performance from the corresponding fixture last season, where he bagged a brace in a 3 - 1 win.

Last season's joint winner of the Premier League Golden Gloves award, along with Petr Cech, also points to the fact that Arsenal's uncertain start has not been helped by a tough fixture list including Tottenham, Man City and Borussia Dortmund.

The Gunners are nine points behind Mourinho's men after a tough start to the season, but just as our injury crisis is easing off and we are going into a nice looking run of fixtures, losing Costa would be a real blow and they face an away trip to a Crystal Palace side that had a good win in their last game and who Neil Warnock will have very well organised.

You think Pool fans spouted off like that heading into our fixtures for the last three seasons?

We're 7 - 0 from our last couple fixtures... now let's do a chelsea of two season's ago and storm to the title!

We all know how Chambers fared in that fixture last season.

The 24 - year - old was sent off in their game against City last season, meaning he missed crucial end - of - season fixtures against the likes of Chelsea and Crystal Palace, when Liverpool dropped crucial points before eventually conceding the title to this weekend's opponents.

Goals from Gary Cahill and Diego Costa handed the Blues a victory in the reverse fixture earlier on in the season and the Merseyside outfit are without a win against Chelsea in the last seven meetings between the two in all competitions.

Ceballos made 35 appearances in all competitions last season and has started both Real Betis's La Liga fixtures this term.

Matic appeared in 35 of Chelsea's 38 Premier League fixtures last season and was involved in just five losses.

We appear to be in a reverse situation from last season, artificially high after 20 odd games due to the way the fixture list panned out, this season I believe we are artificially lower by a few points.

Last season, Arsenal were in a strong position when going into this fixture but got completely blown away in the first 20 minutes.

The ban was put in place after there had been three instances of racist chanting at the ground, the first of which was directed at City's Yaya Toure in the same fixture last season.

Last season he stayed with the Gunners first - team, and was finally given a run of fixtures worth talking about, and he was receiving praise for impressing on a number of occasions, and seemed comfortable within our team.

Arsenal have only played the Cherries three times before and have never conceded a goal, in fact both of last season's fixtures ended 2 - 0 in our favour and I can't really see this game as a banana skin for the Gunners.

Last weekend's 3 - 0 success at home to Bournemouth was a welcome fillip for Arsenal after they lost two of the opening three fixtures for the first time since 2011/12, the season following skipper Cesc Fabregas's departure for Camp Nou.

He won a title in that first season back, then another last season under Antonio Conte, and has been more or less a first team fixture throughout his time at Chelsea.

Wonder why Mourinho done so much complaining last season about the fixtures.

Should the Blues fail to qualify for the Champions League this season, it may not be the end of the world for the Blues, as a less - congested fixture list was one of the reasons why Conte's side were able to claim their fifth league title last campaign.

The Reds have won 96 and drawn 47 of the previous meetings, and have lost just once at the Emirates since 2010/11, a 3 - 0 defeat in this fixture last season.

Bring in Ospina for Cech; Gabriel for Koscielny (Kos is 31 and its time we start testing Gabriel and Holding beside Mustafi to see what our long term first choice defensive partnership will look like); Gibbs for Monreal (Wenger needs to start rotating these 2 more frequently as we need to ascertain if Gibbs can adequately produce the quality to hold that position from next season for a few years as I'm thinking this might be Nacho's last or penultimate season with Arsenal, it will also give a hint as to the type of Left - back to target in the summer — first teamer or backup and age as well); I'll like to see an Elneny — Xhaka partnership in this fixture as we might just never know, this might be our replica of the Kos Mustafa partnership in the centre of the park, Two disciplined (positionally, i mean) central midfielders who can play box to box; Chamberlain for Iwobi, and Perez for Alexis should do the work.

We won this fixture last season when Southampton were already halfway to their beach holidays, but we hadn't won any of the previous 5 League visits to the South Coast.

Of course, this will not mean much to Pellegrini and his beaten players, but I would remind them of a few things that went their way in the same fixture last season.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger could be managing the club in his last Premier League fixture this Sunday, with uncertainty still remaining as to whether he will leave or not at the end of the season.

And the last two seasons were raw 6 - 10 ones, the kinds that forced change, that got coach Tom Coughlin fired and fixture players like cornerback Prince Amukamara and receiver Rueben Randle booted.