Sentences with phrase «league opposition at»
Man City have been at least two goals too good for Premier League opposition at home this season, so backing the hosts with a handicap could be the way to go.
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The Anti-Defamation League this week announced its opposition to a proposed mosque and community center at Ground Zero - a decision that is already provoking anger.
Louis van Gaal knows the dangers that lower - league opposition can pose, having seen his team humiliated 4 - 0 at the hands of MK Dons in the Capital One Cup last season.
Jose Mourinho may have pointedly congratulated himself on choosing to try to win the title in one of Europe's more difficult leagues, and Chelsea haven't quite dismissed the opposition in the manner of (to pick a team totally at random) Bayern Munich, but they've cantered home ahead of a poor field.
Cast your mind back to a couple of seasons ago, when Arsenal had been knocked out of both domestic cups by lower league opposition and then waved goodbye to any hope of a title challenge and been taken to pieces at the Emirates by Bayern Munich.
The Gunners bucked the trend of the weekend by managing to overcome lower league opposition in the fourth round, although it was a bit nerve wracking at times.
Van Gaal has already seen his side come unstuck against League One opposition once this season, with a scratch side humiliated 4 - 0 by MK Dons in the League Cup second round, and the Dutchman hinted at their Stadium: MK nightmare when suggesting that the trip to Yeovil would prove to be far from simple:
Man City and Chelsea inexplicably lost at home to lower league opposition, and even Liverpool were beaten in the semi-final by a team on the verge of relegation!
At the premier league level I suppose the opposition will be competent enough to execute their gameplan with high precision.
Any Arsenal fans expecting an easy ride in tonight's fourth round EFL cup clash might want to rein in their expectations a little, according to both Arsene Wenger and the captain of Reading, Paul McShane, despite the fact that the Gunners are playing at home against lower league opposition.
The Reds struggled to get going at times but ultimately did enough to see off their lower - league opposition, with Joe Allen opening the scoring after 10 minutes.
Don't know how useful it is, as it won't tell the whole story - they are in different leagues & the quality of opposition will be different, they're in different teams with different teammate abilities, & they are at different stages in their career, plus there are other big aspects to their games not considered - but it definitely gives you an idea of their eye for goal & their finishing ability:
As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the Champions League and when the pressure is on against the big sides in England in the title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.
Again, this was versus League 2 opposition at home.
The former Manchester United and Netherlands defender Jaap Stam is the manager of Reading and although Arsenal should be feeling confident ahead of this match at home to lower league opposition, I reckon that Stam will be feeling a bit more confident knowing which players his Reading team will be coming up against.
football is not played with the mouth... 1 +1 doesn't necessarily equals to 2 in football... ozil will never cut it at the right in the premier league cos week in week out you face strong opposition in bpl and you need power and grit on the wings....
Which is why theMaloofs are confounded by the opposition to their request for public funds fora new, $ 470 million building that would replace Arco, at 19 the third - oldestarena in the league.
We now have the luxury of an FA Cup fixture against lower - league opposition, but given their emphatic win over Manchester City at the Etihad in the last round, MIddlesborough should not be taken lightly.
With the Gunners about to face an FA cup clash against lower league opposition in Reading, most of us expect Wenger to play a few fringe players at Wembley on Saturday, and that probably means a rare start for Walcott.
Though there was immense disappointment at crashing out before the knockout stages, Atlético are regarded as overall favorites to win this year's Europa League and are rated as virtual shoo - ins against their Danish opposition.
Arsenal won just one of their six games against top - four opposition last term and go into the match at the Emirates on the back of a bitter 3 - 2 defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League.
Arsenal have fallen away in the title race, they're going to exit the Champions League at the round of 16 and there have been the usual failings in the big games against strong opposition.
They swept away their league opposition in sublime and quite simply brilliant style on the road to tasting another championship success for the 32nd time in their illustrious history, but although that image of esteemed triumph has become iconic of late, it wasn't always that straight forward at the club until current manager Frank de Boer retuned to Amsterdam, but this time, in the dugout.
He is a year younger than Suarez at only 25, would only cost around # 25m, is not a known racist, diver or biter of opposition players, and is statistically the most clinical striker in Europe's top four leagues.
Following the Swansea game, Everton and Spurs provide the opposition with the game at Wembley against Spurs on February 10th being one of the biggest games of the season and massive for both clubs with Arsenal three points behind their local rivals in the Premier League and desperately needing to take all three points.
Another poor performance from Arsenal saw them go down 2 - 0 at home to Schalke in Group B of the Champions League, their first European defeat at the Emirates Stadium since 2009 and first to non-English opposition since Internazionale won at Highbury in 2003.
Arsenal's UEFA Europa League opposition AC Milan are prepared to rival the Gunners for the footballer after a good spell at Serie A side Udinese for him.
Leicester come into this game with a similar result to Chelsea last weekend — a disappointing 0 - 0 at lower league opposition.
They have scored at least three goals in each of their wins over Huddersfield, West Ham and Southampton, so while the wins have come, they haven't been against the stiffest opposition in the league.
At league 2 level you really need to get your best players as near to the opposition's box as you can.
And how did that uber - tactician, the master - manager, the very special genius lose a game 4 - 2 at home being 2 - 0 up against a lower league opposition?
On Their last league match they lost the same opposition by 2 - 1 goals at home.
ATLANTA — Major League Soccer announced on Thursday that Juventus would be the opposition for the MLS All - Stars in August at the Mercedes - Benz Stadium.
Since falling at the first hurdle in the League Cup, losing to third - tier Leyton Orient at Villa Park in August, there is increased pressure on the Villans to avoid further embarrassment against lower - league opposLeague Cup, losing to third - tier Leyton Orient at Villa Park in August, there is increased pressure on the Villans to avoid further embarrassment against lower - league opposleague opposition.
Ian Holloway's Blackpool were eliminated at only the third round stage in last season's tournament, bowing out to League One opposition in the form of Southampton.
Manchester United beat Sparta Prague 2 - 0 at Leigh Sports Village on the Premier League International Cup with Josh Harrop and Devonte Redmond scoring the goals, sending their Czech opposition home tired and needing a break after playing two matches in two days.
When looking at his 2010 - 11 stats, he was once again responsible for 15 points, he scored 20 league goals in 31 games (which was enough to see him share the Golden Boot with Dimitar Berbatov), and he had an average opposition of 12.15 per goal, with a split of 6 -11-3 for Bottom 6 - Mid 8 - Top 6 goals.
Arsenal's cup struggles against lower league opposition continued as they conceded a late equaliser to Leyton Orient at the Matchroom Stadium.
He popped up on the left and the right for Guardiola, shifting the team's shape and getting at opposition defenders with a take on success rate of 52 % in Europe, and 54 % in the league, scoring two Champions League goals and finding the net four times in the Bundeleague, scoring two Champions League goals and finding the net four times in the BundeLeague goals and finding the net four times in the Bundesliga.
Whereas Bolton were being held by lower league opposition in the third round of the FA Cup, Manchester United were out beating their City neighbours, Man City, in a pulsating affair at the Etihad Stadium.
Away Section: Away section seats are difficult to obtain for matches at Camp Nou for matches in La Liga, however, we may be able to supply tickets for El Clasico against Barcelona or in Barcelona Champions League matches against English opposition.
Although Tom Huddlestone is sitting deeper, he is not in the same league as Moussa Dembele defensively at stopping the opposition.
what a joke!how can we go from absolutely dominating one half to complete self destruction in the second?watching us in the first half I would have said no team in the league could have lived with us, never mind bloody Tottenham!second half were shocking.what was bales goal all about?a hoof over the top and our defence all taken out in one go.the second was an even bigger farce.why the hell couldn't cesc just head the thing.we should have been out of sight by then.what kind of striker is chamakh?what is his problem.twice he was played clean through and he had no intention of going for goal.work rate is all well and good and being able to put it in from 3 yards but if he is going to lead the line he needs to have a proper strikers instinct.sure enough if we give away enough stupid free kicks then the opposition will score because we cant defend and thats exactly what happened.we'll be winning nothing unless we buy some players with spines and balls.getting beat to 2 newly promoted teams and spurs at home.way to let chelsea off the hook fellas.what did wenger say yesterday...» best squad ive ever had....
Throughout their recent 2 - 0 Bundesliga defeat at Hoffenheim, they were inexpicably reticent to flood the opposition box and in the 3 - 0 home win over a ten - man Anderlecht in the Champions League were astonishingly pedestrian at times, for long periods struggling to make their numerical advantage count.
-- In eleven previous Champions League encounters at home to French opposition, United have yet to taste defeat, winning eight and drawing three.
The landmark decision to track well - being follows political pressure from the leader of the main opposition party on the importance of well - being and public concern following a UNICEF report which placed the UK at the bottom of a league for child well - being.