After a weekend of FA Cup action across England, the Premier
League returns midweek and is highlighted by a juicy Tottenham / Manchester United matchup on Wednesday night.
Not exact matches
Further, the 3 - 0 defeat to Roma in the Champions
League in
midweek wouldn't have reflected well on the Italian tactician, and coupled with reports last month that he was homesick, as per the Metro, it has led to ongoing speculation over a
return to Italy at some stage in the future.
As for Everton, Wayne Rooney, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Leighton Baines, Idrissa Gueye and Phil Jagielka could all
return after being rested in
midweek against Lyon in the Europa
League as they've been regulars in the Premier
League.
Alexis had also just
returned late from two international games in South America but Wenger decided to start him at West Brom and then again in the
midweek Champions
League.
He has not completed a game since his
return and he also played a good portion of our Champions
League win over Olympiacos in
midweek.
The Arsenal and Wales midfield star has
returned from his hamstring injury just in time to be available for the first north London derby of the current season, although it remains to be seen whether Arsene Wenger puts him straight into the starting line up for the visit of Tottenham in the Premier
League on Sunday, as the
midweek Champions
League clash with Ludogorets was his first start since the opening day of the season.
United will be desperate to
return to winning ways following a disastrous 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in the Champions
League in
midweek.
Given his usual
midweek break in the Europa
League, but should
return to replace Kieran Trippier.
First and foremost a
return to the Champions
League has to be prioritised, which can only be done with a top four finish or by winning the Europa
League competition (as Manchester United did last year), but our current form, ignoring he
midweek loss for our B side, I wouldn't rule us out pushing on to challenging for second place in the table, possibly even first once Manchester City finally start to show chinks in their armour.
I am more hopeful, and the
return of Lanzini, and the confidence of the team gained by our first win in
midweek, will I believe lead to our first
league win of the season, and only our eighth when visiting Newcastle.
The Warrington - born academy graduate has been sensational away from home in December — but the brace against Burnley in
midweek taking his Premier
League tally to six (best
return) after a poor miss earlier in the week against Leicester is testament to his resilience that has seen him sustain a first team career at Manchester United under three different managers.
What we don't know is who is going to be in the Arsenal team today because with a semi final in
midweek to come before we
return to the Premier
League, i'm not quite sure which Arsenal team Arsene picks today.
High flying Arsenal will face Watford at the Emirates when the Premier
League returns in the
midweek.
Chelsea
return to domestic action after being held 3 - 3 by AS Roma in the Champions
League midweek and are coming off the back of their 2 - 1 loss at Crystal Palace last weekend.
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool will look to avenge their
midweek League Cup defeat to Leicester City when they
return to the...
Manchester United
return from their
midweek defeat at Wembley Stadium to take on Premier
League debutants Huddersfield Town at Old Trafford on Saturday.
The Premier
League presents a different prospect though and many of those rested for the
midweek fixture should
return to the fold, lending greater urgency to their play.
Arsenal
return to the Premier
League this weekend and will face another stiff test against an organized Roberto Martinez side after a not - so - impressive midweek performance against Turkish side Besiktas in their Uefa Champions league play
League this weekend and will face another stiff test against an organized Roberto Martinez side after a not - so - impressive
midweek performance against Turkish side Besiktas in their Uefa Champions
league play
league play - off.
On the same day, Spurs Ladies
return to action following the postponement of their
midweek game against Millwall Lionesses with a trip to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women's Super
League 2.
Liveprool on the other will be without Danial Sturridge but Coutinho, Lallana, Skrtal and Lucas will
return after being rested for the Europa
League game during the
midweek.
Alvaro Morata's first goal since Boxing Day on his
return to the Chelsea starting line - up put the visitors on course to bounce back from their Champions
League elimination at the hands of Barcelona in
midweek.
Gary Cahill impressed in the Champions
League in
midweek and should
return following a domestic suspension, whilst David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta should also feature in the heart of the defence.
The Gunners suffered a small hiccup
midweek in the Champions
League but
return to action in the Premier
League this weekend off the back of a convincing 3 - 0 win against Burnley.
Then on Sunday, the in Ford's Super Sunday line - up sees Newcastle (13.00 SKyBet), fresh off the back of their 5 - 1 mauling of bitter rivals Sunderland, tackle an Arsenal (1.30 StanJames) side who have won their last three Premier
League contests but were beaten in
midweek in the Champions
League by Shakhtar Donetsk and will
return home slightly jaded and perhaps with their confidence knocked a little as well.
The visitors also come into the game after a gruelling
midweek Champions
League game against Barcelona, and it's highly likely that Roberto Di Matteo will rest several of his key players — most notably Drogba — as next Tuesday's return leg in Spain will now surely take precedence over the l
League game against Barcelona, and it's highly likely that Roberto Di Matteo will rest several of his key players — most notably Drogba — as next Tuesday's
return leg in Spain will now surely take precedence over the
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Giuseppe Rossi's new club, Fiorentina, are on the brink of qualifying for Europe next season after the Florence club beat Siena 1 - 0 in
midweek to maintain fourth position in Serie A. Although Rossi is yet to play for his new club he is close to
returning and, with just two more rounds of
league fixtures -LSB-...]
Terry was also an unused substitute during Chelsea's
midweek Champion's
League match, though many expected him to
return to the starting line up against the Gunners.
This particular training session featured some bright news for Barcelona supporters after a tough
midweek Champions
League loss as Lucas Digne has
returned after three weeks of working through a thigh injury.