There is still some confusion over whether Podolski really was injured for
the New Years day defeat away to Southampton, with Arsene Wenger admitting that he may well have played due to the suspension of Olivier Giroud and the injury to Danny Welbeck, as a Daily Express report reveals.
Not exact matches
What would have happened if Ospina had performed like that in his first Premier League start when he replaced Wojciech Szczesny after the Southampton
defeat on
new years day?
Our Poland international Wojciech Szczesny has certainly not done himself any favours by smoking in the showers after that dismal
defeat in Southampton on
New Years day, and the statements from his dad, and former Poland keeper Jan Tomaszewski, have not helped his cause either.
Giants running back Ottis Anderson's 101 - yard performance in
New York's 20 - 17
defeat of Washington was his first 100 - yard rushing
day in four
years and two weeks...
Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny did not enjoy his best game in the 2 - 0
defeat to Southampton on
New Year's
Day.
I for one was a worried Gooner after the Ox picked up a hamstring problem during the
defeat at Man City as it could have kept him out for weeks and there would be no guarantee he would come back in the same form, but with the Evening Standard reporting that he will be back in action as soon as the home game against Crystal Palace on
new years day, we should have no such problem.
Meanwhile, Chelsea's
New Year's
Day defeat to Tottenham Hotspur was a blow to the title leaders, and sees them drift to third.
Since the disappointing performance and
defeat by Southampton at St. Mary's on
new years day, the Gunners have won every game bar the north London derby.
The Lions have gone 17 league games unbeaten since a 2 - 1
New Year's
Day defeat at Norwich which left them 15th, only six points above the drop zone.
If
defeat at Liverpool early in the season suggested a distinctly soft underbelly to the Ferguson revolution, this
New Year's
Day display resonated with at least a temporary glimpse of a more positive future.
With Chris Coleman now in charge, McNair has struggled for game time, his start in the 1 - 0 home
defeat to Barnsley on
New Year's
Day his first game since November.
A disappointing 4 - 3
defeat at home to Charlton on
New Year's
Day and the shock 2 - 0 loss to Bristol City later that month — where he played at right wing - back — were far from Murray's best games in a Watford shirt.
The low point certainly had to be the 5 - 3
defeat at Spurs on
New Year's
Day, which saw City go level at the top, and left Jose Mourinho red faced with anger.
At the first
day of the
new year, the team of Jose Mourinho
defeated Everton and claimed the precious victory.
After losing their unbeaten record, Chelsea once again suffered
defeat on
New Years»
Day.
It was almost a
year ago to the
day that the equivalent fifth match of the season fixture, a 4 - 2
defeat, sounded the early alarm bells that the wheels might not be fixed as securely as first thoughton the Bilic bandwagon; that the stuttering start to his second season in charge was not solely down to the challenges of settling into a
new home.
David Wagner's men will be looking to bounce back from the away
defeat to Leicester City on
New Year's
Day.
The actual players, however, can not afford to be dumbstruck by their celebrity visitors as
defeat at Molineux really would send out the wrong message heading into a fresh
New Year, a year which has already began in uninspiring fashion with defeat away at former struggler's West Ham on New Year's
Year, a
year which has already began in uninspiring fashion with defeat away at former struggler's West Ham on New Year's
year which has already began in uninspiring fashion with
defeat away at former struggler's West Ham on
New Year's
Year's
day.
Wenger's comments have come as a surprise to many fans owing to the fact that Szczesny lost his starting place to Ospina in January after the 25 -
year - old was responsible for the concession of both goals in a 2 - 0
defeat away against Southampton on
New Years Day and was reportedly caught smoking in the showers after the match.
Jose Mourinho and his men have won their last four League matches with their last
defeat coming on
New Year's
Day when Tottenham trashed them 5 - 3 at White Hart Lane.
The traditional slot for FA Cup Third Round weekend at the start of January saw Town make a number of changes from the
New Year's
Day defeat at Leicester.
Sam Allardyce identified the performance of Nikola Vlasic as a «positive» to draw from Everton's 2 - 0
New Year's
Day defeat by Manchester United.
It's only
day four of my son's
new school
year and I already feel a bit
defeated by the whole lunchbox packing thing.
Current Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat and former Public Advocate, officially became mayor of the Big Apple on
New Year's
Day, easily
defeating Republican Joe Lhota in November by running a campaign that rejected Bloomberg's politics.