Sentences with phrase «stoke last»

Tottenham have improved to back to back wins in the league after their victory over Stoke last weekend and over Brighton in midweek.

The skipper was also a commanding presence in the Blues» victory over Stoke last time out and his worth to the side is emphasised by the fact Everton have won the past three matches he has started.

Chelsea unconvincingly beat Stoke last weekend 1 - 0 but remain top of the league after five games.

They lost a big game against Stoke last week so they are stuck in the bottom three.

Jose Mourinho made changes to his team selection to prevent a repeat of the 3 - 2 defeat they suffered at Stoke last year.

The Foxes will have been disappointed with a 1 - 1 home draw against the relegation - threatened Stoke last weekend, but now have the chance to make immediate amends as they play host to Bournemouth.

Paul Lambert's men have arguably been the more impressive so far, coming within a whisker of their first Premiership three - point - haul at Carrow Road for over six - years against Stoke last month, only to be denied late on.

-- A 3 - 0 defeat of Stoke last Saturday was West Ham's third consecutive win in all competitions, their longest winning sequence for over three years.

The Trotters are still nursing an FA Cup semi-final hangover it would seem, losing 5 - 0 to Stoke last month to miss out on the opportunity to feature in this weekend's show - piece against Manchester City, and are now finishing a campaign full of promise with a real whimper, with last week's 2 - 1 reverse to Sunderland at home their third consecutive defeat following disappointing outcomes away at first Fulham (3 - 0) before helped Blackburn, who were previously without a win for ten games, to end their barren streak (1 - 0).

After United dropped their first league points of the season with a 1 - 1 draw away at Stoke last week, a game which Sir Alex's side could have so easily lost, a shock 3 - 3 draw at Old Trafford in the UEFA Champions League versus FC Basel was to follow − and, again, that game could have just as easily gone the other way, especially as heading into stoppage time United trailed 3 - 2.

We're unlikely to see another Sunderland rout like the one at home to Stoke last week, but the Black Cats are value nevertheless, in my opinion anyway, at a venue where the hosts tend to play with more freedom and zest but at the same time are a lot more exposed.

-- Over five years have passed since Stoke last tasted defeat at home in the FA Cup, the Potters unbeaten in their previous seven home ties, five of which were victories.

The Reds squeaked one out at Stoke last weekend and they still remain somewhat vulnerable against sides beneath them in the table.

Leicester had a good win at Stoke last time out but this is a different proposition.

They needed late goals to turn around what looked like being a defeat at Stoke last weekend to pick up a 2 - 1 win.

Villa gained a fantastic win at Stoke last weekend and did so while keeping a clean sheet, of huge importance to the team's overall confidence.

United following a victory away at Stoke last weekend and a midweek 2 - 2 draw at Upton Park currently sit on eighty - one points, thirteen ahead of Manchester City who have sixty - eight.

Referee Jon Moss will handle a Chelsea match for the fifth time of his career, the most recent being our 2 - 3 defeat at Stoke last December and Hull's visit on the opening day of last season.

Fernando Torres should keep his place in the team after impressing at Stoke last weekend, as could Bosingwa at left - back, however Ghanian midfielder Michael Essien is still a long - term absentee.

He made a mistake during the 3 - 1 win against Chelsea for Alvaro Morata's goal and could also have done better for Mame Diouf's goal at Stoke last weekend.

The Tottenham forward went to great lengths to claim his side's winner against Stoke last weekend, with the Premier League's dubious goals panel awarding him a goal that keeps him within four strikes of Salah in the race for the Premier League golden boot.

United turned up with a crowd - pleasing performance at home against Stoke last night.

I'm not having these Hornets favoured for this London derby even after their win at Stoke last time out.

Fulham finally succumbed to the drop when they lost 4 - 1 to Stoke last weekend.

Stoke last won at Arsenal in 1981 and have lost on all 15 visits since, including the nine times they have played at the Emirates.

Arsenal played at home in front of a low attendance as they toiled to beat Stoke last weekend.

Jack Wilshere looked good at Stoke last weekend but is ineligible to face his parent club this time out.

«We all know our difficulties this season haven't been at home, our difficulties have been away, and we have to try and put together a performance like we did at Stoke last time.»

The Gunners missed their creative spark during the goalless draw with Stoke last weekend, but the club should have their mojo back this week with the return of their two playmakers.

I watched the capital one cup match between Liverpool and Stoke last night and there was an incident very similar to the Mertesacker vs Costa one and the ref only gave a free kick and a yellow card.

Arsenal were not as bad as many of us had feared they would be after losing away to Stoke last weekend.

Either they'd have failed to break Leicester down, or if they'd got there, they'd have cocked it up at the other end: Recall Joe Allen's equaliser for Stoke last season.

Spurs beat Stoke last weekend 2 - 1, and avoiding defeat on Saturday evening will mark a new club - record unbeaten run of 15 games.

Alexis is the driving force behind our team and not only that, his example seems to rub off on those around him and gets Arsenal showing the sort of spirit that was sorely lacking in Stoke last weekend.

Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal are injured and Calum Chambers is suspended following a red card at Stoke last week.

Their only regular first teamer to start on Friday was Christian Benteke and so the Gunners will be facing a side that has had a good long rest since their last game, the Capital One Cup win at Stoke last Tuesday.

So although we will have no Coquelin or Cazorla, we will certainly be much more creative than we were against Stoke last week, but who do you think will make up the starting XI?

Mancini puts City's title bid apparently failing down to the recent injury of Sergio Aguero who missed their draws with Sunderland and Stoke last month — two games which allowed United to open up a five point gap on their rivals.

Stoke last week was our best football this season and we have to play our best again against City.

We seemed to have the same problem against Stoke last week, and Wenger was directly asked if his team lacked any leadership like that and he replied: «We have many leaders,»

And our worst nightmare is now looking decidedly possible after Tottenham took advantage of Leicester's draw against the Hammers with a thumping win away to Stoke last night.

Harry Kane will be looking to chase down Mohamed Salah's 29 Premier League goals after he was awarded the goal at Stoke last weekend.

Arsenal simply have convert more of the 100s of chances they create instead of missing them all like we did against Stoke last weekend....

They beat Stoke last weekend 2 - 1, and avoiding defeat on Saturday evening will mark a new club - record unbeaten run of 15 games.

I'm willing to move for the right job, but I'd rather stay close to home — so I was stoked last summer when I got an interview for one of the very few entry - level jobs available in my city!

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Bitcoin's 1,500 percent surge last year has stoked huge demand for cryptocurrency in South Korea, drawing college students to housewives and sparking concerns about a gambling addiction.

A lifelong Republican, Whitman switched her support to Hillary Clinton three months before last year's election — she was the only Fortune Most Powerful Woman to publicly campaign for a nominee — stoking speculation that the former gubernatorial candidate would reenter the political arena.

Then last week, the government announced a depreciation of the country's currency, stoking fear that the economic slowdown there was even worse than it had let on.

This problem last occurred — with catastrophic results — in the years following the 2000 technology stock crash, when Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan repeatedly stoked the money supply.

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