Sentences with phrase «swansea city side»

With that in mind, avoiding relegation should be a real possibility — but expecting to finish above a strong Swansea City side is veryunlikely.

Having won 2 - 1 in their last 4 games and that important narrow win over United last weekend, City are now 11 points clear at the top and should be odds on favorites to make it 15 straight wins this Wednesday by beating a struggling Swansea City side.

So its setup a must win game for Chelsea at home against relegation threatened Swansea City side.

With a struggling Swansea City side the visitors to the Emirates Stadium today and on the back of a convincing attacking performance at Everton, I think it is safe to say that nothing else will do.

However, they have only won two as well and they were against rock bottom Newcastle and against a Swansea City side that had gone off the boil after a strong start.

Sunderland had been linked with a move for Borini but the former AS Roma man turned down a summer switch to the Stadium of Light outfit but could perhaps be more inclined to join a Swansea City side sitting comfortable in the top half of the table.

Well that was about as bad as we could have feared from Arsenal, as we lost to a Swansea City side weakened by a lot of changes as they planned for their next game which is a relegation six pointer with Norwich.

Mesut Ozil had it right when he said we blew it in games like the home defeat to an under strength Swansea City side.

Not exact matches

The North London side were in fine fettle on Saturday as they dispatched Swansea City 3 - 0 away, with the likes of Mesut Ozil and Laurent Koscielny in excellent form.

Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only conceded one goal in their last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.

The centre - back is a little on the old side in reality, but he has been improving year - on - year for Swansea City, and I believe he could play on for another four years easily.

What is certain now though is that he will need a positive reaction from his players as after plotting a way to navigate past Swansea City in the League Cup in midweek, Man Utd host an in - form Tottenham side this weekend who will ruthlessly expose their issues if the visitors aren't in their best form.

Chelsea scraped past Swansea City at Stamford Bridge tonight, as a first Blues goal for Antonio Rudiger saw the home side beat the Swans 1 - 0 in west London.

Still, he has time on his side and will hope this debut display does not put Southgate off calling on him again this season as he continues to impress with loan club Swansea City.

Eder is still on the books at Swansea City, although he has not played for the Welsh side since January.

Swansea City and Everton are also interested in Campbell, who impressed for Greek side Olympiakos is last season's Champions League, which saw him face Manchester United in the first knockout round.

Juventus set date to open bidding for world - class Man City target Man City plot move for Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph as Etihad Stadium side seek to boost «homegrown» quota Swansea City & Aston Villa in battle to sign Tottenham winger

The tenacious midfielder represented Cameroon in the final of the African Youth Championship 2009 — an unsuccessful showing against a Ghana side featuring Andre Ayew of Swansea City — and also featured in the U-20 World Cup later that year alongside the likes of Jacques Zoua and Charley Fomen.

Having seen manager Brendan Rodgers leave for Liverpool and star pair Joe Allen and Scott Sinclar also depart there must have been a certain amount of concern as to how Swansea City would fare this term but clearly Michael Laudrup's side have excelled this term.

However, Louis van Gaal's side have shown weaknesses this season, losing to Swansea City and struggling to a goalless draw with Newcastle United.

The Black Cats failed to build on a 2 - 0 win over Hull City when they faced Swansea City on Saturday, as the Welsh side secured a comfortable win to ensure their Premier League survival.

The Emirates Stadium side are also pursuing two more experienced performers with Wenger pushing on with efforts to sign Swansea City defender Ashley Williams and QPR keeper Julio Cesar.

Arsene Wenger's side are currently languishing in 6th in the Premier League after last night's defeat to relegation battlers Swansea City, but Aubameyang could be just what's needed to spark an improvement.

The victory sees Villa move to within eight points of Swansea City who sit in 17th place, although the Welsh side host Sunderland in a crucial clash between the two struggling sides on Wednesday.

Swansea City star Gylfi Sigurdsson had already bagged a penalty when he was presented with the chance to fire home a second with Guus Hiddink's side offered the chance to clear the ball a number of times, instead preferring to sit back and watch the former Tottenham man smash the ball home.

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil celebrated his 28th birthday by scoring a splendid volley in the 3 - 2 win over Swansea City to take his side joint top of the Premier League table alongside Manchester City.

Lucky to draw at Everton (Defense), 2 pts lost Tied away to newly promoted Leicester (Defense), 2 pts lost Should have beaten City @ Home (Defense), 2 pts lost Tied at home to an even sh *** er Spurs (Defense), 2 pts lost Why even show up at Stamford Bridge as we can't beat a Mourinho Chelsea team (Defense), 3 pts lost Tied @ home to Hull SERIOUSLY (Defense), 2 pts lost Allowed Swansea to comback when we're leading (Defense), 3 pts lost Man Utd's worst side ever beat us @ HOME (Defense), 3 pts lost and BIGGEST JOKE SO FAR We all know what happened at Stoke... (Defense) and most recently tied away to weaker Liverpool team when we had the lead and conceded in injury time with more than half our team being defensive players at the time, (Defense)

Former Swansea City forward Ayew pocked the ball past Jordan Pickford and into the back of the net to hand his side an early advantage at the Stadium of Light.

The 26 - year - old began his career at Swansea City — helping the Welsh side to the Premier League — before moving to Liverpool in 2012.

Wales captain, Ashley Williams is a superbly solid defender for Swansea City and for his national side, and he just gets into our line up.

Jose Mourinho has seen his side start their Premier League title defence poorly with Chelsea opening the campaign with a 2 - 2 home draw with Swansea City before losing 3 - 0 away at Man City on Sunday.

Looking at the Premier League table at the end of round 35 of the Premier League, Arsenal go into Monday night's clash against Swansea City on 70 points, level with Manchester City and five clear of Manchester United, with Arsene Wenger's men having a game in hand over both the Manchester clubs and with form clearly on their side.

The former Swansea City star, who scored 25 goals for in 43 appearances for the Welsh side, believes he is capable of creating havoc for Barca defenders Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano.

I would not say that Arsenal started this game away to Swansea City with all guns blazing, but it was at least a lot better than the awful starts we made in the two previous games and we did match the early intensity of the home side without really getting our fluent and threatening football going.

The North Londoners» second - choice goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianzki, said goodbye to the club recently on the expiration of his contract at the Emirates Stadium, moving to Welsh side Swansea City.

Out of favour at Chelsea, the French striker is wanted by a host of Premier League sides — West Ham United, Swansea City and Crystal Palace.

Bolton Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman has revealed that his side are in negotiations with Premier League outfit Swansea City over a transfer for striker David Ngog, Sky Sports reports.

Icelandic international Gylfi Sigurdsson enjoyed a fantastic second debut for Swansea City as they stunned Louis van Gaal and Manchester United at Old Trafford, with the former Tottenham midfielder assisting his side's opening goal before settle the match with the winning goal.

With City signing Wilfried Bony from Swansea City this month, it could be that Jovetic will find playing time increasingly limited in Manuel Pellegrini's side, with a host of big - name strikers to compete with for a place already.

The fact that Sinclair can play out wide will also interest Dalglish who will feel that the adaptable Swansea City man can add an extra direct dimension to an attack that has struggled to break down opposition sides, managing just 24 goals in 21 Premier League matches.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal felt his side were unlucky to lose against Swansea City on Sunday afternoon.

Napoli loaned the 24 - year - old out to Spanish side Valencia last season and seemingly have no plans for him in their first team, with Rafael Benitez making signings of his own upfront by bringing in Michu on loan from Swansea City.

Arsene Wenger's side currently lie in eighth in the Premier League after two losses on the bounce to Swansea City and Manchester United.

Manchester City are set to sign Swansea winger Scott Sinclair after agreeing a deal with the Welsh side that could reach # 8million including add - ons.

He has guided the Welsh side from the fourth tier of the English game to the Premier League since taking over with the backing of the Swansea City Supporters Trust in 2002.

Welsh side Swansea City, meanwhile, will have to play under the English flag if they are victorious in their first - ever domestic cup final appearance following a verdict by UEFA.

League Two side Bradford City are likely to turn down the chance to play in Europe next season if they achieve the unthinkable and defeat Swansea City in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to step - up his pursuit of Swansea City star Wilfried Bony after his side's faltering victory over Southampton this weekend.

Thus far Man United's only signings of note have come in the form of England teen Luke Shaw and Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera and arguably neither of those additions could be termed as «Marquee» captures and Louis van Gaal will be as desperate as ever to bring in a player of note having seen his side slip to an opening day defeat to Swansea City.

Last term much of Brendan Rodgers success was underpinned by solid defensive displays, which is not to say that Swansea City don't have effective attacking options but the Welsh side could certainly do with more strength in depth.