Sentences with phrase «against arsenal for»

Take the opening game against Arsenal for instance, when Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane broke forward with the ball and smashed the ball into the net.

KEY FACT: West Brom are aiming to win successive league matches against Arsenal for the first time since 1977 MATCH ODDS: Arsenal 7/4 Draw 21/10 West Brom 9/5 ANDY SAYS: Comfortable home win, Arsenal to take the win here... 3 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I am not sure Arsenal will have this all there own way, could be a draw... 2 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Easy Arsenal win for me, don't see West Brom getting close to them... 4 - 0 LADBROKES PICK: Arsenal to win to nil — 5/4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Aaron Ramsey up to # 1.10 — looks a more than sound investment

I reckon although a risk (much like throwing Mason in against Arsenal for his first Premier League start!)

Southampton will be looking to win successive league matches against Arsenal for the first time since April 1988, after a 2 - 0 win in the last meeting between the two sides back in January.

The records have been stacked against Arsenal for this fixture (for over 30 years)... but records are meant to be broken.

Mourinho is very funny, he was asked about his team selection, if the team reflects to his changes during the second half against Newcastle and he couldn't hide his foolishness saying «His team was fantastic against Arsenal for 90 mins».

Dean has repeatedly made calls against Arsenal for years that would collectively lead to the questioning of his integrity.

When he used to line up against Arsenal for Manchester United during the days when we were the big two battling it out for the Premier League and FA cup trophies, Gary Neville was one of those players that we loved to hate.

The first 25 minutes of the second half also carried on with the hogs share of the ball, but they could simply not take advantage, and Newcastle were looking increasingly more confident the longer the game went on, so it was little surprise when Perez was in the Arsenal box on his own again, and gave the ball a little nudge to Ritchie who made no mistake, and the Magpies wwere looking to get their first win against Arsenal for 13 years.

Not exact matches

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud claimed the Puskas award for the best goal scored in 2017 — his «scorpion kick» against Crystal Palace in January came out on top.

But there is widespread skepticism about whether Kim is ready to abandon the nuclear arsenal his country has defended and developed for decades as what it says is a necessary deterrent against U.S. invasion.

Don't forget as well the potential epidemic of nuclear proliferation as other nations attempt to adjust to and defend themselves against Bush's preventive wars, while our own already staggering nuclear arsenal expands toward first - strike primacy and we expend unimaginable billions on futuristic ideas for warfare in outer space.

The claim that there is a governmental / white conspiracy against blacks in America has been a weapon in the rhetorical arsenal of the left for two decades.

Arsene Wenger was subject to some abuse from the Arsenal fans as they slumped to a demoralising third defeat in a row against a depleted Swansea team at the Emirates last week, and according to a report in the Express this has led to the Arsenal Directors to seriously consider asking the 66 year - old to finally step down from the job he has held for the last 19 years.

Against Sunderland, the Gunners need to make their passing and attacks count, and get this game done and dusted by Half - Time; failing which, the aforementioned duo of Johnson and Wickham will start growing in stature and pose serious problems for the Arsenal backline that can be rattled when their opponents start running at them.

«We played well but they played better» this is becoming the theme song for arsenal when matched against big teams.

We are all expecting Arsene Wenger to make quite a few changes to the Arsenal starting line - up for the FA cup semi-final against Reading at Wembley this evening.

Arsenal, meanwhile, will miss the chance to potentially pick up a morale - boosting draw against a tough opponent and continue to scrap it out for little more than a top four spot for the rest of this season.

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

Definitely the home fans (for West Ham) will throw some tantrums against an Arsenal player especially when their team is not at their best or possibly boo an Arsenal player as an indication of rivalry that exists between the two sides.

Arsenal signing Cohen Bramall made his debut for the Arsenal Under - 23 development side last night against Southampton.

However, as much as it is important for Arsenal to take maximum possible points from Goodison Park this evening, it would not be the end of the world for the North Londoners if they win or lose against Everton.

Arsenal had won their last 9 games against Watford at home up until last season when the Hornets arrived for an FA Cup match (a competition that we hadn't lost a game in for 3 seasons) but we let our North London neighbours bully our stars off the ball and surprisingly lost the game 2 - 1 after going 2 - 0 down.

Managers come and go and Arsenal will still be here so let us support Arsenal for now Arsenal is more important specially tomorrow than fighting each other wenger being good or bad wont matter right now what matters right now is the match against barca so give your Arsenal the loudest support that you can

He may not have quite been at his best after only returning to Arsenal training around a week ago, but Per Mertesacker's 90 minutes against Everton at Goodison Park could prove to be very important for the Gunners in the season ahead.

Injury or no injury arsenal remains, injury help atimes to create chance for another player, Per injury pace way for sead our only goal scorer against Chelsea, most of d injury r not for long time, apart frm Cazolar, I have hope we still have fit players to do d job well against Leicester

Arsene Wenger has responded to the brilliant performance and hat - trick of the Arsenal and England international speedster Theo Walcott against West Brom last week by giving him a place in the starting line up as the Gunners prepae for a second FA cup final at Wembley in the space of a year.

If you wasn't tryin your best to be a knobhead «Buddie» which round my part of NW London [buddie] means your dick... You'd know that Jack Wilshire was in the champion league final against barcelona and at that time he was round 18 yrs old and ran their much acclaimed mid-field ragged and it was a catalyst for him as from then on he was counted among the most promising mid-fielders arsenal and england had ever produced.

Arsenal fans will have been a bit worried to say the least when the news came in on Saturday that our opponents for the first game of the Premier League season had just put the mighty Barcelona to the sword, with a 4 - 0 win against a strong side including their former striker Luis Suarez, Messi, Iniesta and all.

O.T. Pls Arsenal fans, lets pray for Alexis against Chile's match tomorrow as goal.com are reporting that Peru fans are performing a ritual to jinx him so he has a bad game tomorrow.

What better way to start than the second - leg against Monaco — with a 3 - 1 defeat suffered in the first - leg — this would be the perfect moment for Ozil to silence his critics, and spur Arsenal on to an epic Champions League comeback.

I hope this season it changes a striker + cdm we have another chance else I think it's time for arsenal to bring in klopp / simmeone etc (please don't bring how bvb finished 7th) he has done well against Bayern & even in europe

If he indeed did have a release fee that Arsenal met, then it would be against the law for them to turn down that bid.

Other reports have claimed that Lemar's father was against his son joining Arsenal and wanted him to remain at Monaco for the time being.

With Arsene Wenger once again driving the average Arsenal fan up the wall, going against conventional wisdom and baffling football pundits everywhere by sticking to his guns and refusing to get drawn into the ever increasing spending frenzy that is the summer transfer window, the odds against the Gunners ending the 12 year wait for a title get smaller by the day.

Dull draws for the scousers and the spuds to day against Burnley and Swansea, both at home mind you, mean that Arsenal can leapfrog both tomorrow.

After Arsenal's recent frustration and lack of success in front of goal, a fast start was always going to be a big help against a well organised and defensively strong side and we could hardly have asked for more.

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In fairness, Guardiola has looked like doing Wengerball better than Wenger ever since he started his managerial career with Barcelona in the 2008/09 season, but it's particularly humiliating for the Arsenal manager to now come up against it here in England, which has so long been his turf for stylish attacking football.

In turn, it's no real surprise to see Arsenal fans are delighted with the fact that all three start again this weekend against the Swans, and they'll undoubtedly be hoping for another attacking masterclass.

It turns out that Mahrez's has started for Leicester against Celtic and his agent was at the Lens game on behalf of one of his other young clients and if there were any truth in the Mahrez to Arsenal rumour, he would have been omitted from the Leicester squad for to today's game.

But forgetting the current form, you have to remember that this is always going to be a grudge match when Arsene Wenger faces Jose Mourinho, with the Portugese bus conductor aiming for his 14th game unbeaten against Le Prof, which makes it difficult to back Arsenal with any real conviction.

Arsenal took on Besiktas in the 2nd leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Besiktas last night, needing an outright win to progress through to the group stages of the competition for the 17th year running.

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil faced colossal criticism for his uninspired performance in the embarrassing Champions League defeat to Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco last Wednesday, but after grabbing two assists against Everton on Sunday — are the German's critics unjust?

A 2 - 2 draw for PSG against Ludogorets was enough to see Arsenal top the group ahead of the French champions, following the Gunners impressive 4 - 1 win away to FC Basel.

It's exciting to play a derby against Arsenal, the most important thing now is for the team to try to be ready after the international break, all in the same condition and a good condition to try to be competitive.

Except for that game against VILLA, OZIL has not been remotely the game changer player we all expected, he was when he just joined ARSENAL but lately???????....

Arsene Wenger was obviously not happy that Arsenal dropped three points against one of our direct rivals for fourth place, but although he rued the defensive «mistakes» he felt that his team were tired but refused to blame anyone for the calamitous two goals we conceded.

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After a very poor start against Liverpool, followed up by a draw against the Premier League Champions, the last thing Arsenal needed was another break for international games.