Sentences with phrase «against wigan»

There was none of that against Wigan.

It will take more than the first pre-season friendly of the summer against Wigan Athletic to draw any real conclusions about Mourinho's tactics or his plans but one stark difference from United's performance at the DW Stadium and their style of play last season under Van Gaal was the behaviour of their full - backs.

Both Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly might make their unofficial debuts for United against Wigan

Apart from that United are taking most of their key players on the tour with Rooney, Smalling and De Gea returning to the squad after missing out against Wigan.

«It was so important to win this one, because we played 10 v 11 for 45 minutes [against Wigan] so it wasn't easy.

The new Chelsea strip will be worn for the first time in a Premier League match against Wigan Athletic on May 9.

Tottenham Spurs have done their bit and it's down to Arsenal against Wigan on Tuesday.

«We didn't look sharp against Wigan or today,» Wenger said after yesterday's bore - draw.

Thats it for now we got a huge game against Wigan this Saturday so need to work on the pre match thoughts for the match...

Though he has rarely come in one - on - one situations, this campaign, he should have a look at the goals conceded against Liverpool earlier this season, against Wigan and Norwich late on in the season, to see how he can position himself better, when the defence is outnumbered by the attack.

In fact, I think that's the perfect way to sum up their current situation, thoroughly enjoying the early euphoria of a couple of stunning results against Wigan Athletic and Newcastle United before some hardhitting reality against two of the Premier League's most consistent sides, with the always title challenging Chelsea handing out a free lesson in how to play the beautiful game as Blackburn provided a much needed reality check that this league is brutal, that half - decent performances in front of your own fans still get severely punished if your own game isn't up to the high standards the Premier League demands.

Along with the struggles against Wigan, it shouldn't have been a surprise that Arsenal weren't at their best.

He again scored a stoppage time winner, this time against Wigan Athletic.

Chelsea remain in the race to finish among the top four on the table thanks to a somewhat happy victory which they achieved in the last round against Wigan 2 - 1, where Juan Mata scored in compensation time, and secured a win for Blues.

He was the first Arsenal player to achieve the feat since Santi Cazorla's four assists against Wigan in May 2013, and the 10th Gunners player in Premier League history to grab three or more.

Despite boasting a decent record against Wigan which has seen them clinch all the spoils in three of the previous four league meetings, the Hammers are going through their worst period of home form in over three years.

If Arsenal are to succeed, they will have to stop looking vulnerable on the counter (it feels weird to write that about a match against Wigan, but Wigan scored when City were the most disorganized, so).

While Arsenal weren't as poor as they were against Wigan, there was still a slightly strange lack of urgency when the Gunners got the ball.

TEAM NEWS Arsenal will hand fitness tests to midfielders Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain (groin) and Tomas Rosicky (thigh) as well as full - back Kieran Gibbs (ankle) ahead of Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Wigan at Wembley.

He was provider again for van Persie's goal against Wigan, after some good work on the right.

Hull City's FA Cup commitments saw our League clash scheduled for last weekend moved and we're in the same boat for the trip to Arsenal who are involved in an FA Cup semi-final against Wigan.

The frightening thing is, Fulham have never won a Premier League contest away from home against Wigan Athletic, although, to their credit, in five previous visits they've only succumbed to defeat on one occasion, underlining just how stubborn the Cottagers can be when they dig their heels in.

In this game we can expect returns to first team of Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Ramires who missed the match against Wigan so, we can expect a 4 -2-3-1 formation with Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Lampard, Mikel, Ramires, Mata, Kalou and Torres in first line - up.

Lets hope we can get wins against Wigan and Birmingham.

He made his senior debut as a substitute in a league match against Wigan in March 2012 - aged 17 years and 107 days - becoming the third youngest player for the club behind Jerome Sinclair and Jack Robinson.

Yet Hill was still prepared to come off for the sake of the team and had also done so in the semi-final, when, with Rangers 1 - 0 down against Wigan, he suggested that Yun Suk - Young would offer more of an attacking impetus on the left.

Despite the hope of just cruising to a two or three goal victory in the FA Cup final against Hull City, after the semi-final against Wigan, we should have known that Arsenal would put the supporters through emotional turmoil before winning a trophy... More The waiting is over in a fitting way for Wenger

Matt Jarvis of West Ham scores against Wigan Athletic at the Boleyn Ground.

Anyone who was at Villa Park on the opening day against Wigan will understand why.

Target man Drogba has scored a hattrick against West Brom and followed it up with a hattrick of assists against Wigan.

Robbie Keane will be playing his last game from Aston Villa before jetting back to America and link - up my LA Galaxy teammates on Saturday against Wigan Athletic.

FYI — Villa played at Home against Wigan, it wasnt the tricky away fixture you alluded to.

He cut a frustrating figure against Wigan, where Arsenal lost 2 - 1 at home, and Chelsea, where he had 3 of his shots either hit the post, or had them saved by Cech.

New signing Fabian Delph, 19, even made the starting line - up in Villa's surprisingly lacklustre defeat against Wigan.

Jay Simpson rose to prominence with the Gunners after scoring a brace on his first home start against Wigan.

In their last four home matches though, Bolton have secured two wins (one against Liverpool), a draw (against Arsenal) and a defeat (against Wigan).

Burnley's youth team have beaten Wrexham 2 - 0 this afternoon to join Blackpool at the top of the league with 53 points and that's seven successive wins for us since a home 3 - 3 draw against Wigan.

Which, were they to do so, would be their longest winning run at home since 2007, when Everton won their remaining five home games of the 2006 - 2007 season before winning their opener of the following season against Wigan Athletic.

The arrival of Mauricio Pochettino was marked with a clean sheet against Everton and with a crucial clash against Wigan this weekend, the Spanish boss will hope his side can build on an encouraging performance against Manchester United.

With the pace of a gazelle, the sight of the ex-Gillingham man's pitch - length runs — most memorably recorded at the JJB Stadium against Wigan and in a home game versus Sunderland — was thrilling.

Cazorla: [6.5 / 10] Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, Santi could not replicate his performance last week against Wigan.

His season would end abruptly, after he pulled out with injury, after just 9 minutes against Wigan.

How come everyone's forgotten the double save Fabianski made against Wigan two seasons ago.

Stevan Jovetic, who scored twice in the previous round against Wigan, will make only his third appearance since his # 22m move from Fiorentina.

He made 33 appearances for the R's and was outstanding in their play - off semi-final triumph against Wigan.

With a lot of quality on bench against Chelsea, Arsenal can put all of them on the pitch against Wigan.

Bale's dive was nowhere near as offensive as Suarez» beached salmon routine in the Stoke penalty area, nor even as bad as Welbeck's tumble to win a spot kick against Wigan.

Whilst the Welsh Messi was central to everything good that Arsenal did in the game, after the Gunners hauled themselves over the line against Wigan in the FA Cup semi-final, the whole team is looking more confident.

A 3 - 2 win that day against Wigan ensured the Mackems were separated from the drop zone by 6 teams and 9 points.

Rickie Lambert has been the Saints» top scorer this season with 12 goals, and has come up with vital strikes against Wigan, Aston Villa and QPR.