Sentences with phrase «against his former club for»

Close to a goal against his former club for Calum Chambers, but his low shot across goal from 18 yards is well blocked by Wesley Hoedt.

A 3 - 1 win that saw Gonzalo Higuain score a goal against his former club for the second time in as many chances since he signed with Juventus over the summer.

Leicester had to play the final four minutes with 10 men, after Danny Drinkwater saw red against his former club for picking up two yellow cards, but United should have seen Marouane Fellaini sent off earlier for a double assault on Robert Huth.

Not exact matches

For some reason, more often than not players seem to score against their former clubs when they have something to prove.

His admission may prove disappointing to hear for Robert Lewandowski, who despite scoring fourteen goals in the league, has been considered something of a flop since his move from Jurgen Klopp's team, even more so as it was the Polish striker that got the winner against his former club.

The former Everton man has hardly featured for Manchester City this season, after joining the club for # 12million last summer, but finished the season on a high note with two fine goals in his side's 3 - 2 defeat against Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium.

Villa defender Aly Cissokho starts against his former club, while Manchester United loanee Tom Cleverly makes his debut for his new side.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was able to slot home what turned out to be nothing more than a consolation goal against his former club, but there were no second guesses for the winner of the goal of the game.

Dos Santos is the second player in quick succession to speak out against Spurs, after former player Niko Kranjcar criticised the club for refusing to allow Luka Modric to join Real Madrid.

I wonder how bale felt after scoring for real madrid against his «awful» former club the spuds today?

But he has never been one to keep his opinions to himself and so the journeyman midfielder was quick to lay into the Arsenal and Chile forward Alexis Sanchez for what he deemed as a lacklustre and ineffectual performance against his former club.

I don't think Walcott should start this gamHTMLe against his former club because he hardly does well there whenever he went there to play for Arsenal.

So I can understand why the pundit and former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas is looking at the way the Gunners got that point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and suggesting in a Sky Sports report that Arsene Wenger drops the club's two big name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, because they were absent from that game as well and it seemed to work out pretty well for us.

Blackpool is set to be a tough challenge for the highly rated 19 year - old, who joined Chelsea from SPL giants Celtic in 2011, with former Birmingham City manager Lee Clark facing a losing battle when it comes to trying to keep the Seasiders in the second tier after a chaotic season that has been overshadowed by fan protests against the club's ownership.

The tie with the Giallorossi means a reunion for Mohamed Salah with his former club, with Eusebio Di Francesco's men fresh from an incredible comeback against Barcelona.

The 21 - year - old, who handed in a transfer request on Tuesday afternoon, starts against his former club as he will partner captain Phil Jagielka at the heart of the Toffees defence for the game against the Tykes.

Aaron Lennon opened the scoring for the Toffees against his former club before Dele Alli equalised on the stroke of the break with his fifth goal of the season.

The former England striker, who played for both clubs despite their historic rivalry, made the claim that United should have little trouble against the Spaniards, based on how Liverpool played against them in the group stage.

Hull midfielder Mohammed Diame could be in line to make his debut for the tigers against his former club on Monday night, though fellow new recruits Hatem Ben Arfa and Gaston Ramirez are lacking match fitness and are likely to miss out.

Liverpool could yet qualify for the Champions League group stage, but will likely need to win this year's Europa League, where they have been drawn against Jurgen Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund in the quarter - finals.

Memphis Depay had given the visitors the lead against his former club, but goals from Hector Moreno and Luciano Narsingh completed the the turnaround and inflicted a second successive away defeat for Louis van Gaal's side.

Just as he did against Chelsea, I expect the prof to bring in Granit Xhaka to replace the injured Frenchman and that will see our summer signing go up against his former club, although he had left Basel for the Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach before turning 20.

Shaw's injury overshadowed a disappointing 2 - 1 defeat for the Red Devils against the defending Eredivisie champions as Memphis Depay's goal against his former club was cancelled out by Moreno's header on the stroke of half - time, before Luciano Narsingh struck the winner just before the hour mark.

Despite an impressive scoring record with his former club (52 in 116) Jovanovic only found the net twice for the merseysiders, the first during Liverpool's Carling Cup defeat to lowly Northampton Town, and the second in the Europa league against Steaua Bucharest.

Pavel Pogrebnyak, playing against his former club, is likely to have a point to prove and should be the dangerman for the home side.

The Sky Sports pundit cited Arsene Wenger's poor record against Jose Mourinho as a reason behind why he doesn't believe his former club will return home with a win, while Lawrenson has questioned Mourinho's tactics and believes he'll play for the draw.

Shaw has made just one appearance for United since the start of December and was left out of the 18 - man squad for Sunday's EFL Cup triumph against his former club Southampton.

Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert was at his former club Borussia Dortmund for their Champions League clash against Arsenal on Tuesday.

KEY FACT: Tottenham are on a 14 - match unbeaten run against Swansea MATCH ODDS: Swansea 11/1 Draw 17/4 Spurs 1/3 bet365 Pick: Spurs win & Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11 ANDY SAYS: Have to go with my former club here, they will have too much... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Don't see this being easy but Tottenham should win... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Comfortable win for Spurs — easy three points... 0 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just over # 2 and Christian Eriksen's looks very good value

Aaron Lennon, playing against his former club, had his best game yet for Burnley and, although he won just 7 % of the vote, came in third whilst fourth place went to the returning James Tarkowski who just beat Ashley Westwood with both having a 5 % share of the vote.

The deal will not be done in time for the Italian to make his debut against former club Manchester City on Monday.

Only Austin (2) has scored more than one league goal for the Saints this season and he has scored two goals in his two previous games against his former club Burnley.

Striker Robin van Persie will miss the game against his former club due to an ankle injury, and defender Jonny Evans has been banned for six matches for spitting at Newcastle's Papiss Cisse.

KEY FACT: Brighton won their last home league match against Spurs, although it in April 1983 MATCH ODDS: Brighton 11/2 Draw 10/3 Spurs 11/20 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 43/40 ANDY SAYS: I don't see an issue for my former club here, convincing win... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think Brighton get something here, draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen — what a player!

The tie will be a meeting of Liverpool's Mohamed Salah against his former club, as Roma sold the forward for $ 42 million in June.

For Stoke, Blues loanee Kurt Zouma was ineligible to play against his parent club while Stoke were also without Ryan Shawcross, Bruno Martins Indi, Erik Pieters and former Chelsea defender Glen Johnson.

Sagna, capped 65 times by France, will be available to Roberto De Zerbi from next week, meaning that the former Arsenal right back's league debut for his new club could come at the Olimpico against Roma, rather than this weekend's fixture at home against Napoli

Petr Cech was always going to be a key figure in this fixture, playing his first real game for the gunners against his former club.

Cristiano Ronaldo fired an ominous warning to former club Manchester United with a hat - trick as Real Madrid warmed up for their Champions League showdown against the Red Devils with a one - sided 4 - 1 victory over Sevilla at...

Alex Iwobi also scored for the Gunners against Basel and Nicholas believes his former club's strength in depth is providing a real competitive edge amongst Wenger's squad.

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has included Cristiano Ronaldo in their squad for Tuesday's UEFA Super Cup clash against his former club, Manchester United in Skopje...

He scored his first goal for the club in a 1 - 1 draw against his former club Chelsea.

It will also be a match to remember for Romelu Lukaku and Wayne Rooney as they both had altered their clubs this summer and they will be keen to perform well against their former club.

2:16 It was written in the stars - Fernando Llorente marked his first Premier League start for us with his first PL goal in Spurs colours as he helped us to a key win against his former club Swansea on Tuesday night.

The former Arsenal man did start the West London club's 3 - 2 win over Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup last week, having come off the bench to supply Diego Costa for the club's winning goal against Watford a few days before.

MILAN: AC Milan captain Leonardo Bonucci has been given a two - game ban for elbowing and will miss their clash against his former club Juventus, the Lega Serie A confirmed on Monday.

And, for the most part, Bernardeschi made the most of his chance to get some quality minutes, with his free kick against his former club last Friday probably being the highlight of his season to date.

Meanwhile, Henrikh Mkhitaryan could also be involved for the semifinals or against his former club despite fears that his recent knee injury would cause him to miss the rest of the season.

Sandro Wagner opened his account for Bayern against his former club Hoffenheim and doesn't hold back the celebrations... our #MatchdayMoment!

Davey could make his debut for the Norwegian club on the weekend against Molde, who are managed by former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.