Sentences with phrase «against rival players»

In addition to being able to play alone, you can team up with friends to battle against rival players online.

Not exact matches

The athletic wear brand experienced a small public relations snafu this week when FIFA banned Luis Suarez, the star of Uruguay World Cup team, from the rest of the World Cup for biting a rival player in a match against Italy.

Jim Sutherland, fired as assistant coach by Washington as result of player revolt against embattled Husky Coach John Cherberg, landed squarely on both feet, signed to coach rival Washington State; Rutgers hired John R. Stiegman, former Princeton assistant, as new head coach.

The underlining and telling criticism was the players collective disinterest in putting in at least a shift in a pivotal early season fixture against one of your top rivals.

Example - in a crucial football match against your closest rival you leave out your best player who is the highest goal scorer in the league and also an assist number 1 of your team and then lose the match and drop down the peck.

Where do the Arsenal players get the audacity to ask for those staggering sum during their contract negotiations when they can't even look competitive against their rivals.

Manchester City are set to launch a complaint against title rivals Arsenal in response to their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez, with Pep Guardiola's side believing that the Gunners blocked the player's move after he'd signed City contract, according to the Sun.

Tottenham aren't going to want to see any of their top players leave this summer, but with the pressure of being unable to match wage offers from rivals coupled with their track record of failing to win major silverware, it could all count against them if United really do come knocking.

Fabregas first came up against Mourinho during his time as an Arsenal player, when his Chelsea side were one of their biggest rivals due to their competing for the same prizes on the pitch and the ongoing war of words between Mourinho and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

A win against our Premier League rivals would not only keep the Gunners in touching distance of the league leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struggles.

Not only did that cup win end a long wait for a win against our old rivals, it gave the players another big reason to believe that we can stand up to any team, home or way.

How to kill off a football fan like me, take his fav player who seem to be always the club captain, watch him go to rivals, watch him score against you, and then watch them win something you always wanted to win.

People be saying Wenger made world star players, yea he did that very well but is that why we are here, The team he puts together are here for victory so are the fans too, He made world star players, 1 currently plays for a rival team (Chelsea) and he is doing so well and would probably do more better against us..

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this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

To compete as well as we have against rivals who have invested far greater sums in players than we have and have eschewed the development of Academy players makes his achievements all the more remarkable.

Their counter complaint against the Yankees alleges cheating for this same reason, since it proposes that their rival team used video footage to communicate signs to players as well.

He is the only player who consiatently scores against our top rivals.

this is the kind of win which is equally important as win against manu as all our rivals won today even chelski won courtesy brad guzan this shows the mental toughness which we r getting it could have easily been 1 - 0 at half time but players kept calm and in the end 3 pta came home.Now about match this game shows exactly the importance of having a player like giroud u just see the impact of giroud against bottom half teams so both giroud and wallcott are necessary depending on opponenets also ozil had a very good game glad that Rambo scores now come on u Bavarians just please home supporters please make arsenal a fortress like Highbury rest our players will se interesting times ahead

So even though Man City are direct Premier League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a point against Sunderland.

Harsin is 5 - 2 against power conference teams, but the conference rivals — the teams full of players who might have wished they were recruited by BSU — are landing shots.

Who has man u played before they suddenly become world beaters?the only strong test man u has this season was against real Madrid and they lost, every player in arsenal is rubbish buh every rubbish in another club is world Class, u guys r saying all maner of rubbish against ozil now, forcing him out of our club, even when dude has not said anything, tomorrow u guys will still come here and be blaming Wenger for selling to a direct rival, hope u guys won't cry murder if ozil should go to man u?

Not when your the «captain», not when we had arguably our best XI with the players available against a Swansea B team that you allow to make a comeback and win at home specially when your other direct rivals had negative outcomes!

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

If Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players were looking for any extra encouragement and confidence ahead of the big game against our local rivals on Sunday, they should have a look at Tottenham in action against Bayer Leverkusen.

And the boss is making sure the players remember that and make sure that they remain patient and solid, because that is the way he believes the Gunners will finally get a positive result against our old rivals.

A few years ago it was our failure to adapt and cope with the games against big rivals that seemed to be the Achilles heel but that has generally been put right by Arsene Wenger's tactical change and the players» implementation of plan B.

He was so good when he came on against Barcelona that he got everyone raving about him, even the rival players.

The Arsenal players in the France international squad would appear to have the edge on their Premier League rivals in the plans of the France manager Didier Deschamps, or at least for the opening game of the Euro 2016 tournament tonight against an unfancied Romania team.

After what Sanches said about «he wants champions league footbal next season» that's defenaitly saying he wants to leave and just put the price up of every player we are after and worst deferred from joining us, he should of kept his mouth shut until we finished our deal, so let's do what clubs like Man - U do with players, don't sell him to rivals teams let them train with youth team, players are becoming bigger then clubs they need reminding who pays their wages, if you want to leave do it like a gentelman and not some ungrateful shi7 no one is against you if you go to Bayern who have more chance of wining the CL then City any day of the week

I can understand peoples position on not selling our star player to a rival again, because it makes Arsenal look weak, but for me, keeping Sanchez against his will (if he does want out) is more a sign of desperation than anything.

Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rivals from scoring goals at the same time.

Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the big games this year.

Arsenal play on a Monday night yet again after watching all our closest rivals gain points over the weekend, so the pressure is on our out of form players to get all three points against Middlesbrough tonight.

I love everything about Josef, he's a good player, but that doesn't mean I can't criticize him for having a bad game at home against a top conference rival.

Ahead of the upcoming international friendlies which England's national football team will be playing during the weekend in what will be called a «friendly» against bitter rivals and reigning world champions Germany in Berlin - a dress rehearsal of the European Championships in France, in June 2016, it's only fair that we looked at Roy Hodgson's best performing players in the Premier League.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has recently announced his decision to step down from his managerial role in the summer and the players are likely to put up a strong performance against their London rivals.

The former Barcelona and Denmark midfielder has conceded that Barcelona players might be vulnerable after their defeat against fierce rivals Real Madrid.

Because it is interesting, taking one of your biggest rivals star players and unleashing him against them in a potential title challenging side.

City's European exit capped a wretched week, which also saw them blow the chance to clinch the Premier League title against bitter rivals Manchester United but Guardiola called on his players to deliver one last push.

Cristiano Ronaldo secured his own slice of history, becoming the first player to score in three finals after netting in the La Decima win over rivals Atlético Madrid and for Manchester United against Chelsea.

Two successive home defeats against title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur mean that Manchester City head into their game against Dynamo Kiev next week in poor form, and of their key players, the one who hasn't let his form dip has been the England No. 1.

We're a billion levels of wealthy, and we can afford to buy really good players at inflated prices with no plans on playing him just so he doesn't go to our rivals and play against us in the league.

Henry is actually from Omaha which will add extra significance for her in this game playing against a few players that played for rival High Schools.

Fans were furious that a player they loved so much would turn against them and join their fierce rivals.

Embed from Getty Images Speaking to Arsenal Player, manager Arsene Wenger revealed that he would probably field a strong side tonight against the Spurs in the League Cup third round encounter between the two rivals.

As a former Man Utd player, he will relish the chance to play against his old rivals once again.

Mourinho said the injury would prevent Jones from playing against Newcastle United on Saturday and suggested rival clubs had withdrawn their players from international duty under false pretences.

Barça - Roma and the international break FC Barcelona FC Barcelona and AS Roma have been drawn against each other in the quarter finals of the Champions League, but some of the players will not have to wait until April 4 to meet with rivals from their Italian opposition.

Along the way, Warnock points the finger of blame at: Gareth Southgate, Rafa Benàtez and Alex Ferguson, for all playing weakened teams in their respective clubs» matches against United's relegation rivals; the officials who allowed West Ham to win at Blackburn with a «goal» that didn't cross the line; Times journalist Pete Lansley, for upsetting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny by asking about his troubled personal life in an interview; the FA («rank amateurs»), for not punishing West Ham for fielding two ineligible players, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano; and finally David Unsworth, for contriving a costly penalty miss for United against Blackburn midway through the season but then scoring from the spot at Bramall Lane for Wigan in the game that sent the Blades down at the Latics» expense.