Sentences with phrase «against the blues came»

Gerrard has scored ten times against Everton in the past, with his most recent strike against the Blues coming earlier this season during the 1 - 1 draw at Anfield.

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With this fixture against Leeds coming at home, the blues will be hoping to snatch a few more points and maybe even a win from the playoff contenders.

When the final whistle blew at the Wembley, it marked the end of one of the biggest hoodoos for Le Prof.. In his previous 13 attempts, he came unstuck against the Blues manager.

While his most losses have come against Chelsea, losing to the Blues four times in the seven matches he has featured.

350 of Oxford's finest athletes, all of whom competed in a Varsity Match against Cambridge this year, came together on Tuesday evening to be awarded their Full Blue, Half Blue and Colours certificates at «The 2014 Blues Presentation Evening».

We also come into the match on the back of a six - match unbeaten run, wile the Blues only lost at the weekend against Liverpool, and may still have that loss in the back of their minds.

Luis departs West London having claimed a Premier League and Capital One Cup winner's medal and could come up against the Blues during next season's UEFA Champions League.

Chelsea's loan system may come back to bite them in the future, and it nearly did this weekend, as the Blues only had three fit midfielders for their top of the table clash against Watford on Saturday.

Chelsea and Arsenal have had a great rivalry over the years, and after a long sequence of bad results against the Blues, Arsenal finally came good and destroyed our rivals 3 - 0 at the Emirates in the first meeting last season.

A strong showing from Oxford athletes at the BUCS Indoor Championships in Sheffield last weekend bodes well for the dark blues ahead of the Varsity Indoor match against Cambridge (known as FEAR) this coming weekend.

The Blues arrived in Cambridge in good spirits, having triumphed in a nail biting encounter at Lord's ten days beforehand and come away with two positive draws in three - day warm up fixtures against the Free Foresters and MCC.

Courtois, hasn't had much to do so far in this match, came up with a superb save to deny Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka from equalising in the Blues» Community Shield match against London rivals Arsenal.

They simply can not match the quality of the top clubs and are likely to come up just short against the Blues, who can not afford any more slip - ups in the top - four race.

The Blues are heavy odds on favourites to claim the maximum points in this one and they will need them because they have tough games against Roma and Atletico Madrid to come in the group.

Villa has proven they can do this in recent weeks and with two home games against Burton and Blues to come, fans will expect this run to continue.

The Blues come in to this game as heavy favourites to claim all three points against the Potters.

The Blues travel to the John Smith's Stadium for a match against the Premier League new boys coming off the back of a London derby defeat to West Ham

With Conte in charge there might be slightly few looking to bet against the Blues in the coming weeks and months.

The Blues are hoping to get themselves back in contention for top spot with a result against the second placed side, but they've already come up short against Man City this term.

The Blues have already come through some big tests this season, which should make a home fixture against West Brom a relatively comfortable affair for them.

Lampard, who came on for the final ten minutes of the game and scored against Chelsea to stop the Blues from extending their 100 per cent winning start to the season, said it was «really tough» for him.

The closest Messi has come to scoring against the Blues was in 2012.

The Blues added to their strong run of form against the Saints with a victory last Saturday, although they had to come from two goals behind in the process.

There are 10 Blues in the starting XV and Taylor's team will be hoping to come out on top after two narrow misses in recent season's against the now Aviva Premiership club.

The Blues sit three points behind both Manchester clubs in third place but come into the game following an impressive display against Atletico Madrid in midweek.

With visits to Huddersfield and West Ham United - either side of the final home match of 2017/18 against Southampton - to come, Everton top goalscorer Rooney says the Blues are eager to finish the season on a high, starting by securing victory on Monday night and opening up a four - point gap on their opponents.

Chelsea, meanwhile, made two alterations from last weekend's 1 - 1 home draw against West Ham, with Andreas Christensen and Davide Zappacosta coming in for Antonio Rudiger and Victor Moses, with the German not even in the Blues squad.

It is never easy coming up against a side like Bolton who are quite physical in their game but John Terry stood up to the task as always and lead the defence to make sure the Blues picked up their win.

After making his league debut in August, that one and only goal came against Manchester City in November, spearheading the Reds» attack as the main centre - forward in an impressive 4 - 1 drubbing of the Blues away from home at the Etihad Stadium.

The Blues have a fully fit group coming in to this one, after Diego Costa got over his hamstring woes in time to hit a hat - trick against Swansea on Saturday.

Koeman also accepts it is essential he picks a team equipped to carry out his instructions against Sean Dyche's side — and is not ruling out the prospect of selecting Nikola Vlasic, who came on from the bench to score the Blues» second goal in the 2 - 2 draw with Limassol, before laying on a chance for Dominic Calvert - Lewin at the death.

Chelsea and Eden Hazard ruined Spurs» title challenge last term, and the Belgian could prove key to the Blues run - in with games against relegation strugglers Middlesbrough and Sunderland coming along.

The Blues, currently languishing in third bottom place with 12 games to go this season, come up this weekend against high flying Cardiff City.

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The Blues looked set to repeat their win at the Etihad from last season, but then Lampard came off the bench for City and struck an equaliser against his former club.

The Academy graduate has featured in the Blues» past three Premier League matches, coming on as a second - half substitute in the home clashes against Manchester City and Liverpool, as well as at Swansea City last weekend.

Last week against Brighton, the Blues» breakthrough came via another Bolasie delivery, before Tosun converted a precise cut - back from Leighton Baines.

Daniel Sturridge has also come into his own on the right, complimenting the powerful Didier Drogba who is proving he still has all the necessary attributes to score pivotal goals for the Blues, like the two he scored against Valencia during the week.

The visitors, coming off losses to the Brumbies and the Rebels, had a good recent record against the Blues but had lost in their last visit to Auckland, and Tana Umaga's men would've fancied their chances.