Sentences with phrase «against the top clubs as»

He said on the official Palace website: ``... We always go up against the top clubs as underdogs but that gives you a little bit more determination and shock everyone like we did against Chelsea.

The Toffees churned out another disappointing performance against a top club as they were trounced 5 - 1 at Arsenal on the weekend.

Not exact matches

Salah was playing against Roma, his former club where he finished as the team's top goalscorer last season.

I hope we can do just as well against the top clubs next season.

It is hard to root against them as they've done well, but to date in the league they've only played Tottenham and Arsenal from the top 6 clubs and they drew to the Spurs at home and lost 2 - 5 at home to the Arsenal.

It may only have been against the EPL's bottom club Swansea City but it will have given our opponents a nice boost as it keeps them in the top half of the league and was their third win in six games and a rare three points on the road.

A lack of trophies could come back to haunt them as they fell short in the FA Cup at the weekend and look likely to finish second in the Premier League this season, and perhaps that could work against them this summer if top clubs around Europe are looking to convince their best players to leave north London.

Spot on bro... the problem with most of us Arsenal fans is that we've been made to accept average as our only option after been promised by Gazidis and other members of the board that we will compete with top European clubs... i feel some players need to be allowed to go in order for better ones who are ambitious and hungry for titles to come in... and someone made mention of Giroud saving Arsenal in a few games like the countless chances he's missed that could have put the club in better positions could be equated right... he should have done that against Watford, west brom and the rest... truth be told..

A player who has notched an acceptable return however, was never in the same league as RVP moreover, I do not believe he has scored against any of the top 3 clubs in England (Chelsea, Utd, City) since his arrival in 12/13.

Confidence is high injuries at a minimum so no excuses and it is as good a test of where we stand against the really top clubs as we could get

Considering we had four games remaining, needed to secure 9 pts minimum to qualify and two of those games were against BAYERN MUNICH, an undisputed top - 3 club in the world, I dare say you were already talking of Europa League... So please don't try to come across as any form of high - standards fan when you bash the team constantly, you can't have it both ways.

It also came at a time, where it was clear, we yet again were not anywhere near challenging for the PL title, and the reasons for not challenging seemed to be exactly the same as in the years before; losing most games against the other top clubs, and generally using tactics, where many opponents relatively score easily, especially if they are a bit physical and determined.

Who knows whether any of these players will make the top; odds are always long against ANY youngster coming through the club to reach the very top, as long term stats show us.

Those of us who remember it will recall that back then we were already firmly established as «the eternal top 4 club», which lost out in the direct matches against other top clubs, mainly because of tactical naivety and mental frailty.

Mourinho will set his team up to get a draw, just as he does against other top teams away, despite him slagging off other teams who do the same against his club!!

Mendy, who joined the Citizens from Monaco in the summer for # 52M, a club - record fee for a defender, suffered the dreadful setback in his side's 5 - 0 win against Crystal Palace last weekend according to the BBC, with the player having to go off in the first half as his side went top of the Premier League.

Today has already been dubbed as «black Saturday» for the Premier League as top flight clubs were sent tumbling out of the FA Cup, but the most astonishing result has to be League One Bradford City's comeback win against Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

The Monegasques headed into action against Lens knowing that, following AS Saint - Etienne's victory over Montpellier Herault Sport Club earlier in the day, they had dropped out of the top three.

how can one club have so many losses against any top opposition they come up against, its not the board's fault, they don't buy the players, they don't set the line up, they aren't responsible for motivating the players its the manager's job to do all these and he sure as hell cant, i just hope he calls it quit by the end of the season

Should Song be out, we will struggle to win the physical battle in midfield, as we will against any of the top 6 clubs...... we must buy an experienced CB / DM to have a chance of winning the PL.

Chris@82: The salary - cap rules are completely self - serving for the top Premiership clubs in as much as they are intended as insurance against the clubs blowing their TV money on hugely increased contracts for players and then seeing those broadcasting - rights fees shrink in the next renewal cycle.

His absence is sure to be felt as he is currently the club's top goalscorer with 12 goals to his name in all competitions and has scored in each of his last two games including the equaliser in the 1 - 1 draw against newly - crowned champions Chelsea at the weekend.

Theres nothing else for it now boys we have to just get together as a club now, no - one outside our club gives us the respect we deserve, what other top four side, or any other PL team gets a man sent off and TWO pens against them in one game????? What top four side repeatedly has controversial incidents overlooked by television and media «experts»????? These tossers actually get excited at the prospect of a team battering Arsenal.

Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang missed two good chances to restore Dortmund's lead, but it was Cologne who scored next two minutes before the break as a long ball over the top was lobbed over Roman Burki by Jojic, who did not celebrate scoring against his former club.

Sanchez top scored in La Liga with 19 goals as Atletico finished second while his brace in the Copa del Rey final against Athletico Bilbao ensured his club's first Copa title in over a decade.

The Saints skipper has impressed for club and country this season, scoring nine goals in the Premier League and making his England debut against Chile last November, and has emerged as a top target for United.

As a club, we've shown with that result against Man City, who are a top - class team, that we can beat them in the big games.

On top of the usual pound - for - pound performance calculations done in the heads of fans to damn a player in relation to their wage or transfer fee, the cost of bringing Firmino to Liverpool has also partly counted against him due to the reasons as to why Premier League clubs are able to spend so freely at present.

The struggle against the big money Russian club wasn't as bad as first thought, and thanks to a surprise win for Young Boys at home to Udinese, Liverpool are now top of the group!

The Gunners were by no means embarrassed by Pep Guardiola «s side — as they have been all too frequently against fellow top - six clubs in recent times — but City carved Arsène Wenger «s side open with ease all afternoon to move eight points cl...