Sentences with phrase «against this arsenal side»

A Olivier Giroud header was enough to peg back the hosts, who had looked far superior throughout the match, against an Arsenal side that just didn't look on the ball.

Neither Nacho Monreal or Kieran Gibbs have shown the form to put themselves in consideration, and with Azpilicueta's perceived weakness coming in the air, he is unlikely to be tested against an Arsenal side notorious for playing on - the - ground technical football.

Arsenal vs Huddersfield Town Preview: On paper Arsenal should sail through this game with the three points but we all know Arsenal can be unpredictable and even with the 100 % record at home, Huddersfield can fancy their chances against this Arsenal side who can blow hot and cold.

Against an Arsenal side who are known for their speed of play, the Frenchman could be a liability.

By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a» Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one against an Arsenal side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.

Not exact matches

So firstly Shearer is convinced that his Newcastle side will manage to do the business at Villa Park even though his Toon Army side has only won two games on the their travels this season and regardless of Martin O'Neill's recent poor form the midlands club have only lost three times at home this season and have managed to avoid defeat against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal in the process.

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

Definitely the home fans (for West Ham) will throw some tantrums against an Arsenal player especially when their team is not at their best or possibly boo an Arsenal player as an indication of rivalry that exists between the two sides.

I would have to agree, especially if it is a game when Arsenal are likely to be pushing hard against a determined defence with the opposing side hoping to hit us on the counter.

Arsenal signing Cohen Bramall made his debut for the Arsenal Under - 23 development side last night against Southampton.

Arsenal fans will have been a bit worried to say the least when the news came in on Saturday that our opponents for the first game of the Premier League season had just put the mighty Barcelona to the sword, with a 4 - 0 win against a strong side including their former striker Luis Suarez, Messi, Iniesta and all.

But it was over all good performance... But being Arsenal, they are very unpredictable... We can not assume that we would win comfortably against West Brom next Monday night... They are very hard to break down and it's Tony Pulis side who only play with air balls... Corners and Free kicks... So we have should not feel any euphoric feeling by this point... This should be happening week in week out....

Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.

After Arsenal's recent frustration and lack of success in front of goal, a fast start was always going to be a big help against a well organised and defensively strong side and we could hardly have asked for more.

Arsenal have been playing pretty well, to be fair, and were the better side against the Spuds again, but one stat has made Arsene Wenger pinpoint one particular area in which we could do better and that is the set pieces.

All this means that Arsenal can afford to be a bit more adventurous than we would against a side that was hurting teams regularly on the counter attack.

If this Arsenal side — without at least a further 3 additions needed — wins anything this season I'll eat my hat — They never rose above mediocrity against CP.

As I'm sure most of you will be aware, Arsenal have been drawn against National League side Sutton United in the 5th round of the FA Cup.

This years protests against Wenger seem more widespread due to the crazy results in the Premiership, which has been perceived as Arsenal's best chance of winning the title as the other top sides have fallen by the wayside, so you can imagine how annoyed Piers Morgan was when he got told yesterday that Wenger has already got a new contract offer on his desk.

Vidal continues to say that Munich is the best team in the world, and he can certainly point to Arsenal's humiliation against Bayern in the Champions League to emphasise the gap in quality between the two sides, but he believes that Alexis will make the Germans into an even better side.

It was a fine week for the Arsenal family worldwide as we escaped the group stage leaving the joy of Thursday night for our north London neighbours and finish it off with an easy win against a rock bottom Aston Villa side.

Arsenal played brilliantly against Monaco away from home and made them look like a championship side in an FA cup game.

One thing is certain, there are a lot of goals in both sides, but although Liverpool are flying they have just had a midweek goal-fest against Hoffenheim in midweek and will not be as fresh as Arsenal today.

The Europa League draw has been made and Arsenal will come up against Swedish minnows Ostersunds — a side founded after Arsene Wenger took over as Gunners manager.

Arsenal should win and we think they will, but the Gunners, who go into Sunday's game on a run of three league matches without scoring, are unlikely to have it all their own way against a side who have humbled Chelsea and Man United this term.

The teenager bagged a brace against FC Midtjylland in the Europa League as United saw off the Danish side, before hitting two more goals in his second match — and his Premier League debut — as the Red Devils beat Arsenal 3 - 2 at Old Trafford.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, spoke of his side's disadvantage of playing at home first — therefore the north London outfit will be looking to take a big lead against the Russian side — as the Gunners» record away in eastern Europe is patchy to say the least.

I would love to see Arsenal get strong and overly physical against a liv side, they are like us they prefer an open game, I'd love to see us keep organised go strong at them and let the forwards play.

West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic spoke to the press ahead of his side's home clash against Arsenal at the weekend.

Arsenal failed to take their chances against a determined Wolves side at the Emirates.

Alexis has been on the sidelines since suffering a hamstring injury during the game against Norwich and while Arsenal haven't really faltered too much during his absence, having the Chilean back is a much needed boost for the side ahead of a difficult set of fixtures in January.

But have Arsenal finally found the form to continue their winning run against a Sunderland side fighting for their Premiership survival?

Liverpool have perhaps had more variety in their performance levels, since they both mustered one half of largely coherent football against Arsenal and contrived to lose 3 - 0 at home to West Ham, but neither side can be happy with how they've begun the season.

In what was supposed to be the easiest last - 16 tie to call, Arsenal paradoxically surprised yet predictably collapsed against the French side losing 3 - 1.

but its a bit sad to see that i as i know more about arsenal fans than other fans, to say from the bottom of my heart, that the fans on here are as worse as the worst if not the worst fans out there... arsenal being on a run, with özil scoring one of the best goals i have ever seen on tuesday, draws against the best defensive side in the league and no they arent stoke city or something they are SPURS equally title challenger as any of arsenal man city, man united, chelsea, liverpool, a team that sent man city home when they (city) looked unbeatable..

Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.

You as a visitor know it is going to be a tough task to play against technical Arsenal sides and it was always a big test for us but we seemed to have success in recent years.

Against the likes of Matic, Carrick, Schneiderlin and Fernandinho, the Arsenal star's stats come out very favourably, especially on the defensive side of things where his score of 20.56 per 90 minutes is miles ahead of the rest.

They will have had added motivation after Arsenal lost against Everton yesterday, as Jurgen Klopp's side will draw level with the Gunners if they take all three points this evening.

The summer signing of Charlie Nicholas had sparked a fresh wave of optimism amongst the Arsenal faithful, and after a brace against a poor Wolves side in just his second game, the press went into overdrive.

If wenger tries his usual Amc on the left wing against chelsea, then he is mad.Although prandelli made a mistake playing the 3 -5-2 formation in the first half against such pace in the arsenal side which clearly showed but lets not take anything away from the boys tonight.

they did nt we were just so f# ck & ng predictable because of the same bullshit tactics that may have worked against the smaller teams but against the larger ones at full strength... well you ask the question again as to why we don't beat the top sides, they hire managers like mourinho who are tacticians and take one look at arsenal's team sheet and know exactly what they are doing... there is a reason we haven't beaten them in a while.

Arsenal, however, avoided a clash against giants such as Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and were drawn against Arsene Wenger's old side AS Monaco in one of the more favourable - looking ties on paper.

If as everyone says Ozil doesn't turn up against the big sides, then maybe Arsenal should either drop him completely for those games or rest him him for 2 or 3 games before hand so he has no excuse for being tired.

Both Arsene Wenger and Antonio Conte made nine changes to their sides for the FA Cup at the weekend, but it would appear that Chelsea's boss is still intending to make changes for the Caraboa Cup tie against Arsenal tonight.

The 29 - year - old scored the equaliser for the Hornets as they stunned Arsenal with a late comeback at Vicarage Road, and admitted afterwards that he often fancies his chances against Arsene Wenger's side.

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.

Since the Gunners meekly surrendered to Manchester City in the Caraboa Cup Final on Sunday, all the Arsenal rumours this week have been about possible replacements for Arsene Wenger if he gets the sack before the end of the season, so it is no surprise that the boss was asked about his future at today's press conference for our rematch against Pep Guardiola's side.

Still, Calhanoglu's sublime effort is a reminder of the threat Milan pose in most areas of the pitch, with Gennaro Gattuso's side in largely fine form since he took over despite the recent setback against Arsenal.

The Gunners were up against it in Milan on Thursday but Arsenal managed to confound everyone by taking apart the inform AC Milan side that have been rejuvenated since Gennaro Gattuso was made manager in December.