Sentences with phrase «against top opposition in»

Neymar does get a lot of hype, no doubt he has quality but all those flicks will get drowned out against top opposition in europe / champions league, probably suits la liga in which players go to ground quicker than a wardrobe thrown off a building, he has a lot to prove.

Not exact matches

If Wenger can't be motivated enough to take some revenge on Mourinho, not even for the sake of the fans, after 12 losses... If his can ship 17 goals in 3 games against top level opposition and still continue with a similar approach to games, then I don't know what will ever really drive this guy to overhaul his tactical approach to compete more fiercely against big teams...

He chips in a goal every 4 league appearances roughly, has bagged a few hat - tricks, has had good games against top opposition - he's not the player we hoped, but he's a far better bet than Oxlade - Chamberlain.

Reid, who was quoted in the Daily Mail, said: «We have good forward players like Ross Barkley and Adam Lallana to come back but at the other end, when Phil Jones lost the ball at 0 - 0, if we were against top quality opposition, we would have been 1 - 0 down.

The Three Lions captain has Bobby Charlton's record in his sights and will hope to shine against top class opposition.

I prefer ox to be honest, let's not forget tho walcotts not the first man not to have a sniff against Chelsea, against weaker opposition Walcott will be very good with the balls in behind but I think most agree we need a striker who is strong and fast not just one of the attributes our current strikers possess, if ox stays fit and we sign and striker Walcott will be a top super sub

there was nothing much wrong in gibbs performance last night against a team that spent about 12 minutes in total in our half but he is not a powerful defender against top opposition....

Wenger hasn't lost «a couple of games» he has won one single solitary away game against top 4 opposition in the last 5 seasons: 4 points from a possible 45, is that a couple of games?.

awesome line up but our defenders must remain in defense instead of trying to become the top scorers, we need to stop counter attacks against us so Belerin and Monreal / Kolasinc must drop back at all times, this will stop rapid counter attack's against us which in return opposition teams must play further up and stop parking the bus and free up the box for our forwards to be able to have space to do their magic

1) When you can not beat mid teams like Hull and Tottenham at home 2) You have no track record of beating top teams who you should be competing with 3) You struggle against any decent opposition that decides to play good football and apply themselves tactically 4) A confused manager with poor tactics, playing players in wrong position, throws a blind eye when a possible solution presents itself (Fabregas) and makes no move or poor moves in the market when he does GUYS to be honest we are at risk of losing out on 4th place with a resurgent Man U, fighting Liverpool and decent team like Everton and Southampton.

Even someone like Alexis Sanchez, presently the apple of every Gooner's eye, must be having his seemingly endless optimism tampered by several others pointing out to him the miniscule percentage of points Arsenal has been able to claim against top - flight opposition in last eight years.

Liverpool's use outside the box shots often n it helps them against such teams xcept the opposition GK is in top form.

A good manager should look at the opponents likeliest line up and must surely pick players who can get something from the game or a least stop the opposition from scoring in games against the top teams like Chelsea.

the game against Liverpool where he was virtually on his own when paired with another rookie in chambers is a stark reminder that he's not quite ready to face top class opposition just yet.

Besides, the Arsenal team Ii who is the club's Europa League Cup, Carabao Cup and FA Cup team but only if Arsenal is not playing against a Premier League or top European club side opposition teams is more than capable to put any Forest team down in this FA Cup 3rd match today.

Although some may argue that we weren't playing against the top level opposition that we see in the Premier League and Champions League, it's also easy to forget that a lot of our players still aren't fully fit.

Elsewhere, top - flight teams tend to rotate a little in the cups these days, which means that away games against half - decent opposition can become potentially tricky.

We have had two games against top Australian opposition to break us in softly, then we have had two very difficult matches in the blistering heat of China against Bayern Munich and Chelsea.

The top - seeded Huskies are 9 - 1, perfect against California teams (beaten week zero by Utah power Orem), and dismantled the toughest opposition in the division (West Valley - Cottonwood) by a 31 - 0 score last postseason.

I thought sometimes, we put in a decent shift against opposition teams and the players are at the top of their game... I would only call us «Lucky» if we somehow managed to escape at a hair's breath when things don't go in our favour... Beep!

One goal and three assists from 7 games for a player out of form and in his least favoured position is not a bad thing from where i am sitting (4 against top oppositions).

With half of their last ten games against top half opposition, they will need to raise their game considerably in order to stay up.

Arsenal won just one of their six games against top - four opposition last term and go into the match at the Emirates on the back of a bitter 3 - 2 defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League.

I have seen lower league teams avail themselves better against top premiership oppositions in the cup competitions.

Brighton have lost seven and drawn one of their last eight away FA Cup matches against top - flight opposition — their last away win of this kind was at Newcastle United in January 1986.

Arsenal won the fewest points in matches between the top six sides in 2016 - 17 (9) and lost half of their 10 matches against fellow top six opposition.

and the double save against Villarreal (top opposition) but more often than not he has been in consistant (1st half v Liverpool he was great, second half he was poor), Chelsea he was poor in both games).

In their other games against top four opposition this season, they lost at home against Tottenham and played out a 1 - 1 home draw with Liverpool.

Yes, City can be stopped and Mourinho is an accomplished tactician, no arguing that, but what also helps in getting results against top opposition, is a bit of luck.

United have scored just once in seven games on the road against top - six opposition since Mourinho took charge at the beginning of last season, losing four of those matches in the process.

A team - leading 11 goals in 12 matches is not bad considering his performances against top Italian opposition.

Norwich have a decent record against sides placed in the top half of the table as they are 3 -2-3 at Carrow Road against such opposition.

Arsenal are only 2 -1-2 against team placed in the middle third of the table but Southampton are a terrible 0 -3-5 against top half opposition.

But three home games against top - six opposition and potentially tricky away fixtures at Stoke and Burnley give the players quite a challenge in the run - in, and many will need to do so to prove their value for a position in the squad next season.

As a matter of facts, Arsenal have not won a PL match at away against any top six opposition team in 13 game attempts as of their today's away match against Liverpool at Anfield.

Except for the traditional top teams most Premiere League teams would only look to defend against Arsenal, a team that believes only in attacking against any opposition under Wenger, but thats not what Wigan is all about.

Mr President, your friend and top financier of your party warned you and your party not to «touch» the BOST boss in spite the corruption allegation levelled against him because he supported you financially in opposition.

There's a big tablet - like non-touch screen stuck at the top of the centre stack; significant storage released by having the transmission lever on the right - side of the steering column; there is space in the rear, plenty of room in the boot, a decent level of equipment plucked from the Benz catalogue and pricing that is in the ballpark against the logical opposition from Audi and BMW.