Sentences with phrase «against top sides»

We have had some really difficult home games against some top sides and Southampton themselves are a very good side in this league.

While they beat Arsenal at home in December, their five matches since against top sides have seen them claim just three points.

The Hammers have been conceding far too many against the top sides, with Arsenal and City both racking up five goals in their recent visits here.

But against the top sides or even sides who press and don't give you space and time, Rooney struggled.

At the time I wrote AFC could not make up the deficit against the top sides and was slated for saying it.

Tony how many more drubbings do you want to see against the top sides or perhaps you just don't mind as long as Arsene is in his 8 million pound job.

They have lost their last three games but these were against top sides that are challenging for the league as opposed to weaker teams they have beaten.

We can not go into games (even ones against top sides like Tottenham) without the means to create chances and score goals.

On top of that, Burnley do have clear issues against top sides at home.

Wayne Rooney «struggles» against the top sides, according to his Everton manager Sam Allardyce.

The Reds have been convincing against the top sides this season, but they have been made to work hard recently by the likes of Burnley, Bournemouth and Stoke.

The Cherries tend to have a poor attacking record against top sides, and that won't bode well against a side who have kept six clean sheets in their last seven in the league.

With 11 defeats to their name already this term, the South - coast side have struggled at times, and they've mostly done that against the top sides, having claimed just seven points from a possible 39 against the top 10 teams this season.

We can't see them suddenly turning around their form against the top sides with a result here, especially as Conte is likely to include Eden Hazard out of necessity.

On top of that, the visitors do have a problem in terms of their attack against top sides.

Leganés are a dangerous team when they want to be, and their best performances this season came against the top sides in the league.

Ernesto Valverde: Changes planned for Celta FC Barcelona The blaugrana coach described the Galicians as «important opponents» who «usually play well against the top sides.»

I've been called pessimistic / negative etc for saying our results against the top sides are poor, but burying your head in the sand and ignoring what our weaknesses clearly are only exacerbates the problems.

We need better defensive awareness and organisation against good teams, it doesn't show when we play bottom teams though but against top sides we always get punished no matter how good we are going forward but i just don't think its something wenger will ever master.

The way we played the UCL for the past five + years was shambolic, so I'm actually glad we're out of a competition that serves as a humiliation tool and costs us points in the league, due to morals being shattered by bad results against top sides.

Mert is top quality but with him in the side Arsenal can't play a high line at any point in the game against top sides... Chelsea game, Barca game seems to demonstrate this very very very clearly.

Not so sure about Lukaku, as his stats are showing he scores very few crucial goals, but then again, he's under Mourinho and he's got a better squad around him, he might start scoring against top sides and starts scoring important goals.

But according to the Gunners legend Ian Wright it is easy for the German to perform against smaller teams but he has developed a reputation for going missing in the bigger games against the top sides.

Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.

For the most part, Arsenal have been short of flair and innovation against top sides which predates this season.

I just compared our current results against top sides from this season against the 2013/14 season and this season is two points ahead of the 2013/14 one.

Only +3 goal difference separates the two clubs in the league, Burnley have lost two less games than us, and perform better against the top sides.

I know exactly what you meant, the problem is that when we play our way we NEVER DO IT RIGHT against the top sides which is why game after game we getting smashed Away from home because of Wenger's naïve tactics!

Even in UCL against the top sides.

I also hate it when we field a slow side in games we tend go get murdered against the top sides with slow personnel.

For him 4 - 0, 6 - 0, 8 - 2, 6 - 3 defeats are acceptable, in fact they are the norm against top sides in recent times and he thinks he got what it takes to turn it around.

Liverpool have been inconsistent so far under Klopp, but they have had some great wins against some top sides.

Also, Giroud still has trouble scoring against top sides so having another top quality striker would be an important option.

If Wenger really knows, will we be losing so many games against top sides?

You're not adding context, you're attempting to deflect the issue by referencing the fact we won the league in 1998 with 4 losses against the top sides.

Ozil is always bad against the top sides.

Plus last year we saw us play completely different against the top sides and our results confirm this.

We have too many diminutive players who crumble under real pressure against the top sides.

Have we dominated the MF any game this season against top sides?

However, the results and performances against the top sides are a million miles apart!

We are increasingly finding it difficult to win matches against top sides.

Its definitely plausible, however i would expect him getting unstuck against top sides and against ten man defences..

Defensive midfielder was also an issue as Mathieu Flamini and Mikael Arteta were not able to provide an adequate cover when playing against the top sides.

Arsenal are still a huge threat without these two, and should still be confident against a Manchester United side who have struggled against the top sides.

This all sounds very positive from the talented defender, but although he is right that we are used to playing against top sides, he seems to conveniently forget that we usually lose those big games as well!

Good for a few mickey mouse cups but when it really matters lose game after game against the top sides (1 out 12 points so far this season), sometimes by embarrassingly high scores.

Ozil has been questioned when it comes to the big games, that he's invisible when we play against top sides.

That's not going to work against top sides.

This can be a little worrying as against che we would be fearing the counter attack and keeping the game tight, but should we not be doing that against all top sides.

But against top sides like Chelsea there was no space so our fast wingers would have been no use so we needed fighters and more technical players on the wings.