Well, this is how you play when you are playing
away against top opposition.
Not exact matches
Those fixtures
against top quality
opposition, or tough
away games.
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?.
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.
This is sadly Wengers historical DNA
against top 5
oppositions away from the Emirates and nothing is going to change until the Senile One is relieved of his duties.
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.
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.
Key Stat: Bolton have lost 8 of 11 Premier League home games this season, but Swansea have only been victorious on one occasion
away from home
against top flight
opposition (0 - 2 Aston Villa).
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.