Sentences with phrase «away games against big teams»

Not exact matches

When the team is performing well in the big games against the big boys Ozil is not far away from being the reason.

I wanted to know we could challenge the best to win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that game where we turn up away from home against a big club and show them we can play and win

The key test for Balotelli now though is to add consistency, as it's all well and good producing in a big game against the Italian champions, but can he repeat the trick and play a decisive role for his team away at Sampdoria on Sunday?

Arsene Wenger himself has a big hurdle to overcome with his managerial record against Jose Mourinho, but the team themselves also have an awful record with games at Old Trafford, in fact we have to go back ten years for the last time we walked away with all three points in the League.

Mourinho's habit of trying to park the bus against top teams in away games is certain to come into play, and so the injury to Alexandre Lacazette last night is a big blow to Arsenal's chances of breaking down the United defence.

We still need an additional quality DM — whether Scheiderlin or Kondogbia — a) for rotation b) to help Le Coq develop to next level and c) so that we can compete more effectively against the bigger teams when we will need 2 DMs for away games COYG and well done Francis

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

There can be games where we use the two together in a Chelsea type Matic - Ramires park the bus style for games against the bigger teams away from home.

The big question for Arsenal fans today was about who was going to fill the third forward position for this massive Champions League game against Barcelona, as the team selection of Arsene Wenger for the Hull game away int the FA cup had all but told us what team we would see tonight.

Massimiliano Allegri may have talked a big game about Wednesday's game being more important than Sunday's top - of - the - table clash with the Partenopei, but he still saw fit to rotate his squad against a team that went into the day a point away from safety in 18th place.

In the 20 - game conference schedule, teams will play home and away games against seven Big Ten schools.

They very much looked like a team looking ahead to a big game against the relegation - threatened Sharks, failing to press an early 1 - 0 advantage and falling victim to another bicycle kick as they left the Stadio Ezio Scida with a 1 - 1 draw, a result that saw their lead at the top of Serie A shrink to four points after Napoli came from behind twice to put away Udinese 4 - 2 at the San Paolo.

Roma won 3 - 0 to overturn a three - goal deficit and advance on away goals, having entered the game in Rome as massive underdogs after losing the first leg of their quarterfinal 4 - 1 against a Lionel Messi - led team that was one of the big favorites to win the competition.

Having won the first leg 1 - 0 away, United go into the game heavy favourites to qualify for the final however the defeat against Arsenal means this game becomes even bigger than it already was which means more pressure on the team.