Sentences with phrase «away side struggled»

Valencia replaced Young in the last throws of a match that was increasingly slipping away from United with the home supporters raising the roof as the away side struggled to create any chances of note with Fellaini guilty of slow reactions inside the box probably due to his illness.

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The Gunners struggled to put the game away in the opening exchanges, despite taking an early lead in the first - half, and the three points looked like they were to allude Arsene Wenger's side.

I am not talking about the way we struggled away to Crystal Palace today, but the way that the Gunners now seem to be a different side, at least as far as set pieces are concerned.

With his high energy style Vidal could be perfect for the Premier League, but English sides may struggle to lure him away from Italy.

After taking a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg last week in Mexico, they hold the advantage on away goals — and with Mexican sides often struggling to play their best football in the unfamiliar Canadian winters, they could be a surprise in store.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

Top of the table Blues eased into an early lead against struggling Villa when Hazard put the away side ahead after eight minutes.

While Mourinho struggles in the big games, managing just one goal in his last ten away games against fellow top six sides, Manchester City have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal this season by a 9 - 1 aggregate scoreline.

Returning Man City midfielder Yaya Toure has seen his side struggle during his time away on African Nations Cup duty and believes his Etihad Stadium can not drop another point if they want to retain their Premier League title according to the Daily Mirror.

Arsenal got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a hard - fought 1 - 0 win away to struggling West Bromwich Albion, and here's how Arsene Wenger's side rated at the Hawthorns...

with Man u and Chelsea, even at their worst we still struggle against them... hope we cam build on the spanking we gave them at the Emirates is all i cn say... just after Fergie left, when EVERY team was beating them home and away, even Championship sides they still managed to take points off....

After joining from relegated championship side Bolton, many expected the inexperienced Holding to struggle straight away with moving to a top premier league side.

Before Cristiano Ronaldo had even joined, Real were in a rebuilding process and often struggled in Europe, but take nothing away from Liverpool as a Steven Gerrard - inspired side gave them a real hiding in a memorable night at Anfield.

Surely the best time to post such an article is during a run and not when you've just drawn with another side and struggled to put a league one side away whilst there are other sides as much as NINE points ahead of us after just six games.

Well first of all, apart from the two full backs it was the same side that struggled to hold on to the lead away to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

With a number of sides struggling towards the bottom of the table and in desperate need of some fresh faces in January in order to ensure they make their way up the table and away from danger.

The Frenchman has been a major talking point in recent weeks having struggled for top form and been substituted by Mourinho on two occasions with his side losing away from home.

Port started off like a house on fire and looked a universe away from the side that struggled near the bottom of the ladder just two seasons ago.

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Arsenal FC highlights: Arsenal still holding out their top seat in current English Premier League standings after successfully bagging an important away win over struggling Crystal Palace side this Saturday.

Burton started off very bright as Villa struggled early on and the away side came close through Lucas Atkins but he fired his shot straight at Sam Johnstone.

Roberto Di Matteo's men have not faced any of the major sides in their league games so far and were held 0 - 0 in their last away game at QPR before struggling to beat Stoke 1 - 0 at Stamford Bridge.

They've not been a side who have won at a canter in their recent away trips in Europe, so could they struggle at Stamford Bridge?

Despite adding Alexis Sanchez to the side, the Red Devils have struggled in the league of late, losing back to back away games.

Still time, however, for the first day of the year to feature a number of high scoring encounters of which, the low point, was a 6 - 0 away drubbing for Alan Curbishley's struggling side (Tevez an unused substitute) by the mighty Reading.

Closed down by one of the Brighton forwards, the return ball to the other centre - back closed off by the other forward and the easy balls into midfield and to their side's full - back cut out by the Brighton winger and midfielder, the centre - back had few options to pass out from the back — Laurent Koscielny in particular was struggling, giving the ball away several times on the edge of his area, with one instance leading to the second goal.

Coutinho himself, the key creative player in the side, struggled to get away from Norwich's marking and made the sort of poor decisions that plague him when he's not on form, especially against lower blocks.

They have the raw credentials to take their streak to seven, but we reckon they're good enough to claim all the spoils in this contest against a Birmingham side struggling to bolster their points tally with away fixtures.

In thirteen away outings thus far Blackburn have managed to win just one game, with even that coming against a Bolton Wanderers side struggling to fend off relegation.

A win for Spurs against a United side who struggled against Cardiff, but then dominated a Bayern Leverkusen side away from home will seem them leapfrog their opponents and keep in touch with the teams above them.

The 23 - year - old has been mulling over his future since the season ended and it is claimed a move away from the Emirates Stadium could be on the cards after he struggled to nail down a regular place in Arsene Wenger's side.

The Toffees have struggled away from home of late, but we're still yet to beat a top seven side at the Lane this season.

A side that was once freescoring now frequently struggles to put away chances with Olivier Giroud the serial offender.

Then, over time, particularly when I watched the show, I realized how we see both on the criminal side and on the police side, you see people struggling to live up to the codes of the institutions that they're a part of and seeing how it chips away at their humanity.»