Now recent back to
back wins in the league improved the confidence level also.
Going into the game Arsenal should have been full of confidence following back to
back wins in the League and in Europe (1 - 4 win over FC Basel).
And their opponents this weekend could be quite a handful to boot, a Norwich side reinvigorated following back - to -
back wins in the league that has helped propel them into the top - half of the table.
Now, though, they return to more familiar terrain as they take on Everton at The City of Manchester Stadium looking to make it back - to -
back wins in the league — a feat not achieved by the club since December.
But they haven't quite been at their scintillating best of late, particularly away from home, and so a trip to Anfield to face a Liverpool side who were once on the ropes but are now beginning to climb the table following back - to -
back wins in the league, three in all competitions, may well prove a difficult assignment than it would have been say a month ago, when the Reds were languishing in the relegation zone and severely lacking in confidence.
Tottenham have improved to back to
back wins in the league after their victory over Stoke last weekend and over Brighton in midweek.
Not exact matches
In May he became the all - time top - scorer in the top five European leagues, and his 42 goals in competition helped to lead Real Madrid to their first La Liga title since 2012 and become the first team to win back - to - back titles in Champions League histor
In May he became the all - time top - scorer
in the top five European leagues, and his 42 goals in competition helped to lead Real Madrid to their first La Liga title since 2012 and become the first team to win back - to - back titles in Champions League histor
in the top five European
leagues, and his 42 goals
in competition helped to lead Real Madrid to their first La Liga title since 2012 and become the first team to win back - to - back titles in Champions League histor
in competition helped to lead Real Madrid to their first La Liga title since 2012 and become the first team to
win back - to -
back titles
in Champions League histor
in Champions
League history.
Chelsea need to get
back to
winning ways
in England, before they start worrying about the Champions
League.
Now Louis van Gaal's side are looking to get
back on track
in the
league, having
won only two of the last six games
in the English top flight.
Chadli, whose other goal
in his impressive recent run came
in last weekend's 3 - 1
win at Crystal Palace, can evidently finish, but is he good enough to be the main
back - up striker for a club with Premier
League title ambitions?
Then we had to go to another bogey team
in Southampton, where we hadn't
won in the
League since 2003, and now we travel to Stoke, where we haven't
won a game for the last six visits stretching
back to 2010.
In fact, Milan have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions, and that simply isn't good enough for them as they harboured ambitions of getting back into the Champions League next seaso
In fact, Milan have
won just one of their last seven games
in all competitions, and that simply isn't good enough for them as they harboured ambitions of getting back into the Champions League next seaso
in all competitions, and that simply isn't good enough for them as they harboured ambitions of getting
back into the Champions
League next season.
And the German vice-captain knows very well that unless they start well, there's no way they can add a Premier
League title to their
back - to -
back FA Cup
wins in the last couple of years.
Our rivalry goes
back decades and generations, the moment we moved from Woolwich to North London it has been that way... I can watch Chelski, United, Liverpool, City etc
win the
league and I will be okay, but Spuds even finishing
in the Top 4 is worse to me than the other clubs
winning the CL or EPL..
at the start of his career he inherited the best
back 4 + gk
in the
league...
won 2
league titles later on i admit he was able to sign good defenders and cdm to build arguably one of the best team
in europe at that time... but even with that team he underachieved.....
He was replaced at Barca the summer after he scored 21 goals
in 54 appearances, he already
won a spanish
league title, a spanish Cup and a host of other trophies with them, and he has to know he is a star and an absolute fan favorite with us, so I see no reason to go
back to la liga.
Manchester City face Crystal Palace on Monday evening, needing a
win in order to get
back in to second place
in the Premier
League.
Boosted by the return of some players like Laurent Koscielny, Alexis and Mesut Ozil the Gunners will look to bounce
back with a
win, but against West Ham certain things and conditions are needed for the visitors to come out unscratched
in the
League clash.
As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought
back the players rested for the Champions
League game
in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that
won our last Premier
League game against Stoke City.
OT I Remember the last time when we were Hoping for West Ham to do us a favour against Liverpool, that was
back in the George Graham days and it was the second from last game of the season, yup, Liverpool ended up
winning 5 - 0... And we were left with the mission of having to beat the Scouser's by two clear goals to
win the
league, at Anfield.
The veteran joined the Red Devils from Tottenham Hotspur
back in 2006 for # 18.6 m and has since
won five Premier
League titles, one
League Cup and the Champions
League.
The Premier
League is arguably the most unpredictable competition
in the world — a statement
backed up by the fact Leicester City
won the whole bloody thing last season.
We only took two Premier
League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed
back with three
wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.
After a long trophy drought, Arsenal have now
won two FA Cups
in successive seasons, and have avoided the Champions
League Qualifying round for next year, but when Rosicky was asked what he thought about the season just past instead of saying how well the club did he turned the conversation
back to his «frustration».
We
won in midweek against Dortmund and carried on and got
back to
winning ways
in the
league, so hopefully we can continue this run now.
I pray we
win the Europa
league and get
back into the CL and the man can be honorably sent off
in June.
Why do u defend wenger like we fans don't have decades of evidence to
back us up on how incompetent he is??? Please tell me why a team that didn't
win the
league went out and only brought
in cech
in a whole summer??? Please tell me why players contracts are all running down??
Belgian put
in a good display as Chelsea eased past nine man Arsenal to secure a much needed Premier
League win that came off the
back of a comfortable midweek Champions
League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv.
When that news was met with an approving tweet from a president desperate for a
win, the
league pushed
back, suggesting that such a rule change might not be
in the offing after all.
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win: Nine lessons we learned as Gunners thrash Aston Villa at Wembley Best Premier
League centre
backs ever — retired Ferdinand
in top 3!
The veteran left -
back spent eight years at Old Trafford,
winning five Premier
League titles and the Champions
League in his time with the club, and becoming something of a fans» favourite with his committed performances.
Former side Sparta Praha have moved to issue a statement regarding their interest
in returning Rosicky to the club where he
won back - to -
back league titles, while his agent talked up interest from the UAE and MLS.
If only he could channel that blood to
back out instructions from the touchline, we would have
won the
league like 4 times
in the last 7 years.
While Gattuso had his troubles early on, he has now guided Milan to a 10 - game unbeaten run
in Serie A,
winning their last five
in a row and
in turn dragging them
back into the race for a Champions
League qualification spot.
«Obviously it is pleasing, first of all to be able to help the team with important goals
in a Champions
League knockout game [and] of course to come
back to England and [
win] against a team you're always motivated to play against,» Suarez told UEFA.com (via Daily Mail).
So - If we could keep largely injury - free (the most injury free team has
won the last 3/4 seasons)-- if we can get Sanchez and Ramsey
back to their best and scoring goals — we definitely CAN add another 4/5
wins to our last season — which
in theory would
win us the
league.
As I pointed out at the beginning of the transfer window, it would be worth
backing Arsenal at 11/2 to
win the
League, because when Petr Cech and other marquee signings came
in the price would be dropping steadily.
The 34 - year - old centre -
back was
in fine form last season, playing every minute of the Premier
League title -
winning campaign, but clearly the club legend is
in the latter stages of his career and moves to bring
in a long - term replacement would appear to be sensible.
If they get down
in the second half of a Playoff Game they can look
back and know they have what it takes to
win when it counts
in this
League.
Team Zimmerman is breathing down their necks with the longest
win - streak
in the
League, sitting just a game
back and impending Week 18 clash..
De Gea has shone for the Red Devils since his move to the Premier
League back in 2011, and that has been reflected
in his making the PFA Team of the Year four times and
winning his club's Player of the Season award on three occasions.
Arsene Wenger will hopefully not have to look for any reasons why Arsenal do not
win away against relegation threatened Sunderland tomorrow, as we really need a good performance and the right result from the lads to go
back above Man City and take a step closer to ensuring that we have a place
in the Champions
League next season and do not have the stress and inconvenience of a play off.
Much of this roster will now turn their attention to the «All Sports» Co-Ed
League this Summer where they
won the Championship
back in 2015.
That is no small feat as his crew knocked off a Team that had
won back to
back Championships
in that
League and had never lost a Playoff Game..
Team Bartlett had
won Back2
Back Crowns
in the
League's first 2 seasons and made it
back to the Championship Game last year before getting ejected from the mantle..
They've outlasted each and every one of the other 19 Teams
in the Hoops
League to add another bullet - point to All Sports Series» largest resume... Getting to 9 - 0 and being the final Undefeated Team
in the
League is an extraordinary accomplishment but to really make history (Regular Season history of course) they'll need to
win 4 more Games when we get
back in 2016..
They were a pleasure to have
in the
League and they could be the favorites when we come
back next Spring to
win the whole thing.
Surely now Arsenal are
back at home where we had
won 15 games
in a row before the Man United debacle, and with the benefit of playing a very weak Newcastle side that has managed just one point from their last 8
League games, is the perfect opportunity to get this monkey off their
backs before we welcome Liverpool to the Emirates next week....
I predict: - we bounce
back and
win against CP — the players post loads of selfies - Wenger uses the
win to justify no spending - we continue to be linked with loads of players but buy no one (except maybe a teenager or 2 for the reserves)-- we finish 4th and lament only for injuries we would have
won the
league — get to the last 16
in CL — have a good cup run
No matter who
wins this first Season of the Hoops
League, I think
in years to come I will look
back on it and remember these Team Goldin - Team Maione battles..