Sentences with phrase «better against the bigger sides»

In general this season we have performed better against the bigger sides and we have already beat City at home.

It remains to be seen whether his upturn in commitment is due to the January transfer window or more simply that he is keen to prove his worth to Arsenal, but I believe his performance yesterday was amongst his best against the bigger sides in the division.

Not exact matches

Man United's danger - man Romelu Lukaku will take most of the plaudits today, as the Belgian did well against a big West Brom defence as his side won their sixth games in their last seven.

After Arsenal's recent frustration and lack of success in front of goal, a fast start was always going to be a big help against a well organised and defensively strong side and we could hardly have asked for more.

I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest games, cup finals, EPL games against the top half of the league and games in the champions league against the best 2 sides.

Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.

«When you have got the big teams against the big teams, they are the sides who can capitalise more if the other isn't having the best of days.

Walcott have good off ball movement and finishing is good and he scores against big team.but he lacks other aspects of the game.our left side of defence is covered.right side also with Berlin and ox, but don't know why our back 3 sometimes look shaky.

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!

Also Arsenal cup results against full strength big sides is totally ignored in most those stats because it makes Arsenal look a lot lot better.

Your squad above to me as well is the best though I would give Chamberlain a rest bringing him and Rosicky on late; but start Akpom (I think Welbeck will likely be playing against his old squad though... expect big things either way) instead... he will, in my mind with Sanchez on the other side coming in attracting a lot of attention will give Chuba all the space he needs.

Best formation i ve ever seen, actually with Flamini in our team, our chances are bigger by 50 %, he scored against strongest defence in europe against Spuds, he will score against poor side like Bayern, ALL HAIL FLAMINI

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

I think Arteta is a very good player against smaller, less physical sides where he has time on the ball, but for the big games we need someone who won't get pushed around and bullied.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

In other side, I thought Arsene should pulled off Theo over Giroud, because Theo's pace won't work against well sitting Chelsea and we were going to have big numbers of corner kick specially at second half.

Walcott though limited would be very confident against Man united Cech (No word he has shocked me, Wow this guy is too great for a team with wenger as coach) Bellerin (He really has to improve his attacking side nd try to take on defenders) Chambers (Hez really good against de big guns & always gud in de middle of de park) Kos (Hez been a bit de-moltivated due to wengers lack of ambition hope Man u will do) Mon (link - up with walcott on the left would be breath of fresh air) Coq (great tackler, stamina & power) Ramsey (great passer of de ball, professional & great stamina) Sanchez (on the right, so he won't always play predictably) Walcott (thats where he was effective the last time against man u) Welbeck (Pace, goals & trickery) Giroud (Power, bully, link - up & goals) 4 -4-2 formation

Moving on though he said «nothing is good enough anymore» and I have to say it's not that nothing is good anymore, it's just that the usual RO16 exit in the champions league and the constant humiliation against the big sides isn't very good either.

The speedy winger claimed that his side are impossible to play against whilst playing free - flowing football and has firmly set his sights on a win on Saturday night to cap off a good season and to provide an ideal platform for battling for bigger honours next season.

«As long as he doesn't do it in the so - called bigger games, then whenever he does it against an Everton side that are trying to find their form, people are going to point their finger at the fact Everton aren't playing well.»

Mourinho's big - game tactics came under scrutiny again as his side looked distinctly second - best against Chelsea, where they fell to a 1 - 0 defeat.

@SoOpa AeoN It's not a prediction... what I am suggesting is we must make a big statement and I can think of no better way than to hit a clutch of goals — however many — against a Manure side which IS in fact littered with kids, a makeshift backline and who would've played on a Thursday evening.

We might end up in the semis if we go past a tricky Watford side, who've done very well coming from the championship, but they've really failed to get results against the big teams, and I put it down to the fact they're still learning, because they were close to getting points off the big boys on a few occasions.

They've drawn against both Bournemouth and Aston Villa in recent weeks so have they almost become better set up to play the bigger sides.

By the same token, Blackburn haven't beaten a» Big Four» this season, home nor away, and so while avoiding defeat would complete a decent look set of home results against the league's elite teams, they would love a win and could very well get one against an Arsenal side reeling after their last away loss at Wigan Athletic.

«Today was a good learning experience because it told me about the group I've got to work with,» Mark Hughes said after watching his side roll over against the biggest crisis club in the Premier League.

Blackburn defied the odds that day to earn a well earned point against table topping Chelsea, while Blackburn are big odds and somewhat unfancied ahead of this weekend clash with yet another side honing in on the league title, so will it be a case of Deja - Vu for Rovers?

Against the «Big Six» sides, Manchester United have improved considerably this season, having already won thrice this season (W3 D1 L3), one better than last time (W2 D4 L4).

Middlesbrough do have tendancy to up their game against big teams but this Chelsea side is well rested and come with a clinical edge and I see them getting all three points this weekend.

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