Sentences with phrase «big derbies in»

«They are both very big derbies in the of football and I've obviously lucky enough to play in both of them.»

Hopefully the 2 players mentioned above will have something inspiring to say before the game in the locker room as they know what it takes, not that they will need extra motivation for probably the biggest derby in the last 10 years (Campbell & Keown mentioned as much)!

Real Madrid host Barcelona on March 23rd and tickets are still available for the biggest derby in world football.

El Clasico — the most anticipated match in Spain, and on the biggest derbies in world is on schedule this Sunday night at the Camp Nou.

The biggest derby in the world is upon us.

Not exact matches

A north London derby with Tottenham is always a big game for both clubs, but this time it could be the biggest ever, in recent history at least.

«The whole performance was very disappointing in a big derby (at Palace).

Let us all hope that now he provided the club a big boost with the equalising goal in the most difficult of circumstances in the north London derby last weekend, Sanchez will be able to relax a bit more and find the form that made him the runaway vote for Player of the Year in his debut season as a Gunner.

He also had a very good header in the derby so all in a a good week for big per and the team

This is going to be one of the biggest North London Derbies in years as it's the last to be held at White Hart Lane.

If the players can keep the spirit they had in the first half in the big derby, for the rest of season, I believe we can win the league this time.

They sit fourth in Liga MX with seven points from their last three matches, and they're coming off a big win in another derby against Atlas.

The Frenchman may well have a big part to play in this north London derby but I can not blame Arsene Wenger for leaving him out of the starting line - up, because the return to fitness of the in form England forward Theo Walcott allows Arsenal to go back to the system and formation that has looked so good this season, with Alexis Sancjez through the middle.

Big derbies like this never come down to who is in better form, its about who turns up on the day... Lets hope the team that destroyed Chelsea pitches up tomoro, and lets hope the boss gets the selection right.

Only three points separate the two sides in the Premier League standings though, and history weighs heavy on one of the biggest derby fixtures in the world.

We could be cynical and wonder why the FA appointed Dean for Saturday's big London derby in the first place, considering his previous history in Arsenal games.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players will already have been well aware that one of the biggest threats that we will have to cope with against Tottenham in the latest north London derby will be their England international striker Harry Kane.

And now that we have lost the first of those last night at home to Swansea City the pressure on Wenger and the team to beat Tottenham in Saturday's north London derby is even bigger.

Yesterday was his first taste of the big local derby against Tottenham and he wasn't overawed by the big game atmosphere — in fact he loved the way the fans got behind the team even when we went behind.

Unfortunately, it's against one of our biggest bitterest rivals in the EPL and London, Chelsea — and yes, they are cruising into the derby from their latest matches, while we are barely pulling through.

As well as that, he's also shown he's a big game player with a late strike at a big moment in a derby game, his 23rd against London - based opposition.

«Obviously everyone else that's been here and been involved in a north London derby knows how big it is, so that just proves the intensity goes up in training and everyone just wants to be around and pushing for a start.»

As Wenger said in the build up: «Just before the break we had a disappointing result but quite a positive performance [at Man City] and it's important for us, going into such a big game on Saturday, to take the positives out of that game and transfer that enthusiasm and resilience into the derby.

Gareth Bale has compared the two big derby matched he has played in in his career — the North London Derby between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, and Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid.

I was hoping that Borussia Dortmund might not do Arsenal a favour at the weekend by knocking Bayern off their stride in the big derby game, as they were unbeaten, in good form themselves and just four points below Munich in the table.

Journalists in South America have been voting on what they believe to be the biggest and best derbies in the region.

This is another must - win game for Arsene Wenger's side to stay in touch with the race for the title, and a win will take them to third place just six points behind Chelsea ahead of tomorrows big derby against Spurs.

I hope we keep wenger give the man a long term contract you must want some unloyal cheapskate whos been fired at 5 clubs and successful at 1 or 2 for a few years when the club spent big cause they got a new manager and after a couple years got fired beacause those spendy players got old and that manager did nothing we have the most loyal consistent winning manager in europe and if the linesman did nt make incorrect call we woould of been 1 - 0 up and mkhitaryan played poor balls in the rain which we always play bad in amd are you suffering short term memory loss we beat tottenham 2 - 0 at home so we still won the derby on aggregate this season again thanks to mr.wenger i mean where to people come out woth these low iq thoughts and mostly you have to fire three new managers before you get a couple good seasons then start the circus again people should be embarrassed wenger to stay

This will not be the first time or the last time that Arsenal face two big games in quick succession of course, and the fact that our north London derby clash with Tottenham has been scheduled for the early kick - off on Saturday will help, but Arsene Wenger must still consider the fatigue of his players, with a Premier League game against Leicester City coming up on Tuesday night.

Before Arsenal took on Southampton and all the rest of the Premier League action this weekend, Arsene Wenger was asked in his press conference, reported by Arsenal.com, about the big match of the weekend, the Manchester derby and the clash between Jose Mourinho at Manchester United and Pep Guardiola at Man City.

Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal clash on Saturday lunchtime in what is being billed in the biggest North London derby of the Premier League era.

It was a lot better than a defeat of course, and so the Arsenal fans, players and manager owe a big debt of thanks to Mesut Ozil for the assist and Kieran Gibbs for the finish in the latter stages of the north London derby which rescued a point against the spuds.

I do nt know if any of you follow Arsenal fan tv but I will go on the record and support DT and in that If I was Mr Wenger I would use the derby to get the signature of sanchez and ozil if they do nt commit to Arsenal they have no business in playing in the derby We got many players are true and true Arsenals Maitland - Niles and Chuba Akpom and Nelson after all Arsenal is a big club with many players so let us give a chance to our young guns to prove their Arsenal worth

I do agree that the win over the Foxes should help the Gunners in this big derby clash, but not all that much.

With a crucial north London derby clash with Tottenham in the Premier League this weekend and with the home tie against the Bulgarians finishing 6 - 0, the manager could have been tempted to rest some of the big stars.

A best XI of stand - out performers after Saturday's Premier League action.With all of the big sides in Premier League action on Saturday, here's a look at who made into the CaughtOffside best XI of the weekend after some high - profile encounters such as the Merseyside and North London derbies, as well as some other excellent encounters in the English top flight...

If that front three plays half as well as last week we should get a hatful against the Saints, but knowing that they always give us a fight I am going to go for a 2 - 1 away win to the Gunners to put us back in the Top Four before Liverpool play their big derby against Everton....

Arsenal have to make sure that we get all three points against Tottenham in the north London derby first, but with us in great form and the spuds having a torrid time you have to make us big favourites on Sunday.

It would be fantastic news for Arsenal fans if the theory about our two big stars and contract rebels possibly signing new deals to stay in north London beyond the period of their current contracts, especially if in order to get the best possible deals from the club the attacking pair are going to keep putting in performances of desire and skill like they showed in the north London derby win over Tottenham this weekend.

PRE-MATCH The Manchester derby, one of the biggest games in English club football in recent years, returned for the 168th time.

The manager Jose Mourinho therefore would not want to lose any more points in the home game before the big matches coming up with Arsenal and later with City in the Manchester derby.

Tottenham moved a big step closer to securing their place in next season's Champions League after a thrilling 3 - 1 London derby victory away to Chelsea.

However, ask a City supporter and they would tell you that the game is up there with the self - styled «biggest - ever derby» — when Vincent Kompany's headed goal sealed a 1 - 0 victory in April 2012 and put City in pole position to win their first league title in 44 years less than two weeks later.

It is unlikely that there will be a Manchester derby in the competition this summer, with Liverpool set to go head to head with United, possibly at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan — as yet this has not been confirmed by either club or the International Champions Cup organisers.

Attention now turns to the big one at Wembley - Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal in the Premier League (12.30 pm).

Firmly in third place and fresh of a spectacular derby trashing, one of the biggest Roma derby wins since 2002.

Ahead of Sunday's big derby game in Manchester, Arsene Wenger's men with a 2 - 1 win over Everton have claimed the Premier league top.

This is widerly regarded as the biggest game in England this season, not only because this one is a big derby but also the first against the second.

Chelsea v Arsenal in the big London derby on Sunday is the highlight of the weekend in the Premier League.

After beating Sheffield Wednesday on the weekend in the big Steel City derby, they will look to extend their form in this top four clash with Wolves.