Sentences with phrase «big games against»

After all, this is a club who saviours the big games against some of the countries finest and does all it can to protect its top - flight status.

Lucas is now expected to miss big games against the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham, as well as Champions League action that he's managed to feature in heavily.

The injury to Courtois means that Chelsea are likely to be without their first choice goalkeeper for big games against Arsenal, Southampton and Liverpool as well as Champion's League fixtures against Maccabi Tel Aviv, FC Porto and Dynamo Kiev.

The good run of results in the first half of the season, with the exception of the big games against United and Chelsea, have been largely in part due to the presence of Chamakh and the ever - growing Wilshere in the starting eleven.

Their two big games against Liverpool and Spurs this season have returned just the one goal in total.

Arsenal have fallen away in the title race, they're going to exit the Champions League at the round of 16 and there have been the usual failings in the big games against strong opposition.

Mark Hughes needs to change the mentality when going into big games against the top six.

And, apparently, Arsenal's defending wasn't up to scratch in those big games against Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton.

Arsenal ended the year in the Top Three as usual, but they are now very far behind the current leaders Chelsea and are unlikely to get much closer before the end of the season, and the reason for this is clear — The Gunners just can not win big games against the other five teams in the top end of the table.

Given their recent form and how they've delivered in big games against Chelsea and Liverpool, United will be highly fancied by many to get the job done on Tuesday night and progress to the next stage of the Champions League.

A year or so ago I would have agreed with what Gary Neville has said about Arsenal and our recent struggles to get results in the big games against our Premier League rivals.

Maitland - Niles sometimes played at centre back as well, even in the big games against Chelsea.

Recently, though, when it comes to the big games against strong teams, things are shifting.

How can you mention cont loew is acceptable at some point i hope not ancelotti nut do nt pit you down for mentioning him but cont cant beat wenger why would we want to replace our curre t manager with someone who cant beat him and has lost big games against him??

Can score in big games against tough defenses 4.

We have had issues in big games against our EPL rivals and we have had times when we win those clashes only to let ourselves down in supposedly easier games.

He hasn't evaluated the pair's performance during big games against big teams.

He disappears too often and doesn't do much in the big games against better defenses.

He wants the team and the fans to remember that we had just won two big games against Tottenham and Leicester and to draw confidence from that rather than dwelling on the calamity of Tuesday.

Carvallho is not that good in big games against big clubs... We all saw him Home / Away against Chelsea and Schalke

More importantly for the Thunder, however, is that they've won big games against playoff - caliber opponents, and they'll face another one Sunday night in their Northwest Division rival, the Denver Nuggets.

«In softball, you play your best and in the big games against the top teams there's always a break, a bloop single here, a spinning ball there.

When the big managers throw players in on the deep end, it is usually a testament to ur mental strenght... Szcezny made his debut against Man U with Almunia fit for selection, Sanogo got those big games against Liverpool and Bayern at the expense of an uninjured Giroud, Welbeck against Madrid at the expense of a fit Rooney, they see these guys in training, we don't.

Like them, Arsenal still can not really compete with our big rivals when it comes to transfer fees and wages so perhaps we need to take a leaf out of their book and make sure that we have a keeper that will earn us vital points when maybe we don't deserve them or to make the difference in the really big games against the likes of United.

Although the semi-final Carabao Cup win against Chelsea suggested a change in the team's character and game - management, there are still massive question marks about whether their defence can hold up in the big games against the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United.

we still have 35 more games to go and obviously other teams will definately drop points and Arsenal needs to make sure they win their big games against the top teams.

But the prof has been a bit more pragmatic this season, especially in the big games against our Premier League rivals.

The only real negativity to Ozil's return has been his failure to stand up in the big games against Manchester United in the FA Cup and AS Monaco in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League at the Emirates.

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

Strikers Olivier Giroud — The man that splits football fans around the country, he has an excellent scoring record, and in the last year he has taken those goals into the big games against City, United and Bayern twice.

Ask yourself honestly, how many of the big games against the trams we have to beat have we won in the past 5 years?

Ultimately, Ozil hasn't delivered consistently enough, especially in the big games against the top six.

As well as goals in big games against the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, Kane has netted 30 in all competitions to show himself to be one of the most prolific players in Europe.

An already diminished offense can't withstand a serious injury to its top receiver before a big game against the Chiefs.

It feels like he could be due for a big game against a smaller Loyola front line.

te big pressure game against Chelsea we lost 2 - 0, the big game against Monaco we lost 3 - 1, stopp making excuses mate, we need more recruits every1 knows the positions, St, DM, GK

Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.

I'm annoyed we yet again couldn't win a big game against a big team, not even at home, it's 2 points lost rather than 1 gained in my opinion.

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.

Well you would be wrong because in our next big game against Manchester United, the FA in their infinite wisdom have given the game to a referee from Manchester.

We got a big game against Stroke City this weekend.

Although Arsenal fans often complain when I highlight Ozil's shortcomings, my response is that I generally see him in the bigger games against the top opponents and he has not delivered.

then was inexplicably benched for our first big game against Liverpool and has been subbed around the 70 minute for most games and benched for the majority of the big games.

We finally get a bye before a big game against Michigan who will have just played a tough defense in Northwestern.

It's midweek and we have to wait until Saturday before the big game against Chelsea, but the papers are keeping busy with Arsenal transfer rumours to keep themselves amused — so I will pass on today's offerings for discussion.

«The preparations have been similar in terms of what we have done in training, but you do get that sense that there is a bit more of a buzz with the big game against Arsenal.

We'd be able to really test their readiness and also be able to rest some big players for the big game against Villa in FA cup final.

In a big game against a division rival for control of the division, Mack found a way to come up huge in the fourth quarter.

According to the Daily Express, the Mourinho and Pogba row rumbles on as the 24 - year - old feels victimised by his manager, who is weighing up dropping him yet again for this Sunday's big game against the Blues at Old Trafford.

As the big game against the archrival looms (Election Day), students (delegates) rally in support of their teams (candidates).