Big matches away against Cardiff City and Sheffield Wednesday loom next week, but for now all is good in Yorkshire.
Not exact matches
however, if we come
away with anything less than a win from this
match then we are in
big trouble, in crisis in fact.
«Under Pochettino, Spurs have a miserable record against the fellow «
big six» when playing
away from home, winning just one of his 16
matches in charge.»
With Arsenal facing our third
match in a week and desperately needing all three points from today's
away match at Hull City, Arsene Wenger would have wanted as many first team players available as possible, so it will have been a
big blow to his plans to lose Olivier Giroud.
Whether it be Bournemouth
away, on a cold winters night, or a
big glamour
match against Barcelona in Europe, he just wants to play every minute, and give 100 % in every game.
Mourinho is notorious for his ultra defensive strategy against
big team in
away matches and the upcoming
match will not be a different case for him.
We have a dangerous
away match without a settled defence and Wenger details Ramsy to make runs into the box, leaving
big gaps in the midfield.
Stellar triumphs
away to Manchester City and at home to Liverpool, either side of the FA Cup quarter - final win at Manchester United, point to a new - found resilience in the
big matches, in stark contrast to the infamous 6 - 0 loss at Chelsea, 6 - 3 at City and, going back a few more years, the 8 - 2 Old Trafford mauling.
Over the summer the Merseyside club spent
big to bring in the likes of Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing, players who should help create chances for the likes of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll to put
away, however Liverpool have managed just 18 goals in 15
matches.
Meanwhile, as happy as we are for the win, i wouldn't want us to get carried
away, winning 1
match here and loosing dere isn't what we want, what we want is to consistently win
matches against both small teams and
big teams, compete at the highest levels with class while also showing strong / high ambbitions!
WE Won our first
away match and won
big.
Big three points this next
match, would hate to have done all that great work up in manchester only to throw it
away on sunday, or having to go to spu without these points.
On the eve of the
biggest match of the season, Liverpool found a way to beat the rumours and talk
away with a stick and defeat Real Madrid in a massive
away match that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool's fate in the Champions League.
Think about this great comeback We lose first two
matches Go into a two
matches in a row against Bayern We knew we had to beat them at least once We beat them once After a
big defeat against Bayern we MUST beat Zagreb and then Olympiakos by two goals
AWAY
But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our
matches against the
big teams and justify on the basis of it being a
match against a
big team.I mean home and
away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their
matches against the
big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.
Liverpool's high pressing game will come to not in this
big PL game because the Gunners have more than prepared themselves to negate whatever the Reds have on offer against them in the game by making themselves
bigger in the game than the Reds have imagined by inflicting on them a heavy punishment on the field of play during the playing of the
match to make them pay for the sin they've committed against Arsenal by giving them a dose of their own medicine for having the audacity to come to the Emirates Stadium and took
away all the 3 points that were at stake in an opening day PL game without at least leave a point for Arsenal to collect in the
match..
Their
away form in
big matches is also similar.
But haven said this, starting with our home PL
match agaist Burnley tomorrow at the Ems, there is one
big away FA Cup game for Arsenal to play against Southampton next Saturday.
I could only be sure about the top four position if Arsenal manage to beat a
big team in an
away match.
The player needs to have it at the back of there minds that we are going there for a clean sheet first because it's a very
BIG away match with one of the title rivals (yes title rivals) and anything after a clean sheet is a very big boost to our title r
BIG away match with one of the title rivals (yes title rivals) and anything after a clean sheet is a very
big boost to our title r
big boost to our title race
-- Knowing Mourinho's tendency in his
away matches against
big teams, he would make Manchester United very defensive and prepared for quick counter-attacks.
A shit team wouldnt have got that much at home so its wenger fault for not adapting the tactics for
away matches and
big 6
matches are mostly won by which manager got his tactics right e.g pep fiasco against liverpool.
Our neighbours had high hopes of qualification following a
big 5 - 1 win
away to Malta in their opening
match, but after failing to beat Lithuania or Slovakia, the reality is not looking so great after all.
Few signings, tactical tweaks and a bit more game awareness and we're there but we need to start taking more
away from
big matches.
They didn't try to
match the Citizens by attacking them, as they have done in other
matches away at the
big sides.
This could be an even
bigger test for the Gunners than last week's derby given our two tight
matches against Burnley last season and our abysmal form
away from the Emirates this season....
But 3 - 4
matches where most stay
away, or even better, go to the Stadium but stay outside, will make a
big impact.
So much depends on whether Wenger has the sense to set up like today in future
big team
away matches?
He told the Manchester Evening News that de Gea has single - handedly won at least eight
matches for United this season, and keeping him
away from 10 - time European Cup winners Real Madrid would be a
bigger summer transfer window deal than attracting the likes of Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels and Real's own Gareth Bale to the club.
Again we lost
big to Liverpool
away, haven't won any of our
away matches and all our home wins are tight wins against lower half teams.
We have an abundance of attacking midfielders, who are more concern with going forward than defending, Cazorla has been the exception, however we are going to need the steel for the upcoming season, when we are going to have to use two traditional DMs especially in the
away Champions league
matches and some
big league games
away.
I'm predicting that we will manage to make home advantage count and come
away with a much needed win, but with Lacazette having been saved to punish our rivals in the second half in
big matches, I like the 9/1 (10.0) odds on offer with Grosvenor Casinos for an Arsenal win from a losing position.
United would take a similar result tonight due to the
away goals rule coming into effect, and that's looking one of the safest bets with daily football tips ahead of this
big match.
How often do these highly paid players shine in a tough
away big matches?
That's a
big deal when looking at future
match - ups in the Playoffs as it will keep them
away from other Top Teams until the Final4.
The problem is the tempo of the team when they go into
big matches specially
away.
Arsenal did win the
away match at Middlesbrough with Arsene Wenger's new 3 -4-3 formation, but one could hardly have called it an impressive display, and the Boro did come very close to scoring with some set - pieces into the box anyway, which seems to be Arsenal's
biggest problem at the moment.
You know I have question marks in that position cazorla plays especially in
away matches against
big or physical opposition.
KEY FACT: Spurs have won more points in 2018 than any other Premier League side
MATCH ODDS: Palace 13/2 Draw 7/2 Spurs 1/2 bet365 Pick: Spurs to win 1 - 0 @ 7/1 ANDY SAYS:
Big game for me this one, but I have to go with Palace — think they might want this one more... 1 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see Palace getting near Spurs here, I can see a comfortable
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As others have said the home fans don't generate a great deal of atmosphere (typical of many of the
bigger clubs in the Premier League) but the
away end was buzzing, increasingly so as the
match was action packed.
KEY FACT: In Liverpool's only previous PL visit to London Stadium they won 4 - 0 to record their
biggest away league victory at West Ham
MATCH ODDS: West Ham 4/1 Draw 3/1 Liverpool 8/13 bet365 Pick: Under 4.5 cards 8/13 ANDY SAYS: Easy win for Liverpool here, don't say how West Ham will compete... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: West Ham need to get something I think they might claim a point... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Hard one but I believe that Liverpool will land the win... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just under # 2, Mo Salah is a great deal
After 2
big away match and one
big victory, Real Madrid come back on Santiago Bernabeu with the
match against Eibar.
It's just frustrating to see that arsenal can not shake their tendency to throw
away games, get muscled out of
matches and not take their opportunities when their
big rivals slip up.
KEY FACT: Saints have won only two
away matches in the PL this season
MATCH ODDS: West Ham 17/10 Draw 9/4 Southampton 8/5 bet365 Pick: Southampton to win @ 8/5 ANDY SAYS: I think Mark Hughes might do the trick here and claim a
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Next up in the league for Mourinho's men is a very winnable home
match against West Ham, and then the
big one: Man City
away on 3rd February.
We need to go
away and work on what we are doing wrong ahead of the
big matches that are coming up».
The Belgian international also remains modest about his importance in the side, despite Spurs winning just two
matches without him being on the team this season, and told Skysports, «I missed a couple of
big games, Liverpool and City
away, so it's not fair to say with me it would have been different.»
Combined with Cardiff City's loss at Preston North End, Leeds went top of the table in the Championship tonight, with a
big away match at Millwall coming up on Saturday.
She also hit an absurd.385 in the
match, which had the Golden Eagles using a 7 - 3 run in the fourth set to gain separation and slip
away with their second
biggest win of the season.
If the first
match between the two last week was the
biggest home
match Scotland have hosted in more than 20 years, then the result (Spain won 5 - 10) means that this is surely their
biggest ever
away game.