Sentences with phrase «clash against the league»

The former Gunner also thinks that Coquelin's talents could be vital for the team this weekend, as he sees the clash against league leaders Leicester City as a really tough test of Arsenal's defensive strength.

Not exact matches

United currently have an astounding 13 players on the sidelines ahead of Thursday night's Europa League clash with Danish side FC Midtylland and will likely have to field a number of players that featured against Shrewsbury on Monday.

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.

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

Konoplyanka has been key in his side's run to the Europa League final and the clash against Seville in Warsaw may act as a suitable send off ahead of a possible summer move.

Arsenal suffered a blow ahead of their Champions League clash against Ludogorets after four players were ruled out injured by head coach Arsene Wenger.

April 4th: at home vs Liverpool This clash at the Emirates will see two in - form sides in the Barclays Premier League pitted against each other.

However despite Giroud's best efforts, as well as a goal in the midweek clash against Ludogorets, Alexis still kept his place for the following Premier League match against North London rivals Spurs.

The England Under - 21 international joined the west London giants» academy aged 7 and earned his first competitive debut in a Champions League clash against MSK Zilina in 2010 — with high expectations placed on his shoulders.

Giroud was criticised during the mentioned Europa League clash after failing to score against the German side that boast the worst defensive record in the Bundesliga this season.

He has not played at all since mid-November, when he was subbed during Arsenal's Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund.

It would have been fitting for John Terry to get on the scoresheet in their Premier League clash against Manchester United, in the first game of his long goodbye to Chelsea.

The month of September doesn't get any easier for Arsenal, who, following Manchester City's clash, face an away fixture against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi has opened the scoring against Southampton in their Europa League clash this evening.

The games that the 26 - year old will definitely miss, along with the three lions» clashes with Slovenia and Lithuania, will be the Arsenal home games in the Premier League against West Brom and Brighton, the Carabao cup tie at home to Doncaster Rovers tonight and the trip to Belarus to plat BATE Borisov in the Europa League next week.

In the most recent Premier League clash against Hull City, Sanchez's intentions were translucent.

Flick through the pages below to read our full list of ratings for Liverpool's performance against Tottenham in their Premier League clash.

Chelsea have cancelled a pre-match press conference ahead of their crucial Premier League clash with Manchester City, presumably in protest to recent charges by the FA against Jose Mourinho and Diego Costa.

It appears the West Londoners are now staging a form of protest against these decision by English football's governing body by refusing to hold a press conference ahead of their Premier League clash with the Citizens on Saturday.

According to The Mirror, De Gea will likely face Tottenham and Southampton with both clashes away from home, but Joel Pereira could be drafted in to make his Premier League debut against Palace next Sunday.

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw has been forced off in the first half their Barclays Premier League clash against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park with yet another injury and there has been a huge reaction on social media.

The Reds were awaiting UEFA's decision this morning ahead of their Europa League clash against Besiktas and the outcome certainly surprised the Serbian.

Meanwhile, they also face a decisive clash against Olympiakos in the Champions League next week, as they must win in order to have any chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the competition.

SEE MORE Manchester United legend CRITICISES Man City goalkeeper after heroic performance against Barcelona Premier League table from January onwards: Liverpool 1st, Chelsea 4th, HUGE drop for Man City Man City star OUT of West Brom clash, as club attempt to get season back on track

As the Gunners face a do or die Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb tonight, Wenger feels hard done by that, even though Zagreb player Arijan Adem was banned for four years after failing a drugs test after September's shock 2 - 1 win, the result is still allowed to stand.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed that striker Olivier Giroud is available for selection in Saturday's Premier League clash against Manchester United.

Manager Arsene Wenger took out time to rest some of his wards like (Mesut) Ozil, (Theo) Walcott and (Alexis) Sanchez, to name a few, for the crunch Premier League clash against West Ham United at the weekend.

A trip to Switzerland in midweek awaits shortly after, with the Champions League clash against Basel to play.

While Arsenal do not really have anything to play for, Premier League points and position wise, against West Brom at the Emirates stadium today, Arsene Wenger and the players will be very keen to get back to winning ways ahead of the crucial clash against Aston Villa at Wembley next weekend.

This evening we go into the second leg champions league quarter final clash against Bayern Munich on the backdrop of a 3 - 1 defeat to Liverpool.

Whether or not they are able to hold on to their advantage remains to be seen, but a win this weekend could give Villa a much - needed morale boost which they will aim to take with into next weekend's league clash against Crystal Palace as they hope to build some momentum.

The Gunners don't have a good recent record in the league against their fierce rivals, but they can take confidence from the 1 - 0 win when the two teams met at Wembley in the Community Shield clash last month.

He is, however, still expected to rotate his team somewhat for the Yeovil clash after a hectic festive period that saw Premier League teams play three games in six days — whilst Yeovil have not played since Monday, when they were comfortable beaten at Huish Park in a relegation six pointer against Leyton Orient.

Liverpool are set to be boosted by the returns of key duo Daniel Sturridge and Jordan Henderson for their Premier League clash against newly promoted Norwich City on Sunday afternoon, Guardian Sport reports.

Olivier Giroud and Jack Wilshere saved Arsenal's blushes as they fought their way to victory against a 10 man Red Star Belgrade in tonight's Europa League clash at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.

With a crucial Premier League clash against Everton coming up on Sunday, it is feasible that Arsene Wenger will shuffle his Arsenal pack a little to keep things fresh.

Both clubs made early exits from the Capital One Cup — Arsenal losing to Southampton, after United were thrashed by MK Dons — while the North London giants face the ominous task of trying to overturn a 3 - 1 deficit against AS Monaco in the Champions League second round clash.

Arsenal face home clashes against Liverpool, Sunderland and Chelsea in April, which could very well determine where the Premier League title ends up.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has heaped praise on Spurs» club - record signing Davinson Sanchez following his side's Champions League clash against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.

I expect that most of the Arsenal fans, whether we are watching our own match against Watford on TV, listening to it on the radio or keeping up with the action in some other way, will also be keeping an eye or an ear on the Premier League clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.

Now the Arsenal players have a week before the FA cup clash with Sunderland three days before we travel to Anfield for the league game against Liverpool.

However, because of Per Mertesacker retiring from the Germany national side after the World Cup and with Nacho Monreal, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini not being called up, Wenger and Steve Bould will have been able to get some serious defensive training done with these four players and with Hector Bellerin at right back and that could pay dividends against Man United in the Premier League clash at the Emirates stadium.

Not only did he score the late winner against Liverpool in this week's League Cup semi-final, but he also scored a very late winner against Norwich in the last round of the FA Cup, to set up today's clash with the Gunners.

Sanchez now faces a race against time to feature in Arsenal's crucial Premier League clash at Liverpool next Wednesday.

As per Pep Guardiola in his press conference on Friday though, it looks as though he's suffered a setback and will not feature against Liverpool in the early - season crunch clash between the two Premier League title rivals.

West Ham suffered a shock defeat against Slovenian outfit Domzale in their opening Europa League third qualifying round clash yesterday.

With Giorgio Chiellin cruelly set to miss Juventus» Champions League final clash against Barcelona this weekend, here's a look back at other big names who for one reason or another sat out the biggest game in club football for their teams...

Arsenal faced a home clash against Tottenham Hotspur in their 6th league game of the season.

At least Arsenal managed to get through our final Champions League group game against Olympiacos and the two Premier League clashes with Sunderland and Aston Villa without losing any more players to injury.

Following the Premier League clash against Man City, Arsenal travel to Signal Iduna Park, where they take on Borussia Dortmund in the 1st group game of this season's Champions League.