Sentences with phrase «closing stages of last season»

Bolton showed enough promised in the closing stages of last season that a bigger and better campaign could be just around the corner provided Owen Coyle strengthens over the summer.

He broke into the Chelsea squad in the closing stages of last season, making his senior debut against Leicester City in the final game of the campaign.

Not exact matches

Wilshere, Arteta and Diaby all took part in a behind closed doors friendly last week against a Brentford XI and came through that unscathed as they look to give manager Arsene Wenger a selection headache in the closing stages of the season.

For a player who has scored 50 + goals in six seasons at Madrid before dropping off last season to 41, this could be another sign of a decline in his performances as he edges ever closer to the latter stages of his career.

It is strange that Wenger always seems to find his perfect line up in the closing stages of the season, and we all remember that the Gunners won 8 of their last 9 games last season to leaprog Tottenham into Third Place, and obviously Wenger feels that the side is perfectly capable of having another run like that now, but the difference is that we are actually within striking distance of the title in this campaign.

Last week's 2 - 1 reverse at Sunderland condemned them to their ninth defeat of the season, this despite leading for the best part of an hour only to concede twice in the closing stages.

Few would argue that Villa have it tough over the festive period, with Tottenham Hotspur first up on Boxing day at Villa Park — A game you can see live on Sky Sports — before they tackle the wealth of Manchester City at Eastlands in a match which last season, because of their 3 - 1 defeat in the closing stages of the season, meant they could no longer finish in the top - four.