Sentences with phrase «crunch clash»

Speaking to the media in his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's crunch clash with Chelsea, Wenger conceded that he tried to sign the French international before he moved to Leicester City, and again before he joined Chelsea last summer.

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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.

Speaking ahead of the upcoming crunch clash, defender Gabriel has revealed how Arsenal intend to play against the German giants.

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It's not all about Arsene Wenger this weekend - we've got the FA Cup semi-finals as well as more crunch clashes in the Premier League.

Paul Pogba missed Manchester United's crunch clash with Liverpool as Eric Bailly and Marcus Rashford made long - awaited returns to the starting line - u -LRB-...)

George has been a regular for the U18s since making his breakthrough two years ago, and although he's highly unlikely to feature in Thursday night's crunch clash against the club's fiercest rivals, it must be encouraging that Jurgen Klopp has included him in a first - team training session ahead of such a big match.

Jose Mourinho has had his Man United players faltering around him, and blaming the players has had a negative effect on his squad, but Wenger's words should not be considered as critical, and hopefully our team can be fully ready for the crunch clash.

Our boys stuttered to a 0 - 0 draw at home to Europa League opponents Red Star Belgrade on Thursday night, but none of our regular starters were in the starting line - up, and our squad should be fresh for Sunday's crunch clash.

Barcelona will look to take a big step towards securing the La Liga title on Tuesday night as they take on Celta Vigo in a crunch clash.

Real Madrid face a crunch clash with Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League quarter - final tie in Turin on Tuesday night.

It looks like the fears that Arsenal may have to do without Danny Welbeck as well as Theo Walcott for the crunch clash with Manchester United later will prove to be unfounded, The England international was due to face a fitness test yesterday and was then pictured training normally, so hopefully that means he will fine to start.

We will be hoping home advantage can help us to claim all three points, but our squad will be stretched for the crunch clash.

It's a crunch clash at the top of League One on Friday night as two teams in shaky form face each other at London Road, with visitors Bristol City looking to deny Swindon Town the chance to go top of the table on Saturday with a victory over wobbling Peterborough.

The way that the fixture list is falling at the minute may well feel like the worst possible timing for Arsenal fans and to be fair it is far from ideal for us to have to face a north London derby with Tottenham and a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the Premier League as well as the crunch clash in the Champions League with PSG in the month of November which is well publicised as being a traditionally tough time for us.

Who knows, they might both be on the bench for the crunch clash a week on Saturday?

To a certain extent I also agree about the theory that, despite what Arsene Wenger said about the club being careful, the Chilean will probably be thrown straight back into the starting line up for the crunch clash with Premier League rivals Man City on Monday.

With Liverpool playing Chelsea in the Champions League only days later, it's clear that Rafael Benitez will make some alterations to his team, which is likely to include resting the likes of the above for the crunch clash with the Blues.

The Champions League match between Arsenal and the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates this evening was already shaping up to be a crunch clash, with the winner probably keeping their slim hopes of qualifying for the next phase of the competition alive and also putting themselves in a strong position to at least stay in Europe and drop down to the Europa League.

Sky are yet to release their choices for the busy festive schedule as of yet, but have clearly asked if it would be possible to have the crunch clash between our side and Liverpool.

They are nine points behind 17th - placed Swansea with four games remaining, while Stoke, who are six points from safety, are 1 - 7 with Betway and Hills as they prepare for their crunch clash at West Ham.

For all the ability that Henrikh Mkhitaryan possesses, he has a frustrating habit of not showing it in the crunch clashes that define a season.

Arsenal return to Premier League action on Sunday afternoon with a crunch clash against Manchester City at The Etihad.

Be there to enjoy the film and back your Sky Blues in another crunch clash.

The 34 - year - old was sidelined with a minor knock, but is available for selection for the crunch clash against the Gunners.

As if Manchester United fans weren't nervous enough ahead of their crunch clash with Wolfsburg tomorrow night, the team news won't help.

Liverpool duo Jordan Henderson and Nathaniel Clyne are both set to get their first taste of Euro 2016 in England's crunch clash with Slovakia tonight.

Liverpool, of course, had no such problems scoring goals thanks to the prolific partnership of Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge but manager Brendan Rodgers is keen to add to his attacking options, the paucity of which were so painfully underlined by Iago Aspas's already infamous cameo appearance in the crunch clash with Chelsea during the title run - in.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is still without several key players, with goalkeeper Manuel Almunia still out with an elbow injury, Thomas Vermaelen with an Achilles problem and, the biggest and most important of them all, Cesc Fabregas does appear as though he won't even make the bench for Monday's crunch clash — The Spaniard struggling to overcome a hamstring injury which has played up on him whenever he's been rushed back into first - team action too soon.

Paul Pogba missed Manchester United's crunch clash with Liverpool as Eric Bailly and Marcus Rashford made long - awaited returns to the starting line - up.

Arsenal's record signing has been battling with illness and needs to be assessed by the medical staff before Saturday's crunch clash

That leaves United with no recognised striker for the crunch clash with Chelsea, and Lingard could well occupy the forward role at Stamford Bridge.

If they can hurdle their Magpie obstacle then they could be looking at perfect form heading into their crunch clash with Arsenal on January 5th.

In our eyes, there's little doubt as to which of their four league fixtures is the toughest and it's their away date with Everton, a team who have underperformed in the less glamorous fixtures but really come good in the crunch clashes.

Anthony Martial was injured in the warm - up prior to the crunch clash, with Wayne Rooney already sidelined.

All teams in and around them, so clearly Martinez has been able to motivate his team easily enough for the crunch clashes.

Coutinho will feature for Brazil again on Tuesday when they face Colombia and will likely be included in Liverpool's squad for their crunch clash with Manchester City next Saturday.

That's a scary record to have, and it's something Conte will have to find a way to deal with ahead of this crunch clash.

Pochettino has said that Toby Alderweireld will return to the squad against CSKA Moscow, but I doubt he will start with the crunch clash at Old Trafford against Manchester United looming.

He was benched for the crunch clash with Paris Saint - Germain in the Champions League earlier this month, which suggests all may not be right in Spain for the Welsh winger.

The crunch clash with Porto this week may trigger the end of Mourinho's second reign...