Sentences with phrase «cup competitions when»

Match Predictions: United are struggling to score goals in the league and thats been much talked about but at the same time they are some how getting results in cup competitions when it really matters.

Both managers are desperate on extending their participation in one of the most prestigious cup competitions when they meet at the Hawthorns on Saturday.

There were mixed fortunes in the cup competitions when in the FA Cup Town bowed out at the first attempt to Hinckley United.

And you have to consider the length of a cup competition when more countries join in, at some point everything will have to be re-organized to accommodate the growing number of players and competition and it will be at the cost of the club competitions.

Not exact matches

The annoying stuff is that we all know Leicester will be ripped apart next season when they will have to play Europe and all cup competitions.

Arsenal had won their last 9 games against Watford at home up until last season when the Hornets arrived for an FA Cup match (a competition that we hadn't lost a game in for 3 seasons) but we let our North London neighbours bully our stars off the ball and surprisingly lost the game 2 - 1 after going 2 - 0 down.

Since 1923, when she first established the Wightman Cup for international competition with England, Hazel Wightman has been America's queen mother of tennis.

The 21 year - old scored his SIXTH goal in the League Cup last night, including two when the Dons knocked out the mighty Man United earlier on in the competition.

Any doubts over his availability dissipated on Tuesday night, however, when the South American scored twice and won the Man of the Match award in a terrific 3 - 1 comeback victory over Uruguay in the World Cup qualifying competition.

I remember Rio celebrating whole heartedly when winning through to the next round of a cup competition.

The Argentine's have not made a World Cup semi-final since winning the competition in 1986, when they defeated Belgium on the way to the title.

Your a long time passionate fan Ivan but you may have just missed or maybe not, the greatest night at Highbury when we came back from 3 - 1 first leg deficit against Anderlecht to beat them 4 - 3 on aggregate to win the Inter Cities Fairs Cup (Eufa Cup) when it really was a top competition.

That a genuine football man like Coppell, who would have played in the UEFA Cup for Manchester United when the competition was a close second to the European Cup in terms of prestige is sad, although understandable from his point of view.

The teams have a rich history in the FA Cup however, the Cottagers have only beaten United once in the competition when they met in 1905.

In Porto's opening European Cup fixture — a 2 - 2 draw away at Dyanmo Kyiv — the legendary stopper equalled Xavi's record of Champions League appearances, when he made his 151st outing in the competition.

To the surprise of no one, Rick Hendrick handpicked Elliott to be Jeff Gordon's successor when the four - time Cup champion steps away from full - time competition at the end of the year.

Wenger made a promise to Ospina for playing times in the cups competition, in summer when ospina had an offer from the Turks.

On their route to the final, they also eliminated us in the quarter finals, beating us at the Emirates in November, and now have the opportunity to become the first team to knock us out of both cup competitions since the 80s when Manchester United did the same.

«So in this competition (Europa League), cup games, Premier League when given the chance, I need to take it.

Teams performances — Great win in the FA cup again, but Arsenal were very poor when judging them in the competitions that are very hard to win.

A couple of weeks later comes the third round of the FA Cup, which is the point in the competition when the biggest teams in the country enter the competition with their fingers crossed, praying they don't get humiliated on national television by, say, Exeter City.

Arsenal can be proud of their record in cup competitions, as seen in the stat above, but they'll now face a very difficult task when going up against Pep Guardiola's Man City in the final next month.

When Queen Elizabeth invited him to a special audience during the World Cup competition, Pelé the star was flattered.

The English League Cup may be third on the list of domestic competitions in terms of how it's viewed by the elite of the Premier League, but when the giants of the English football pyramid meet up, it's always a good time, especially when you get to watch rivals like Chelsea and Arsenal go head - to - head like they will in the semifinals starting Wednesday.

Looking at total goals when comparing strikers can be deceptive as number of games is different depending how far the team goes in cup competitions.

Arsenal, who are aiming to win the FA Cup for a third successive year, have not failed to go beyond round four since 2010 when Stoke City — quite literally — threw them out of the competition.

You reminded me of Jose Mourinho, when everytime he got knocked out of the English cup competition, he would say» we didn't want that Cup&raqucup competition, he would say» we didn't want that Cup&raquCup»?

The Express state that the Brazilian caught the eye of Rodgers when Liverpool took part in the Frenz International Cup at the beginning of the year, as Internacional claimed the competition's trophy.

Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over again next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..

If Crowley was to stay at Arsenal for the upcoming season, it was likely we may have seen him in the early rounds of the domestic cup competitions, but aside from that, he would've been stuck amongst the youth ranks and sadly the youth team isn't known for giving players that professional edge that they need when developing as a youngster.

Their only win in 10 games was a narrow 1 - 0 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup — a competition they were booted out of 10 days later when they lost 2 - 1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

When Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were in the Europa Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players in important Premier League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.

When the New Manager takes over (hopefully tomorrow morning) I can not believe he will wish to start promising youngsters in League Games so it's more of the same with Cup Competitions the only way for these youngsters to progress.The odd substitute appearance will encourage them but the priority is the here and now.We simply have to recruit quality reinforcements (or in some cases replacements) that will improve us straight away.

The FA Cup has attached with it the prestige of being football's oldest club competition and the chance for lower league teams to face England «s best but for any club in the top 4 the FA Cup is usually 3rd on the list of priorities and is usually bumped up when any other chance of silverware is gone.

It really gets bad when we have a bad showing or result or we get disqualified from a Cup competition.

He is truly a SuperSub He is excellent at scoring goals of the bench Even match winning goals He will also start when Lacazette is injured or rested He can start Europa League too And both Giroud and Lacazette want to make the French World Cup squad so their competition will benefit us.

There is no doubt that the FA cup has been good to Arsenal over the years, but perhaps it has been even more so to our current manager, so in this modern age of football when a lot of the big clubs have been accused of showing the oldest cup competition in the world a lack of respect, Arsene Wenger is determined not to follow suit.

But the rule seems to be blame Wenger for anything and everything, except when we win the FA cup three times in four years, THEN its because the competition has been devalued and I guess that must be his fault as well... SIGH SIGH SIGH

As witnessed by the amazing amount of giant - killing that goes on in the FA Cup, as doubly proven by Arsenal's last two opponents in the competition, Lincoln and Sutton, who progressed far despite not even being in the lowest division in the League, just shows that when it comes to the FA Cup absolutely anything can happen on the day.

We know that the Football League cup is not the highest on the list of priorities for the Arsenal manager, at least until the later rounds when the chances of winning a trophy can not be ignored, but Arsene Wenger will still want to get through our first game in the competition away to Nottingham Forest tonight.

When Arsenal beat Liverpool in the 1971 FA cup final thanks to a dramatic late winner from Charlie George it was our fourth victory in the world's oldest football competition but it was also the first time the Gunners had managed a league and cup double.

We all know that Middlesbrough are currently are on a great run of form right now under Aitor Karanka, and Arsenal fans are obviously a little bit wary going into today's Fifth Round FA Cup tie, but when you look into Arsene Wenger's record in this competition you should not be in the slightest bit worried.

Only time will provide a fair reflection as to how far they have come in these four months — when they are asked to defend the FA Cup against the best team left in the competition in their own backyard.

The first North London derby is going to take place at White Hart Lane and these matches are never dull, even when they take place in the cup competitions.

Wigan Athletic wonderful journey in FA Cup finally came to an end as they were eliminated by Southampton when both teams battled each other during the competition's quarter finals round.

With so many eyes on the Champions League season after season, experience under the competition's bright lights should serve players well when the World Cup roles around, already accustomed to the intense scrutiny of millions of TV viewers and a high - pressure environment.

This shows us how well our World Cup hopefuls are keeping the ball — something England tend to struggle with when they enter the premier competitions, the game against Italy at Euro 2012 is the prime example.

Stoke's most recent victory in any competition against the Blues at Stamford Bridge was in 1995 in the League Cup second round when Paul Peschisolido scored the only goal 15 minutes from time.

We might not like them much at the moment when they do play, but at least we have the opportunity to watch them more than somebody like West Ham do, who regularly get knocked out of early rounds of cups and also don't really appear in European competition.

Pic: Local Tottenham fans taking shots at Arsenal during the Italy v Denmark match in Krakow That photo with a sea of empty seats is what Wembley will look like mid-season when Spurs are nowhere in the league and out of every cup competition, like always.