Sentences with phrase «defeat against sides»

They have avoided defeat against sides around them recently and can do the same in this one.

In short, Milan aren't great - but they are good, and we will need to improve on our recent performances to avoid defeat against a side who is gradually finding its feet in the race for European football.

Not exact matches

Many publications were still undecided on who won as of November 9; Maine newspaper The Bangor Daily News declared a win for pro-legalization folks, and the against side accepted defeat in the piece.

They are absolutely certain that the «silent majority» of Americans are just like them, and that a punitive and judgemental God is on their side and against «the liberals,» and no electoral defeat or anything else will ever convince them otherwise.

So firstly Shearer is convinced that his Newcastle side will manage to do the business at Villa Park even though his Toon Army side has only won two games on the their travels this season and regardless of Martin O'Neill's recent poor form the midlands club have only lost three times at home this season and have managed to avoid defeat against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal in the process.

The Molineux side slipped to a 3 - 0 defeat against the Premier League champions, with the visiting fans venting their displeasure at the team selection.

Despite scoring the opening goal in the Savoyard club's relegation six - pointer against SC Bastia, Sunu's side ultimately fell to defeat — a loss that may have grave consequences for the fight to avoid the drop.

The Senegal international shone in the Europa League in midweek as he bagged a magnificent effort against Liverpool, even though he wasn't able to help Willy Sagnol's side avoid a 2 - 1 defeat.

Also, playing a second string side against Spurs will not necessarily mean defeat and by the same token, playing a full strength team will not necessarily mean that Arsenal win.

A lack of creativity has been noticeable in the side's last two games against Manchester United and Arsenal, which resulted in back - to - back defeats and dented hopes of Champions League football returning to Anfield next season.

The former Everton man has hardly featured for Manchester City this season, after joining the club for # 12million last summer, but finished the season on a high note with two fine goals in his side's 3 - 2 defeat against Norwich City at the Etihad Stadium.

The 19 - year - old made his Premier League debut against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon, and even though Jose Mourinho's side fell to defeat, the youngster made a big impression and will be hopeful that it's just the first of many appearances in the league for the Red Devils.

With the Foxes facing a tricky test against Southampton on Sunday, Spurs could close the gap to just two points should they defeat Jurgen Klopp's unconvincing Liverpool side at Anfield on Saturday.

The German international scored in his side's latest defeat of the season, a 2 - 1 reverse against Werder Bremen on Saturday, but is clearly unhappy with how the team is playing at the moment as they head into the second half of the season facing a genuine fight against relegation.

However, it is Laurent Blanc's side who hold top spot, with Lyon having dropped two points away at Olympique de Marseille, before suffering a shock defeat at home against OGC Nice.

Huddersfield's Championship defeat against Fulham was overshadowed by a bizarre incident which saw the referee, Richard Clark dismiss the away side's Shaun Hutchinson, but only after he had originally sent off his teammate, in the weekend's second case of mistaken identity, reports BBC Sport.

The youngster is yet to make the squad for their Under - 18 side, due to his commitments to the senior side and the Under - 23 sides instead, and after impressing and scoring against Chelsea Under - 23, was given a full 90 minutes of senior football as the Black Cats defeated Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup.

Similarly, when he was on international duty with Senegal earlier in the year, ahead of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, Willy Sagnol's side failed to win in three, suffering consecutive defeats against Nice and (again) PSG.

Elneny has got that one goal against Barcelona but in the Premier League he has not really showed that side of his game and he actually had a bit of a shocker in front of goal during the FA cup defeat by Watford.

Before the international break, Jurgen Klopp's side lost their first game 2 - 1 at the hands of Crystal Palace — their first defeat since the German coach replaced Brendan Rodgers in October — and will have been desperate to return to winning ways against City.

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

Jenkinson signed for Arsenal from Charlton Athletic in 2011, making his league debut against Liverpool in the August, and was also part of the side which suffered a humiliating 8 - 2 defeat against Manchester United soon after.

Meanwhile Liverpool will be desperate to inflict a first home league defeat on Mourinho's side this season as they look to close the gap on fourth placed Manchester United after the Red Devils strengthened their bid for Champions League football with a 2 - 1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

Arsenal also have a pretty good record against Moneybags Man City, with just one defeat in our last 7 meetings, so you could say that history is on our side.

McNair was brought in to the side for the game against West Ham, in the wake of the catastrophic defeat to Leicester, with every other defensive option suspended or injured.

Sylvain Ripoll's side played well - in spells - in their last match against Paris Saint - Germain on Friday evening, but ended up falling to a 3 - 1 defeat.

This season the Arsenal, thanks to Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez, defeated the Chelsea side 3 - 0 to halt the Chelsea run against Arsenal, but seems to be a continuation of Chelsea's inflictions on Arsenal.

Mourinho has his critics and he's certainly been in the firing line in recent weeks following his side's dire performance against Liverpool at Anfield which was followed by a disappointing defeat at Huddersfield Town.

The defeat in west London was the second in succession for Arsene Wenger's side following a disappointing setback in their Champions League opener against Dinamo Zagreb in midweek.

How low can that be as Arsenal lost to Liverpool home and away following the 3 - 1 defeat masterminded by Chief Architect Sadio Mane who ran the show against the entire Arsenal side in transition.

Chelsea got their pre-season off to a disappointing defeat against Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls, and Jose Mourinho will surely be demanding a much improved performance from his Blues squad.

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Against West Brom on Sunday, Wenger overtook Sir Alex Ferguson's record by taking charge of his 811th Premier League game.The Frenchman saw his side slip to their biggest ever defeat to us at Stamford Bridge in 2014, as we ran out 6 - 0 winners that day.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini expressed his frustration at seeing his side crash to a shock home defeat against West Ham United on Saturday evening.

Our side will be keen for a big performance against the Reds, having already been embarrassed by the Anfield club in August when they gave us a 4 - 0 thrashing on Merseyside, and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain will hopefully be on the end of both defeats having played at wing - back for us in the reverse fixture shortly before moving to our rivals.

Memphis Depay had given the visitors the lead against his former club, but goals from Hector Moreno and Luciano Narsingh completed the the turnaround and inflicted a second successive away defeat for Louis van Gaal's side.

As reported by The Guardian, the veteran tactician made his comments after Arsenal's 3 - 1 defeat to City at the start of the month, as he was left frustrated and angry with two big calls in the game that went against his side.

They had a minor scare against Swedish side FK Ostersunds in the round of 32 before securing a 4 - 2 aggregate success, and went on to defeat Milan 5 - 1 overall in the last 16.

For him 4 - 0, 6 - 0, 8 - 2, 6 - 3 defeats are acceptable, in fact they are the norm against top sides in recent times and he thinks he got what it takes to turn it around.

He'll be attempting to end a miserable run of results for John Carver's side, who could be facing up to the prospect of a fifth successive defeat against their neighbours.

Southampton, after they got the lead against us during their 4 - 0 win, repeatedly lob the ball over Mert side and ask Long to race for it with Kos becoz they know in that situation Mert is not in the picture at aĺl... And its not an accident Mert conceded the penalty to Costa during our defeat at Chelsea this season, and it was not an accident they scored from a beautiful lob over Mert and Kos by Cesc to Costa during their 2 - 0 win last season....

The knives were also out for Mauricio Pochettino after yet another defeat in an away game against a top six side...

A late equalizer on the weekend may have helped Gareth Southgate's side to avoid defeat against fellow relegation threatened Portsmouth but i feel it is more than likely that Boro will not beat the drop which means that the fate of this much speculated winger will be a lot clearer.

The Red Devils were defeated 2 - 1 by Norwich City on Saturday, making it two back - to - back defeats against newly promoted sides.

Defeat to bottom side Leicester City after another insipid display, this time at the King Power Stadium in a game that represented a local derby of sorts, helped to turn Villa fans even further against Lambert as his side have struggled for goals all season.

Off the back of a 3 - 0 defeat against Dortmund, manager Besnik Hasi will be hoping for a better showing against the Premier League side.

It was a reminder of the former Arsenal superstar Robin Van Persie's goal against Spain at the last World Cup in Brazil, were the Dutch side beat Spain 5 - 1 with Van Persie and Arjen Robben the architect of the La Roja defeat on the occasion.

Mourinho's big - game tactics came under scrutiny again as his side looked distinctly second - best against Chelsea, where they fell to a 1 - 0 defeat.

Although Aston Villa ended their goal drought with a strike against Chelsea, it was another defeat that leaves Paul Lambert's side in trouble and the manager under huge pressure after a dismal campaign.

Their inability to beat the biggest sides is reflected in the Premier League — in the last 3 seasons, Arsenal have won just 3 matches against their top 4 rivals, a run which includes 11 defeats.