Sentences with phrase «difficult away games»

As last year, we were handed two of the most difficult away games possible in our first four games of the season.

Manchester United on the other hand won two back to back difficult away games in the league and keeping themselves in the title race going into the derby.

The Gunners are just about clinging on in the race for the top four, and the challenge is now to back up the win over United by winning the two difficult away games at Southampton and Stoke.

This tactic has to be kept up for difficult away games.

So we could win both those difficult away games.

A great weekend for Mauricio Pochettino's side as they knock off Manchester United at home while their two rivals lose difficult away games against teams who also need the points, for different reasons.

Two difficult away games at Liverpool and Stoke are followed by the visit of Chelsea at the end of January but Arsenal must finish the month in a very strong position.

He should have released arteta and sold flamini and gotten another DM to compete with coquelin and play them together in those difficult away games when we need to defend well.

I was thinking of maybe using Kos in the middle sparingly in the less difficult games first and if it works out great, only use him there in difficult away games to give Flamini a breather.

We are now doing better against our close competitors but have most of the difficult away games to come.

We have got better recently, lets hope we can get good results in these difficult away games as well as the other away games with liverpool, stoke and everton.

We need another top keeper if Ospina goes, a top DM for those difficult away games where Rambo goes off on one, and a quality CF who can actually finish.

We have two difficult away games after that so I really hope we start well.

That was not likely to happen three or four weeks ago but we need to patient a bit because we played Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, with two difficult away games.

Two difficult away games at West Ham and Man City, but we beat both away last season.

A win for Leicester would put them 10 points ahead of the spuds with just four games left and our local rivals face a difficult away game at Stoke on Monday.

Well done lads, three games in eight days, we dug deep in a difficult away game.

We started the group with a difficult away game at PSG and we got a valuable point, which puts us in a real good position if we play our cards right.

Following on from the Foxes Arsenal's next league game is the always tough trip to Stoke, before an even more difficult away game against Liverpool, so you can see why all three points against Leicester could be massive.

Arsenal are set for a very difficult away game at the Etihaad Stadium tomorrow evening when they take on the current League Champions Manchester City.

To be fair the Frenchman should not have to rouse the team for this massive game but he will have to get them in the right frame of mind and well prepared for this hugely difficult away game.

Barcelona need to beat Sevilla, their most difficult away game left this season in the league, in order to at least keep up their 11 point lead over second - place Atletico Madrid and inch themselves closer to yet another La Liga title.

This weekend we resume our battle for top flight survival with a difficult away game at Liverpool, who remain unbeaten at Anfield this season, although six of their thirteen visitors have come away with a point.

Against Spurs I saw a team hungry and alive, the points were there for us in a difficult away game, so that's what I'm confident about.»

Only 3 points and two league positions separate the two but if Chelsea wins Liverpool might find themselves 4 points behind the top 4 teams by the end of the weekend which makes it a must win for Liverpool while Chelsea will be more than happy with a draw to get this difficult away game out of their system.

A difficult away game in the Basque Country, therefore a victory here will be vital.

Not exact matches

We played five of the six games away from home, we had to play the Champions League on Tuesday, we had a difficult game on Saturday.

We won the community shield thrashing City, got the first 3 points of the season and got an away draw in a difficult game in Turkey.

This game is so huge now because a title chasing team would expect to get at least three or four points from two difficult away fixtures like these, if we win well you'd have to say not too shabby.

Sou, Sto, Swa, Lei, there are many grounds that are difficult after a CL game, esp when you play three in 8 days and away on last day.

United have won every game at home and David De Gea hasn't conceded a single goal at Old Trafford, but maintaining that record might be difficult against a buoyant Spurs side who haven't lost away this season.

I said we need two points from these two away games against very difficult opponents.

Another game where i realized it would be difficult to win something big with giroud as our striker is the bayern away game.

Away games to Goodison, Upton Park and Etihad are difficult.

Crystal Palace away is a difficult game to win, we struggled there last season despite being in amazing form and top of the league, whilst Palace were really struggling.

We just need one more defeat to keep Arsenal from statistically being able to win the title, since the second half of the season is way more difficult, considering we have a few very tough away games such as both manchesters, the balancing bird club and Liverpool.

I think as much as a clean sheet is imp, we have to win the game... cos if we fail to score at home to a defensive minded team, imagine how difficult it'll be to score in the away leg.

Whilst Leicester players rested for 2 weeks, Arsenal had an FA Cup game and a European Cup game against Barcelona and then a difficult game away to Man United.

The only way this will happen is if we win all our games, which do include Tottenham away and Man Utd on a good run with a certain Mourinho in charge, but it all starts with reigning Champions Leicester who've also rediscovered some better results and it will be a difficult one.

Barcelona are yet to lose a game so far in the league this season, despite the fact that they've had very difficult away ties to all of Valencia, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid to contest with, and their 3 - 0 win over Real showed exactly why Barca are so hard to beat under Valverde.

We've seen Ozil very briefly get heated and try to make it more difficult to get away from him, so he is capable of giving more but obviously he dislikes that part of the game.

In Arsenal's last away League game we managed to score five past a previously unbeaten Leicester side, but our trip up to Watford could prove to be even more difficult.

watching my team against Ireland yesterday even tough we won i wasn, t impressedit, we only start playing with purpose when we go behind and when we, re in front we slow down our play, i thought koscielny had a decent game with a couple of good clearance and his job was made more difficult by adil rami who is a burden on the team and always one mistake away, giroud can, t be blamed for his first half performance the guy was starved of any service and it, s only when griezman was moved to his favourite position that giroud started making the difference what a great assist, by the way shane long dived for the penalty but that, s ok we are square now with the irish we had henry, s handball & they had the penalty!!

The spuds also have some difficult fixtures ahead, including Stoke and Chelsea away, and they will be just one point ahead if we win our game in hand, but they do have a much better goal difference so you would assume their 79 points would beat ours.

Bale marked his debut with an equalising goal in a 2 - 2 draw away to Villareal, and Ancelotti believes he played well in a difficult game after a long time out of action.

But would the Boss choice to experiment my own option in the not will be difficult Aston Villa away game on Sunday to see if it will bring more balance and stability to the structure of Arsenal game, will such a swap of positions by Ozil and Ramsey affects Ozil's assists rate?

That can happen in England but it was a game played with two teams that gave absolutely everything and we have shown again great character tonight and come away with a point, and if you look at the recent results it shows you that everywhere it is very even and very difficult for everybody.»

Lot of chat about our difficult away fixtures but 9 of City's remaining 16 games are away — we have only 7.

The first two away games are pretty difficult but winnable so all the team needs to do is to show recent commitment, belief, and balance, of course hoping Leicester slip.

Wenger is right that we are finding away games difficult, in fact we have only won 1 of our last 5 in the League, but that also has to be compared with Swansea's home record and that shows that the Swans have only won 2 of their 10 League games at the Liberty Stadium this season.