Sentences with phrase «do against his former club»

The 19 - year old has already proved his versatility, impressing at centre back and right back and he might even get a chance to show what he can do against his former club at left back tonight, with both of the first choice left backs facing late fitness tests.

Players don't do that against their former clubs.

Not exact matches

I expect Giroud to get a rest and Welbeck to replace him at centre forward, as the Frenchman could do with a rest and the England striker could do with the game time, especially after doing so well against his former club in the last round.

He has done it against Leicester and I won't be surprise if he scores against his former club (manu) or plays a huge part in that game.

Or when you arrive in a new club, you do not just say anything you like against your former club (and not just former, but one which made you a star when probably no one gave you change: like Nasri).

Dos Santos is the second player in quick succession to speak out against Spurs, after former player Niko Kranjcar criticised the club for refusing to allow Luka Modric to join Real Madrid.

The England international was brought back in against his former club and he did not disappoint, scoring the winning goal from his favoured centre forward role.

I don't think Walcott should start this gamHTMLe against his former club because he hardly does well there whenever he went there to play for Arsenal.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Just as he did against Chelsea, I expect the prof to bring in Granit Xhaka to replace the injured Frenchman and that will see our summer signing go up against his former club, although he had left Basel for the Bundesliga with Borussia Monchengladbach before turning 20.

We Arsenal fans are the only fans who hold grudges against the players who left the club.Others do it also but we Arsenal fans took it too far.We are so abusive when it comes to those players.A player can leave his former club and still be in love with it.We are the only club who are told by the manager to not boo the player who left.

While Robin Van Persie will have enjoyed playing against his former club more than Danny Welbeck did, it is Wenger who really needs to look at the upcoming January transfer window and make radical changes to his squad, with Vermaelen a potential loan target.

The Sky Sports pundit cited Arsene Wenger's poor record against Jose Mourinho as a reason behind why he doesn't believe his former club will return home with a win, while Lawrenson has questioned Mourinho's tactics and believes he'll play for the draw.

«We all want to do well when we play against our former club, to show we are great players, but it is not easy to deal with the mental aspect of it,» said Wenger, reports Guardian.

We do, however, have the advantage of having two former Basel players in our ranks and I am sure that Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny will be passing on plenty of advice to their new team mates as well as wanting to shine against their old club themselves.

Xabi Alonso and Toni Kroos have also switched the clubs and will be interesting to be seen what will they do against their former teams.

KEY FACT: Tottenham are on a 14 - match unbeaten run against Swansea MATCH ODDS: Swansea 11/1 Draw 17/4 Spurs 1/3 bet365 Pick: Spurs win & Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11 ANDY SAYS: Have to go with my former club here, they will have too much... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Don't see this being easy but Tottenham should win... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Comfortable win for Spurs — easy three points... 0 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just over # 2 and Christian Eriksen's looks very good value

Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang missed two good chances to restore Dortmund's lead, but it was Cologne who scored next two minutes before the break as a long ball over the top was lobbed over Roman Burki by Jojic, who did not celebrate scoring against his former club.

The deal will not be done in time for the Italian to make his debut against former club Manchester City on Monday.

KEY FACT: Brighton won their last home league match against Spurs, although it in April 1983 MATCH ODDS: Brighton 11/2 Draw 10/3 Spurs 11/20 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 43/40 ANDY SAYS: I don't see an issue for my former club here, convincing win... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think Brighton get something here, draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen — what a player!

The former Arsenal man did start the West London club's 3 - 2 win over Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup last week, having come off the bench to supply Diego Costa for the club's winning goal against Watford a few days before.

> You don't see this very often — the whole stadium rises to applaud as Aaron Ramsey heads Arsenal into the lead against his former club!

Sandro Wagner opened his account for Bayern against his former club Hoffenheim and doesn't hold back the celebrations... our #MatchdayMoment!

A weird trivia from the game: Dragan Stojković, the Red Star legend («Zvezdina zvezda», just like our ex-player Vladimir Petrović Pižon - Pidgeon) and one of favourite Arsene Wenger's players, played for Olympique against his former club but didn't want to be among the five designated penalty takers.

Former Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy says his old team are the only English club who would collapse in the way they did against Sevilla, and says that scape - goating Alberto Moreno could «finish» the defender.

Ex-Arsenal captain Van Persie's first game against his former club dominated the pre-match build - up, and we did not have to wait long for the Dutchman to make his presence felt.

Thibaut Courtois was once again largely a spectator against his former club Atletico Madrid in midweek and couldn't have done much about Saul Niguez's goal.