Sentences with phrase «extra midweek game»

It may not be a high scoring game considering the extra midweek game that the Blues had.

I know negativity is in fashion, but let's not kid ourselves - Arsenal are the bigger club, he'd have teammates like Ozil, Cazorla & Sanchez - household names around the world, instead of Vardy, Drinkwater & Albrighton, Leicester will not replicate the same form next year with the addition of European competition to work the squad - flying around, extra midweek game.

We have seen clubs like Liverpool and Chelsea thrive without all the extra midweek games and the toll they take on a squad and we know that Arsenal are beset annually with more injury problems than most.

After a terrible new year fixture schedule that saw Arsenal, who have already had the drawback compared to Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool of having to play the six extra midweek games in the Champions League, have to play two games in two days and get the shortest recovery time of all the clubs chasing the EPL title, we now have a well needed breather before the next league match.

Not exact matches

They get another tough game though as Everton come to visit Stamford Bridge, but the Toffees had extra midweek work which may work against them.

There is a temptation to look at the draw because Chelsea had that extra game in midweek and looked tired before it.

Firstly, it's a midweek game between an FA Cup semifinal against ManShitty which went to extra time and the f *** ing North London Derby.

The Citizens had an extra game in midweek as well to get through, as they face Bristol City in the EFL Cup semi-final first leg which they won 2 - 1.

They had an extra game to contend with in midweek as they took on Hajduk Split in the Europa League so will that work against them?