Sentences with phrase «first game in that competition»

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.

Leeds United came into being in 1919 following the demise of the old Leeds City Football Club and joined the Midland League, playing their first game in that competition in November 1919.

I hope the team start the Champions League with a victory, the first game in any competition is always very important.»

Not exact matches

Despite competition from the Magic Kingdom in the form of Disney Infinity (and Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes later this year), Activision has ruled the gaming and toy space since developer Toys For Bob unleashed the first game in 2011.

In 2017 we hosted the first ever Wild About Game Cocktail Competition with help from our friends at Bull In China.

Perhaps strong competition for places in the first team will help and if it was me I would every now and then pull out a video of a game like Watford to remind the players what can happen if they slack off and make them recall how bad those times feel.

How United fans crave for this sort of creativity in their impotent first team, who have drawn 0 - 0 in four of their last seven home games in all competitions.

The first official F1 esports series has its grand final in Abu Dhabi this weekend, and McLaren launched a competition to find a gamer who was good enough to become the F1 team's official simulator driver.

Harry Kane didn't score in his any of his first eight games in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur this season, but a first - half brace against Norwich City means that the 22 - year - old now has 13 for the campaign — 12 in his last 11 appearances.

Having scored 37 goals in all competitions last season, i just hope he can do the same in his very first season, especially if Ozil and Alexis are slipping through balls to him in every game.

The Englishman went onto play 143 games for Palace in all competitions and also earned his first cap for the England national team in November 2012 for his impressive performances in the Championship — he has played two matches in total to date.

Booming oratory is not a problem for Herr Klopp, but victory is something that has been largely evasive since his players came back from their first national service of the season in September — the Reds have won just three of their last 11 games in all competitions.

Both sides have had disappointing results in recent friendly matches though so will be looking for a win in their final match before the competition to take some confidence and momentum into their first group game.

Mississippi: The Rebels stay on the road for a second straight game when they play at Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, in trying to avoid losing two in a row for the first time against league competition.

The staging of the competition, which has seen three 1 - 1 draws in its first four matches after a stalemate between Tunisia and the Cape Verde Islands in the final game of the day, results that have indicated the competition could be wide open.

Since making his first team debut for the north London side in 2014, Dier has amassed a fairly decent record, as the England international has bagged eight goals and six assists in 147 games in all competitions.

Its only been 2 games but his playing with a bit more confidence and swag, his probably grown in confidence having been guaranteed a first team slot with no proper competition (hope it does not go to his head).

Kane has 112 goals in 177 games for Tottenham and seems to have taken his game to a whole new level this term with an incredible record of 13 strikes in his first 12 games for the club in all competitions.

Personally I hope to see Reine Adelaide, Iwobi and Bielek start to integrate into the first team, maybe in cup competitions and games that are won already.

And AKB's please do not go on about 3 FA Cup wins in 12 years as that is not a competition that top clubs take seriously Only (6 games and nobody plays their first team).

Still, it could be argued that actually Rodgers really benefitted from a specific set of circumstances that year — Luis Suarez being at the very top of his game (something that would have happened under any manager), Daniel Sturridge staying relatively injury free (clearly a bit of a one - off, based on his record since), and above all a lack of real competition elsewhere: Chelsea were in transition and poor in their first season with Jose Mourinho back at the helm, Arsenal imploded as they usually do after a fine start, and Manchester United were nowhere to be seen in terms of the title race with David Moyes» disastrous reign seeing them finish 7th and struggling to cope with the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Apart from all that, at least there is a good chance to get past the round of 16 in a European competition for the first time in ages and there could be a few more meaningful games this season, before the time for tough decision inevitably comes!

It is fairly clear that our defence is a major factor in helping us win games, and without them, there seems little point in risking our first team attack / midfield in other competitions.

The Arsenal team that Arsene Wenger picked for the match at Anfield yesterday were absolutely awful in the first half and were extremely lucky to be only 2 goals down at the break, but although some players have complained that they just weren't ready, Wenger believes that the slow start was because they didn't play a game last week, and suffered from «a lack of competition».

Now that Arsenal have given themselves a good chance of qualifying into the last 16 of the UCL, after a disastrous start by losing our first 2 games in the competition, I think some of us are still nervously assuming that we have been here before (whatever stage) and don't want to get our hopes up, understandably so!

But our first obstacle is to get past Monaco, who were considered one of the easiest draws in the competition at the time, but, like Arsenal, they have improved rapidly recently, and are currently on an unbeaten run of 14 games in row in which they have only conceded ONE goal in regulation time (in a 1 - 1 draw away at Ligue 1 leaders Lyon in the middle of December).

The first leg of this semi-final also ended in a 0 - 0 stalemate (in our first away game in this year's competition) and now we will finally get a result on Wednesday whether it is in extra time or penalties yet again.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

Arsenal have lost three successive home games in all competitions for the first time since November 2002.

Complacency was more the culprit in the first game and the real pressure was evident in the return game — can't be more pressure to perform if you know you are going out of the biggest club competition there is unless you can score 3 goals.

First of all there was the game itself, a 0 - 0 draw already being hailed as perhaps the worst in the history of this stage of the competition.

was great to see crowely training with the first team today wont be long until he gets a game, maybe f / a cup next round or against villa lol, he will be fighting with zelalem next season for spot in the midfield, great to see competition coming through, and always great to see we stick to our philosophy and not waver in the face of financially doped teams.

Arsenal have registered a massive 45 players from the First team, the reserves and the Academy, for our six Europa League games against BATE, Koln & Red Star Belgrade, which would seem to indicate that he is going to give a lot of our youngsters a run - out in the competition while our senior players attempt to get back into contention for the Premier League.

Olivier Giroud an excellent player and when on form is as good as anyone in any league, however his consistency is that of a rice pudding as was proved in the first Monaco game he misses the sticks as much as he doesn't and while I in no way condone selling him I really do feel that competition for the front spot would sharpen his mind and his game and that can only be good thing.

Further, after featuring in 21 games in all competitions in his first season at White Hart Lane, he managed just eight appearances last year as he was crowded out by the strong competition.

The Portuguese superstar took just three minutes to score the opening goal of the game as he became the first player in Champions League history to score in 10 consecutive games in the competition.

Earlier in the competition the sim racers performed incredibly well, with World's Fastest Gamer winner and McLaren simulator driver Rudy van Buren taking two wins in the first round, one of which was over Lando Norris.

They could hardly have got an easier Group to contend with, and they started off well in the minor European competition, beating Cologne 3 - 1 in our opening game,, although the goals really came from first team players with Kolasinac, Alexis and Bellerin sll getting on the scoresheet.

Yes we have a shrewd and clever manager yes we have built a team that is now coming together and who were brought in using a wise and financially aware transfer policy BUT this is the first time since the game changed in this country that we are as close as we have ever been to being able to compete with the elite clubs without spending WHAT THEY SPEND this does not mean however that we don't need to spend at all!!!! Our season ticket prices are the highest in Europe yet we have not progressed in European competitions for five years!!!

Jose Mourinho and Man United have Europa League games to worry about and their first group game is followed by a home game against Southampton who are also in the second European competition.

Four strikes in LaLiga and one in the Copa del Rey were added to on Wednesday night in the Champions League game against AS Roma, as Piqué found the net in the competition for the first time this term.

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Arsenal was knocked out of the competition, before the ban was over, but was still in force for the next seasons completely different competition, so he still had to see his first game relegated to the stands.

Roma won 3 - 0 to overturn a three - goal deficit and advance on away goals, having entered the game in Rome as massive underdogs after losing the first leg of their quarterfinal 4 - 1 against a Lionel Messi - led team that was one of the big favorites to win the competition.

The Red Devils, lived up to their recent reputation of not playing to their full potential in the first half, and duly paid the price after the opening goal well worked by Blackburn Rovers as the combination of Danny Graham and Marvin Emnes managed to unlock the visitors» back four to score the first goal that United conceded in six games in all competitions.

And Sanchez, who hit the post in the first half before cracking a second - half free - kick against the crossbar, feels it is the confidence of the squad that has seen them embark on a damaging run of just three wins from 11 games in all competitions.

Guardiola suffered a shock loss at home to West Brom but to his credit City then went on an incredible run, winning ten games in a row in all competitions ahead of the pair's first meeting, at the Etihad in October.

They have conceded just three goals in their past eight games in all competitions, and Jesus» effort was the first they have shipped in the Champions League since November.

Pellegrino and Hughes have both used him as their first - choice forward this season when a return of two goals in 50 games in all competitions for club and country should indicate that, no matter how good Long's hold - up play is, no matter how industrious he invariably is, his position in the team should be untenable.

Barkley had shimmied past the Leicester defence but though he saw his shot cleared off the line by Andy King, the ball popped out towards Lukaku, who became the first Everton player to score in eight successive games in all competitions since Dave Hickson in 1954.