Sentences with phrase «first league defeat of the season on»

Vitesse suffered their first league defeat of the season on Saturday despite having all four Chelsea loanees feature for the first time.

MADRID: Lionel Messi was thrown on as a substitute but 10 - man Barcelona were relieved to escape with a draw as Celta Vigo came within a whisker of inflicting the Catalans» first league defeat of the season on Tuesday.

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Come the other year when Arsenal went the whole season without a defeat in the Premier League, Barcelona were attracted by Marc Overmas and Emmanue Petti, the two joined Barcelona, they played few games, and sometime on the bench, as a result Emmanue Petti decided to go back to England and joined New - Castle and always regret leaving Arsenal, then the other year it was Alexander Hleb, he was the best dribller in Arsenal team, he went again to Barcelona, he was never given some games, I think he only played few games as a sub, and his carrier was destroyed by Barcelona, then come Henry, he again went to Barcelona, he played some games but not like he used to do at Arsenal, he was not looking like a star player anymore, he decided to go to America, then there was Fabrigas, he joined Barcelona again, since he was one of their juniors, I think he played for two seasons, and supporter used to booing him, he decided to come back to Arsenal, by then Arsenal had already resplaced him with Ozil, and he joined Chelsea, then come Alexander Song, he pushed to go to Barcelona, he was always on the banch, and never been on first eleven, then he ended up regreting joing Barcelona, and wanted to go back to Arsenal, but normally Wenger do not take players who pushed themselves to be out of Arsenal, lastly there was Vermuleen, he went to Barcelona and ended up not playing at all but when playing for Arsenal they used to be star players.

It is becoming ever more unlikely that Arsenal will be able to mount a serious title challenge in the Premier League this season, failing to capitalise on a first defeat of the season for Chelsea being the latest low point in an already disappointing season.

Wilson scored twice on his Premier League debut back in May 2014 but has managed just eight minutes of first - team action this season, coming on as a sub during Man United's 3 - 0 defeat to Arsenal on the weekend.

In the likes of Ozil, Alexis and Ramsey we do have a team that can create and likes to attack more than defend, but will that see us inflict a first defeat of the season on Guardiola's league leaders, or will it just play into City hands?

As usual Jon you make some good points but with all respect to Leeds, Villa and Forest, no way would Spurs spend the amount of time in the lower leagues [just one year] that those three have spent recently and I'm sure you remember that great Spurs side in their double year dropping their first point after 14 games to Man City and suffering their first defeat to Sheffield Wednesday by the odd goal in three on Boxing day and almost beating our 66 point record [2 points a win in those days] which stood from the glorious thirties thanks to a shock home defeat on the last day of the season by West Brom with their frightening forward line of Jones, White, Smith, Allen, and Dyson and to make things worse the following year the signing of Jimmy Greaves, and don't let anybody tell different without doubt the greatest striker the English game as ever seen.

After winning the Spanish super cup on the starting of the season, Athletic Bilbao had 4 defeats in their first 5 matches in league match.

The Eagles currently sit bottom of the table, and have picked up just one point since recording their first and only league win of the season, when they defeated Chelsea on October 14.

Rudy had one more season with Sedan at the higher level (they consolidated in 12th out of 18 clubs), and was soon on the move to Belgium's First Division A where he's spent the last 2 seasons with Waasland - Beveren, a club I once watched defeat Ballymena United of the Irish League, 3 - 0, in the UEFA Cup.

Zenit conceded their first defeat of the Russian Premier League season on Sunday, against Arsenal Tula at home.

No team in Germany's top flight has gone through a league season unbeaten — Bayern in 1986 - 87 and 2012 - 13 came closest with a solitary defeat — but with 14 wins and 3 draws in the first half of the campaign, Pep Guardiola's side are still on course to become the Bundesliga's first Invincibles.

David Wagner's side were the first team to beat United in the league this season with Jose Mourinho looking for a response from that and the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Wednesday evening which saw Christian Eriksen score in the first 11 second of the match and Phil Jones score an own goal in the match.

A little over two months after defeat against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League final, Ajax play their first competitive fixture of the 2017/18 season when they take on Nice in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Chelsea suffered a humiliating defeat to Burnley on the first Premier League game of the season which was followed by a good string of results but recent losses to top of the table club Manchester City and lowly Crystal Palace have dented their current campaign.

For the first time in six games, Madrid won a city derby in the league, defeating Atlético 3 - 0 on their last visit (barring a meeting in the cup or the Champions league) to the Vicente Calderón, which will be bulldozed at the end of the season.

The Manchester United Academy graduate started his first match for Sunderland in the 2 - 1 defeat to Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon, David Moyes» second defeat of the season in the lLeague on Sunday afternoon, David Moyes» second defeat of the season in the leagueleague.

This will be just the third ever Premiership meeting between the two sides yet already, just five games into the season, it's a pivotal one between free - falling Bolton, who have now lost three games on the spin in the league following their emphatic 5 - 0 home defeat at the hands of Manchester United last weekend, and a Norwich side still looking for their first Premiership victory for well over six years − it has been a great deal longer since they were victorious on their travels, mind.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

-- Blackburn begin the weekend four points adrift of safety and only one above rock - bottom Wigan Athletic, with Rovers still searching for their first league win since their 4 - 3 defeat of Arsenal at home on 17 September (their only win of the season thus far).

A 1 - 0 defeat away to Sunderland is the only blemish in an otherwise impressive start to the 2010/2011 league season, where City find themselves second in the table and closing in on long - time leaders Chelsea, who they beat at the very end of September to become the first team to beat Chelsea this season.

He was our only winner in the bottom tier of the Football League as Jamal Blackman and Alex Kiwomya were on the wrong end of 2 - 0 scorelines for Wycombe Wanderers and Crewe Alexandra respectively, and Alex Davey couldn't prevent Crawley Town slipping to their first defeat of the season, 3 - 1 at home against Notts County.