Sentences with phrase «first league game»

HIGHLIGHTS: Barça v Levante FC Barcelona First league game of 2018 and first win.

Jack Wilshere's injury is worse than first feared & he's unlikely to be fit to face West Ham, in Arsenal's first league game on Sunday

Indeed, both Cuadrado and defender Facundo Roncaglia will sit out the Viola's first league game of the 2014 - 15 campaign against AS Roma at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on August 30.

Later on Sunday, Barcelona FC will hold their first league game of the season, with 100,000 expected at the Camp Nou, where there will be a minute's silence.

Wenger was at pains to stress that the whole team is still not fully fit, but he still has another week to prepare for the first League game.

Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.

We started our first league game with Chambers and Holding in defence against Liverpool and let our best players have extended holidays because of the Euros.

Calum Chambers, who played his first League game for the Gunners for 18 months last night, thinks that it was the perfect springboard for another away win.

Frustrating to know Gibbs is now out for 2 - 3 weeks after in the first league game which leaves us with just Monreal for that period.

«Then the first league game came and we lost 2 - 0 at home.

we play for top four... now that our number four is not threatened we will loose the first league games as usual and as the seasons nears to end we will wake up and finish number four..

Doing so after the first league game of the season, which happened to be a loss, screams panic buy.

Petr Čech A Chelsea back up player that showed us all we need to know when he threw in two during our first league game against West Ham.

The main thing is practicing our team shape, get it to a tee, and get our quick tempo passing ready for the first league game.

All season long, ever since Arsenal lost their first League game to West Ham back in August, readers on JustArsenal have been calling for Wenger's head.

We have won our first league game, and drawn our tough CL qualifier.

Without Jan Vertonghen alongside him for the first league game this season, Alderweireld had extra responsibility on his shoulders.

Last season, Arsenal were far from ready for our first League game which we duly lost to Liverpool with a makeshift defensive set up, but this time around Wenger is much more confident that he will have a strong squad ready when we take on Leicester.

Despite the first League game just three days away, poor old Lucas Perez still doesn't know where he will be playing this season despite Arsene Wenger aassuring him that he would be sold as there are simply too many strikers at the Emirates.

Although the Gunners managed to swerve another defeat in the first League game of the season, as we started off the last two campaigns on a sad note.

Chelsea welcome Cardiff to Stamford Bridge on Saturday for the first league game between these two sides since March 1984.

Chelsea finally lost their first league game of the season against Newcastle United last weekend but are still three points clear of Manchester City at the top of the table after 15 games into the season.

United had lost their last two matches there, not winning since a Robin van Persie and Danny Welbeck masterclass led to a 1 - 4 success back in David Moyes» first league game in charge.

Arsenal will resume full duty of the new season this weekend when they take on league winners Manchester City in the Community Shield followed by their first league game against Crystal Palace a week latter.

Southampton will leapfrog West Ham and escape the bottom three if they win their first league game under Mark HughesBy Martin Laurence for WhoScored,...

The summer hasn't gone as planned and quite frankly, I still can't believe we go into our first league game in four days and we've only got a Sanogo to show for.

«There is a competition before the first league game starts, I tell them who will start in the Premier League.

Turkish League outfit Kasimpasa slumped to their second consecutive league defeat losing a five goal thriller 2 - 3 to Sivasspor in the first league game of Sunday fixtures in the Turkish League.

In defence, Ferdinand is likely to start his first league game since February and would be partnering Vidic in central defence.

United scored their opener in as early as the 14th minute when Marcus Rashford, who started his first league game since 26 December, scored with a brilliant finish.

Mauricio Pochettino will be looking forward to his first league game in charge of Tottenhamat White Hart Lane on Sunday afternoon when his side welcome Harry Redknapp's Queens Park Rangers.

Klopp instantly demonstrated faith in the youngster, handing him another Premier League appearance against Tottenham during Klopp's first league game in charge.

It's hard to imagine a time when Diego Costa could have been considered a flop, as he opened his account for the club with a goal in his first league game.

First league game of 2018 and first win.

«We lost the last one in the Coppa Italia but in the first league game we had an unbelievable evening, and we want to experience that again.»

The campaign succeeded despite some local opposition, and Albion moved into Withdean in 1999, thrashing Mansfield Town 6 - 0 in the first league game there.

Maybe you can't blame Hughes too much, as this was his first league game, and he hasn't had much time to work with his Southampton players.

Chelsea were rampant in their first league game after Mourinho's sack as they scored two early goals against Sunderland to build a comfortable 2 - 0 lead at Stamford Bridge, Oscar added the third after break through penalty.

Arsenal won their first league game in three to get back on track in the chase for the Champions League.

I think most people had hopes that there might have been signings this week but it now looks as though this final friendly will be played and we'll be looking forward to the first league game against Swansea with the Charlton pair of Johann Berg Gudmundsson (pictured) and Nick Pope the only new recruits.

It will be the first league game for Newcastle United since getting promotion from Championship and they will be eager to go against the odds and get something from this game against Spurs.

Blind and Smalling were a good partnership and would be today if it was not for Eric Bailly, who has earned his place in the team with Smalling facing suspension from the first league game of the season, and a minor injury.

Winning their first league game against Crystal Palace, Arsenal are keen on keeping that positive run going when they play Everton this upcoming weekend as Gunners» boss, Arsene Wenger is targeting nothing else than three points for that tie.

Jurgen Kloop will be delighted with the last two results and will also be happy to see his attacker's getting on so well and creating a number of chances between them the only area he needs to focus now is the defence as we have seen them give away a good 3 - 1 lead in the first league game against Watford which they would've probably won if not for two badly defended corners resulting in a late equaliser.

He is a 2/1 First Goalscorer favourite at William Hill for this one, what will be his first league game of the new season.

It's been a while since these two met up and it will be the first league game between them since the old Division 2 back in 1989.

How will the Citizens respond to having lost their first league game of the season?