Sentences with phrase «first league matches»

Since 2010, Arsenal have won just one of their seven first league matches of the season due to a combination of not making new signings until the end of the transfer window and players either being injured or not fit after pre-season.

The reason Mancity are 5 points clear is that Wenger chose not to place Koscielney (even) on the bench for our first league match (against Liverpool).

As we approach Arsenal's first League match of the season on Sunday, there is a lot of discussion about which teams should be favourites to win the Premier League title come May next year.

Star playmaker Manuel Lanzini and box to box midfield force Cheikhou Kouyate are available for their first league match of the season, as both are on the bench.

It would appear that Newcastle have themselves back on track after losing their first league match of the new calendar year at Blackburn.

Moreover, he also expressed his joy over scoring two goals during his first league match for Man United, though the former Everton man admitted he was targeting a third one during that tie against West Ham.

Talk is cheap though, we've been treated to enough of the rubbish from Ancelotti, and no it's time for the defending champions to do their talking on the pitch, by winning their first league match in five games.

Not exact matches

At the same time, we invested heavily in the Women's Big Bash League, broadcasting matches in prime time for the first time and raising its profile significantly.

It isn't enough to simply get Under 21 games and a few cup matches with the first team, because those fixtures don't necessarily offer players the true physicality, feel and experience of playing in the Premier League.

Arsenal fans also want to see the side defend well as that is another area of concern with Koscielny and Mertesacker not available for the visit of Liverpool in the first Premier League match.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

The Gunners have conceded at least three goals in four of their last six first leg matches in the last - 16 of the Champions League.

Arsenal Football Club and injury problems have almost become synonymous with each other in recent years, so I suppose we should not have been too surprised to see our first choice goalkeeper pick up an injury in our last Premier League match, the damaging defeat away to West Brom.

My only fear is that the first match after national duty is alway difficult for Arsenal to win but what is involve in this game will make Arsenal players to work hard to destroy Old traford and come with the required three point that will put us in competing for the league

Livermore, who has come through the ranks at White Hart Lane, started Spurs first three league matches of the season but the signing of Moussa Dembele has since forced him to the bench.

Manchester City's midweek defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League means that, after winning their first 10 games under Pep Guardiola, the title favourites are now without a victory in four matches.

NorthEast United were the whipping boys of the first - ever Indian Super League season, winning only three of their 14 matches in the eight - team division.

We lost our first match to Aston Villa, audaciously brought in Ozil on deadline day and where topping the league by the end of December.

This season we had Arteta as our club captain, who did not start a single Premier League match, and was not expected to be a regular in the first - team either.

The ban means that he will not only miss this weekend's FA CUP FINAL match against Chelsea, but the first two games of the Premier League 2017/18 season.

We can't win The Champions League or EPL with Giroud leading the line, he only has 14 league goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed siLeague or EPL with Giroud leading the line, he only has 14 league goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed sileague goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed sitters!

The match was Coutinho's first appearance for Liverpool since a January League Cup match with Stoke City.

Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet, conceding 12 goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.

Manure lost the first match to everton in 2012/13 season but later won the league.

So judging by the fact that it was the French central midfield star Francis Coquelin sat next to the boss today ahead of the Champions League match at home to Ludogorets Razgrad, I assume that Le Coq is set for his first Arsenal start since picking up a knee injury in the Premier League win over Chelsea.

The midfielder started his first Premier League match of the campaign in midweek, coming in for the sidelined Aaron Ramsey, and is believed to be in line for a new deal.

Arsenal players haven been overly played this season because of the Europa league where we have been playing mainly our B team and Ozil and MK haven't had too many games before Christmas so i think our first 16 players are not heavily over worked and will have less to do in the coming weeks, we should be more worried about match fitness then fatigue,

«The Europa League has helped him more than any other player, giving him time to build his match fitness and the chance to break into Arsenal's first team.

The 19 year - old has not yet played a League match for Leicester's first team but won the Academy Player of the Year last season and played a full 90 minutes against Hull in the League Cup this season.

The Gunners need to win both of their remaining Premier League matches to have any hope of reaching the Champions League places, and first they will have to take all three points from their home tie against the already - relegated Sunderland.

what a laff, his career wud have continued in the league 2 by now... m not even interested in arsenal matches, I mean what do I wan na watch that I haven't seen b4 its like watching titanic regularly and expecting jack and rose both survive the ice and get married in a big hotel in NEW YORK,... there's been no tactical revolution, just same old boring arsenal... young mbappe ran straight for the mdf to search for more goals after scoring the first goal against manshitty, but our dear old stupid scorpion king felt he should do a little scorpion dance against Bournemouth a match he remained totally anonymous till Pérez got in..

While the Stamford Bridge outfit have been top of the Premier League since the first day of the season, the Gunners have had to win their last eight matches in order to even get close to touching distance of the Blues.

Jordan Chamberlain: Suarez registered 31 goals and 12 assists in the Premier League last term, despite being banned for the first five matches.

Speaking about Sanchez's experience in the competition, Mourinho said «Alexis played Champions League for a few years with different clubs», with the Man United boss then adding «Of my other boys, Lukaku is the first season in the Champions League, Rashford, Martial, Lingard, just a few matches.

Man United fans are fuming with Chris Smalling for his first half display in their match against Newcastle in the Premier League this afternoon.

United have not scored a first - half goal at home in the Premier League since September and have drawn five of their last eight matches at Old Trafford 0 - 0.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

Manchester City came into this match with a surprising advantage over Paris Saint - Germain, having earned a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

It is the first time the Reds have won their first two group matches in the Champions League and they completely outclassed the Dutch champions at Anfield.

The 24 year - old now looks set to feature in his fifth Premier League match of his career, his first since December 2014.

The 21 - year - old caught the eye after netting his first goal for the club in a man - of - the - match display versus Sunderland in January, but struggled to make an impact on the Reds first - team, having made just 11 Premier League starts in his first season at Anfield.

That made the Hornets the first side to secure automatic promotion to the Premier League, putting them four points ahead of fourth place with one match to play.

In addition to honest and open communication concerns, there are also fundamental issues of managerial incompetence, poor negotiating strategy, procrastination, dithering, lack of ambition, lack of willingness to compete with the top teams in the league despite supposedly being financial heavyweights, desperation at the very end of the window, compounded by promises made when Arsene was re-signed and poor team selection decisions for the first three matches, further compounded by a pattern of incompetence during transfer windows and in general management of the team in recent years that understandable has fan patience at a very low level.

In fact it was good enough for the boss to hand him a start in our first Premier League match against Liverpool, preferring the young Nigerian international to Arsenal teammates Joel Campbell and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

Arsenal are currently on a run of nine league matches without a clean sheet, and if they concede against City tonight it will be the first time they've gone ten in a row without keeping their opponents out since February 2002.

The powerful striker looks certain for a summer exit after Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp dropped Benteke from the match day squad against Arsenal in their first Premier League game of the season.

Rodriguez helped FC Porto to back to back domestic titles in his first two seasons at the club and is one of the leagues top assist makers and has also racked up eight goals in 17 matches.

Arsenal fans will finally get the chance to see the summer signing that we all hope will make the difference in our challenge to regain the Premier League title next season, after Petr Cech watched from the bench as the Gunners won the first match of pre-season to qualify for the final of the Asia Trophy against Everton today.

His first game after recovering certainly did not help Wenger, as Lucas was virtually anonymous and Arsenal were awful as we lost the EFL cup match against Southampton, but last night's Champions League win at Basel was a totally different story.

Tevez, who won the Champions League with Man Utd in 2009, was booed Shenhua supporters in his first match back since returning from injury.