Sentences with phrase «first league start»

Swansea were forced to hand first league starts of the season to central defender Kyle Bartley and wideman Marvin Emnes with Federico Fernandez and Wayne Routledge injured, while on - loan Tottenham midfielder Tom Carroll came in for the suspended Jonjo Shelvey.

Juanfran's first league start for a month saw him take lots of touches (85, per WhoScored) and complete a robust 87 percent of his passes.

The PFA Award nominee shared with his fans the MOTM award he received today after the win at Hull City saying:» First league start in four months... good to be back!!

The striker bagged the only goal of Boxing Day's 1 - 0 win over West Bromwich Albion, and that was Giroud's first league start of the campaign.

An energized and driven Saints side made a lackluster Chelsea pay the price in the opening half as Dušan Tadic converted with ease, before Jan Bednarek marked his first league start with a stunning half volley finish in the second term.

Forward Yannick Bolasie is pushing for his first league start this season, having already come off the bench for the club before the international break a fortnight ago.

Stoked that Campbell scored in his first league start, got a special feeling about this kid to follow in bellerin and le Coq's footsteps and claim a first team spot.

Mathieu Debuchy is a surprise inclusion in the starting line - up today, making his first league start for our club in just over a year, while Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is also selected ahead of Aaron Ramsey or Alex Iwobi.

I doubt that Wenger will be making wholesale changes but Aaron Ramsey is definitely out so we expect to see Jack Wilshere get his first League start, and we will all be hoping that Shkrodan Mustafi can return at centre - back.

Making his first league start since the first week of October, the silky Spaniard was not at the races this afternoon but can perhaps be given leeway due to his lack of match fitness.

The Arsenal and France international striker Olivier Giroud may have made 14 appearances for the Gunners already this season, with eight of those coming in the Premier League, but the 31 - year old is still waiting for his first league start of the current campaign.

Our captain Per Mertesacker, who made his first League start last week (and scored the opening goal) thinks that his team is simply not prepared mentally to fight back, and he needs to try and change that quickly.

Costa Rica international Campbell was back in the side for his first league start in a month and it was he who opened the scoring, sliding in to covert Alexis» pass.

Toby Alderweireld made his first league start since October against Brighton, leading to calls for him to stay in the team for the semi-final.

Reports this week have agreed that Vitolo will be handed his first league start in red and white, while Jan Oblak will have a good chance to pick up a staggering 15th clean sheet of the season against LaLiga's lowest - scoring team.

Diego Simeone chose to hand Vitolo his first league start since he joined Atlético last month — and he also welcomed back Filipe Luís, who had not played in 2018 due to injuries.

Danny Welbeck put Arsenal 1 - 0 up against Everton with an early strike in 7th minute of the game while youngster Alex Iwobi was handed his first league start and he grabbed his first and Arsenal's second of the day with a neatly taken strike just before the break as Arsenal went into the half time 1 - 0 up.

He deserved the man of the match award, in his first league start for the club in almost three and a half years.

GOAL: SPURS 2 - 2 BENFICA — JACK ROLES — 50 mins After scoring on his first league start of the season against Everton last week, Roles once again brought us back level in short order.

Bayern Munich team news: Sandro Wagner makes his first league start for Bayern.

Cesc Fabregas got a first league start after his EFL Cup heroics.

Ousmane Dembele, who provided the pass for him to score against Juventus, suffered a significant injury during his first league start.

The former Montpellier man had been used as a «super sub» who saved the Gunners in crucial periods, and it was not until the festive period, did he earn his first league start of the Premier League campaign.

His first league start under Klopp, and it took him just 15 minutes to remind Liverpool fans what they've been missing.

Over in Portugal, Raul Jimenez took advantage of his first league start in 2018.

His first league start since Boxing Day also included a first appearance for Mesut Ozil since his hamstring injury picked up away to Bayern Munich, and the pair provided Arsenal with a freshness and sharpness in attack that has been horribly absent during recent troubles.

Making his first league start of the season, the beleaguered left - back continued from where he had left off against CSKA Moscow last week, looking strong and composed in defence while charging forward with purpose.

After the weekend thrashing of Aston Villa, in which Daniel Sturridge made his first league start since October, Liverpool now face a Europa League double header with German outfit FC Augsburg.

Gabriel Obertan is also set for his first league start this season with Park starting on the other flank.

Owing to his impressive performance, Conte handed him his first league start against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, and he put in a commanding performance, although he missed a glorious opportunity to score in the first period.

Eden Hazard is expected to make his first league start of the season after his man - of - the - match performance on Wednesday.

The first was to play the retired Sweden international alongside Romelu Lukaku in a two - pronged forward line, his first league start since April.

New signing Florian Thauvin could make his first league start against the Gunners today.

Centre - back Toby Alderweireld made his first league start since October, while winger Lucas Moura made his full Premier League debut.

Andy Kellett on target but Chesterfield slip towards relegation, whilst Chris Merrie makes his first league start in Altrincham's 0 - 0 draw at Buxton.

We see him finding the net in his first league start, so we're backing him to score any time at 5/6 with Coral.

Alexander Isak was given a full Bundesliga debut in his place, with English teen Jadon Sancho also handed a first league start for Dortmund.

Stoke manager Paul Lambert had kept faith with the starting XI which earned a point at Leicester City last week and Pellegrino made one alteration, handing winger Sims, who has recovered from a serious knee injury, his first league start in more than 15 months.

They hand a first league start to English teenager Jadon Sancho.

Such has been the quality of his performances that Tottenham have hardly missed Toby Alderweireld, who made his first league start since October at Brighton on Tuesday.

Izzy Brown, meanwhile, was handed his first league start for Brighton since the opening day of the season, as Liverpool came to town.

Toby Alderweireld made his first league start since October at Brighton on Tuesday, but that decision was probably based on the chance to give Davinson Sanchez a rest — he'll likely return on Saturday.

Rather than rushing him in at the deep end playing in the league every week, it wasn't until November that Harry Kane started to earn an extended run in the Premier League, after scoring a free - kick in the dying seconds to win the game at Villa Park, Kane made his first league start of the season in the next game against Stoke.

He came in for the injured Michael Keane for those last three games, his first league starts for Burnley since December 2013 when he stood in for the suspended Michael Duff in a 0 - 0 home draw against Watford.

The Frenchman is considering moving to a back four, with Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal deployed at centre - back, while Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud are both in line to make their first League starts of the season.