Sentences with phrase «game against champions»

Henderson picked up the injury in training last week and the Reds had hoped it would settle down in time for the game against the champions after initial concerns that the 26 - year - old had broken his foot were allayed.

Valencia were arguably the biggest winners of the round as they held on bravely for all three points in Saturday's big La liga game against the champions, Atletico Madrid at Mestalla.

Important home games against the champions Man City and North London rivals Tottenham, could set the tone for Arsenals season.

Not exact matches

Lee Sedol, the reigning world champion in Go, played a five - game tournament against Google's «AlphaGo» computer in March 2016.

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

The Lions Tour of New Zealand will consist of 10 games played throughout the country between June 3 and July 8, including three Test matches against the three - time World Champions.

Streamlining date labels worldwide by 2020 could be game - changing in the fight against global food waste,» said Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive of Tesco and Chair of Champions 12.3

In his last three games — a win over the Vikings, a showdown with the Lions to determine the NFC North champion, and a Wild Card game against the Giants — he's thrown for at least 300 yards and four touchdowns in each.

A Man Utd predicted line up as the Red Devils take on PSV in their opening game of the Champions League, with Anthony Martial tipped to start after his superb debut goal against Liverpool at the weekend...

«We didn't start the season very well so it was very important to win these two games — Champions League against Maccabi Tel Aviv and the derby against Arsenal.

In fact our only Champions League game that topped this one in the past five years was our 2 - 1 win against Barcelona at the Emirates.

It's a do or die game for our champions league hopes and what with Wenger's (separate) poor league records against Mo and Utd, this sure looks like being double trouble for us poor Gooners.?

He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian Cup final this season with his first touch.

Whether Arsene Wenger chooses to rest a few first team players for the Champions League away game against Barcelona on Wednesday night remains to be seen, but judging from his comments in the press conference today reported by The Mirror, I would not be at all surprised.

It would be nice to win against the PL champions but this one game would not make up for the past season and the lack of progress or the continued slide down the hill.

Man Utd hope to have fellow Spaniards Juan Mata and Ander Herrera fit for the game against Cristiano Ronaldo's Champions League winners.

After a very poor start against Liverpool, followed up by a draw against the Premier League Champions, the last thing Arsenal needed was another break for international games.

As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League game in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that won our last Premier League game against Stoke City.

Beating the champions twice is meaningless if you end up 10 points behind them at the end of the season like we did last season to Leicester, I would rather we win the matches that really count like last nights game against Watford, Liverpool did us a favour and we did not prepare properly for the game

I think that all our injury problems as well as having all the extra games from the Champions League and FA cup competitions had really taken it out of the players and we generally looked a lot fresher against Liverpool.

Tonight's Europa League game against Besiktas will mark Liverpool's first return to the Ataturk Stadium for the first time since they came back from 3 - 0 down, to win the 2005 Champions League final on penalties against AC Milan.

If you add to that the fact that Arsenal haven't lost in any of their last 10 visits to Wembley, and the obvious inferiority complex that Tottenham have when it comes to playing Arsenal, and also that the Spuds have to play a massive Champions League game against Juventus just three days later, then it seems ridiculous that Arsenal are such a large price to win this game.

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

The other games following our Champions League matches are against Bournemouth, Stoke, Burnley, Middlesborough and Hull City and those are all games you would expect us to win.

And those goals all came in four of the games, as we failed to score against Stoke City, Chelsea, Southampton, Hull City and Barcelona, so it is not too hard to see why we have slipped off the top of the Premier League and are looking at another Champions League exit at the first knockout stage.

We do have a Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb on the Tuesday after the international break but it is at home and we do play on the Saturday beforehand.

There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two games in the Champions League, especially the second game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal cup games.

The Premier League champions will be looking to close the gap on Jose Mourinho's Chelsea, and with the Hammers taking just one point from their last six league games against City Manuel Pellegrini will be feeling confident.

I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest games, cup finals, EPL games against the top half of the league and games in the champions league against the best 2 sides.

Don't really rate him in all honesty yeah he had a great game against us in the champions league but he's not at that level all the time.

«Obviously it is pleasing, first of all to be able to help the team with important goals in a Champions League knockout game [and] of course to come back to England and [win] against a team you're always motivated to play against,» Suarez told UEFA.com (via Daily Mail).

It is quite obvious to see that our team is so good so far except for the first two premier league games and the champions league game against PSG.

I was hoping we would win at least 30 games this season even with Lin out and I know the refs have screwed us over in many games but we are the champions of losing close games and losing in overtime and I'm tired of seeing these pathetic rotations that any coach can counter against.

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 sitters!

As for Tuesday nights champions league game against Olympiakos, we should know better than to take any team lightly....

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

For starters we all know for sure that Santi Cazorla will not be playing, in fact it is now a full year since he last took to the pitch in a Champions League game against Ludgorets.

Although the Three Lions could not find a way through against the reigning World Champions, a youthful and inexperienced side put in a solid display in a game that could easily have gone either way.

Their Elite 8 game happens to be against # 3 Seed and Defending Champions Team Merar (Greater Than).

# 2 Team Harlander will make their 2017 - 18 postseason debut on Sunday night against defending champions # 7 Team Lalez without having played a game in three full weeks.

The Canes have blown out top - 10 Notre Dame (pending a game against Stanford), top - 25 Virginia Tech, and potential MAC champion Toledo.

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

The prolific 26 - year - old has scored nine goals in 14 games for CSKA this season, including three against Premier League champions Manchester City.

Manchester United fans reacted with surprise as Luke Shaw was named in the starting line up tonight for the Champions League game against CSKA Moscow.

Before (and after) the Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser Europa League.

A lack of creativity has been noticeable in the side's last two games against Manchester United and Arsenal, which resulted in back - to - back defeats and dented hopes of Champions League football returning to Anfield next season.

And so are the Tide's chances against either of two potential East champions: Georgia (the Dawgs have about a 78 percent chance of winning the East, and Alabama would have a 71 percent chance of beating them) or Missouri (Mizzou has a 22 percent chance of winning the East, and Alabama would have a 93 percent chance of winning that game).

The only real negativity to Ozil's return has been his failure to stand up in the big games against Manchester United in the FA Cup and AS Monaco in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League at the Emirates.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

Antoine Walker took his game into the paint and gave Boston an early edge over the 76ers The experts were sure the Celtics were going to make a quick exit in the playoffs, and the reasons were obvious: Power forward Antoine Walker would hoist too many three - pointers; he and three of his fellow starters had no postseason experience; and their first - round opponents were the Eastern Conference champion 76ers, who had gone 10 - 2 against Boston over the past three seasons.