Sentences with phrase «game against his former club»

8 — Romelu Lukaku has had a hand in eight goals in eight @premierleague games against former club West Brom (five goals, three assists).

United matched Chelsea's 3 -4-3 formation from the start and — by matching their intensity too — Jose Mourinho's men looked well in the game against his former club.

While Lambert and Lovren featured when the two sides previously met on the opening day of the season, it will be ex-captain Lallana's first game against his former club, and the midfielder has previously spoken of his regret over how his time with the Saints ended.

It was revealed by Wenger yesterday that Wenger was going to keep faith with David Ospina between the sticks, with Petr Cech reported to be devastated to miss the big game against his former club.

Only Austin (2) has scored more than one league goal for the Saints this season and he has scored two goals in his two previous games against his former club Burnley.

Striker Robin van Persie will miss the game against his former club due to an ankle injury, and defender Jonny Evans has been banned for six matches for spitting at Newcastle's Papiss Cisse.

Having been a little off colour recently, the Serbian powerhouse decided to up his game against his former club and put in a solid display in the middle of the park.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in sparkling form for Real Madrid, and he warmed up for the crucial Champions league game against his former club Manchester United with a superb hat - trick against Sevilla on Saturday.

Ex-Arsenal captain Van Persie's first game against his former club dominated the pre-match build - up, and we did not have to wait long for the Dutchman to make his presence felt.

Ahead of tonight's game against his former club, Chris Smalling has talked of the desperation the players feels to win the league this season.

Lewandowski scored for the third successive game against his former club before Aubameyang equalised, and in the shootout, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso, Mario Gotze and Manuel Neuer all missed to hand Dortmund victory.

Stoke skipper Ryan Shawcross will miss Saturday's home game against former club Manchester United due to a back injury.

Gibbs is a slight concern, and hopefully he will be back fit in time for the game against his former club, Norwich.

Not exact matches

I expect Giroud to get a rest and Welbeck to replace him at centre forward, as the Frenchman could do with a rest and the England striker could do with the game time, especially after doing so well against his former club in the last round.

We have been on the wrong end of many results against Fergie's United, including goals by our former captain van Persie in his first three games against us since listening to the little boy inside and turning his back on the club and manager that had made him what he was.

He has done it against Leicester and I won't be surprise if he scores against his former club (manu) or plays a huge part in that game.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was able to slot home what turned out to be nothing more than a consolation goal against his former club, but there were no second guesses for the winner of the goal of the game.

So I can understand why the pundit and former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas is looking at the way the Gunners got that point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and suggesting in a Sky Sports report that Arsene Wenger drops the club's two big name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, because they were absent from that game as well and it seemed to work out pretty well for us.

The 21 - year - old, who handed in a transfer request on Tuesday afternoon, starts against his former club as he will partner captain Phil Jagielka at the heart of the Toffees defence for the game against the Tykes.

Cech must start that game at Wembley, even if it was not against his former club.

The manager will surely give Danny Welbeck the chance to shine against his former club and will probably give Giroud some valuable game time before the end.

Pep Guardiola suffered similar problems against his former club FC Barcelona in the Champions League, a 4 - 0 defeat away at the Nou Camp, but their problems seemed to have compounded with every game they fail to win in the Premier League.

Aaron Lennon, playing against his former club, had his best game yet for Burnley and, although he won just 7 % of the vote, came in third whilst fourth place went to the returning James Tarkowski who just beat Ashley Westwood with both having a 5 % share of the vote.

The first time around Juventus played Fiorentina, Bernardeschi played the role of late - game substitute, only getting about 10 minutes of game time in his first appearance against his former club.

The games in this competition against Manchester United and Dortmund have already proven that this side have something about them under Klopp, and the comeback against his former club at Anfield has already gone down as one of those games in Liverpool's history.

That successful campaign began with a home win against Bayer Leverkusen, the former home of Andre Schurrle, while CSKA Moscow were in our group in 2004/05, Jose Mourinho's first season at the club (John Terry pictured scoring in the home game below).

Petr Cech was always going to be a key figure in this fixture, playing his first real game for the gunners against his former club.

MILAN: AC Milan captain Leonardo Bonucci has been given a two - game ban for elbowing and will miss their clash against his former club Juventus, the Lega Serie A confirmed on Monday.

A weird trivia from the game: Dragan Stojković, the Red Star legend («Zvezdina zvezda», just like our ex-player Vladimir Petrović Pižon - Pidgeon) and one of favourite Arsene Wenger's players, played for Olympique against his former club but didn't want to be among the five designated penalty takers.

- Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has completed 7 goals in 10 games against Barcelona with a team of his former club Atletico (Madrid).

KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment

The Mirror also revealed that former England captain has hired the pitch for a final farewell game at the club on Monday, which will come after their last game against Leicester.

James Milner scored from the spot against his former club to hand Liverpool the lead before Sergio Aguero pegged them back, but both sides missed golden opportunities to win the game, with Aguero and De Bruyne squandering chances before Adam Lallana produced a miss of the season contender in injury time, somehow scuffing Roberto Firmino's ball into the box when it looked easier to score.

The fifth - round tie was the first game the striker had started in this season's competition, having previously played just 10 minutes of the replay against his former club Fleetwood last month.

Having lost just one of their last ten games and managed draws against Stoke, Southampton and Manchester United the Chelsea manager will be keen to ask questions of the club's former boss Claudio Ranieri and his current charges.

Hopefully Stones will brush off the knock that he got in the league game against Swansea and Lukaku can rediscover some scoring form against his former club.

The former Nigeria youth international missed his club 1 - 4 hammering in the hands of Zulte - Waregem in the Belgium play - offs due to an injury he picked up in their previous game against Kortrijk.

United still hold a club record today for the biggest victory, which was against Anderlecht in the game played on the 26th September 1956, a fortnight after the first match between the two clubs, with United winning 10 - 0 in a match due to be played at Old Trafford, but a floodlight failure moved the game to Manchester City's former home, Maine Road.

His chances of an immediate impact were dashed by an ankle injury, but Selke returned with nine goals in his first 16 games — including a brace against his former club as Hertha defeated Leipzig 3 - 2 despite being reduced to 10 men in the seventh minute.

His next game would be against his former club, Montpellier.

Sports News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: GHANAsoccernet.com Matthew Amoah, former Black Stars striker Ex-Black Stars forward Mathew Amoah has returned to his former club NAC Breda for an invitational game against Bavel on Friday.