Sentences with phrase «game against the bigger sides»

Not exact matches

Man United's danger - man Romelu Lukaku will take most of the plaudits today, as the Belgian did well against a big West Brom defence as his side won their sixth games in their last seven.

Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.

Some fans are already uploading footage of themselves gathering ahead of the big game as Liverpool hope to produce a memorable night against Pep Guardiola's all - conquering City side.

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.

A 4 - 1 win against the side that have proved to be Bayern Munich's biggest challengers in the German top flight this season meant that the game in the Stadio San Paolo was going to be nothing more than a procession, unless Dieter Hecking's side could make a fast start.

Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.

If as everyone says Ozil doesn't turn up against the big sides, then maybe Arsenal should either drop him completely for those games or rest him him for 2 or 3 games before hand so he has no excuse for being tired.

Ozil has been questioned when it comes to the big games, that he's invisible when we play against top sides.

This all sounds very positive from the talented defender, but although he is right that we are used to playing against top sides, he seems to conveniently forget that we usually lose those big games as well!

Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «big six» rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.

With games coming up against an in form Stoke team, a dangerous Everton side and a wounded Manchester City, big tests are on the horizon over Christmas for Arsene Wenger's men.

Really hard fought game and showed grit and determination to dig in against a side bigger and much more physical than ourselves.

This week, Woods is in the Friday afternoon side of the draw so Big Cat and the PGA Tour will be directly up against four NCAA tournament games.

With Mertesacker in the side, the team will have to be very cautious to play a high defensive line because as we saw against Chelsea, one precise through ball can take the big German out of the game.

Laudrup's side have begun the season in impressive fashion, thumping QPR, the summer's most active recruiters in the transfer market, 5 - 0 in the opening game and they followed up that result with another big win, 3 - 0, against West Ham before the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland.

For the first time ever against a big side, Arsenal controlled the game for the whole 90 minutes.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

There have been two big questions for Arsenal fans this week as Arsene Wenger and the players prepared for the Premier League home game against Hull City with the need to bounce back quickly and put the disappointment of losing to Watford and Chelsea to one side.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

While Mourinho struggles in the big games, managing just one goal in his last ten away games against fellow top six sides, Manchester City have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal this season by a 9 - 1 aggregate scoreline.

If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the home game against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier League rivals.

Lovren then missed his side's big game against Leicester City because of a black eye picked up in training.

I think Arteta is a very good player against smaller, less physical sides where he has time on the ball, but for the big games we need someone who won't get pushed around and bullied.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

The Gunners would have had reservations about the fixture upon announcement of Mike Dean officiating the North London Derby, having seen Dean appearing to celebrate a Tottenham goal against our side previously, and decisions have gone against us in a number of big games in recent years.

The Belgian has just 15 goals in 59 games against the «big six» — and while that dates back to challenging games playing for Everton sides who won't have won many of those fixtures, he was also worryingly invisible for United at Stamford Bridge today.

Still, Mourinho's men are up against some big teams in the final few games of the season, Arsenal included, so is Wenger right to say there might still be a chance for his side to cause a major upset?

As reported by The Guardian, the veteran tactician made his comments after Arsenal's 3 - 1 defeat to City at the start of the month, as he was left frustrated and angry with two big calls in the game that went against his side.

Let's hope we can improve and play a little more confidently in next weeks game against Brendan Rodger's big - spending Liverpool side....

What is for certain though is that Lukaku will be keen to put Saturday's game behind him as having failed to have a positive influence in another big game, he was unable to silence his critics who continue to point to his poor record against the top six sides in recent years where he has struggled to make a big impact.

This is another must - win game for Arsene Wenger's side to stay in touch with the race for the title, and a win will take them to third place just six points behind Chelsea ahead of tomorrows big derby against Spurs.

His biggest rival is clearly the flavour of the month Spud and both scored five goals in four league games in March, but the reason I think Giroud should win is because he also provided an assist, has been a massive presence in the side and scored that fantastic goal against West Ham that Arsenal fans voted goal of the month.

He also will have a big part to play against the more physical sides and the ones that provide an aerial threat in their game.

If he goes missing in big games it is because our back 6 are so weak against the big sides that they can't control possession and play out from the back.

Cafu will line up alongside fellow legends of the game Dida, Paulo Maldini, Di Canio, Edgar Davids, Christian Vieri and a number of other former big stars, at the Emirates, and his side should be favourites against our side, who is missing some key names.

Barca's form in recent weeks has come closer to looking like the team that dominated so resoundingly from 2008 to 2012, but it feels like big games such as this one will prove the undoing of the team as they chase the Champions League this season; it's hard to imagine this side playing as they did against Real and being successful against Guardiola's Bayern Munich.

The Red Devils have often gone on the defensive in big games under Jose Mourinho, whose side managed just 35 % possession against City this afternoon.

«As long as he doesn't do it in the so - called bigger games, then whenever he does it against an Everton side that are trying to find their form, people are going to point their finger at the fact Everton aren't playing well.»

When walcott plays on the right, it is a defensive liability on that side, it won't matter against smaller teams but will in the big games.

But according to the Gunners legend Ian Wright it is easy for the German to perform against smaller teams but he has developed a reputation for going missing in the bigger games against the top sides.

Arsenal could face another Championship side when the draw for the next round is done, but if we are drawn against a big club, is it really more important for the second string to get another game than it is for Arsenal to get another step closer to a trophy?

Mourinho's big - game tactics came under scrutiny again as his side looked distinctly second - best against Chelsea, where they fell to a 1 - 0 defeat.

With automatic qualification for next season's Champions League all but secured despite the rather disappointing draw against Sunderland, Arsenal must now focus their attention on the FA Cup final against Aston Villa, and the Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere has warned that the North London side must put things right in regards to form before the big game at Wembley.

Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the big games this year.

Arsene Wenger is making brave predictions ahead of the big game against Man United, considering that Arsenal have never beaten any side managed by Mourinho in the Premier League.

Don't forget for that big game, the Boss made 5 changes to his side that beat Leicester City last Saturday, of which we are all guilty as we demanded the Boss should do a rotation of his Gunners for our Ucl game against Olympiacos to enhance our beating Man Utd.

Lampard was talking about Ramsey and saying that although he is impressed with the talent and attacking intent that Rambo showed in his two starts back in the central position vacated by the injury hit Santi Cazorla, he feels that the Arsenal star needs to focus more on the defensive side of things, especially in games against bigger teams like Man City.

South African striker Dino Ndlovu will play the biggest game of a checkered career when he lines up for Azerbaijan side Qarabag against Chelsea.