Sentences with phrase «games against local rivals»

The following season, Heskey was reunited with former boss Gerard Houllier which seemed to improve his performances in the 10/11 season as he scored the winning goals in games against local rivals Wolves and West Brom but still only managed three league goals in the entire season.

If Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players were looking for any extra encouragement and confidence ahead of the big game against our local rivals on Sunday, they should have a look at Tottenham in action against Bayer Leverkusen.

Not exact matches

Still unbeaten this season, yesterday's game saw our Netball 1s earn their spot in the quarter final of the BUCS Northern Conference Cup after another incredible performance against our local rivals, University of Manchester.

The Magpies have lost their last five Premier League games — scoring just one goal in the process — with defeat to local rivals Sunderland followed up by an equally inept display against Liverpool on Monday.

Postecoglou's first such game at Nissan Stadium is the derby against local rivals Kawasaki Frontale, for whom talisman Kengo Nakamura finally won the J. League last season after countless near misses for his only professional club.

Incredibly, before their 1 - 0 win against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Manchester United hadn't won a game outside of Manchester since January — their only previous away win since the first month of 2016 coming across town against their local rivals Manchester City at the Etihad.

Following the Swansea game, Everton and Spurs provide the opposition with the game at Wembley against Spurs on February 10th being one of the biggest games of the season and massive for both clubs with Arsenal three points behind their local rivals in the Premier League and desperately needing to take all three points.

Stroud's last Burnley game was the 1 - 0 win against local rivals Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park last October.

Sam Allardyce was his replacement and he quickly adorned himself to the Sunderland faithful with an emphatic 3 - 0 victory against local rivals Newcastle United in his first game in charge.

Both remain in the bottom three, but it could have been so much worse for Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez as his side trailed in his second game in charge against local rivals who had won their previous six derby encounters.

Impressive wins against local rivals West Bromwich Albion in both league and cup gave the team a springboard to go on and win at fellow strugglers Sunderland; a game in which they trounced the Black Cats by four goals to nil.

Bale should be fit for the Europe's showpiece match against local rivals Atletico Madrid on May 28th, however it is not clear yet whether he will be fit for Madrid's final La Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna.

-- Moreover, Villa's three - game run without a win does include their first home league reverse in nine, which came against local rivals West Brom (1 - 2).

You can eat and drink in bars and restaurants, try your hand at spear fishing or managing a baseball team, play classic Sega games Out Run, Space Harrier and Virtua Fighter 5 at the local arcade, or assemble a clan of fighters, directing them into street battles against rival gangs.