Sentences with phrase «goes against the blues»

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He currently trains alongside Montreal's Didier Drogba, which may go against us if the Blues put up a strong bid to sign him however.

That kind of performance in the opening half against the Blues will have them rocked, and we simply can not afford to go into the match using our usual system, which includes Olivier Giroud playing as the sole striker.

However, at the start of the campaign, his performances had many people questioning whether the Blues should have ever let him go, especially after scoring a late equaliser against Jose Mourinho's men.

Following this news, it remains to be seen how the Blues and boss Conte will cope knowing that they won't have Luiz to call upon should things go south in their matches against Spurs and Barca.

The Blues, who secured their place in the draw on Saturday evening thanks to a 2 - 1 win against Leicester City at the King Power, were drawn agains the Saints in a tie that will surely see the Blues go in as clear favourites.

Ahead of Arsenal's massive home clash against our noisy neighbours Chelsea this evening, we have gone over to the official Chelsea website to to see how the Blues are looking at this match.

Blues manager Jose Mourinho likened the young Belgian star to the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo earlier in the summer, but judging by Hazard's performance against Swansea he has a long way to go if he's to break into that bracket.

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OUWAFC competes in the eagerly contested Varsity Match against Cambridge every year, with the Blues facing the Cambridge Blues, and the Furies going head to head against the Cambridge Eagles.

The Blues and Roos teams went to London in January 2017 for 3 days of skills training and matches against local teams.

The dark blues were in a fantastic position going into the semi-final against Cambridge, particularly given Oxford's win earlier in the summer at the Oxbridge varsity match.

The Blues went down 2 - 0 against Rapid, with goals from Joelinton and substitute Tomi sealing a straightforward win for the hosts.

Let's hope they're a little hung over today after their Stastny going away extravaganza last night as the Blues are in town to faceoff against the Minnesota Wild tonight in St. Paul.

In 2016, the Oxford University Blues went 3 -1-0 en route to a 2 - 1 shootout victory over St Andrew's University in the semifinals, followed by a 5 - 1 win in the championship final against Southampton.

But the Blues will go into this game — with a bit of concern after their momentum was brought to a crushing halt by a heavy defeat in the Champions League Quarter - final first leg away from home against Liverpool.

It's eight games and counting without a goal against the Blues for Messi in Europe's elite competition and bet365 go 11 - 4 that he fails to score over the course of the two last - 16 legs.

Chelsea fans have proven unforgiving of their faltering stars recently on social media, especially when the results don't go their way and their latest victim was Alvaro Morata who seemed out of luck and top form in the Blues clash against Arsenal.

Burnley are still looking for their first Premier League win over Chelsea, having gone D1 L4 against the Blues.

Mangala's debut for the Blues arrived in a 1 - 1 draw against Chelsea and he went on to clock up 31 appearances in his maiden campaign in Manchester.

It was another tough week for the two teams against two of the top sides in the country as Catherine Wilcock's Dark Blues were beaten 82 - 6 at home by the reigning champions Cardiff Met and Alice Middleton's gallant Light Blues went down 92 - 0 in Topsham against Exeter University a week after their 72 - 0 defeat in Cardiff.

They now face a replay against the League One outfit in mid-January, with the Blues going up against Norwich.

Chelsea have a great head to head record against Tottenham and they have gone W7 D7 L2 in their last sixteen against the Lilywhites and they won the last FA Cup semi-final between the two, which was back in 2012 when the Blues ran out big 5 - 1 winners on the day before going on to lift the trophy.

The Blues have lost their last two Premier League games, going down against Man City and Crystal Palace so they are feeling the heat at the moment.

We've seen the Blues have trouble on the road to sides who were far from in form, so going up against a difficult Seagulls side has to be a bit worrying.

Arsenal went as underdogs against Chelsea in the FA Cup Final back in May but put in a great performance to stifle the Blues and record the win.

Going up against a promoted team is obviously something that should boost the Blues, but this isn't the easiest of trips.

The Blues have failed to win any of their last five games against Arsenal but still go as favourites for this one.

They are going up against a side with an awful away record, while the Blues have dominated the recent meetings between the pair.

The Sky Blues» went through their paces in a tactical session at their training base at Macquarie University Sports Fields, fine tuning their gameplan for the match against the Group H leaders.

The Blues have failed to win any of their last four games, and go as underdogs on home soil against Newcastle.

Robben was perhaps the flop of the game against Chelsea last year where he missed an extra time penalty and Blues went onto win their first ever European Cup.

Things are going downhill for the Blues, but they should still score against a poor Hammers defence.

We get back underway following the international break with a huge London derby against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Easter Sunday — a game which could go a long way to deciding who finishes in the top four at the end of the season, with the fifth - placed Blues currently five points behind us.

Three of the last four encounters here have gone the way of the Blues, and they will be hoping to add to that against their rivals on Sunday.

A win for the Blues would guarantee top spot in the group, whilst a draw would encourage Roma in second place to go for it against FK Qarabag.

I'm going for a 2 - 1 Blues victory, I think the Blues front three will be too much for Davies and Keogh and Boga and Mags will be able to run riot against their fullbacks.

The Blues are running in good form against Manchester United, having gone unbeaten in their last seven against them.

One of the reasons why the Blues went on to win the title last season is the Belgian's impressive saves like the one he produced against Sunderland at the end of last year.

The Blues were holding firm against the attacking pressure, but they broke with just over 10 minutes to go, as Edinson Cavani hit the winner for the French champions.

The Blues, currently languishing in third bottom place with 12 games to go this season, come up this weekend against high flying Cardiff City.

As with the previous campaign, nobody could deny we were worthy champions with the Blues having gone through the season unbeaten at home and with a magnificent record in the biggest matches, winning home and away against three of the top five.

On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1 win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash against Fulham in confident mood.

Of course a bright colored coat can help against those winter blues, but you can't go wrong with a neutral either.

Oddly enough, I'm turned away from black bags, which are still, of course, innocuous in every way and season - but for some reason I'm loving a bit of color to go against the rest of the toned - down palette (especially with reds and blues).