Sentences with phrase «hand first league»

Swansea were forced to hand first league starts of the season to central defender Kyle Bartley and wideman Marvin Emnes with Federico Fernandez and Wayne Routledge injured, while on - loan Tottenham midfielder Tom Carroll came in for the suspended Jonjo Shelvey.

Izzy Brown, meanwhile, was handed his first league start for Brighton since the opening day of the season, as Liverpool came to town.

Not exact matches

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A leading critic of the Articles of Confederation, the feckless league under which Americans were governed for much of the 1780s, Madison was among the first to contemplate a more far - reaching union, one that would attend more energetically to national needs while offering a measure of security to those who had suffered at the hands of local majorities.

The club clearly have faith in him, as they handed him a first team debut in the League cup earlier this season.

As we know all too well, the first half of the season was not the best for Arsenal, but apart from an early exit from the League cup at the hands of Southampton, it has not hurt us too badly.

Our chances of doing it have been handed a double boost this week as the Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and their first choice centre back Toby Alderweireld picked up knocks during their Champions League win over Real Madrid.

Arsene Wenger has been handed a few selection problems ahead of this game, but he did the right thing by resting most of the regular first team stars in the Europa League win at BATE Borisov, so there should be no excuses about tired legs today.

After all, Shezzer has been the first choice stopper of the Italian Serie A side Roma all season and he has done very well for them, all the time gaining valuable experience, while David Ospina was still fresh in the average Gooner's mind for that horrible fumble which handed the initiative back to Olympiacos to record their first Champions League victory on English soil.

That strike could well end up helping them to win the league, as the Blues are currently seven points clear in first place with a game in hand.

Coaching legend Phil Jackson will make his debut as the head of New York's front office and get a first - hand look at what his new team is up against this season while facing one of the league's elite.

In contrast to Arsene Wenger, who showed continued faith in Ozil, handing him 46 Premier League starts over two injury - ravaged seasons in the EPL, van Gaal opted to leave Di Maria on the periphery of first - team action.

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Portuguese under - 20 international, Ilori, was born in London and is keen to try his hand in the Premier League after breaking through into Sporting's first team.

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There's no simpler way to put this — Real Madrid got their butts handed to them by Wolfsburg last week in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

In fact it was good enough for the boss to hand him a start in our first Premier League match against Liverpool, preferring the young Nigerian international to Arsenal teammates Joel Campbell and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

End of first half I was thinking if we closed space and marked men like this all season we would be hands down the best side in our league.

With Arsenal and Manchester United experiencing the effects of poor refereeing first hand this season, how has the officiating had an impact on the 2014/15 Premier League campaign?

I have a better plan, how about we hand our 13 league titles, our first eleven and the entire emirates stadium for a pot of Lentils?

Should Sanches end up swapping Munich for Milan, the Serie A side look to have a potential superstar on their hands as they look to win their first league title since 2012.

As for Wolves, the club must now hand boss Stale Solbakken a large chunk of this windfall to allow the new boss the best chance of rebuilding the squad and gaining bouncing back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.

Meanwhile visitors Bournemouth will be looking for their first points since being promoted and manager Eddie Howe hands new signing Max Gradel a full league debut in one of two changes from the team which lost at home to Aston Villa nine days ago.

They were also knocked out of of both domestic cup competitions at the Etihad by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, then crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona in the first knockout round.

Pochettino has shown that he trusts the former Burnley defender by playing him in the Europa League, and may hand him a first Premier League start for Tottenham, giving Kyle Walker a rest.

A big point was made of Wenger selecting the same starting line up for five Premier League games in a row for the first time, but then it seemed to play into the hands of Swansea.

Emre Can has been a pivotal part of Jurgen Klopp's side this season, who are on course to make their first Champions League final since 2005, however he'll have a hard task on his hands filling the void left by Modric if the Croat does depart Los Blancos.

The idea that two Ram wide - outs could have topped 1,000 yards in the same season, first time ever on this club, ought to alarm the rest of the league, which had its hands full when L.A. coach John Robinson was doing his Woody Hayes impression.

It was only a week or so ago that some Arsenal fans were wringing their hands with despair and predicting a collapse of form and results that would see Arsenal slide out of the Premier League title race, exit the EFL cup and suffer the usual fate of being runners up in our Champions League group which would see us knocked out in the first knockout stage.

One of several Champions League Round of 16 ties that was essentially over after the first leg, Manchester City come back home to the Etihad Stadium with a 4 - 0 lead in hand over FC Basel, brimming with confidence and looking to pad that lead en route to a berth in the quarterfinals.

This is a ex-United player who has watched Mhki play many times in the Premier League and knows first - hand how good he is.

He was then rewarded with a first start for the club during the 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Tuesday night as he was handed the centre - forward role in the absence of injured captain Wayne Rooney.

The American League East has been the Boardwalk - Park Place corner of the baseball world ever since the first wild cards were handed out, in 1995.

Jose Mourinho's side still have a game in hand but will want to ensure there are no slip - ups as they aim to land their first league title since 2010.

Arsenal have an uphill task on their hands to qualify for the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League, as they need to score at least 3 goals to have any smidgen chance of overcoming an AS Monaco side that won by a huge margin of 3 - 1 in the first leg at the Emirates last month.

United came from behind to earn an FA Cup quarter - final replay against West Ham United, but were dumped out of the Europa League at the hands of Liverpool in the first - ever continental meeting between the two fierce rivals.

Alexis Sanchez started his first Premier League game since his return from injury, while Mesut Özil was back after being handed a rest over the weekend.

And it is those kind of attacking displays that have reportedly drawn the attentions of a whole host of Premier League giants, including the likes of both Manchester United and Arsenal, who have sent scouts to the Matchroom Stadium of late to watch Odubajo in action first hand.

The summer signing from Bayer Leverkusen will hope that this performance will persuade Pochettino to hand him a first Premier League start since November against Crystal Palace this weekend.

First the Patriots were found to have violated league rules by videotaping in - game hand signals of Jets coaches, then the 49ers violated anti-tampering rules by contacting Bears linebacker Lance Briggs before he became a free agent.

In the likes of Ozil, Alexis and Ramsey we do have a team that can create and likes to attack more than defend, but will that see us inflict a first defeat of the season on Guardiola's league leaders, or will it just play into City hands?

Arsenal fans are aware that the manager is going to put the domestic league games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match inleague games first anyway so we would not mind seeing a weakened Arsenal in the Europa League, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match inLeague, but if there really is a risk of Alexis being handed a two game suspension by the English football authorities, as a report by The Mirror has claimed, then I think Wenger would want to use his star striker in the midweek match instead.

Arsenal were handed a bitter blow in their hopes to qualify for the Champions League quarter - finals for the first time since 2010.

It is on Arsenal fans, and before a ball has even been kicked in the new Premier League season the Gunners have been handed a little boost in our quest to win the EPl title for the first time in over a decade, as the German international Mesut Ozil has proved his fitness and will start tonight against Leicester City.

Man United have lost eight of their 24 Premier League fixtures and crashed out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle, suffering a home defeat at the hands of Swansea City in round three.

So I was thinking that Bayern must be the team he wants to go coz man city are a joke in the champions league lol so if it is Man City he wants to play a hand full of games for in the CL, then arsenal shouldn't sanction his transfer coz its not a realistic reason when arsenal are going for the prem this year and are only out CL for the first time in 23 years and City ain't exactly gonna give the CL football he's looking for I mean it's like saying «I wonna go to spurs to win the prem» I wonna slap him

A near capacity crowd will be on hand in Sydney on Thursday night as Arsenal take on Hyundai A-League champions Sydney FC in the Premier League club's first visit down under in more than 40 years.

But after some impressive showings from the subs bench and a very good game from the start of our Champions League tie in Barcelona, the 19 - year old was handed his first Premier League start and grabbed it with both hands at Everton on Saturday.

They look to shock the League on Sunday Night when they take on # 1 Team McNichols — they are more than capable of handing them their first Loss.

A win today, followed up by another three points in midweek against Leicester will see the Blues win their first league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Geleague title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - GeLeague exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain.