Sentences with phrase «in midweek league»

Diego Costa's second goal v Saints for Chelsea was a fantastic team goal from the Blues in their midweek league clash against Claude Puel's side on 25 April, 2017.

Mourinho said every player in his team would get a rest at some point, but that's more likely to come in the midweek League Cup game against Derby than in this match.

Jordan Houghton played an hour for Doncaster away to Arsenal in midweek League Cup action and, most encouragingly, followed that up with a hugely impressive 90 minutes and a 3 - 0 win away to former club Plymouth.

Pontus Jansson scores a last gasp winner for Leeds as they beat Blackburn in their midweek league clash

He also mentions the tackle on Jordan Henderson in the midweek League Cup game against West Brom which went unpunished.

Sakho's Rennes debut could come in a midweek League Cup semi against Paris Saint - Germain.

Chelsea Ladies are in midweek league action away today (Wednesday), with a 7 pm start against Everton at Marine FC...

Today he is aiming to score his third goal in three games for the Tigers in the big away game at Wolves, but he will have to get past the Gunners third - choice keeper Emi Martinez, who featured in the midweek League Cup win.

Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez looks set to leave Old Trafford, having failed to grasp his opportunity in the midweek League Cup defeat to MK Dons, with Juventus and Valencia seemingly leading the chase for the Mexican's signature.

Dejan Lovren picked up an injury in the midweek league cup game at Bournemouth, joining Johnson and Flanagan in the Anfield treatment room and leaving Liverpool's defence just as stretched, if not more so, than ours.

Not exact matches

Arsenal centre - back Gabriel Paulista has revealed the Gunners» intentions ahead of their Champions League match against Bayern Munich in midweek.

London derbies rarely go according to form, but with the Premier League champions making five changes to their starting line - up in midweek, and still completely controlling their European opponents, there is huge cause for concern.

Arsenal come into the game with mixed form, but our players could benefit from being much the fresher with us having completely rotated our XI for the Europa League on Thursday, while City had a tough match away to Napoli in midweek.

Further, the 3 - 0 defeat to Roma in the Champions League in midweek wouldn't have reflected well on the Italian tactician, and coupled with reports last month that he was homesick, as per the Metro, it has led to ongoing speculation over a return to Italy at some stage in the future.

For the umpteenth time since Louis van Gaal took over at Old Trafford, Manchester United looked truly dreadful in their midweek Champions League game and despite the fact that they are currently above us in the table, I just can not imagine that a team this dull and devoid of quality could win the lLeague game and despite the fact that they are currently above us in the table, I just can not imagine that a team this dull and devoid of quality could win the leagueleague.

Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA Cup match at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona in midweek, and then a massive game away at Everton in the League next weekend.

As expected, Arsene Wenger has brought back the players rested for the Champions League game in midweek and so Arsenal will start at Stamford Bridge with the same 11 players that won our last Premier League game against Stoke City.

It's a dire start for the reigning champions, and Mourinho has found himself under immense pressure — particularly following consecutive league defeats to West Ham United and Liverpool, as well as the midweek defeat by Stoke City in the Capital One Cup.

Manchester City's midweek defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League means that, after winning their first 10 games under Pep Guardiola, the title favourites are now without a victory in four matches.

We won in midweek against Dortmund and carried on and got back to winning ways in the league, so hopefully we can continue this run now.

Belgian put in a good display as Chelsea eased past nine man Arsenal to secure a much needed Premier League win that came off the back of a comfortable midweek Champions League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

However, it's now been explained that the Welshman picked up a problem in the win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek and so it's another unwanted fitness setback for Tottenham.

What is certain now though is that he will need a positive reaction from his players as after plotting a way to navigate past Swansea City in the League Cup in midweek, Man Utd host an in - form Tottenham side this weekend who will ruthlessly expose their issues if the visitors aren't in their best form.

It will be interesting to see what kind of team Wenger puts out and if he takes the initiative to rest our players who were on international duty, what with the up and coming champions league game in midweek.

While his performance and sending off against Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek did raise further questions about his ability to make an impact on the big stages in Europe, there is no denying that the Argentine forward is a quality individual who is integral to Juve's future success.

The Senegal international shone in the Europa League in midweek as he bagged a magnificent effort against Liverpool, even though he wasn't able to help Willy Sagnol's side avoid a 2 - 1 defeat.

However despite Giroud's best efforts, as well as a goal in the midweek clash against Ludogorets, Alexis still kept his place for the following Premier League match against North London rivals Spurs.

The midfielder started his first Premier League match of the campaign in midweek, coming in for the sidelined Aaron Ramsey, and is believed to be in line for a new deal.

However, particularly after their Champions League exit at the hands of Roma in midweek, Valverde has coming under a huge wave of criticism from supporters, who again criticised him for his starting line - up against Valencia.

However, Ernesto Valverde will have to ensure that his players deliver a performance to a restless faithful, who will still be furious after their elimination from the Champions League in midweek.

The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City winning and as the Saints are involved in two midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA cup upset.

Chelsea players were reportedly left «irked» by the behaviour of Antonio Conte after the 3 - 0 defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek.

The disgraced Portuguese coach has opted to make to notable changes to his side following their midweek victory over Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League.

Both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo were ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining serious knee injuries in the win over Anderlecht in the Europa League in midweek, and it adds to a list of absentees that appears to be growing longer each week.

The Reds were looking to react after their disappointing draw with Watford last time out, while the midweek win in Hoffenheim in their Champions League playoff qualifier would have boosted confidence.

klopp has made some progress with a pretty mediocre squad but with no midweek football he will concentrate on the league... another reason we will need to bring in 4 or 5 players next season... the whippet, ox or campbell, mert and gibbs need to go along with the retirees... ramsey too in my books but ai nt going to happen... but will the frog look at the 350 grand a week spent on giroud walcott and welbeck, match it to one of our worst goal scoring seasons and think... hmm something does nt add up... i sadly doubt it

United boss Louis van Gaal then handed the forward a full debut in their disappointing Champions League defeat at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in midweek due to the absence of captain Wayne Rooney, however, the 19 - year - old struggled with the task of leading the line on his own.

That is why it is great news today that Francis Coquelin has recovered more quickly than expected and is back in training, in fact, according to the Mirror today, Francis is even likely to be in the squad for next weekends FA Cup game against Burnley in preparation for the midweek League game against Southampton.

The game against PSG in midweek is a big game to finish top of their Champions League group.

However, his exclusion from the match day squad entirely this weekend was a surprise, although as noted by freelance injury analyst Ben Dinnery in the tweet below, Pochettino has now revealed that the Tottenham midfielder picked up an ankle problem in midweek in the League Cup win over Barnsley.

And now reports in Spain have claimed that Napoli have emerged as frontrunners for his signature after having him scouted during Madrid's midweek Champions League clash with Paris Saint Germain.

It is a fact that we all know Arsenal have little hope of winning the biggest trophy, and with two games a week Wenger made a concious decision to play his reserves in the midweek games (i.e. Champions League and League Cup) and save his A team for the Premier League.

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«I can not understand how the Premier League can organise midweek fixtures in between Champions League games.

It hasn't always been convincing though, particularly in midweek in the Europa League against Zorya Luhansk, but against a Stoke side currently sitting in 19th place in the Premier League table, they'll be confident of getting all three points.

They battled to a win in midweek against Red Star Belgrade in the Europa League, with a brilliant team goal eventually breaking their opponents down late on.

As for Everton, Wayne Rooney, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Leighton Baines, Idrissa Gueye and Phil Jagielka could all return after being rested in midweek against Lyon in the Europa League as they've been regulars in the Premier League.

Alexis had also just returned late from two international games in South America but Wenger decided to start him at West Brom and then again in the midweek Champions League.

A trip to Switzerland in midweek awaits shortly after, with the Champions League clash against Basel to play.

It was a bad midweek performance but lets get over it and look forward in the league.