Sentences with phrase «last league games as»

The Gunners were wasteful with the chances they've created in their 2 last League games as they have failed to convert most of the good goal scoring chances they got in their home game against West Ham.

Not exact matches

The draw effectively ruled out CSKA's hopes of booking a place in the next round and the face that Igor Akinfeev conceded rubbed further salt in the wounds as the goalkeeper has now failed to keep a clean sheet in his last 42 Champions League games.

As for the Cherries, they have only won one of their last five games but sit in 11th position and will surely be plying their trade in the Premier League again next season.

In fact, Milan have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions, and that simply isn't good enough for them as they harboured ambitions of getting back into the Champions League next season.

Arsenal take on Sunderland at the Stadium Of Light this Saturday, as Wenger's wizards seek to get back to winning ways after picking up just one point from their last two league games.

Four defeats out of the last 5 league games and performances which «get managers sacked» as Redknapp said speak volumes.

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.

Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had saved penalties in each of his last two Champions League games, but he didn't get close to this one as Griezmann sent him the wrong way.

Also, look how that turned out as we only won one more league game until the last week in October.

The lesser fans of lesser teams will say it was because the Vikings got the game at home (as if the NFL knew back in 2014 when they gave the game to Minneapolis that the 2017 Vikings were going to be really good), but really it's because Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman have built the best defense in the National Football League over the course of the last four seasons since Zimmer's arrival.

Most teams will be forced to expose a lot of high - priced players in the expansion draft — as baseball teams did in the major league expansion draft last year — and the Bottles and the Cakes, with decent coaching, should win some games early.

Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only conceded one goal in their last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.

So Arsene Wenger's name is being cheered again, Arsenal look good for a UCL quarter - final place and we seem to be on the up in the Premier League as well, heading for an away game with a Liverpool side about as far removed from the confident, dangerous and in form outfit that took us apart at Anfield last season.

Sanchez, who scored 24 goals in 38 league games for the north London side last season as the Gunners narrowly missed out on the top four, is reportedly top of Unai Emery's side's transfer targets, with the club wanting at least one marquee signing before the window shuts on August 31st, according to Sky Sports.

Unfortunately for us fans, no league has locked its players out as often as this one over the last two decades — 1,698 regular - season games lost, more than major league baseball, the NBA and the NFL combined.

But confidence will be high in the Chelsea camp as well after 10 league games without defeat, and last weekend's 5 - 1 FA Cup rout of Manchester City.

Last season he had personal major league lows in home runs and RBIs, and at one point in September he got so fed up that he refused to enter a game as a pinch hitter.

Anyway we can all now relax and look forward to seeing if the 24 - year old can settle quickly into the team and adapt to the rigours of the Premier League / Paulista himself sounds like he can not wait to get stuck in and try to make his new club as solid at the back and as hard to beat as he made Villarreal, who have not lost a game in their last 18 matches.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

I am of the opinion that Arsenal really can win this, as Pep Guardiola's side have not quite clicked totally yet, and with the exit from the Champions League to Monaco, the Citizens have only won 1 of their last 4 games and have lost away to both Liverpool and Everton since Xmas.

There have been many mutterings about Alexandre Lacazette being eased out of Arsenal after the arrival of PE Aubameyang this January, as it appears that Arsene Wenger has decided that the Frenchman not adapted to life in the Premier League and has now failed to score in his last 12 games for the Gunners.

However last season, Ward played a pivotal role in Huddersfield's promotion winning season, as the Wales international kept 11 clean sheets in 43 games as the Terriers won promotion to the Premier League for the first time.

Jack Wilshere's physical powers have been intensely tested in the last few weeks as Arsene Wenger has picked the 25 year - old for every single Arsenal game over the intense Xmas period, and he showed he was just as fit today as when he first played by being as impressive as usual and even scoring his first goal in the Premier League for two and a half years.

After averaging 23 points and seven assists per game last season, Jones - Smoots will have to watch his team contend in a competitive Delta League this season as they look to top last year's 20 - 10 record and playoff berth.

After a gruelling run of Premier League games, Arsene Wenger can at last give some Arsenal first team players a much - needed rest as we travel to the City ground to take on Nottingham Forest in the Third Round of the FA Cup.

Because you talk nonsense anything can happen in cup games as for our defence it's one of if not best in league and we were never in this position last year of being 5 points clear and playing so well

for the people who complained about our 3 - 1 win over bournemouth last week, once more i have to remind them there is no easy games in this league as liverpool, s loss shows us so please be happy with the 3 pts when we win!!

It is simply baffling as to why Wenger would rather introduce Danny Welbeck from the bench than play a man who scored 28 goals in 30 league games for Olympique Lyon last season.

Despite missing the first six games of the season due to last year's infraction, Atterberry has also stepped up, and his 13 assists rank as second-most on the team, and in the league, behind only Petcu (14).

Robertson had a reputation as one of the best defensive guards in the league, but could also get you 20 points a game and was the last guy you ever wanted to fight.

Play the strongest team available do not underestimate any team in the premier league especially as every teams squad has been improved.There is absolutely no point in destroying Man U and then losing to Watford due to playing a weaken team.Get the game won and then make the changes in the last 20 minutes or so.

We lauded Embiid's performance in his 31 games last year, and we still might be underselling him: He was right with Rudy Gobert as the best rim defender in the league while scoring 20 points on 58 percent True Shooting Percentage.

As of Aug. 28, the day before the trades, the A's had lost five of their last seven games, had recently lost center - fielder Dave Henderson to a knee injury, had watched Jose Canseco struggle with back ailments and had begun to hear gleeful whispers from around the league: Ha!

The 30 - year - old has not featured in the last six Premier League games with a knee injury keeping him sidelined, although as noted by Sky Sports, there was a reported fall - out with Antonio Conte last month too.

As well as Swansea, Sky Sports report that a bid had already been rejected for the midfielder from rivals Leicester City, which was reportedly more valuable than the # 40M that the Toffees had bid for the Icelandic international, who managed nine goals and 13 assists in 38 league games last season as Swansea managed to avoid relegatioAs well as Swansea, Sky Sports report that a bid had already been rejected for the midfielder from rivals Leicester City, which was reportedly more valuable than the # 40M that the Toffees had bid for the Icelandic international, who managed nine goals and 13 assists in 38 league games last season as Swansea managed to avoid relegatioas Swansea, Sky Sports report that a bid had already been rejected for the midfielder from rivals Leicester City, which was reportedly more valuable than the # 40M that the Toffees had bid for the Icelandic international, who managed nine goals and 13 assists in 38 league games last season as Swansea managed to avoid relegatioas Swansea managed to avoid relegation.

Forget everything else... if the game went over exactly as it did, but with the Spurs hitting their season average from 3 (35.2 %, which is about league average), we would have won last night's game by three points (10 made threes for 30 points, versus 4 made threes for 12 points).

The 30 - year - old hasn't featured in the last five Premier League games, with Don Balon, as re-reported by The Express, noting that he had a bust - up with Antonio Conte last month after questioning the Italian tactician.

As another old enemy, Michael Owen, said about the match in his Premier League betting preview: «Tony Pulis has lost only one of his last six Premier League home games with Arsenal and I expect to see his side bounce back after a couple of disappointing performances in recent weeks,»

The fight began as an argument over tickets to an Eastern Hockey League game of the St. Petersburg Suns, then in last place.

But we should not write this game off just yet as Everton are still in poor form in the Premier League, only just managing to snatch a point off Leicester at home last weekend.

Areola, who was also reported to be a target for Premier League champions Chelsea as per the Sun, kept 13 clean sheets in 27 games in all competitions last season as PSG were pipped to the Ligue 1 title by fellow side Monaco.

The 18 - year - old caught the eye in Zinedine Zidane's Castilla side last season, scoring seven goals in as many games in the UEFA Youth League, and van Gaal is interested.

Van Rhijn, 23, played in 32 Eredivisie games last term, as well as making six appearances in the Champions League and two in the Europa League.

As per the Sun, Barca are desperate to keep ahold of Brazilian forward Neymar, who scored 13 assisted 15 in 30 league games for the Blaugrana last season, and the club are unwilling to enter talks with anyone unless the buy - out fee in Neymar's contract is met.

Tony Pulis» Crystal Palace had won five games on the bounce before being beaten 2 - 0 by Manchester City last time out, as they surged up the table and mathematically secured another season in the Premier League.

The match in question, sometimes referred to as the «Battle of the Bridge» for the fighting that took place on and off the pitch, featured Chelsea overcoming a 2 - 0 deficit to tie the game against Tottenham and deprive the Spurs of their last chance to stave off Leicester City in the Premier League title chase.

Chelsea will be without Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic as two games of his ban for violent conduct were upheld by the FA, following his angry reaction to Ashley Barnes» horror tackle in the Premier League game against Burnley last Saturday.

As Daily Mail journalist Martin Samuels explains, the last time the Portuguese won the Premier League was with Chelsea in 2015 and they led from the very first game and were never off the top all season.

Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive until the last game of the season.

The goal completely changes the complexion of the tie... Chelsea have got an all important away goal in their Champions League Last 16 tie against Paris Saint - Germain, as they now have something to defend it is likely we could see Jose Mourinho's side defend what they have for the remainder of the game.