Sentences with phrase «last season while»

Madrid dominated La Liga last season while Barça won the Copa del Rey for the third straight year, and it's the first time since 2012 that the two biggest clubs in Spain will face each other for the Super Cup title.

Traore appeared in all six Champions League games played by Basel last season while winning their third - highest number of tackles (8).

Asad played for Atlanta United last season while on loan from Velez Sarsfield in Argentina.

Cologne's defense also proved a little leakier than last season while balancing three competitions proved a struggle.

After all, Danny Welbeck showed himself to be hard - worker rather than clinical finisher in the Arsenal attack last season while the fact that one can still count on two hands the number of times Theo Walcott has started as a central - striker during his decade long Arsenal career speaks to the fact that the boss still sees him as a wide - forward.

The north London club are without Champions League football for the first time in decades after being pipped to the fourth spot by the Reds last season while the Chilean is refusing to sign a contract after entering his final year at the Emirates.

While it's hard to say what Watford boss Marco Silva will be looking to do when the Reds roll in to town, the Portuguese tactician got one over on the Reds last season while in charge of Hull City so it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about getting a result.

However, Blackburn are miles ahead in the head - to - head, boasting a couple of home wins and a couple of away draws, and those pair of home success were both by a considerable margin, comprehensively beating the Midlanders 3 - 1 last season while they were 5 - 1 winners back in 2003.

Chelsea won the Premier League title with a comfortable margin last season while Arsenal successfully defended their FA Cup crown.

Cedric Hengbart and Elhadji Ndoye arrive at the club with the former having previous experience of Indian football as he featured for North - East United last season while the latter comes to India as a talented 24 - year - old Senegalese who failed to make a mark in European football despite being highly rated as a teenager.

United finished sixth last season while claiming the Carabao Cup and Europa League.

Paredes, who was scouted by Liverpool last season while on - loan with Empoli, returned to Roma this summer and quickly established himself in coach Luciano Spalletti's line - up.

West Ham: Pablo Zabaleta could be set to face the Blues for the first time after departing at the end of last season while Joe Hart could face his parent club after joining the Hammers on loan.

City boss Pep Guardiola is aware of the Syrian - born youngster's burgeoning reputation, having seen first hand the all - action midfielder's rise at Borussia Park last season while still in charge of Bayern Munich.

He chased the player last season while he was on loan at Roma but after another underwhelming season, it seems West Ham are looking elsewhere.

The Premier League club generated # 581m revenue last season while Real Madrid, which held top spot for 11 years, was second with # 579.7 m.

According to The Mirror, he wants assurances over his chances of playing regularly next season with both Liverpool and Tottenham keen to swoop if he is available, with Gray making just nine Premier League starts last season while coming off the bench 21 times.

A youth product of Athletic, Yeray started 25 times in La Liga last season while also making eight Europa League appearances.

He has at times struggled to reproduce the same form as last season while Mohamed Salah has excelled, and it was the Egyptian who tested Palace's Wayne Hennessey with a curling effort the goalkeeper jumped to collect.

Last season while writing about Arsenal I could feel the shift in the manager's approach and the impact on his philosophy.

Evidently on both occasions he failed, with Kante going on to play an instrumental role in Leicester's triumph last season while he looks as though he's set to make it back - to - back Premier League titles this season at Stamford Bridge.

Junior Holly Azevedo surrendered just eight runs (ONE earned) in 177 innings last season while striking out 253.

He hit.360 with 32 hits, 20 runs and 26 RBI last season while going 5 - 0 with a 1.79 ERA on the hill.

We take the live matches data from last season while league position are from 25 February 2018..

He scored 17 times in 22 games last season while playing for Okapi.

Aside from the steady progress in statistics, with seven goals in 39 outings last season while he's already got six in 19 this year, Milinkovic - Savic has matured and improved his all - round game in Italy.

New York will struggle to replace Robin Lopez, who averaged 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game last season while providing stellar defense.

But when people are saying we should sign X-player who contributed well last season while playing every single game for «depth» sure, on paper it looks great, but a lot of players hit patches of form that may not necessarily be given that opportunity here, as there may be someone else in the squad who hits the ground running and contributes straight away... If Coquelin, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, AOC, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky are all fit and firing, I think you're sorely mistaken if you think anything but a truly world - class midfielder would be looking at those names and not potentially evaluating their first - team opportunities.

Last season while on loan to the club he scored 11 goals 21 appearances and 23 total goals.

The Moroccan played alongside the 24 - year - old at AC Milan last season while he was on loan to the Serie A club.

Nine years removed from Jamaica, where he was as likely to see a bobsled run as an American football game, and 68 inches removed from the ground, Marley recorded 59 tackles last season while backing up senior Jessie Armstead at outside linebacker.

Giroud scored 19 goals last season while spending 3 1/2 months injured.

But simply regurgitating an old slur was never going to be good enough for him, especially after we did win something last season while Chelsea finished empty handed.

Do managers get some kind of rush from the last minute trolley dash This is Mertesacker's last season while Monreal 31 Giroud 31 Cazorla 32 Koscielny 31 Cech 35 will be gone next summer.

The 23 - year old shortstop slashed.301 /.358 /.435 last season while adding 15 home runs, 19 stolen bases and playing spectacular defense.

Some Arsenal fans may think that these two former France under 19 stars, who helped Les Bleus to win that age group's version of the Euros back in 2010, should be heading different directions as Francis Coquelin struggled at times in our midfield last season while the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette has been treated with universal acclaim by us Gooners.

His job description: Alleviate the pressure on Tracy McGrady, who accounted for nearly one third of the Magic's scoring last season while also leading the team in total rebounds, assists and blocks.

The 22 - year - old was a crucial part of Monaco's title - winning side last season while they also reached the semi-finals of the Champions League as Silva contributed 11 goals and 12 assists in 58 appearances in all competitions.

They have a fine coach but the makeup of their squad has not really changed much from last season while other big clubs are adding players and improving significantly.

More important, he has given new spirit to the Spirit, which shut down all last season while the ownership tried to strengthen its financial position.

He had 52 games last season while Vidal only 45.

Sanchez has been the savior of our season like Ramsey last season while Chambers is a bright light and wellbeck s a slighty better Giroud.

Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald notes that the best backup quarterbacks, such as Kyle Orton, are paid handsomely, as Orton made over $ 3 million dollars last season while serving as Tony Romo's backup.

Nets guard Kerry Kittles improved his game the hard way: by missing last season while recuperating from a potentially career - ending knee injury.

The fact that he's up there in the top - 5 goal scorers since the beginning of last season while scoring virtually all of those goals in the immediate vicinity of the net is remarkable.

Bridgewater, the 32nd overall pick in last year's draft, ran an offense that was forced to adapt after Peterson was placed on the commissioner's exempt list last season while facing child abuse charges in Texas.

I'd say we are level with them except they did win the league last season while we won it nearly a decade and a half ago.

This is a team that missed the playoffs last season while struggling through injuries and already lost one of its best players in Jonathan Drouin this summer.

And I dig that he randomly cut his K % by 7.4 % last season while raising his BB % to 10.3 %.

Both managers have recent success at promotion with Norwich body Alex Neil guiding Hamilton to promotion to the Scottish Premiership last season while McCarthy has previously taken both Wolves and Sunderland up to the Premier League.