Sentences with phrase «league do against»

Not exact matches

Here you can see how your funds fared or how they rank against the competition, just as any sports fan does when looking up the league standings in the sports pages.

In 2011, he made his 500th English League appearance against Barnsley and in doing so cemented his unarguable status as a Premier League classic.

«We didn't start the season very well so it was very important to win these two games — Champions League against Maccabi Tel Aviv and the derby against Arsenal.

you also have to consider that giroud managed to do so in the world's toughest league as opposed to la liga where benzema only had atletico and barca as the only tough teams to play against.

Did you see his performance against Man City, he hardly got a sniff of the ball, how would he get on in the most competitive league in the world.

With his doubles against Sunderland and Burnley, the 25 - year old has bagged eight goals in those six games and for a player that does not even play as the main central striker, it just shows you how good Alexis is and the fantastic form he has found since swapping La Liga for the English Premier League.

It's a do or die game for our champions league hopes and what with Wenger's (separate) poor league records against Mo and Utd, this sure looks like being double trouble for us poor Gooners.?

Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.

While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.

I have always been a fan of Arsenal, but I am mad about every Premier League club as long as the club doesn't have to fight against relegation.»

Which Jack did you see in Champions league final against Barca?

The Dutchman was forced to play alongside Chris Smalling at the heart of United's defence during their Premier League season opener against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend and his performance was questioned by some in the media, who don't feel he is the long - term solution in that position.

As we all saw from the Reading match, Debuchy still has some work to do before he is ready to start in the Premier League again, especially if that start is against the likes of Hazard and Willian!

@rkw Though Barca was a good match to watch, they did it against a 10 man Valencia in freefall, in a 3 team league... Would that same Barca team be killin it week in and week out in the BPL?

«The whole team will need to consistently perform like they did in the first half against Chelsea, for us to win the league»

OT I Remember the last time when we were Hoping for West Ham to do us a favour against Liverpool, that was back in the George Graham days and it was the second from last game of the season, yup, Liverpool ended up winning 5 - 0... And we were left with the mission of having to beat the Scouser's by two clear goals to win the league, at Anfield.

Look I don't think ppl hate Giroud it's just that he's all good scoring against mid and lower league teams but it's against the big boys he does tend to go quite.

Mikolas has looked terrible so far, not because he can't get his pitches to work (well, partially), but because the pitches that worked in Japan, a largely contact league, don't work against patient MLB hitters that aren't looking to foul the ball away like they do in Japan.

We simply didn't show up against Monaco, and I think many of the players (and fans) who have being so used to receiving the hardest Champions League draw, took the French side for granted.

the problem with arsenal is the fans we forget very easily think about the game against Chelsea we can't be a top club with players like ozil think about the amount of easy chances that you miss do any of you delusional fan think if Chelsea didn't already win the league on they're mine on vacation you think we would have so much space to play and so easy.just think about we were winning the 50/50 challenge when does that happen we still need five new players

The questioning of the club's credentials also creates a team unity and although I do not want us to go down the «everyone and everything is against us» route, I do think that having something to prove can only help the Gunners to succeed and wave that Premier League trophy in everyone's faces.

We do have a Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb on the Tuesday after the international break but it is at home and we do play on the Saturday beforehand.

Call me unambitious but I will always say the league cup is not worth the hassle, its I Micky mouse cup that should only be used to test young players I didn't want us to win it against Chelsea or Birmingham I fact I was partly cheering for the bromies we should be focusing on the league and maybe the F.A cup.

Arsenal dose not like to spend crazy money and I don't think that is the reason why they haven't won the premier league, it is more because of Arsene Wenger's rigid style (until recently) that other teams are used to and can easily defend against.

Don't really rate him in all honesty yeah he had a great game against us in the champions league but he's not at that level all the time.

After Southampton inflicted our fourth league defeat of the season, Cech seems worried that Arsenal are in danger of letting this great chance at the title slip and so he has warned the Gunners that nothing less than maximum effort and application against Bournemouth will do.

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

Then they have the league cup game against Hull City on the Tuesday after and Hull could do us a huge favour by taking that to extra time as it has to be decided on the night.They then have to get ready for the always tiring trip to Stoke and the TV folk have done us a favour here by giving their weary legs an early Saturday start before their final UCL game the next Tuesday.

Unfortunately the only people that can remove him is the ones that put him in charge of arsenal and the only way the board will move against wenger is when he does not meet their expectations, have you heard any one of the board members come out and say fourth is not acceptable, for several years he has guarantee the board money from the champions league, they also have several agreements or contract signed with major companies, all that points to money coming back to the board.

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.

His style is well suited for the league since almost everyone bow down to his team and don't even try, but against other top teams in Europe his defense has always been exposed.

I expected Mariota, who has never really done much to prove otherwise, to become extra shaky in a road playoff game, especially against a turnover - hungry defense and in one of the loudest stadiums in the league.

how do one expect to win with a makeshift defense against the best attack of the premier league?

Will have to do better against Premier league's bottom sides if they want to continue their Champions League qualification sleague's bottom sides if they want to continue their Champions League qualification sLeague qualification streak.

We've played against every team in the league now and only one of our 5 losses did we feel that we got outplayed and did nt deserve to win.

As if I didn't know that Flamini left because of being subbed off in the champions league final against Barcelona, He was playing as a LB that day.

Who knows, he could do better than three FA cup wins in the last four years, three community shield wins in the last four years, twenty years of champions league participation and overseeing the building of a magnificient stadium that has propelled us into the top five clubs in the world, All I can say is this, after supporting Arsenal for over sixty years Arsene Wenger is the best their was, the best their is and the best their ever will be and despite numerous attempts to organise protests against him the anti wenger brigade has always failed miserably.

Arsene Wenger will hopefully not have to look for any reasons why Arsenal do not win away against relegation threatened Sunderland tomorrow, as we really need a good performance and the right result from the lads to go back above Man City and take a step closer to ensuring that we have a place in the Champions League next season and do not have the stress and inconvenience of a play off.

They really do have enough to compete with every Team in the League, they just need to put 42 minutes together against one of them to show what they can do.

Team Kaplan fought hard against the # 1 Team in the League but they just didn't have an answer inside against Romeo Magloire.

Barcelona came out of the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie against AS Roma with a big 4 - 1 lead, but with the second leg heading back to Italy, the job is far from done.

Whether you are feeling confident about Arsenal doing the business against our Europa League opponents CSKA MOscow or not, I think we all believe that Arsene Wenger and the players are capable.

The schedule has also done no favors for the Cliq / 1871 squad as they have gone up against the League's best and in their favorable sports..

They went up against Team Zimmerman who is one of the most dynamic in the League and they just didn't play their best..

No, they didn't get their desired result against Team Maione (few do) but they showed just how close they are to the top tier Teams in the League.

But on Oct. 18 against Marysville in a Golden Empire League game, he almost did it.

He led the league in both goals against average and save percentage and did so without the experienced defensive core in front of him that Braden Holtby had.

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

A «Legacy» crumbling around his ears when the correct decision would have been to walk away with his head held high following the FA Cup win against Chelsea.Instead he chose to sign on for two more years by going straight to Kronke (circumnavigating the Board) and promising to do what he has long since been unable to do... Change his outlook and challenge for the League....

Looking forward to the next half of the season, if we wish to reach our goals, it is essential that the Men's Blues do not become complacent in BUCS — Cambridge are only 3 points behind us — and that we continue to believe we can beat the best teams in our league on Saturdays, while also fully focussing on picking up 3 points against the weaker teams.