Sentences with phrase «league goals for the side»

David Silva's magician - like creativity and skill has led to 11 league goals for his side this season and Daley Blind will have to be on top of his game if the Spaniard is on form.

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The youngster has been on many a club's radar after grabbing twelve goals and fourteen assists for Monaco last year as his side made it to the semi-finals of the Champions League and won Ligue 1.

New Liverpool signing Christian Benteke marked his debut for the club with a sensational goal in their final pre-season friendly against League One side Swindon Town.

Both sides are in need of more goals if they are going to be challenging for the Premier League or Champions League any time soon.

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.

As a result, it would surely require a player to head out first to make space for Werner, but having spent so heavily on their attack, it's only logical that they address their issues at the other end of the pitch given that they possess the worst defensive record of the top seven Premier League sides this season having conceded 36 goals in 27 games.

The winger joined the Gunners back in January 2006, and went onto clock - up 270 Premier League outings for our side, scoring 65 goals along the way.

A brilliant 13 league goals in 14 appearances for the Croatian side have shown that the 21 - year - old knows where the net is.

Alli has scored 11 goals in 38 league appearances for Pochettino's side after making his debut for Spurs last summer.

Chelsea are ready to make their offer now and will look to complete a deal before the 2014 World Cup finals though the La Liga side may hope to spark a bidding war for the in - form marksman, who has scored 27 goals in domestic league action alone this term.

The powerful forward initially struggled for form following his big money move from FC Porto to the Russian Premier League but has impressed this season, scoring 10 goals and providing nine assists in 17 appearances to help his side to the top of the domestic table.

Campbell has scored 10 goals and provided 12 assists in his 36 matches for the Greek side this season, with his most famous strike coming against Manchester United in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

Last term Dimitar Berbatov bagged nine goals for Ligue 1 side AS Monaco and was a regular in their Champions League campaign and the stylish striker has a strong Premier League pedigree having scored 94 goals in the English top tier during his time at White Hart Lane, Old Trafford and Craven Cottage.

It remains to be seen where Sanogo will end up, but it is thought that Arsene Wenger is keen for him to be playing regularly for a Premier League club to help him gain the experience needed to shine at the top level for his Arsenal side after something of a difficult start in front of goal since he joined the Gunners last season.

Muller, 25, has scored 26 goals in 62 games for his country, as well as 70 in 190 league games for club side Bayern Munich, who he's already helped lead to eleven major honours, despite having only made his professional debut for the club in 2008.

The Spanish international has won a long list of honours for club and country, forming part of the highly dominant Barcelona side that won the Champions League in 2011, when he scored the opening goal in the final against Manchester United.

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.

Last season, the midfielder shone for Nice, as he bagged seven goals and 10 assists in 34 league appearances as the French side secured a top four finish.

Fifteen league goals for a struggling side is a phenomenal return and there is nobody we would rather have on the bench.

Newcastle United signed Cabaye from Lille in June 2011 and he more than proved himself at Premier League level, scoring 18 goals in 93 appearances for the St James» Park side, and is a player Arsene Wenger will hope can add a fresh dimension to his Gunners midfield.

The Old Trafford manager has seen his side struggle for goals, managing just two in three Premier League fixtures, and is yet to successfully replace Robin van Persie following the Dutch international's move to Fenerbahce earlier this summer.

Has scored eight league goals for his current side, who he joined in 2013.

So far this season, the Argentine international has clocked up an astonishing record of 17 goals and one assist in 17 league games for Luciano Spalletti's side.

It's not hard to see just why Inter are trying to tie Icardi down so much with the striker or why the two table - topping Premier League sides are interested, Icardi has managed an impressive 15 goals in 27 appearances despite Inter's struggle for form for the majority of this season.

But both sides, or the managers of them at least, probably see this as the second priority, with the race to get one of the Champions League spots being the real goal for the season.

Radamel Falcao has adapted well to life in La Liga, notching up 36 goals in his first season at the Vicente Calderon but Diego Simeone's side did not secure a Champions League spot for next term and as such could be vulnerable to big money offers for the 26 year old, who may well be tempted by a move to the Premier League side.

Romelu Lukaku has been heavily criticised for his lack of goals against the top six sides in the Premier League for a number of years, but this could be the time to now finally deliver.

With both these sides having beaten each other in the league this season (both by the scoreline of 1 - 0) we could be set for another nervy and tight affair at Wembley today, and goals may be hard to come by.

Indeed, Payet has impressed, scoring six goals, contributing four assists and getting rave reviews for Slaven Bilic's side in the Premier League so far this season.

The City youngster's father previously played for Arsenal also, having come through their youth ranks in the late 80s, before going onto make 166 league appearances for the side, scoring 46 goals.

Dalglish has seen his Liverpool side struggle for goals this term, managing just 47 goals in 37 Premier League games to date, the same total as relegated Blackburn Rovers and now the Scot is looking at possible additions to help add strength in depth up front.

Since he secured his transfer from fellow Premier League side Burnley in the summer of 2015, the forward has only been able to make 12 appearances for Jurgen Klopp's side, scoring three goals in the process.

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Philippe Coutinho scored a superb, well - worked team goal for the Reds this evening to draw the away side level in the Champions League tie against Spartak Moscow.

Alli hasn't been his usual self this season, with the youngster only managing to bag a total of eight league goals this campaign compared to the 18 he managed last season, however today showed that the 21 - year - old is still an absolute asset for the north London side.

Rooney's 79th - minute header secured United a 1 - 0 Champions League win over CSKA Moscow on Tuesday and brought to an end a 6 hour and 44 minute wait for a goal for Louis van Gaal's side.

Should Chelsea end up getting a deal for Dortmund star Aubameyang over the line, it'll be interesting to see whether the Gabon international can replicate the form we see him achieve for the Bundesliga side last season, which saw the striker bag in impressive 31 goals in 32 league appearances.

The former PSG, Inter Milan and Barcelona forward scored 28 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions for the Red Devils, as he helped his side win the Community Shield, League Cup and the Europa League.

However, United were very nearly laughing on the other side of their faces as Preston took the advantage before normal service was resumed with a late flurry of goals for the Premier League giants.

The 23 - year - old managed 20 assists and 10 goals in 34 appearances for the Bundesliga side, while also managing five goals and five assists in 11 Europa League matches.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

The attacker has been one of the stars of the first half of the Liga BBVA season, scoring eight goals and contributing five assists in 15 league showings to date, helping his side move up to fifth in the top flight, and in contention for an unlikely European place.

After scoring 18 league goals for a relegated Rangers side in his first season in the Premier League, Austin is likely to be the target of many top flight clubs and Liverpool are thought to be interested [via ITV Sleague goals for a relegated Rangers side in his first season in the Premier League, Austin is likely to be the target of many top flight clubs and Liverpool are thought to be interested [via ITV SLeague, Austin is likely to be the target of many top flight clubs and Liverpool are thought to be interested [via ITV Sport].

The striker has largely failed to make much of an impact at each side he's played for and in fact the Englishman has only ever scored 3 league goals in 57 league appearances.

But just as important for Arsenal to have any chance of claiming the Premier League title next time around is our ability to stop the other side from scoring and that ability was not much in evidence last season, with our 44 EPL goals conceded being the worst in the top six.

Should Henderson start adding goals to his game, he'll surely find himself indispensable to Jurgen Klopp's side this season, as they look to mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title.

Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela and Emmanuel Adebayor managed just five Premier League goals between them in 2014/15 and Pochettino had to rely upon good goal tallies from the likes of Nacer Chadli and Christian Eriksen to boost his side's ultimately unsuccessful push for a top four finish.

While Mata has been the creative hub for the team at times, his departure would only starve the side of goals more so and there is no suggestion that the Premier League giants have a replacement lined up.

Mourinho has seen his Chelsea side struggle for form this term and star striker Diego Costa isn't making the same impact as he made in his debut season in the Premier League and it's no surprise that the Blues boss would target a fresh goal - scoring option.

Bale netted 22 goals in his opening season at Real Madrid, helping Carlo Ancelotti's side to Copa del Rey and Champions League triumphs, and has continued to impress during the club's superb 22 match winning streak and despite reports of any potential bust - ups with team - mates it's unlikely president Florentino Perez would be considering offers for the player any time soon.