Sentences with phrase «league holds against»

That's the sad reality of the bias the league holds against our franchise.

Not exact matches

He has faced Premier League teams too including two games against Chelsea in the Europa League semi-finals the year the Blues won the competition, and holding Liverpool to a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield, but it another European game that he remembers the most.

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....

It appears the West Londoners are now staging a form of protest against these decision by English football's governing body by refusing to hold a press conference ahead of their Premier League clash with the Citizens on Saturday.

Despite doubts that his 6» 10», 230 - pound frame would hold up against the league's powerful centers, he acquitted himself well against Patrick Ewing in an 86 - 78 Sacramento victory on Nov. 9.

Brian McDermott will be hoping his defence can hold out against the Premier League's most effective attack as Man United roll into town.

He plays with good pad level for the most part, but I have some concerns about how he would hold up against bigger, stronger defensive tackles in the league.

Indeed Bale himself may well hold off on any potential exit from the North London side IF Champions League football is secured, if it is not then it would take a brave man to bet against a potential move to join the Spanish side.

none of this «theo is ready to start» «jack is the second coming» «holding is ready to play against premier leagues finest»

In their last two games against a couple of the league's most elite passers, they've held Peyton Manning and Rodgers to a combined 358 passing yards, while allowing zero touchdowns and grabbing four interceptions.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

did u guys see how Chelsea pressured manu in the last 10 minutes, 93 % possession against manu in the last 10 min!!!! we can not do that against a league 1 team as long as Cazorla is not there to hold the ball and with only Giroud upfront.

Whether or not they are able to hold on to their advantage remains to be seen, but a win this weekend could give Villa a much - needed morale boost which they will aim to take with into next weekend's league clash against Crystal Palace as they hope to build some momentum.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?

Few gave Le TFC much hope against an effective MHSC side who had lost only one of their previous four and had held Champions League contenders AS Monaco in their last match.

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

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

Congratulations to Cambridge United It's awesome that a League 2 side held their own against United.

Holding was given the nod over Gabriel against Manchester United this weekend, but Mustafi is set to return from injury for Wednesday's Premier League match away at Southampton, and he may find himself back on the bench.

I am putting on hold my agitation for the signing of a top quality natural right winger to see what Premier League stuff will Alex Iwobi will be madeoff if the Boss will be magnanimous to start him against Crystal Palace.

Difficult this one.The Cup Final performance from the BFG was priceless and on that alone nobody questioned Wengers decision to give him the extra year.This season you felt he would nurture Holding and Chambers in the Carabao and Europa League competitions.That has obviously not happened and we all saw for ourselves how bad he had become with THAT performance against Forest in the FA CUP.

With Bayern holding a 2 - 0 first - leg lead for Tuesday's first leg in Munich, they travel to Turin for the return leg against Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League and Sammer said the side are hungry for silverware.

@Nothing Changed — my observation is more concerned with how he played in the league game against Leicester City the first substitutions were elneny and holding who were replaced by ramsey and giroud (respectively): before being subbed elneny appears to have been at sixes and sevens and though he was subbed after close to an hour it was clear to see he was out of his depths lost composure, panicked and he wanted out.

There is a quite widely held theory in the football world that Arsenal have become a team that just can not seem to produce our best performances when it really matters and there is evidence that the proponents of this theory can point to for support, most recently the slips against the likes of Swansea and Man United that effectively ended our chances of the Premier League title.

On the ensuing possession, Bradley found himself all alone, once again holding his own against one of the league's vaunted scorers.

The Red Devils were held to a goalless draw in Spain in the first leg of their last - 16 Champions League tie against the La Liga outfit, but they'll be confident of getting the result they need back at Old Trafford next month to advance.

At 105.2, Tom Brady still holds the best passer rating in the league, but his past two games were his worst since Week 1 against the Chiefs.

Mane certainly has a keen eye for goal and he currently holds the record for quickest hat - trick in Premier League history, having bagged three times in two minutes and 56 seconds against Aston Villa in May 2015.

However, there's still a chance that the suspension will be held off all year depending on what happens with his restraining order against the league.

I am not talking about the game Arsenal face in the Champions League this week, because not too many of us Arsenal fans are holding on to anything but the hope of a miracle and I don't think that any of us had much confidence that we would get through over two legs against Barcelona even before the home leg was played.

They got off to a quick start and a big league against veteran Team Rhum, but couldn't hold on in the 2nd half and ended up losing by 12.

The towering Bosnian netted a treble against Andorra in their Euro 2016 qualifier, despite only scoring four league goals this season and struggling to hold down a starting spot.

Unless we recruit in these areas, because Wenger clearly does not trust Holding and Chambers in Premier league matches, we will continue to be also rans.As far as I am aware AW sanctions all sales, loans and acquisitions and as such he alone is responsible for the teams performance.The players showed plenty of fighting spirit against Man Utd who were handed their goals on a plate.

Well as we expected there were no surprises from Arsenal's Premier League rivals yesterday, apart from how much better than Chelsea Man City were perhaps, so as well as holding onto some hope that Newcastle can take points ioff Liverpool later, we Gooners just want to see Arsenal do what they have to do and take all three points from our home game against Brighton.

Liverpool boss Jüren Klopp held his pre-match press conference today to preview tomorrow's massive Champions League tie against Manchester City.

West Ham United players seem to be enjoying some downtime after their Premier League game against Manchester United — originally scheduled to be held on March 18 — was postponed after their opposition advanced More...

Leicester City were held to a goalless draw against FC Copenhagen in their Champions League group G clash this evening.

Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the league leaders until over 60 minutes played.

Meanwhile, the 28 - year - old is expected to be back on field soon for Arsenal's upcoming Premier League fixture against Manchester City, scheduled to be held on March 2.

We hold our own against the bigger clubs in the Champions League, we're not the whipping boys of Europe.

Every positive facet of the Englishman's game was on show throughout one of the best Premier League games in living memory, and he more than held his own against a wonderful midfield trio of Fernandinho, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne.

In - form Lyon swept to a 5 - 0 victory against fellow UEFA Europa League hopefuls Nice, while Alexis Sánchez converted a late penalty clincher for Arsenal and both Lazio and Milan were held.

Manchester United still hold the Premier League attendance record, set in 2007 against Blackburn with a crowd if 76,098.

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Though he only had two headed goals in the league, he was still an extremely effective box threat from crosses often choosing to bring the ball down with his chest whilst holding off grown men who suddenly mirrored Kevin Hart trying to guard against an NBA center.

Atletico Madrid stood strong and held their own against the Catalan giants in the first leg of their Champions League quarter - final tie and even took the lead through Diego, whose sensational drive from 30 yards left Jose Pinto with no chance of a save whatsoever.

Against all expectations, though, Liverpool were able to hold on to their prized asset, and on September 29 he returned for a League Cup game at Old Trafford.

MOSCOW: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal can not afford a dip in concentration in Thursday's Europa League quarter - final second leg against CSKA Moscow despite holding a 4 - 1 advantage in the tie.

They couldn't hold on to a lead at home against Aston Villa last time out though, which will have been a frustration for boss Steve McClaren against the bottom side in the league.

The Baggies have only managed the one clean sheet in their last ten league matches now in the top flight and so there will be concerns about them holding out against the powerful Blues attack.