Sentences with phrase «make first appearance of the season»

United made light work of Leeds and the game also saw midfield outcast Bastian Schweinsteiger make his first appearance of the season.

They are still waiting on Rashad Singleton to make his first appearance of the season as well.

Roberto Mancini will also be without defender Joleon Lescott (groin) meaning Wayne Bridge (ankle) is set to make his first appearance of the season.

Mertesacker comes on to make his FIRST appearance of the season, and it is now nearly certain to play in the Final.

According to Le Prof, the club has an insight for the player to make his first appearance of the season at some point in January, which will be coming up close to almost a year out of professional football.

Before that happens, though, Arsenal fans will be able to welcome back Jack's international team mate Danny Welbeck, with the Arsenal boss suggesting that the England striker could be in line to make his first appearance of the season when the Gunners take in Hull City in the 5th round of the FA cup next weekend.

Did you hear the cheers from the Arsenal fans yesterday when Tomas Rosicky made his first appearance of the season against Burnley yesterday?

If indeed Hennessey is ruled out, it will pave the way for club legend Julian Speroni to make his first appearance of the season.

Nasri made his first appearance of the season in Saturday's 0 - 2 loss to Liverpool and is available for the second leg against Udinese on Wednesday.

Burnley travel to the City Ground today to play Nottingham Forest in the Professional Development League with the significant news that two players will be making their first appearances of the season as they come back from injury.

Philippe Coutinho back in training and braced to make first appearance of the season against Sevilla

And that was just the beginning of things to come, a week later Arsenal faced further humiliation at the hands of Liverpool, as they were battered 4 - 0 at Anfield, with Chilean star Alexis Sanchez making his first appearance of the season.

While Coutinho misses out for the hosts, Alexis Sanchez could make his first appearance of the season for Arsenal.

After a first half devoid of chances, goalkeeper Michel — making his first appearance of the season and, remarkably, the first of his career at Wembley — made a crucial save from on - loan Chelsea striker Ike Ugbo 20 seconds after the interval to prevent the visitors from taking the lead before midfielder Dele slid home the only goal of the game on 65 minutes.

He made his first appearance of the season for the U23s yesterday in their 1 - 4 loss to Everton, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute and twice almost reduced the deficit with efforts that brought out good saves from the Everton shot stopper.

Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen made his first appearance of the season, while there were also starts for Barcelona B players Carles Alena and Jose Arnaiz as well as Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen, while Javier Mascherano captained the side.

Liverpool had a right - back making his first appearance of the season and a 32 - year - old centre - back playing at left - back but this obvious area of weakness went untested until too late.

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Best Drama had a lot of fresh faces this year, with Handmaid's Tale, Stranger Things, This Is Us and Westworld all making an appearance in their first season.

Last campaign, Kompany was only capable of making 13 appearances in all competitions as Man City finished fourth in the Premier League in Guardiola's first season in England.

The 20 year - old only hit the first team last season but has already made 13 appearances for his club, after playing 18 times in the whole of last season, and has already played for the Turkey national side four times.

The 18 - year - old midfielder is really starting to make a name for himself in the Championship with Derby County, establishing himself as a key part of the first team in the 2012/13 season, making 35 appearances.

Hector Bellerin has been fortunate to have made so many first - team appearances this season, though none of us can take anything away from the promise he showed even before the ongoing season began.

Still, the absence of Gibbs could mean another star for Spanish youngster Hector Bellerin, who has made a few unexpected appearances in the first - team this season as a host of big names have been out of key fixtures.

The Frenchman has made more appearances off the bench this season than from the start and could be tempted by the lure of regular first - team football.

Lennon has found himself out of favour at White Hart Lane this campaign, ending up at the Toffees temporarily after only making 14 appearances for Spurs in the first half of the season.

Atsu spent the first half of the season with new boys Bournemouth, but made just two appearances for the club in the League Cup, and there are fears that he won't play again at Stamford Bridge as he has too much competition there.

Admittedly Chambers did not have loads of opportunities to make his mark in the Arsenal first team last season, making just a hatful of appearances over the entire year.

Jenkinson of course made his first start of the season last night and it was his first appearance in an Arsenal shirt for well over two years after a stint at West Ham.

The first glaring observation is Walcott's lack of games during the last two seasons with Sterling making almost three times as many appearances due to the Arsenal player's continued injury problems.

The England international is back in full training, although manager Brendan Rodgers has refused to reveal when the 26 - year - old will make his first appearance of the new season.

Poor Jack Wilshere was cast as a superstar of the future when he broke into Arsenal's first team at the tender age of 16, and finally became a first - team regular at 18 years of age and made a massive 49 appearances on the 2010/11 season.

The Dutchman missed Southampton's first four league games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.

It will be up to the England international to win them over, but given he has yet to make a single appearance so far this season, he'll have to get back to full fitness first, break into the side and then prove that he's worthy of the show of faith from the club.

Tammy Abraham is currently the third highest scorer in the Championship with 19 goals, impressive stats for a striker that previous to this season had only ever made 2 first team appearances for his parent club Chelsea, racking up a combined on pitch time of 53 minutes.

A major boost from Saturday's win was a first goal of the season for former Arsenal and Real Madrid forward Julio Baptista, who was making only his seventh appearance in the last 18 months due to Achilles and hamstring injuries.

The 23 - year - old has struggled to establish himself in Luis Enrique's side this season, as although he's made 44 appearances in all competitions, he hasn't been one of the first names on the team sheet and has managed just three goals and two assists in those outings.

The England international was tipped for great things by Sir Alex Ferguson, but injuries and a lack of regular first - team football — he made only 13 appearances last season — have stalled his development.

Despite racking up 344 first - team appearances for Liverpool, it was a different story for Lucas last season as he made just 12 league starts, while also being used as a makeshift central defender in the event of absentees in the backline.

Hernandez never managed to make a first team appearances for Atletico, however the player did get his chance when he was loaned out to Alaves for the entirety of last season.

Last season, Palmieri had a whole host of first team opportunities given to him, with the left - back making 25 league appearances Eusebio Di Francesco's side, bagging one assist.

Davies has made over 350 appearances for the Trotters and notched up 74 goals in the process though this season he has been in and out of the first team and hasn't started a Premier League match for over a month as N'Gog looks to have become a more favoured choice for the Bolton boss.

THE PRIDES OF THE WAYWARD BUSES When Atlanta pitcher Zane Smith couldn't make his scheduled Aug. 5 start in San Diego, 29 - year - old Cliff Speck and 28 - year - old Ed Olwine — who between them had 18 full minor league seasons and 17 major league appearances — combined to beat the Padres 3 - 2 for the first victory and save of their respective careerOF THE WAYWARD BUSES When Atlanta pitcher Zane Smith couldn't make his scheduled Aug. 5 start in San Diego, 29 - year - old Cliff Speck and 28 - year - old Ed Olwine — who between them had 18 full minor league seasons and 17 major league appearances — combined to beat the Padres 3 - 2 for the first victory and save of their respective careerof their respective careers.

Having been a virtual ever present in his first four seasons at the west London club, making 195 appearances before the current camapain got under way, Ramires has started just two of Chelsea's first seven Premier League fixtures with Serbian battler Nemanja Matic getting the nod for a central midfield berth.

The 29 - year - old has been an ever - present this campaign, making 38 appearances in all competitions and while he's generally excelled at offering steel, solidity and defensive coverage in midfield, he scored his first goal of the season with a dramatic last - gasp winner at Crystal Palace earlier this week.

Jack Wilshere was expected to be available to make his first Premier League appearance of the season for Arsenal on Thursday, but he will have to wait.

The goalkeeper, who signed from Ajax for the Spanish giants in 2016, found his first team chances limited last season, having only made 10 appearances in all competitions, with most of these coming in the Copa Del Rey.

Dean, 21, made six first team appearances in his rookie season, including a pair of starts at the 2014 Amway Canadian Championship, and has featured a number of times for the USA under - 23 team.

The Spaniard is highly - rated at the Santiago Bernabeu, but has struggled to make an impact on the first team so far this season and h «s notched just two goals in a total of 18 appearances.

McTominay made his first team debut for Jose Mourinho's side towards the tail end of last season, with the player also having made a handful of appearances for the Red Devils this season in both the Champions League and the EFL Cup.

After making over 100 appearances during his first spell at Selhurst Park, Zaha joined United in January 2013, returning to the London club on loan for the remainder of that season.