Sentences with phrase «matches against last season»

Leicester City have conceded four goals in two matches against last season's top six.

You have to take into account that it was the first home game and it was a match against last season's champions but it really did bode well for the rest of the campaign.

Not exact matches

Cable ratings for Sunday have yet to be released, so it remains to be seen if HBO's massively popular series Game of Thrones was able to stand up against the NBA's season - ender, though it is also possible that last night's very poorly - timed outage for HBO Now — the premium cable channel's paid streaming service — could have sent at least some viewers over to ABC for the end of the Cavaliers - Warriors match - up.

Brayden Point scored Tampa Bay's lone goal against Calgary, giving him 40 points (17g, 23a) this season, matching his total as a rookie last season.

But as we proved against Man U last season, 20 mins is enough to end a match.

Arsenal had won their last 9 games against Watford at home up until last season when the Hornets arrived for an FA Cup match (a competition that we hadn't lost a game in for 3 seasons) but we let our North London neighbours bully our stars off the ball and surprisingly lost the game 2 - 1 after going 2 - 0 down.

He is dumb, (not the first stupid red card he received against PSG), he is slow (look at the goals we scored against Chelsea and against Basel and ask yourself if Giroud could have been part of that), he's fragile (went missing we needed him most last season and not scoring for some 15 matches), and he is arrogant (doesn't score for 15 games and puts his finger to his lips when finally scores).

Beating the champions twice is meaningless if you end up 10 points behind them at the end of the season like we did last season to Leicester, I would rather we win the matches that really count like last nights game against Watford, Liverpool did us a favour and we did not prepare properly for the game

Mind you Zaza did score in both matches against Juventus last season which may have persuaded them to make use of a first - option clause after they sold him to Sassuolo a few years ago, but after acquiring him, are they seriously considering selling him before he even plays for the Italian giants.

OG may well have scored 20 goals had he played 35 matches last season, but he has fluffed a lot of chances against tight defences.

The 19 year - old has not yet played a League match for Leicester's first team but won the Academy Player of the Year last season and played a full 90 minutes against Hull in the League Cup this season.

As for the Arsenal vs Stoke Premier League match at the Ems on Sunday, the reason for the low turnout in our last home PL match against Watford could be attributed to the freezing weather condition in the UK that forced most Arsenal season ticket holders to stay at home.

Last season we got a great draw against Monaco that we should have won but had a nightmare home match.

The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.

But maybe he has now got over that as he has scored 6 goals already this season (helped by his first ever hat - trick against Everton in his last match) but he immediately went out injured again until (hopefully) returning for the Cup Final tomorrow.

you claim to be proclaiming the «bitter truth» but the fact is that last season they only lost one single match at home and it was against Chelsea (you know, the team that has already won the PL in your eyes);

Manager Roberto Mancini travelled to the Spanish capital to watch the 20 - year - old in action for his club in a league match against Atletico Madrid last Sunday after receiving glowing bulletins from scouts in the early weeks of the season.

Bone's eight assists matched a career high he set last season against Appalachian State.

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.

The Hornets have also lost four Premier League matches this season by goals conceded in the 90th minute or later, including their last match against Huddersfield Town.

And with a soft schedule that includes a nonconference slate against the lowly NFC West, they're capable of matching or exceeding last season's 13 wins.

He's only played in a few big games, and he's never stood out as anything special, nor has he against more mediocre PL teams; the only matches that stand out to me for Arsenal are the WBA game at the end of last season and a game against Sunderland and in both cases, the opposition really didn't look up for it.

With Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner, Devin McCourty, Patrick Chung and Logan Ryan (and maybe Alfonzo Dennard, who missed a few games early in the season dealing with a shoulder injury and was also a healthy scratch against the Bears last Sunday), the Patriots boast the second - best pass defense in the NFL, and match up physically with Broncos receivers of all shapes and sizes.

Played in Community shield, Crystal palace, this match, will play against Everton, was probably going to play against Besiktas again... Thats WAY too much playing time, and Wenger wouldve just been making the same mistake as last season where he wore Ramsey down to the core, and he picked up a major injury.

The championship has gone but it would be an improvement for us from last season where we had those two qualifying matches [against Besiktas], really tight ones, to secure the Champions League.

Xhaka was man of the match against Chelsea with a wonderful assists, he has 2 very important assists Leicester dude has bn a consistent performer since late last season buh u guys will always have something to moan, its just a pity

However, the team he put out got a good point as with the league win against the saints this team has shown that without a first team starting they are capable of getting results last season and in previous seasons would have lost both those matches.

@TH14atl the list of the players you gave me were players who were naturally central midfielders but could play in cmf position and you also gave me no 10's who could also play cmf so i do not get your take.However did you see that they were being played in their best positions.I am also against Ramsey on the wing but i will not be blinded by the fact that if he should be put in box to box role he will be better than santi in that role.But from what you said i think we might just sell cant we.Have you forgotten the man utd match last season where peeps were like O!

He was key to some matches last season such as against Crystal Palace (away) where he was involved in both goals.

Who was great in last season's fa cup matches against citeh and chelski

He featured in four Premier League matches last season, helping United keep clean sheets against Manchester City and Chelsea.

On the minus side Taylor was the fourth Official that Wenger was abusing in the match at Burnley last season which resulted in the boss getting a four - game ban, but he was redeemed when he was given charge of the FA Cup Final, which we happily won against Wednesday's opponents.

Despite his incredible record in his first two seasons at Arsenal, Alexis has scored just once in ten matches for the Red Devils and he was subsequently dropped by Jose Mourinho for the FA Cup match against Brighton last weekend.

Unfortunately, his injury in the first match against Bolton last term put him out for the season, but on his return he came back stronger and better than ever.

After losing to both Kiev and Olympiakos last season and defeat to Bayern we put ourselves in a very bad position but won are remaining matches including big win against Bayern We can't put ourselves in that position PSG are favourites but they are beatable we need to improve our performance from Saturday We need to work hard for 90 + minutes and who knows We need to expect PSG to be at their best But we have a lot of talent and we can do it

The German has taken part in 5 EPL games this season and was only on the winning side once (against Everton) and his last competitive match was in our awful FA Cup elimination to Nottingham Forest.

The 20 - year - old has really exploded into life this season and has an impressive five goals in his last seven games for Milan, including a winner in the derby match against Inter Milan.

we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

Adelaide United will be looking to bounce back after losing its first match of the season against the Melbourne Victory at AAMI Park last week.

Last season Chelsea were consistent but still won tight matches against lower teams.

Was not analyzing the Manchester ss and don't really care much there but from a footballing point of view and from the words of MR wenger I understand the logic I do nt read what the media thinks neither My comment above addresses the issues we face in comparison to the two previous seasons adding in our re enforcements The 22 million question «Are the Arsenal capable of achieving 85 point come next May???» I believed we were strong last year and said it here that the team was strong and together and used the very words that MR wenger used cohesion but as the season unfolded the cracks showed up at the very beginning when we lost to west ham and it got worse as we lost pole position and every thing around us came tumbling down by February last season here comes another important question did they know and understand what happened do they know what to do this term to avoid the very same faith well we wait and see Irregardless of what happens I will support Arsenal and will keep analyzing every match my way until May so Good luck Arsenal with your endeavors and hope you do well against Liverpool keep the fight on keep the heads up and give them a good beating

After the Gunners destroyed the Norwegian side Viking FK by eight goals without reply last night, and that was without Alexis Sanchez, Aaron Ramsey and new boy Granit Xhaka playing, Wenger played down the result but talked up the importance of the pace and physical aspects of the match against a club well into their own league season.

This could be an even bigger test for the Gunners than last week's derby given our two tight matches against Burnley last season and our abysmal form away from the Emirates this season....

We all know what's going to happen in that match, it's a MOVIE we've seen over and over again not only against United but many other Top teams, I can still remember what an Unknown Rashford did to us last season..

After last match against Bournemouth you and your pessimistic kinds were telling us not to celebrate for beating poor team and that Chelsea at Stamford bridge will be a better gauge to see how far the team will go this season.

He missed the majority of the last season on account of his ankle injury he incurred during the match against Manchester United in November.

The 19 - year - old broke into the Reds starting XI after returning from a loan spell at Championship outfit Derby County during the second half of last season and turned in a man - of - the - match performance in the Merseyside derby against Everton at Goodison Park last January.

Wilshere shouldn't even be judged by the U23 game.He's more technically gifted and intelligent than Ramsey and Xhaka.His loan deal last season was painful because we needed him.He was decent in some matches in Bournemouth while putting in some world class performances in some matches mostly those against top teams.I scratch my head if people think Ramsey and Xhaka are levels over him with some making it seem his career is over while that of Ramsey and Xhaka is on track.Wilshere can play with anyone in the centre because he's disciplined and intelligent.

Their inability to beat the biggest sides is reflected in the Premier League — in the last 3 seasons, Arsenal have won just 3 matches against their top 4 rivals, a run which includes 11 defeats.

Having broken Lyon's record for goals scored in a season in his last match — against Stade de Reims — Lacazette is now in the process of embellishing his own place in history.