Sentences with phrase «niggling knee»

Ancelotti will probably be forced to do without the services of star man Cristiano Ronaldo — this season's leading scorer in the Champions League — after the Portuguese ace missed Saturday's victory at Real Sociedad with a niggling knee injury and was only able to complete a few minutes of Monday's training session.

Does Welbeck still have a small niggling knee problem waiting to flair up?

He has obviously been playing with a niggling knee injury that has now needed surgery, Franny was just plain shite.

Not exact matches

Theo is not far — he is just coming back from a long knee injury and I know myself having come back from one that you do find little niggles here and there.

«Since my long - term knee injury, I have had quite a lot of injuries this year, with a few niggles and groin problems, but I've played through all of it and even when I've been in discomfort for most of the games, I have been able to manage it.

The 22 - year - old is not expected to return to full training for a number of weeks because of a niggling problem related to the knee injury that sidelined him for more than a year.

Niggling injuries are common while players work their way back to full fitness following long - term knee injuries.

It is believed that Arsenal made the bid shortly after the club were made aware that Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky were struggling with niggling injuies, whilst Alex Oxlade Chamberlain could be out for a massive six months, if his scan shows serious damage to his knee.

It's not a huge major surgery for when you've blown your knee out, so it's the sort of thing you do to address niggling injuries.

Missing the first part of the season after picking up a knee injury on the opening day against Aston Villa, Oxlade - Chamberlain has been struggling with a niggling groin problem for a few weeks.

Lots of little details line up to niggle, stuff like the odd steering wheel (flat - bottomed, apparently comprised of offcuts from five or six other steering wheels), the fact that the wheel obscures the instruments for taller drivers, the uncomfortable seats, the engine's unsophisticated, torque - heavy delivery and the way your left knee bangs on the heater controls.