Sentences with phrase «opening run of fixtures»
A relatively benign opening run of fixtures presents a great opportunity to bag some early points that they can't really afford to pass up.
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Bouncing straight back to the title is probably a stretch, and certainly nobody's idea of a minimum expectation, but with no European football and a decent run of opening fixtures, it would be foolish to count them out completely.
Manager Jose Mourinho, who made it eight wins and three draws in his own unbeaten run against Russian clubs, had warned the players he would not tolerate the sort of «PlayStation football» which had seen his side ease up at 2 - 0 in their opening Champions League fixture at home to Basel.
The team had reacted positively to a tough 3 - 1 defeat against Tottenham in their opening Champions League fixture and put together a run of three Bundesliga wins that saw them score 14 goals and concede just once — the only goal allowed in their first six league games.
This fixture on the opening day of the season saw Town run out 3 - 0 winners at Selhurst Park.
Nioplias» side were given a harsh lesson of what life is actually like at this sort of level in their Group D opener, with Govou's opening goal at the Nou Camp in Spain ruled out by some Messi magic and then some, with Barcelona running out 5 - 1 winners leaving Panathinakos bottom of the group, pointless and with a frightening goal differential which could prove their downfall come the final round of group fixtures.
City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up till now.