Sentences with phrase «performance against league»

Both teams were in EFL Cup action during the week and, whereas the Hammers came through unscathed with a competent performance against League Two Cheltenham, Newcastle were dumped out, after extra time, at home to Championship Nottingham Forest; albeit with a definite second string line - up.

Liverpool sent a strong message to their top 4 rivals with an incredible performance against league leaders Arsenal, starting the game at such a high tempo that Arsenal couldn't catch a breath.

Not exact matches

The former Porto boss has been less than impressed by some decisions against his team, even going so far as calling referees» chief Mike Riley to complain about the performance of the officials in Chelsea's Barclays Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

The 30 year - old was rightly chosen for the Man of the Match award for his outstanding performance against the Premier League champions.

Did you see his performance against Man City, he hardly got a sniff of the ball, how would he get on in the most competitive league in the world.

Wish we can pull off the kind of performance and result against Everton on the 15th of August 2009 for a dream start to the league

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil faced colossal criticism for his uninspired performance in the embarrassing Champions League defeat to Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco last Wednesday, but after grabbing two assists against Everton on Sunday — are the German's critics unjust?

The Dutchman was forced to play alongside Chris Smalling at the heart of United's defence during their Premier League season opener against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend and his performance was questioned by some in the media, who don't feel he is the long - term solution in that position.

It was two more frustrating seasons culminating in a fantastic performance that led us out of the champions league at home against Monaco.

A Good performance from all the players.no team is easy to beat at this closing stage of the league: If a half goal exists in the game of football and guarantees 3points, I had take a half goal and 3points against any opponent no matter how lowly placed.

This Tuesday we face Barcelona FC in the Champions League and anyone but the most blind faithed wouldn't give us much hope of getting past them (especially based on our past performances in the UCL, bar one instance against them).

Indeed, Championship club Nottingham Forest have also been rumoured to have been close to signing Bale before his performances exploded under Harry Redknapp, with a virtuoso display against Inter Milan in a Champions League tie at the San Siro being an obvious highlight of his time at the club.

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The young Italian turned in a magnificent performance in the second leg against Chelsea as Paris Saint Germain knocked out the Premier League leaders on away goals.

I frankly have yet to see anything that convinces me that we can win the league this season, EXCEPT for the performance against Manchester United!

While his performance and sending off against Real Madrid in the Champions League in midweek did raise further questions about his ability to make an impact on the big stages in Europe, there is no denying that the Argentine forward is a quality individual who is integral to Juve's future success.

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

This pattern went on until Arsenal pulled some pretty powerful performances in the UEFA champion League in 2006 especially, coming to just 15 minutes away from a famous win against Barcelona.

Arsene Wenger will hopefully not have to look for any reasons why Arsenal do not win away against relegation threatened Sunderland tomorrow, as we really need a good performance and the right result from the lads to go back above Man City and take a step closer to ensuring that we have a place in the Champions League next season and do not have the stress and inconvenience of a play off.

I know that I am right at the highly optimistic end of the scale of Arsenal fans and I know that the team's hopes of making it to a first Champions League quarter - final in four years are hanging by a thread by the shocking performance against Monaco at the Emirates in the first leg.

Real have of course enjoyed success in the Champions League this week after a stunning first - leg performance against Juventus in Turin.

Indeed, the Burnley midfielder showered the centre - back with some glowing praise following his performance against Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

In his first season as Anaheim's undisputed starter, Giguere has backed up his largely unnoticed breakout performance of last season, when his 2.13 goals - against average and.920 save percentage for the last - place Ducks were fifth in the league.

In fact, it had been thought that McCarthy would be moving to Anfield this summer after the Englishman's man - of - the - match performance against Brendan Rodgers's side in the Premier League last April, a display that the Reds boss later called one of the best - ever that he had seen from a goalkeeper in his career.

As Wenger outlined in his pre-match press conference reported by Arsenal.com, Leicester are no mugs and have put in two strong performances against Everton and Chelsea so far in the Premier League.

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Flick through the pages below to read our full list of ratings for Liverpool's performance against Tottenham in their Premier League clash.

Chilean forward Eduardo Vargas has taken his time to adapt to Premier League football since joining on loan from Napoli this summer, but impressive cameo performances against the likes of Liverpool have given Rangers fans real hope that he can be a difference maker for them.

He followed that up with a brace against Southampton on his full league debut before an impressive performance leading the line against Sunderland.

Beating West Ham comfortably is one thing, but their performance against Manchester United last month, where they looked totally limp from kickoff onwards, was a reminder that being able to punish small teams that sit deep and let you have the ball is a great quality for a team to have, but it is not enough to win a league on its own.

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At home this time and off the back of a fantastic performance against Burnley, the Gunners should be far more confident heading into their midweek Champions League fixture.

The club have won their last five home league games against Nottingham Forest keeping clean sheets in the last three but will be disappointed with their performance during a 1 - 0 loss at home to Sheffield Wednesday last time out.

With Jose Mourinho under fire and facing plenty of criticism for his handling of the squad and performances as well as the result against Sevilla in the Champions League, tensions are seemingly high and things are getting progressively worse with pundits and supporters launching attacks.

When the transfer window closes it will be the first step in regretting buying Fabregas, followed by the MOM performances against us, followed by Champions league or Premier league glory.

McGuire only had one breakout performance his first year in the league, which came when he had 131 total yards and a touchdown in Week 4 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, arguably the best defense in the NFL this season.

Ahead of a tough Champions League game this was a good away performance today against a good Crystal Palace side.

The way I see it Chelsea will make the top 4 and probably win the league with City coming in second, they just haven't been at their best in recent times and are powering through matches off player quality as opposed to a well drilled and coherent outfit e.g. Dortmund's performance against us.

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AVB also made it clear he expected the team to raise their performance against Genk in the Champions League on Tuesday and at Blackburn on Saturday.

We might not have gotten the points we needed in our pursuit of the Premier league title but with the exception of our cowardly performance against a second string Man United side, we have not played badly at all.

Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier League match against top four rivals Man City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.

Pathetic performance, biggest loss against lower league team for 56 years, apparently.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

Hart is still highly regarded by the rest of his City teammates, though, and is still capable of pulling off a solid performance, as he did in the Champions League tie against CSKA Moscow last week, but Pellegrini believes the 26 - year - old will respond positively to some serious competition for a starting spot.

With Arsenal going into the crunch Champions League game against Barcelona at the Emirates, the Gunners will need exactly that kind of performance from the combative midfielder in order to contain the Catalan attack.

Due to the poor performance from Radamel Falcao against the League One side, he could end up coming straight back in to the side for the Colombian.

Chelsea got their pre-season off to a disappointing defeat against Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls, and Jose Mourinho will surely be demanding a much improved performance from his Blues squad.

What is certain is that Arsenal will have to produce a better performance this time round compared to their lacklustre effort in midweek against Swansea City, a defeat that leaves them in sixth place in the Premier League table and eight points adrift of the top four.