Sentences with phrase «performance against the minnows»

If this is the level of performance against the minnows, imagine how much havoc teams like Man City and Chelsea can cause against the Red Devils.

However, poor performances against minnows in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League have intimated that there remains much work for Bilic to do — not least in instilling discipline in a side that is competing in Europe thanks to the Fair Play Award and yet has somewhat ironically had three players sent off in five games.

Not exact matches

It was always going to be interesting to see how Arsene Wenger justified Arsenal's dire performance against the Swedish minnows Ostersunds who had an average attendance of 5,295 last season.

Balotelli only arrived at Anfield in the summer from Lazio's Serie A rivals AC Milan, but despite his impressive goalscoring record at the San Siro, Balotelli has been unable to translate his performances back into the English game, with only one Liverpool goal to his name so far — in the Champions League against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad.

And most of us have been trying to pick the performance apart to see just how the Gunners managed to throw away a three goal lead against one of the minnows of the Champions League.

Welsh minnows Bangor City was negotiated without any hassles in the second round and it was followed by another strong away performance against Red Star in Belgrade.

England are out of Euro 2016 after an utterly spineless performance against tournament minnows Iceland in the Round of 16 stage.