The major story for the Gunners right now, of course, is Arsene Wenger's three - match touchline ban for calling the integrity of referee Mike Dean into question, a spark of controversy that's only made Arsenal's
poor run of form look even worse.
Not exact matches
Pellegrini has spent an incredible # 172m on just eleven players since taking over at the Etihad Stadium, and although he won the Premier League and Capital One Cup double in his first campaign with the club, he
looks set to finish trophyless this term and possibly even out
of the top four after a surprisingly
poor recent
run of form.
Chelsea are in a
poor run of form right now and
look unlikely to have what it takes to get past Barcelona, who have an away goal advantage from their first leg tie that finished 1 - 1 at Stamford Bridge.
Has had a
poor run of it at Arsenal but got his game back in gear whilst on loan at Zenit and comes into the Euro 2012 finals in
form and could well
look to re-create the
form that made him a household name back at Euro 2008.
There is a crucial game at both ends
of the Championship table on Friday evening as Watford travel to Craven Cottage
looking to put an end to a
poor run of results against Kit Symons» rejuvenated Fulham, who will be keen to pull even further clear
of the relegation zone after a recent upturn in
form.
Wayne Rooney has been given the captains armband by Southgate and he will be
looking to put in a good performance after a
poor run of form.
But even though it
looks like the Frenchman is over his
poor run of form I do not think this is a good idea as the pace and movement
of Welbeck spearheading attack has been great and is much better suited to this match than Giroud's strength as a target man.
NICOSIA: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insists he is still «optimistic» as the Spanish giants
look to shrug off a
poor run of form in La Liga by securing their place in the Champions League last 16.
After a desperately
poor run of form, Swansea sacked Bob Bradley and
looked for their third manager
of 2016/17.