Sentences with phrase «recent drop in form»

Manager Rafael Benitez is prepared to sacrifice Gayle, who he bought for # 10million from Crystal Palace last summer, after a recent drop in form.

And Arsenal's recent drop in form has seen tensions rise between the former Barcelona man and the club.

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The 26 - year - old has been in decent form so far this season, scoring eight goals and providing six assists in 22 appearances for Atleti, albeit it's still a drop off from recent campaigns in which he's been more of an influential figure for Diego Simeone's side.

Our club's overall form has also dropped in recent months, which has enhanced the pressure on him, but he is not the only player to come under it of late.

In recent weeks almost City's enire starting 11 came out talking about Chelsea going to drop points they forgot t focus on the one thing they could control, their own form.

And in depth report by Sky Sports suggests that it is quite a lot, even though Ozil's form has dropped off dramatically in recent weeks.

So this game against West Brom is important because it will allow us to experiment with different form of tactics (if Wenger does) i don't really care weather we win or not (ideally i'd prefer it if we did) but what i do care about is that we have a different tactical approach than what we've had in recent games (even if it means dropping people), because if we don't, all Villa have to do is park the bus and when possible lump it up to Benteke or when Arsenal commit too many men forward have Agbonglahor / Nzogbia / Sinclair / Grealish run against Metersacker (I'm not saying he is a bad defender, he is just not fast!!!!)

King's recent form, which has included 12 goals in his last 15 games, have been a huge boost for Bournemouth in their bid to avoid the drop and Howe paid tribute to the qualities that his striker brings to the team while also revealing that he works extremely hard to be better.

Arsene Wenger and the other Arsenal players have both pinpointed the additions of Mohamed Elneny and Alex Iwobi to the Gunners first team in recent weeks has brought about an immense improvement in our form, and I honestly can't see that either of them will be dropped from the remaining League games unless they are forced out through injury.

The Frenchman would play Alex Oxlade - Chamberlin ahead of Three Lions forward Theo Walcott as his form has dropped in recent games.

There has been a sense that some sections of the Manchester City fanbase are starting to turn against Guardiola already, unhappy that their early season form has not been replicated in recent weeks as they have dropped away from the top of the table.

Nicolas Anelka is expected to drop to the bench as Ancelotti adopts a diamond formation with Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres in attack, as opposed to the 4 -3-3 formation which has seen the Blues enjoy a recent revival in form and score plenty of goals.

The Birmingham team were coming into the game with a recent run of good form, which appears to be essential to the club getting out of the drop zone in the next couple of weeks.

He has found himself dropped to the bench in recent times, but he is not the only player struggling for form.

She has been known in the past to use smoke stains and cow droppings to create her compositions, while she has made more recent paintings by cutting forms out of a stretched canvas with a scalpel, allowing the cutaway pieces to hang off the work.