Sentences with phrase «record against the top sides»

Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.

The Cherries tend to have a poor attacking record against top sides, and that won't bode well against a side who have kept six clean sheets in their last seven in the league.

Not exact matches

Wenger is tactically poor and inferior if you are to compare him to his peers in the managerial side of football, it's not a coincidence that we can't beat any of the top teams anymore and that atrocious record against Mourinho says it all Arsene Wenger is now past his best!

In turn, that will be a real concern for Klopp as he'll be desperate to see them avoid any injury setbacks of their own as that could leave Liverpool exposed at the back against the side with the best goalscoring record in the English top flight this season.

Liverpool were at home, they are a good attacking side, they also have a terrific record against top clubs.

It's arguably a sensible move from Gattuso to reward his in - form frontman, but it won't be easy against a Juventus side which has only conceded 15 goals in 29 league games to earn the best defensive record in the top flight in Italy.

Our record against the top six sides speaks volumes.

What is for certain though is that Lukaku will be keen to put Saturday's game behind him as having failed to have a positive influence in another big game, he was unable to silence his critics who continue to point to his poor record against the top six sides in recent years where he has struggled to make a big impact.

The Moroccan defender was in superb form for Roma last season as he helped Rudi Garcia's side to a runners - up spot in Serie A with the best goals - against record in the Italian top flight.

23 league goals is great, but he's scored 8 penalties (one off a Ligue 1 record of 9) and NOT ONE against the top 5 sides in the league (Ibra has 5 vs the top 5 by comparison, Cavani has 3).

Mendy, who joined the Citizens from Monaco in the summer for # 52M, a club - record fee for a defender, suffered the dreadful setback in his side's 5 - 0 win against Crystal Palace last weekend according to the BBC, with the player having to go off in the first half as his side went top of the Premier League.

With arsenal still just taking the first few steps on the road to recovery after suffering the worst period the team has had to endure for many a year and setting a few unwanted records for the Arsene Wenger era, we could probably have done without this midweek game against a side that is not only the reigning Premier League champions but who are quite a bit further down their own road to redemption while still needing some points to make their survival in the top flight completely secure.

With the worst defensive record in the league, they were expected to concede often against England's top - scoring side, but they managed to restrict their esteemed hosts and took the lead before succumbing to a tight 2 - 1 defeat.

West Ham's recent overall record against Chelsea is probably as good as it gets against top six sides showing four wins from the last twelve encounters.

Liverpool continued their unbeaten record against the top six sides on Sunday in a thrilling and frantic 1 - 1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad.

However, their back to back league defeats on the road haven't helped that push, and neither has their poor record against the league's top six sides.

However, it's easy to also see why the home side are above evens, given that they've enjoyed a mixed record against the other top sides in recent encounters, with Manchester United taking a 0 - 0 draw back from Anfield last month.

2 - 1 up, 11 playing against 10, we were about to record yet another famous victory away from home against a top side.

Norwich have a decent record against sides placed in the top half of the table as they are 3 -2-3 at Carrow Road against such opposition.

He said: «Romelu Lukaku's record against the top teams is nothing to write home about, but he's scored 30 in his last 38 against teams outside the top six and it's just set up for him to score again against his former side.»

Swansea have lost eight of their fifteen away away games and an overall record of 2 -3-9 against top half placed sides confirms that they offer no value on the +0.25 line.