Sentences with phrase «record in big games»

Chelsea will surely take confidence from City's awful record in big games, with Guardiola's side clearly lacking something to get them over the line.

Given City's poor record in big games, we're siding with the leaders to bounce back this weekend.

For all the discussion about Romelu Lukaku's record in big games, he has been playing well for a few weeks.

Pellegrini's record in the big games is questionable, and many will feel that he comes across as too much of a gentle character and essentially too similar to Wenger in a number of aspects.

Perfect, too, because though Irish Coach Dan Devine might occasionally drop a game to a heavy underdog like Missouri, his record in big games is like John Wayne's in shoot - outs.

Their record in big games, for instance, suggests they might not quite have what it takes to deliver when there's so much at stake.

Our squad is depleted, we're miles off Chelsea, everyone expects us to lose, we have an horrific record in the big games this season, our first half performances have been diabolical, and Wenger will probably field a poor starting XI yet again!

And although West Ham do have an excellent track record in big games this season — they bottled their trip to White Hart Lane earlier this term as they were hammered 4 - 1.

Although the Gunners have a woeful record in the big games and a change of approach was certainly a long time coming, Wenger admitted later that he showed an open - mindedness to listen to his players as they requested that the team curb its usual attack - minded instincts.

Not exact matches

The big game — slated to start around 6:30 p.m. E.T. in Minneapolis at the U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 4 — is sure to draw in a large number of viewers, though total viewership may not break any records.

Yes, the record isn't what it was, and that's what happens when you go 0 - 5 in one possession games in the Big Ten.

The Bills, who started the season with a big win over the Indianapolis Colts, have now dropped two consecutive games and have a 3 - 4 record on the season, well out of the picture in the AFC East.

Daily Fantasy Football game Oulala.com have taken a look at Arsenal's record against the other «big six» Premier League teams when Ozil has featured in the side since he joined in 2013, as well as his individual contribution too.

They started off hot and kept the momentum going over the course of the night as they recorded 4 game wins and totaled 12 big points in the Standings against Team Kirshner (Sofia Live Lovely).

Strikers Olivier Giroud — The man that splits football fans around the country, he has an excellent scoring record, and in the last year he has taken those goals into the big games against City, United and Bayern twice.

In the biggest game of the season, they beat the Spurs in the AT&T Center to ruin San Antonio's perfect home mark, tie the Bulls» record and give themselves the chance to break the recorIn the biggest game of the season, they beat the Spurs in the AT&T Center to ruin San Antonio's perfect home mark, tie the Bulls» record and give themselves the chance to break the recorin the AT&T Center to ruin San Antonio's perfect home mark, tie the Bulls» record and give themselves the chance to break the record.

Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «big six» rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.

But there was still one big stick being used to beat us, or Wenger at least, and that was his record in games against Jose Mourinho.

Scoring in his first two games for his new club, record signing Kevin De Bruyne surely deserves another start in attack for City as they look to earn a big result.

Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.

The 23 year - old has shown himself to be a big - game player, setting a club record for Juventus, by scoring in five consecutive Champions League matches, including both semi-finals against Real Madrid in 2015, and the losing final against Barcelona the same year.

Whereas Arsene Wenger and his players have proved this season that we are no longer like lambs to the slaughter in games against the big boys, beating Man City and Man United away and not suffering any heavy defeats, our record of being flat track bullies has not been up to the usual standard.

Lopez's mediocre play, a hamstring injury to senior forward Charles Minlend that has kept him out all season and the lack of a decent point guard added up to an 8 - 10 record for St. John's, including a 2 - 8 mark in the Big East, going into Wednesday's game against Boston College.

The Juventus striker has proven to be a big game player in Italy, taking the record for consecutive European games scored in away from the legendary Alessandro Del Piero.

Arsenal legend Jens Lehmann has challenged compatriot Mesut Ozil to produce more match - winning moments in the big games with the playmaker enjoying his best form since the record - breaking move from Real Madrid, The Evening Standard reports.

For, Burnley will be motivated by the big occasion of playing against a super club like Arsenal to do something positive about their dismal away record this season in this game by causing an upset in game.

It was also a big win over a club that was one of the pre-season favourites for the Premier League, so after three games in a row that the Gunners recorded a big win it was perhaps inevitable that we Arsenal fans started to think of the title.

With the Gunners still to face Man United, the spuds, Man City and West Ham, the only side in that mini league to have beaten us, could this big game record prove to be the thing that secures a first title in 12 years for the Arsenal?

Arsene Wenger himself has a big hurdle to overcome with his managerial record against Jose Mourinho, but the team themselves also have an awful record with games at Old Trafford, in fact we have to go back ten years for the last time we walked away with all three points in the League.

Some factors, however, could be more important than others and it is hard to ignore the impact that our awful record in big away games has had on our chances of being crowned champions of England.

The good news is that Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey are very likely to be fully recovered for the big game, and as Ramsey has such a great scoring record in Cup finals his return will be a massive boost.

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.

It may be just a coincidence that Arsenal put on the best away performance in a really big game for years on the same day that our former striker, record goal scorer and all round legend Thierry Henry was in the TV studio for the first time to give his verdict.

Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some games we are expected to win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time, games are not comfortably won, last season we had a better away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.

Manchester United have made rather bigger moves, with Angel Di Maria the latest big name to move to Old Trafford for a British record # 59.7 m. On paper, this Saturday 12:45 kickoff should be no contest, but new Red Devils boss Louis Van Gaal has struggled at the start of his reign, and the Clarets have appeared a cohesive team unit in their opening games.

However, if you look at his overall Arsenal record of 23 goals in 119 EPL games this is consistent, and you could even say it should be worse against the bigger clubs so maybe he raises his game in important matches.

Her 204 assists are tops on the team with big efforts in the Vikings» recent wins, recording 54 assists in nine games.

His record in recent games against Chelsea is actually pretty good as well, so why on earth would Wenger drop one of Arsenal's best players for this big game, just because of some mistaken ideas about Ozil coming from the so - called football experts?

Their 4 - 0 record after those first four games, and the fact they no longer have to face much bigger schools such as Cosumnes Oaks - Elk Grove or Vista del Lago - Folsom in league games, greatly improves the odds of getting a high seed in the upcoming CIF Sac - Joaquin Section playoffs.

All the Arsenal players were hoping that Petr Cech was going to break the Premier League record for clean sheets in this momentous game, but the big goalkeeper was beaten by an unbelievable goal from Yaya Toure.

They don't lose many games at home, they are a stable team in the Premier League and they have a good record against many big teams.»

Instead, due to a terrible record in close games and a few big blowout victories, the Thunder are 8 - 12.

Back in 2014 for the Real Madrid — Manchester United match, the Big House broke the record for the largest attendance at a soccer game (109,318) in the United State.

It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.

It is fair to say that in games against a big Premier League rival, a draw and a point is not too bad a result and that has certainly been true for Arsenal in recent seasons, as we struggled to avoid heavy defeats and began to have a terrible record and even a bit of a mental stumbling block when coming up against the likes of Chelsea or Man United.

On paper, it doesn't seem to be the biggest weakness that the Red Devils have given that they've conceded just 23 goals in 30 Premier League games this season, giving them the second - best defensive record in the top flight.

I really like the way the Frenchman reminds his Arsenal team that they can take nothing for granted and will be in big trouble if they do, while also reminding them that a good record is only as good as the last game.

That is not a good record top think about, but one big thing in our favour heading into this match is that we have only just ended an even worse run of games against Chelsea and, let's be honest, they are a much better team.

Still, the Blue Devils have compiled a 73 - 61 ATS record in non-conference games including a 10 - 7 ATS record against Big Ten teams.

We found that teams coming off a loss have gone 476 - 455 ATS (52.2 %) in late season games, but that record consistently improves when we look at teams coming off increasingly big losses.