Sentences with phrase «side against complacency»

Not exact matches

Any Arsenal fan who watched the lads toil against the League One side Doncaster last night will not need me to tell them that the performance will need to be better when we get back to Premier League action on Monday night, but perhaps that will serve the side well and avoid any sort of complacency.

Even though I'm sure Arsene Wenger would have warned against complacency, he and the players were clearly surprised at how ell the bottom Premier League side played, especially Kramaric and Mahrez.

Mourinho will be sure to guard against complacency but all Chelsea fans will fully expect their side to get the job done, despite the stuttering nature of the campaign thus far.

Stoke have a miserable recent record against Sir Alex's men (W0 D0 L6) whereas their record against the Citizens is far more healthy (W2 D3 L2)-- but Stoke can hardly afford the luxury of complacency, as getting through Sunday's semi-final will be hard enough, against a Bolton side whom they beat rather comfortably at The Brittania earlier in the season (2 - 0), and also pushed them all the way at The Reebok as well before eventually going down 2 - 1.

Our only concern is whether complacency creeps in on Saturday what with a home encounter against an evanescent Blackpool undoubtedly one of their easiest on paper, but like those which have slipped up on the Tangerines skin before them, if Bolton underestimate Ian Holloway's side then they leave themselves wide open for a spanking.