Sentences with phrase «start against the relegation»

Not exact matches

Arsenal travelled to Brighton with their confidence at an all - time low but hoping to get back on track against a team that have been battling relegation all season, but they couldn't have got off to a worse start.

Despite a somewhat misleading flying start (a string of four - goal victories against relegation fodder), the Red Devils» form has taken a hit since then, leaving them eight points off the pace in the title race.

He is old and out of ideas, winning against the relegation threatened team made the Wenger lovers come out of their stinky holes and start shouting.

Wenger has said Ozil and Sanchez should be available for the home fixture next Sunday against relegation contenders and defending champions Chelsea, good start.

Why not, what better game for him to get started than against a relegation team like Villa before the Spuds assult.

For some reason whenever we are away against relegation threatened teams it always seems we get them just after they start performing well.

The Royals had made a stuttering start to life in the top - flight (they would succumb to relegation at the end of the season) but under the lights at their home patch, their players flew out of blocks against their opponents, racing into a 4 - 0 lead after 35 minutes.

A win against Southampton, a draw against Everton and two defeats to Tottenham and Hull have meant it has been an inconsistent start to the campaign and Chris Hughton will be looking, like Paul Lambert, to really kick on now and cement a place around the top half of the table rather than worry about battling relegation come May.

Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the game against Liverpool, the former Blackburn star said, «When you look at the league, we are starting to slip down and every game you end up being closer (to the relegation zone).