Sentences with phrase «struggled against them last season»

You all saw what Everton can do to a team like city needless to mention we struggled against them last season..

Not exact matches

The Red Devils will undoubtedly enjoy plenty of possession on Saturday against their struggling opponents, but with no Lukaku to finish their build - up play, it could be a repeat of last season's struggles.

A win against our Premier League rivals would not only keep the Gunners in touching distance of the league leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struggles.

At least last season it was mainly the top four teams we struggled against, this season we have yet to be beat a top 14 team (only wins came against bottom 6 teams!!)

We saw last season how Mertesacker struggled against teams with pace and I remember analyzing all those goals we conceded against Chelsea, Liverpool and City.

Considering that this game was a must - win for many Arsenal fans, thinking that the FA Cup is definitely our best chance of a trophy this season, it was a bit surprising that he made wholesale changes to the side that struggled against Burnley last week.

While Mourinho struggles in the big games, managing just one goal in his last ten away games against fellow top six sides, Manchester City have already beaten Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal this season by a 9 - 1 aggregate scoreline.

Then, you may understand WHY our defence struggled against an Everton team that have played together all last Season, on their own turf, and having rested for a week.

Hazard has struggled for form this season, and has so far only found the net in the FA Cup tie against MK Dons last month, and Arsenal fans wasted no time in reminding him of his misfortune.

If we had been ready last season and managed a draw with Liverpool (or a win against struggling Leicester) we would be playing CL football this season.

Although betting against the public struggled last week, it continues to be a profitable strategy on the season.

The north London outfit have struggled for goals at the start of the new season and after failing to score at the Emirates Stadium against Liverpool last Monday, a move for Higuaín would certainly get them firing again.

The win against Spurs equalled the highs of last season but it is struggles against lesser teams that should be dispatched with ease that is the Achilles heel.

The Clarets have struggled for any returns against Liverpool in their previous Premier League clashes, but they have shown plenty of battling qualities this season already against the big guns away from home, which is surprising after how poor they were away from Turf Moor last season.

Last season Stoke struggled against the top six which of course is understandable however, Stoke should've done a lot better against them.

Arsenal's struggles against big teams on the road last season have been well documented, but they were not too bad against them at the Emirates.

He struggled to get in the side at the Bundesliga club in the early part of the season but last Sunday started at right - back against Borussia Dortmund.

Vardy might struggle against teams that sit back; indeed, he did for Leicester towards the end of the season (more on that later), and touched the ball 8 times in 66 minutes for England last Thursday.

The 21 year old who was rated the best defender on show for his team in their last weekend clash against Groningen has so far made 26 appearances this season with a goal to his name from his position as a full back for ADO Deen Haag who ate struggling to remain in the first division of Dutch football League.

I have always stood by wenger, but recently I have had to struggle with doubts following the steady decline in the fortunes of the club, most especially when last year arsenal lost the change to win the EPL plus some embassring results this season such as ones against Everton, Watfort, Man City and Man U in the EPL and the most recent 10 - 2 aggregate ECL loss to Bayern Munich.

I've seen more entertaining games this season and I've seen us play better, but that last night was a real boost for us, a fantastic win against the sort of team we often struggle against.

However, since the 25 - year - olds return to Old Trafford things have not necessarily gone according to plan and he has struggled to find the form that made him such a talent in Serie A. Although he won two trophies last season, the highlight coming as he was the catalyst for United's UEFA Europa League win against Ajax, he was recently dropped for a number of important games for the Reds.

Last season saw some remarkable successes against top clubs, who we were able to hit on the break, while we often struggled against teams who were more defensive minded.

It seemed like the wrong option for Batshuayi as he struggled to replace Diego Costa as the main striker last season, but scored the all - important goal against West Brom which clinched the Premier League title for the Blues.