After Sunday's lackustre showing in
the surprise home defeat to West Bromwich Albion, and with an FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham to come this weekend, Mourinho has omitted some of his more high - profile players for the clash at the Vitality Stadium.
Not exact matches
Hopefully the fact that we suffered a
surprise defeat at
home to Swansea City last season, a match that Wenger has suggested ended our hopes of winning the title, will ensure that the players do not take this match for granted, even though the Welsh club have only taken a single point since the opening day.
I'm not
surprised abt the game against spurs, i know will turn out to be a joke, we r so confidence we will
defeat spurs bcus we hv Aubameyang n mkhitaryan and wembley is our second
home.
Bruce's dismissal on Wednesday didn't come as a real
surprise after the 2 - 1
defeat at
home to lowly Wigan Athletic last Saturday.
Manchester United's shock
home defeat to bottom club West Brom last Sunday finally confirmed this season's least
surprising outcome, Manchester City are Premier League champions.
But then they slipped up at
home against Wolves last weekend in a bit of a
surprise defeat, so Rafa Benitez's men have to snap back.
Northampton gained a
surprise 2 - 1 win at League One play - off contenders Bradford, condemning the Bantams to their seventh
home league
defeat of the season.
First a
surprise defeat against AFC Bournemouth followed by a 2 - 2 draw at
home against struggling West Ham see them drop five crucial points in the title race.
Two league
defeats on the bounce including a
home defeat to Manchester United (
surprise surprise) can not become three.