Sentences with phrase «well against his former club»

I expect Giroud to get a rest and Welbeck to replace him at centre forward, as the Frenchman could do with a rest and the England striker could do with the game time, especially after doing so well against his former club in the last round.

It will also be a match to remember for Romelu Lukaku and Wayne Rooney as they both had altered their clubs this summer and they will be keen to perform well against their former club.

Not exact matches

United matched Chelsea's 3 -4-3 formation from the start and — by matching their intensity too — Jose Mourinho's men looked well in the game against his former club.

Benitez played Bale in that central role last night against his former club and after scoring the second goal in their win, the Madrid star talked about his role and pleaded with his new manager to play him there all the time in order to get the best from him.

I don't think Walcott should start this gamHTMLe against his former club because he hardly does well there whenever he went there to play for Arsenal.

He started his Arsenal Career pretty well with some stellar performance (vs Mancity @ Emirates last season and even against his former club etc).

So I can understand why the pundit and former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas is looking at the way the Gunners got that point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and suggesting in a Sky Sports report that Arsene Wenger drops the club's two big name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, because they were absent from that game as well and it seemed to work out pretty well for us.

These were the players who had good preseason.Xhaka and Elneny played against Chelsea in their former club.

«We all want to do well when we play against our former club, to show we are great players, but it is not easy to deal with the mental aspect of it,» said Wenger, reports Guardian.

We do, however, have the advantage of having two former Basel players in our ranks and I am sure that Granit Xhaka and Mohamed Elneny will be passing on plenty of advice to their new team mates as well as wanting to shine against their old club themselves.

KEY FACT: Tottenham are on a 14 - match unbeaten run against Swansea MATCH ODDS: Swansea 11/1 Draw 17/4 Spurs 1/3 bet365 Pick: Spurs win & Over 2.5 goals @ 10/11 ANDY SAYS: Have to go with my former club here, they will have too much... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Don't see this being easy but Tottenham should win... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Comfortable win for Spurs — easy three points... 0 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just over # 2 and Christian Eriksen's looks very good value

Aaron Lennon, playing against his former club, had his best game yet for Burnley and, although he won just 7 % of the vote, came in third whilst fourth place went to the returning James Tarkowski who just beat Ashley Westwood with both having a 5 % share of the vote.

Close to a goal against his former club for Calum Chambers, but his low shot across goal from 18 yards is well blocked by Wesley Hoedt.

Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang missed two good chances to restore Dortmund's lead, but it was Cologne who scored next two minutes before the break as a long ball over the top was lobbed over Roman Burki by Jojic, who did not celebrate scoring against his former club.

KEY FACT: West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: West Ham 21/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 31/20 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough call this one, but I will back my former club to take a point... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: A big game for both clubs, but maybe West Ham might just have the edge... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I think West Ham should and will claim the win here... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Javier Hernandez might still be a good investment

Alexis Sanchez and Ozil are in best perform for Arsenal and club legend Henry has backed his former club to get an important result against Bayern Munich and wants Petr Cech in goal.

KEY FACT: Arsenal have never failed to score in 17 home league matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Arsenal 1/2 Draw 15/4 Palace 6/1 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 27/20 ANDY SAYS: I can see my former club claiming a point from this... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Hard to see Palace getting anything here, and they probably won't... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Arsenal will have too much for Palace here, home win... 3 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha at # 1.79 looks a very good buy

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