Sentences with phrase «whilst arsenal»

Liverpool, who finished fourth, will have to qualify for the group stages, whilst Arsenal, who finished fifth, for the first time ever in the Premier League, will contend with Thursday night football in the Europa League, which is fitting after their fans mocked United all season.

Chelsea are looking to move back into second place with victory, whilst Arsenal are hoping to move to within three points of fourth with victory.

The Blues look to have shaken off their early season worries — winning three tough - looking Premier League games on the bounce whilst Arsenal have struggled for consistency and would dearly love to put a marker down here.

Whilst Arsenal were battering newly promoted Norwich at the weekend, Dortmund went and beat the current Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich courtesy of a strike from their main man and Arsenal target Mario Goetze.

# 454365246 / gettyimages.com Whilst Arsenal didn't strengthen all the required areas this Summer, the transfer window was generally successful.

Whilst Arsenal have near enough a whole squad to choose from, Bayern on the other hand are missing a few players.

The Red Devils will, however, face a stiff competition to land a deal for the former Fulham man, with Brendan Rodgers» side valuing him at a whopping # 40m, whilst Arsenal are also said to be interested in the forward.

And in return Arsenal went into a risk mitigation strategy in bringing in a player who can occupy a similar situation to Alexis in the team, thus meaning that we will at least have a replacement made up and there won't be some cat and mouse chase for another player of another team, as they resist Arsenal's advances to get top dollar, whilst Arsenal chase around before paying over-the-odds for somebody.

Matic created 0.67 chances per game in 36 Premier League appearances last campaign whilst the Arsenal target managed only 0.16 in La Liga.

The Liverpool fans held up placards detailing a red and white 5 at the Kop, whilst the Arsenal fans did the same with a yellow and blue 10 at our end, a show of mutual respect and admiration that prompted an unplanned walk onto the Anfield turf by Ray.

Atletico Madrid remain favourites for the Europa League after they were handed a favourable looking draw for the last 16, whilst Arsenal will take on AC Milan.

Whilst Arsenal wave goodbye to a guy who's been here for one year, it'll be a lot harder to let go of Kieran Gibbs, a graduate of the academy he joined in 2004.

After making an array of errors throughout his 12 appearances before Christmas, Santos put the nail in his own coffin by swapping shirts at the half - time whistle with none other than the villain himself, Robin Van Persie, whilst Arsenal visited Old Trafford.

This season newly promoted Reading are 1 -4-2 at home whilst Arsenal have a 2 -4-2 record on the road.

Whilst Arsenal didn't miss his delivery from set - pieces, the Gunners did lose the injection of pace from Theo Walcott on the right.

The fact Hull have scored just twice on the road in 10 games shows the lack of a goal threat they possess away from home, and whilst Arsenal were hardly impressive defensively in their past two matches, conceding five goals, they should be more balanced here with Mohamed Elneny back and I can see them keeping a clean sheet.

Whilst Arsenal are keen to offload him, they're in no rush to do so yet with the majority of their concentration in the transfer window focused on bringing in a new centre forward.

Whilst Arsenal did manage to get a sizeable amount of business done this summer, many of the key weaknesses in the squad were not addressed, leaving fans with a feeling of «here we go again».

Whilst Arsenal struggle to find a suitable defensive partner for Laurent Koscielny, Tottenham already have theirs sorted, and it's brilliant.

Whilst Arsenal remain confident of keeping him, interest from Manchester United and Liverpool is set to step - up.

Whilst Arsenal struggled for cohesiveness last night, Olympiacos, in contrast, were well organised and attacked at the right moments.

Whilst Arsenal have seemingly been keen to make sure that their leading scorer would go overseas if they were forced to sell him, the...

Whilst Arsenal had to change everything up.

Whilst Arsenal have become a complete joke in the league, and even more of a joke in Europe, whilst becoming very boring to watch (unless you're into relentless backwards / sideways passing), but we have a won a very impressive three FA Cups, whilst Spurs have won nothing!

Watford were rubbish in the first half, but clearly got a b * llocking at half - time and came out much better, whilst Arsenal tried to cruise home on a slender lead.

Whilst Arsenal fans remain fearful of what may happen to one of their current fullbacks in the form of Hector Bellerin, at least there has been a big boost from a class defender who could be joining the club!

Whilst Arsenal were awful in the league, finishing a whopping 12 points off Chelsea, and we pretty much hit rock bottom in Europe, also with our terrible European form continuing into this season.

Whilst Arsenal picked up their second win of the campaign, we also had some regular Gunners with a chance of some game time for different Premier League clubs today, notably Jack Wilshere and Calum Chambers, both of whom were sent out on loan for the season.

Whilst Arsenal fans can not continue to demand more and more from the club in the transfer market, admittedly it has gone awfully quiet since the signing of Granit Xhaka.

So why would we want him to continue whilst Arsenal go through their own «transitional period?»

Wenger shopping in the bargain bin again, whilst Arsenal make more money on match day than any other club in the world, and the fans being charged more than any others!

However a lot can change in a few weeks, because whilst Arsenal are today confirming Takuma Asano, the Japanese «prospect», United are closing in on their second major deal of the week.

However, whilst the Arsenal youngsters are adolescent at heart, they are extremely professional and mature when it comes to class.

There is a general belief amongst Arsenal fans that whilst Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud are sure to be friends, they may not in fact get along on the pitch, with Ozil apparently not entirely convinced by the Frenchman's footballing ability.

Whilst Arsenal fans are looking for potential newcomers to add to the squad, one player that could be leaving the club this summer is defender Calum Chambers!

Of the six youngsters; Gedion Zelalem, Ainsley Maitland - Niles and Stefan O'Connor were the lucky three that took to the field in the second half and whilst Arsenal fans may be frustrated with their team at the moment, the three substitutes provided optimism that they may have something to cheer about in the future.

Has Liverpool ever won the champions league?Answer as we all know is yes, has Tottenham improved under Mauricio pochettinio, the point is both these teams are improving whilst Arsenal are rapidly fading as a footballing force and helmets like you continue to find reasons to defend Arsene Wegner.Wengner Out.

Wenger was on the sidelines for that game due to his comments following the controversial draw at The Hawthorns, and he watched from afar whilst Arsenal's defence of the FA Cup ended meekly at Nottingham Forest — the first time they'd exited the competition at the third round stage during the Frenchman's 21 - year tenure.

Whilst Arsenal have been relatively successful in recent years with two FA cups in the past three years, there were many seasons where the Gunners seemed more focused on finances rather than success.

Whilst Arsenal have once again found themselves knocked off top spot in the Premier League due to a second half Chelsea winner against West Brom, the Gunners will remain adamant that they are in a strong position to be top of the league over the Christmas period.

Whilst Arsenal may be on the search for a top quality striker this summer, it doesn't stop the rumours appearing for other positions on the pitch.

Whilst we Arsenal fans can be glad that we avoided the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, it has to be remembered that our path into the next round of the Champions League is not assured just because we drew Monaco.

It marks the return of the supposed «Special One» and whilst Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had a long standing rivalry with old United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, now Wenger's current arch nemesis, Jose Mourinho, will be back to face the Gunners in the Premier League.

Whilst Arsenal seem to have hit a consistent run of form in the league, despite a less than convincing performance from the Gunners away to Burnley, it can not be ignored that we still have many of our «regular Stars» to come back and add to the depth and quality of the squad.

For the hosts they will start life without the recently retired Philipp Lahm and Miroslav Klose, whilst Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil is missing with an ankle injury.

Whilst Arsenal face Aston Villa at home, Spurs travel to newly regulated Newcastle United.

Whilst Arsenal may have pulled a transfer coup with the signing of Alexis Sanchez they made an equally big gaffe when they declined to use their first refusal on Cesc Fabregas when Barcelona were looking to sell.

Liverpool have an excellent record in the league this season against the top seven, whilst Arsenal's is abysmal... as usual!

He's already delivered a trophy within six months of his arrival, whilst Arsenal are on the verge of another one of Wenger's barren runs if he doesn't win the FA Cup.

In addition, Leicester were never expected to win the League and their manager did brilliantly to eliminate that expectation whilst Arsenal carried and felt the full and very heavy weight of history and 12 years of expectation on their backs particularly at the Emirates which no - one could shield them from.