Sentences with phrase «win against his former club»

2:16 It was written in the stars - Fernando Llorente marked his first Premier League start for us with his first PL goal in Spurs colours as he helped us to a key win against his former club Swansea on Tuesday night.

In 2013, the Japanese international moved to Mainz and managed to score on his debut in a 3 — 2 win against former club, Stuttgart, in the opening match of the 2013/14 Bundesliga season.

Not exact matches

The Sky Sports pundit appeared to criticise his compatriot following the goalless draw against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium last month, in which he implied that his former club will not win the Premier League with Giroud as the first choice striker.

The England international was brought back in against his former club and he did not disappoint, scoring the winning goal from his favoured centre forward role.

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.

this man is so self - absorbed... does he really think that we should feel so honored that he chose to stay with little old us... does he not understand that many of us would have literally driven him to the ends of the earth if he promised never to return... has anyone noticed that the only teams he says are interested in him are some of the biggest clubs in the world whose managers spend freely, follow through on their promises or are terminated, listen to their fan - bases, have a lot of strong personalities within their squads, rarely play their top players out of position, win against their top rivals or suffer the wrath, don't blame the ref after every loss and embrace their former stars... even if his stories had any truth to them, he would last but a cup of coffee

Liverpool could yet qualify for the Champions League group stage, but will likely need to win this year's Europa League, where they have been drawn against Jurgen Klopp's former club Borussia Dortmund in the quarter - finals.

The Sky Sports pundit cited Arsene Wenger's poor record against Jose Mourinho as a reason behind why he doesn't believe his former club will return home with a win, while Lawrenson has questioned Mourinho's tactics and believes he'll play for the draw.

Judging by his performances since returning, Danny seems hungry to make an impact and playing him against his former club will give him an added incentive to put in a match - winning performance.

They are playing against Livermore's former club Tottenham on the weekend, and need a win to keep up with Newcastle United and Sunderland.

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

Pep Guardiola suffered similar problems against his former club FC Barcelona in the Champions League, a 4 - 0 defeat away at the Nou Camp, but their problems seemed to have compounded with every game they fail to win in the Premier League.

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.

With the departure of mentor Sam Allardyce and the appointment of miserable turd - stain Gary Megson, Diouf's time at Wanderers came to an end in 2008 with the club fighting against relegation - a battle that they would win with the help of the former Liverpool forward.

KEY FACT: Brighton won their last home league match against Spurs, although it in April 1983 MATCH ODDS: Brighton 11/2 Draw 10/3 Spurs 11/20 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 43/40 ANDY SAYS: I don't see an issue for my former club here, convincing win... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think Brighton get something here, draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen — what a player!

A 3 - 1 win that saw Gonzalo Higuain score a goal against his former club for the second time in as many chances since he signed with Juventus over the summer.

That successful campaign began with a home win against Bayer Leverkusen, the former home of Andre Schurrle, while CSKA Moscow were in our group in 2004/05, Jose Mourinho's first season at the club (John Terry pictured scoring in the home game below).

The former Arsenal man did start the West London club's 3 - 2 win over Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup last week, having come off the bench to supply Diego Costa for the club's winning goal against Watford a few days before.

Denzel Dumfries scored the winning goal against his former club as Heerenveen overcame Sparta Rotterdam 2 - 1 at the Abe Lenstra Stadion.

The Baggies have won only one and drawn four of their five league matches under the former Liverpool tacticians watch, whom will pit himself against his former employer barely three months after he was booted out of Anfield back in January following one of the club's worst ever starts to a season.

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

Ahead of tonight's game against his former club, Chris Smalling has talked of the desperation the players feels to win the league this season.

West Ham 0 Chelsea 3: Frank Lampard scored twice against his former club as Chelsea claimed a comfortable 3 - 0 win in the London derby at West Ham.Lamp -LRB-...)

LANDOVER, Md. — Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu met with former President of the United States Barack Obama at half - time of the Catalan club's International Champions Cup 1 - 0 win against Manchester United on Wednesday.

Seemingly renewed against his former club in a much - needed win, Rooney was able to draw off multiple Everton defenders as Morgan Schneiderlin scored the first goal for Man United.

James Milner scored from the spot against his former club to hand Liverpool the lead before Sergio Aguero pegged them back, but both sides missed golden opportunities to win the game, with Aguero and De Bruyne squandering chances before Adam Lallana produced a miss of the season contender in injury time, somehow scuffing Roberto Firmino's ball into the box when it looked easier to score.

The clubs were also drawn against each other for the 2010 - 11 UEFA Champions League group stage, with former Chelsea midfielder Didier Deschamps returning to Stamford Bridge as manager of Marseille; both clubs again winning their home matches.

The Blues looked set to repeat their win at the Etihad from last season, but then Lampard came off the bench for City and struck an equaliser against his former club.

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

United still hold a club record today for the biggest victory, which was against Anderlecht in the game played on the 26th September 1956, a fortnight after the first match between the two clubs, with United winning 10 - 0 in a match due to be played at Old Trafford, but a floodlight failure moved the game to Manchester City's former home, Maine Road.