«But it was a very satisfactory performance because we were questioned about our ability to
win big games away from home, especially after last year's experiences.
Not exact matches
The cup
win away at utd and the city
away where two
big games with all eyes on us and we succeeded in dealing with pressures.
We also need to start
winning these
big games that keep slipping
away.
Last season when we began to rid ourselves of the unwanted rep of crumbling in
big games, Coquelin was a massive part of our
away win at the Etihad and we really need Flamini to do ma similar sort of job on Monday.
Well, Arsenal are a «
big club» in top form with 10
wins in our last 12
games, and an extremely good draw
away at Chelsea, so there is no reason for the Arsenal fans to expect a poor showing at the Etihad.
Houston State came
away with a
big 49 - 13
win in that
game.
I can remember ao bad we re @ d begining of 2008 2009 season... but we picked up eventually... but we've been bd all season nd nofin has been done... a
bigger contributing factor is welbeck who can neither top strike nor can he play as a winger nd he has been doing both all
games... am not so sure but had it being we met dis monaco team last season we wud ve
won home and
away... this team lacks balance and leader... we miss arteta and it makes d purchase of an intelligent passer and strong anchor man necessary....
That would not normally worry me, but right now it would seem that Arsenal are having
big problems
winning any
games away from the Emirates, in fact in our last six
away League
games we have lost four of them, with the one solitary
win at lowly Swansea to our name.
Another
game where i realized it would be difficult to
win something
big with giroud as our striker is the bayern
away game.
Is it a coincidence that unlike last season, this season - in which we have had two CFs with different styles - we are
winning the
big away games, with the two strikers capitalizing on their unique qualities (Giroud powerful header against city, Welbz pacy counter goal against United) to score in both
games?
The Gunners got themselves together and bounced back though,
winning every
game except the draw
away to Chelsea and that was a
big plus point for us as well, so we were all set to come back from the second break in fine fettle and raring to go then?
I wanted to know we could challenge the best to
win, and I just don't think there is as much appeal in a victory against this liverpool team as there was last year, just feel like I'm waiting for that
game where we turn up
away from home against a
big club and show them we can play and
win
While a point from any
away game against a
big EPL rival is a decent result, a
win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost
away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.
He also knows — after having so much of his early career lampooned with the notion that he could not «
win the
big one» — that walking
away a champion in his last
game leaves a permanent marker of doing exactly that.
But now we got a
big win here and now hopefully we've turned the corner in terms of the
away games and we need to carry on with our home form and if we can get as many
away points as well then we will climb up the table.»
I understand what you're saying bounty hunter, but I feel like the week prior to
big games should be enough time to at least tweak our formation slightly or employ a certain tactic, whether it's counter attack with less possession or playing with two strikers up top instead of the lone striker, I would hope that players at the level required for arsenal would be able to adjust to this as it seems I tend to hear other teams coming
away from
big wins uttering phrases like «we worked on the manager's ideas this week and executed them well», I cant remember our players saying this for a while.
«But now we got a
big win at Burnley and hopefully we've turned the corner in terms of the
away games and we need to carry on with our home form and if we can get as many
away points as well then we will climb up the table.
Having
won away at Man City and Man United this season and with no heavy beatings, Arsenal have already moved on from the horrors of last season, when we almost might as well not have bothered to turn up in the
big away games.
In the
games v the other
big 3,
away draws and home
wins must be absolute minimum.
Mentality and attitude to
win big games are very poor,
Away games stats clearly tells about it.
Why the media got it for Arsenal, we bottle some
games we are expected to
win, proving some pundits that hates the club right time after time,
games are not comfortably
won, last season we had a better
away record than home, We have an overall poor result against the
big teams for the past 5 years, we haven't
won the league for 12 years now, we haven't made a proper challenge in Europe for 10 years and on top of it we have an Owner who doesn't care about football, just the money he makes, so many reasons.
«Everton was a very important
game for us on that front,» Wenger continued, «because after the Bayern
game, to be straight
away capable of
winning a
big game, shows that the team is focused, resolute and has the capability of keeping the concentration at a high level.
We've consistently
won the FA Cup now and always come through against good opposition in
big games (Man Utd
away this year, Liverpool just 2 weeks after losing 5 - 1 to them last year!).
Spurs have only played 3
big games (Chelsea and Liverpool home and Manchester United
away) lost 2 one of which was a home
game and
won 1.
We hardly ever
win more than 3 or 4 PL
games in a row, lose to
big teams more often than we beat them, yes we beat a struggling Spurs but we were easily put
away by Pep and Mourinho.
And for another, we had been on a good run of form recently and had put the
big game away day blues behind us with the
win over Man City, so we all expected a lot more from Arsenal at White Hart Lane.
The trend remains the same, we are incapable of putting more than 3 or 4
wins in a row in the PL and when we play a
big team at the end of such a mini
winning streak we become arrogant and confident, forget the past and start actually publicllay talking about the PL title depite have been double digits
away from first place with in barely having played 10 PL
games this season.
They did dominate almost completely and on another night would have
won but Jose Mourinho brought his
big red bus and went
away with a point which puts them four ahead of us with one more
game played.
How things have changed, because it wasn't that long ago that Tottenham Hotspur season would be based on how well they did home and
away against arsenal, now the table's have turned, because two things for sure arsenal won't
win the league and that Tottenham has a better chance than arsenal, so now the
biggest game for arsenal is Tottenham home and
away, so
win lose or draw it makes no difference, because the parasite is still in charge.
If there was one thing I was hoping against hope that Wenger would change this season it was to not try so hard to
win the
big away games with overtly attacking formations and a gung - ho attacking creed.
Today he is aiming to score his third goal in three
games for the Tigers in the
big away game at Wolves, but he will have to get past the Gunners third - choice keeper Emi Martinez, who featured in the midweek League Cup
win.
Following comprehensive
wins against Newcastle United and
away at Galatasaray in the Champions League, Arsenal will go into the
big game against Liverpool full of confidence.
The Gunners have already broken our
big away game run this season, with a
win at Man City and a draw with Liverpool at Anfield.
A couple of years ago there was a stack of evidence that Arsenal struggled in
big away games but we have proved since then, including
away to Man City last season, that we can
win these
games.
We must certainly beat Swansea in midweek or we can definitely all give up, but the
big one next week is
away at Tottenham, and currently we have
won just two of our last EIGHT
away games, whereas Spurs have lost just one of their last 11
games, with nine victorys.
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Retsub, Yes my friend its quite true that the posts are quadrupled after a poor performance but its partly because we are geared around weekend
games and thats when most of the posters will come on here, I think aswel though that you may have a point in that alot of our fans habe become a little fickle but I have to say the last 8/9 seasons I have, as Im sure all our fans have, eagerly anticipated these
big head to head
games and I can only recall a couple of Spurs victories and an
away win at Stamford Bridge among the success stories.
Roma
won 3 - 0 to overturn a three - goal deficit and advance on
away goals, having entered the
game in Rome as massive underdogs after losing the first leg of their quarterfinal 4 - 1 against a Lionel Messi - led team that was one of the
big favorites to
win the competition.
Defo pen, Booking for Mikel, non of this matters when we played dump, chelski crowded the mid so we had to play down wings and we and beat a man or cross or both or cutback for late runner (Rambo) and we just did not get round the back, we did not have a plan B (NO SUBS), we did not play a left and right mid (or Theo was absent), really poor tactics against a largely toothless chelski,
game was there to be
won with a little balls and some real wisdom, I could have told you Jose will try to kill the
game off and rely on stealing it on the break or a set piece, fook sake that's all he ever does in
away big games BORING mug.
Yes, it was always going to be a
big ask going
away to Sunderland after the break and, as AW said, they may well have
won had the
game been at home — but it wasn't and they didn't.
The last meeting between these two sides ended in Liverpool
winning the
game 7 - 0 in Slovenia — their
biggest away victory in Europe till date.
Chelsea will
win this
game but trusting them to cover a
big line in a midweek
game away from home is one for the brave.
They did land a
big win at Huddersfield in their last
away games though and overall it has left them with a W6 D1 L2 record
away from Stamford Bridge this season.
Lamela could potentially make his first Premier League start for Spurs, Sandro could fit back in defensive midfield for his first start, as Chelsea's midfield will offer more in attack; which will mean more defensive work for Mousa Dembele, but in such a
big profile
game, Villas - Boas may keep the same 11 that have
won at Cardiff
away and Norwich at home.
Despite the presence of
big names like Sam Allardyce, John Carew and Robert Green, the Hammers have merely chugged along unremarkably —
winning enough
games to stay second in the table for the majority of the campaign so far but not pulling
away from the pack...
On the
win... «It was a
big game for momentum so to
win was fantastic and we can go
away happy into the international break.
Big Game Bottlers — Manchester United have
won just 1 of their last 10
away games against the «
Big Six» sides, drawing 6 and losing 3.
«Everton was a very important
game for us on that front,» noted Wenger, «because after the Bayern
game, to be straight
away capable of
winning a
big game, shows that the team is focused, resolute and has the capability of keeping the concentration at a high level.
They are going along in a bit of
away form at the moment though having
won seven of their last dozen European
away games and they posted
big away wins over Celtic and Anderlecht in the group stage before losing at Bayern 3 - 1 which also stopped PSG from
winning all six of their group stage
games.
The Belgian international also remains modest about his importance in the side, despite Spurs
winning just two matches without him being on the team this season, and told Skysports, «I missed a couple of
big games, Liverpool and City
away, so it's not fair to say with me it would have been different.»