Sentences with phrase «wins against our neighbours»

Not exact matches

Arsenal had won their last 9 games against Watford at home up until last season when the Hornets arrived for an FA Cup match (a competition that we hadn't lost a game in for 3 seasons) but we let our North London neighbours bully our stars off the ball and surprisingly lost the game 2 - 1 after going 2 - 0 down.

It was a fine week for the Arsenal family worldwide as we escaped the group stage leaving the joy of Thursday night for our north London neighbours and finish it off with an easy win against a rock bottom Aston Villa side.

India hold the mental edge heading into their fifth World Cup match against their sub-continent neighbours, having won all four previous clashes.

The 52 year old took over at the City Ground last July but his side sits in mid-table in the Championship after a run of just one win in their last eleven games in all competitions, albeit that coming in a last gasp win against near neighbours Derby County.

In fact, Switzerland's last win over the French came in May 1992, and they have failed to win any of their last six games against their neighbours.

It will certainly be interesting to see whether Wenger opts to stick with the 4 -2-3-1 formation that was used in the emphatic win at the weekend, or whether he will revert back to using wing - backs in order to give more protection to his goal against our noisy neighbours on Saturday.

Although Chelsea have a good recent record against us, the fact is that they have only been playing catch - up, as Wenger's overall record against our neighbours reads as 19 wins, 19 defeats and 16 draws.

A win against Spurs would take the Gunners to within a point of their neighbours, and reignite their bid to recover their seat at Europe's top table... the Champions League.

This is far from ideal preparation for Arsenal as they need a win to close the gap on their north London neighbours, with Ramsey having a decent scoring record against Tottenham as well.

If Palace had gone on to claim a point against their London neighbours, then it would not have an injustice to either side — but as it turned out, the hosts picked up the win.

Manchester City could complete a double over Manchester United with a win on Saturday, which will be the fourth instance of the Citizens doing so against their neighbours.

Real Madrid have won only one of the last ten meetings against their Madrid neighbours and the omens look promising for Diego Simeone's men to spring a surprise.

Just a week after winning at City, Jose Mourinho's team could not even avoid defeat against the Premier League's bottom club to keep their neighbours waiting a while longer to claim the title.

The Ivorian defender spoke about his memories of his debut and the performance he put in during the match, also speaking about the work that was put in against Manchester City the weekend before last, seeing the side come from two goals down at half - time to equalise through a Paul Pogba brace, then win the match with a strike from Chris Smalling, putting the celebrations on hold for the noisy neighbours, then talking about the disappointing defeat to relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion at the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.

This evening, Blues have the much anticipated contest against top of the league side, Wolverhampton Wanderers, as we look to batter and bruise the confidence of our neighbours, and claim a much needed three points to get our already damaged season back on track, with a win tonight certifying to remove our name from the bottom - three.

An Ottawa lawyer and aspiring judge has won $ 160,000 in damages in a defamation lawsuit he brought against neighbours of a condominium he owns in Costa Rica.