Sentences with phrase «with league cup game»

But with no League cup games to give the fringe players and those trying to break through from the academy a chance, this game does offer that.

With no League cup games and a tough draw in the FA cup, there are no obvious games for Wenger to rotate and play a few reserves, so when will Bellerin get another opportunity to build on his growing confidence?

Not exact matches

Since sensationally beating the League leaders Leicester, Arsenal have drawn with Hull in the first FA Cup game, lost to Barcelona in the Champions League and succumbed to both Man United and Swansea before yesterday's fight - back to draw at Tottenham.

It isn't enough to simply get Under 21 games and a few cup matches with the first team, because those fixtures don't necessarily offer players the true physicality, feel and experience of playing in the Premier League.

They have also qualified from their Champions League group with two games to spare, and a win tonight will see them into the semi-final of the League Cup.

So the games that Francis is likely to miss are the FA cup trip to face Preston and Premier League games with Swansea away and Burnely and Watford at home.

He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian Cup final this season with his first touch.

As well as the need for Arsenal to keep winning our Premier League game to stop Chelsea running away with the EPL title this season, there is a growing importance to Arsenal fans on the FA cup.

Once all the EPL games are over the focus will switch to the FA cup final at Wembley where Arsenal will fact the league champions Chelsea, and I feel that the goals could be intrinsically linked, with an unlikely top four spot likely to give us a great boost and help us get to Wembley full of form and confidence.

Just as the Gunners are getting over our own injury crisis and are looking to build a decent run of results together, following on from a 2 - 0 win over Hull City in the FA cup and a 3 - 0 defeat of Stoke City yesterday, our next Premier League game throws up an away game with the reigning EPL champions.

Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA Cup match at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona in midweek, and then a massive game away at Everton in the League next weekend.

Recall the fate of Icarus, who flew too close to the Champions League, couldn't cope with the heat and only played three League Cup games all season.

Is he just teasing us or is Wenger really thinking of risking our key player in a cup game against lower league opposition after all the injury problems we have already been hit with?

He has only played in one League Cup game this season, and with the wealth of attacking talent at Arsenal right now he has no chance of getting a look in.

Wilshere could return for the FA cup clash with Middlesborough next week and then be available for the last 13 Premier League games and the Champions League.

Alexandre Lacazette joined Arsenal as their biggest ever signing this summer, and it seemed that his arrival would destroy Olivier Giroud's chances of going to the World Cup with France this summer, as Laca would be playing regular football at Oli's expense, with Giroud relegated to Europa League and League Cup games.

Arsenal have a massive Europa League game against CSKA Moscow at the Emirates on Thursday but with Aubameyang cup - tied and Lacazette injured we have had to use Danny Welbeck as our sole centre - forward in the two legs against AC Milan.

Arsenal have come through the gruelling Christmas schedule with flying colours and have moved to the top of the Premier League, but it is also important that we now concentrate on our next game which is the first in our defence of our FA Cup trophy.

So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents in the Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and League Cups.

With Premier League, Europa League and League Cup games coming thick and fast over the next month or so, they'll need quality and depth across the squad, and welcoming this quintet back into the fold having shaken off various injury issues will undoubtedly be a welcome sight for Wenger and his men.

The Gunners are away as well so you can see why we could do with Norwich City winning and as the Saints are involved in two midweek games against Liverpool for a chance to reach the EFL cup final at Wembley and after their Europa League involvement then we can hope for an FA cup upset.

He played his League Cup team against Zagreb two weeks ago, and is likely to do the same tomorrow with the crucial Man United game coming up next.

The games that the 26 - year old will definitely miss, along with the three lions» clashes with Slovenia and Lithuania, will be the Arsenal home games in the Premier League against West Brom and Brighton, the Carabao cup tie at home to Doncaster Rovers tonight and the trip to Belarus to plat BATE Borisov in the Europa League next week.

If you believe that as manager Arsene Wenger is not responsible for Arsenal being 33 points behind city with eight games to go and is not responsible for Arsenal not turning up at the league cup final and is not responsible for Arsenal being humiliated by Forest in the 3rd round of the FA cup then there is something seriously wrong there.

The fans in general seemed pretty pleased with the starting line - up, if not a little surprised to see such a strong team for a League Cup game.

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It is a fact that we all know Arsenal have little hope of winning the biggest trophy, and with two games a week Wenger made a concious decision to play his reserves in the midweek games (i.e. Champions League and League Cup) and save his A team for the Premier League.

They were also dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship side Leeds, and then drew a third league game in a row with a 1 - 1 at Norwich.

Sanchez has gone on to emulate the total of goals he scored last season, with 21 and will hope to surpass that figure with six games to go in the Premier League and an FA Cup final still to come.

To me this is almost a must win, Our next 3 premier league games after stoke, Chelsea away, Leicester Away, Man United Away, with the small matter of a visit to Zagreb and WHL to meet Spurs in the Capital One Cup.

Arsene Wenger is clearly hoping to get the new Premier League season off with a bang as he has planned a busy schedule for the Arsenal players in the build up to it, with two games in Australia then two games in China before the Emirates Cup and the Community Shield.

Obviously with Ospina injured Wenger will have to choose between Cech and Macey, and I think he will go with the youngster for the League Cup games.

For one thing there is the small matter of the four Premier League games to consider, with Chelsea and Liverpool amongst them, and our first FA cup game which will probably see us drawn against a strong Premier League club.

Arsenal are going great guns at the minute, still unbeaten in the Premier League since the first game of the season and with just the EFL cup loss to Southampton to add to that early defeat by Liverpool.

«Our particular concern is that a Fifa World Cup that finishes late in December could result in damaging one of the English game's great traditions and attractions, with the removal of the entire Premier League, Football League and FA Cup Christmas and New Year fixture programme that season,» Scudamore said.

Arsene Wenger is unhappy with the timing of Arsenal's FA Cup semi-final schedule on Saturday evening, which clashes with this weekend's big Premier League game between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge.

I guess AW is not taking into the account the «Arsenal injury» factor... also the start of next season and its the league, CL, Capital Cup, FA Cup and International games for the players... we will need quality players to rotate squad... can not replace Coq with Flamini (just example) and still expect to win the league.

And because the win over Hull means we now face a cup quarter - final with Watford this weekend instead of the Premier League clash with West Brom, as well as there being an international break around the corner, Wenger only has one Premier League game to get through before Cazorla can come back into the centre of midfield.

The best news is on Jack Wilshere, who the manager revealed was ahead of schedule and was nearly finished with his fitness training and ready to join up with the squad again, meaning he will be available for the FA cup and Champions League games.

i am not watching the game but i saw the lineup; they r with out RVP, Rooney, Mata, Hererra, Fletcher, Valencia, kagawa, Jones they r playing with all their young players.to be honest they r better off of the league cup this season.

Nacho Monreal has been fantastic on the left side of a back three lately and we have either Koscielny or Mertesacker to fill the central role, with Chambers and Holding competing for the right side, so even with the Europa League games and the League cup to consider, Wenger can rotate and keep everyone fit.

As it is we did not even need our league position to get a Europa League place because we won the FA cup and so Wenger and the Gunners just had to get on with it, but most of us were dreading the effect these Thursday games wouldleague position to get a Europa League place because we won the FA cup and so Wenger and the Gunners just had to get on with it, but most of us were dreading the effect these Thursday games wouldLeague place because we won the FA cup and so Wenger and the Gunners just had to get on with it, but most of us were dreading the effect these Thursday games would have.

He does need some game time though and today's FA cup clash with lower league Preston was always going to be the sort of game for him.

I can understand if you have Quality to mix with but you don't put out a Carling cup team for a Champs league game, a team underfeated to get a result.

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Now Arsene Wenger and the players must make sure that this is a blip and not the way our fortunes will pan out, because before the next break we have EPL games against Everton away, Swansea at home and Man City away as well as the Carabao Cup game and the Europa League double header with Red Star Belgrade.

With some really big games coming up in the Champions League and FA cup, and with the terrible run of injury problems that have beset the Gunners for well over a year, I thought he might have hedged his bWith some really big games coming up in the Champions League and FA cup, and with the terrible run of injury problems that have beset the Gunners for well over a year, I thought he might have hedged his bwith the terrible run of injury problems that have beset the Gunners for well over a year, I thought he might have hedged his bets.

That brings me onto the good news, because with Arsenal losing away to Liverpool and missing this weekend's round of Premier League games because of our involvement in the FA cup we could have found ourselves cut adrift when our next EPL game comes around.

Elneny - cos he could do with the game time considering with Xhaka returning from suspension in the league, Coquelin, Cazorla and now Ramsey back he won't start till we face Southampton in the league cup and after that he is away.

SZNY should start in goal, he got punished for what he did at Southampton by being dropped for the League and CL games, I have been p» ssed off with him but let's be fair and let him keep his FA cup appearances..