Sentences with phrase «league history as»

Mumbai is all set to host what has got to be one of the most riveting and nail biting encounters in recent Indian Super League history as Atletico de Kolkata travel to Mumbai with a slender 1 goal advantage in the second league of the semi finals.

For now, however, Kane will have his sights set on making Premier League history as he takes his tally of Player of the Month victories to five in total.

A look at the goalkeepers with most clean sheets in Champions League history as Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas claims a new milestone after last night's 1 - 0 win over Atletico Madrid...

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Rohan Sawyer, RLWC2017 General Manager Commercial and Marketing said: «We are delighted to welcome on board Wolf Blass as the Official Wine Partner of the Rugby League World Cup 2017, a brand that has a rich history supporting marquee sporting events.

The year - long campaign which champions soccer's rich history in the U.S., while raising a Heineken ® to its exciting future, features a series of new commercials that highlight the energy and passion surrounding the sport in America, as well as contests and interactive engagements for Heineken ®'s partnership of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), and Major League Soccer (MLS).

In his 17 years in the NBA, Payton developed a reputation as one of the biggest trash talkers in league history.

Sirs: Either the Orioles are the greatest team in the history of baseball or the National League simply is not as good as some people would have us believe.

As the world eagerly anticipates the UEFA Champions League final between Serie A champions Juventus and La Liga winners Barcelona, we take a look at how both clubs can create history.

Manny Machado is essentially the perfect baseball player, so he doesn't count, but the rest of the lineup has warts, even as they're on pace to be one of the greatest collections of sluggers in league history.

Last season Seattle became the first team in league history to win its division with a losing record, as the Seahawks beat the Rams in the season finale to rise to 7 — 9.

As the NHL celebrates its centennial anniversary in 2017, SI examines the 100 - year history of the league, the evolution of the game's players, technology and fans and looks ahead to the future.

Houston entered last season as a sleeper title contender and ended it with one of the most uninspiring, lazy, and frustrating playoff campaigns in league history.

The Stogies / Rebels passed into history when the Federal League folded after the 1915 season, and Exposition Park was immediately demolished as part of an early urban renewal project.

The miss proved pivotal in Arsenal's season, as the draw helped them on their way to going the entire Premier League campaign unbeaten, and going down in history as the Invincibles.

Helen Lovejoy - handwringing aside, the more important reason that the 2014/15 Chelsea side are unlikely to go down in history as one of the great championships is because the 2014/15 Premier League is unlikely to go down in history as one of the great top division seasons.

The closing minutes of this Game were as intense as any battle we have seen in this League's 7 - year history.

It is the best couple of weeks of the year and one Team is going to go on a run that will cement them in Austin League history, serving as the first set of Champions.

All three are great leagues, but as a history buff, if you had to pick one, count me as a vote for the WCAL.

I just don't know what's wrong with Arsenal fans.Sure I get it as humans we all have our preferences but things start to look funny when we begin to bash and criticize a player like he's useless.I just don't get why Arsenal fans do nt want Vardy.Oh is it because he's not world class, he's English, He's not a big name, he's a fairy tale, you feel all he does is run, he's not got a better history in footballing until now or you feel Giroud is better or what?I really pity Arsenal fans honestly.I would've taken Jamie Vardy in a heartbeat.Sure he's not the best option out there.But I'll say this and say it again it's not a world class striker that wins you a league but rather just increases your chances of winning the league.If you've watched Arsenal clearly from the time since Henry left you realized that it's more of not being able to find a clinical striker.Eduardo was not a already a finished product when he started his career here yet he was clinical and was on world class form until injury.What Arsenal need now is a world class finisher if they can't get a world class striker.

Look the Bayern the barca and co are top top teams with huge history We need to concentrate to build up wins we need to win cups then league than we go and win the champion league the result today show that we are Lincoln in front of Bayern and a bit better as we scored against Bayern and Lincoln did nt score against us >> > I had a busy Tuesday as I was coming home I guessed we were 1 2 down I turned on the match to be 1 2 to see it go down hill I wished I never turned it on

It's sad that the most successful manager in our history will not be classed as a legend until he retires and then maybe next manager doesn't get us in to champs league.

As much as I want to delude myself about us winning the premier league, the small matter of our recent results and previous history slaps me back into realitAs much as I want to delude myself about us winning the premier league, the small matter of our recent results and previous history slaps me back into realitas I want to delude myself about us winning the premier league, the small matter of our recent results and previous history slaps me back into reality!

Old Trafford owners the Glazers could opt to call time on Moyes's tenure as Man United boss at the end of the current campaign, especially if the club have failed to secure a Champions League berth for the first time in the competition's history.

As seen in the tweets below, that was made clear with a bit of history for De Gea, as aside from the fact that Arsenal had 33 shots on goal, the Spanish international made 14 saves, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single Premier League gamAs seen in the tweets below, that was made clear with a bit of history for De Gea, as aside from the fact that Arsenal had 33 shots on goal, the Spanish international made 14 saves, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single Premier League gamas aside from the fact that Arsenal had 33 shots on goal, the Spanish international made 14 saves, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single Premier League game.

I'm not saying Wenger hasn't been good for us because of course he has but pretending we were nothing before he turned up as arsene who straight from Japan, we gave him the chance to manage a team which had won the league six years prior with a fantastic defence and goalkeeper, a newly arrived Dutchman and the second best goal scorer in our history.

There's Jon Dahl Tomasson, who was in 2007 named by the BBC as the 36th worst transfer in Premier League history.

Nobody in Premier League history has dominated 4th place ad much as Wenger.

Similarly, while Rakitic praises Arsenal as being one of the «best teams in history», but is this really an accurate description of a side who have never won the Champions League and who have won only two FA Cups since 2005.

Belichick and Tom Brady have been the most successful coach - and - quarterback combination in the history of the NFL and they look as good today as they did when they first started dominating the rest of the league.

The league changed the name to the Super Bowl in 1969, but Lombardi went down in the history books as the first coach to win a Super Bowl after the merger.

As a matter of fact, every active kicker in the league is more accurate than the 44th most accurate kicker in NFL history (Janikowski) and his career 80.39 %, save two: Nick Folk at 80.33 % and Mason Crosby at 80.29 %.

It's not Martinez switching leagues that's an issue, even if history is against him in this regard: no player has ever won an MVP award after changing leagues, and Rick Sutcliffe stands as the lone pitcher to win a Cy Young in that situation.

The 1998 Double In two years» time after stepping as a chief of Arsenal, Wenger managed to introduced such significant changes to the training methods of the team that in 1998 the club grabbed its second Double of capturing the League's title and the FA Cup in the Gunners» history.

Switching leagues felt icky when it happened — the 50 years of NL history was priced at about $ 70 million, remember — and according to every Astros fan I've been in contact with, the passage of time isn't de-icking it nearly as quickly as they would have hoped.

That tactical switch has since gone down in history as one of the best decisions ever made by a manager, because three goals in six second - half minutes turned the tie around, before a 1 - 1 draw in Belgium sealed Paisely's first major trophy as Reds boss — he went on to win three European Cups, three League Cups and saw Liverpool crowned champions of England six times.

The Louisville product has a number of supporters as he prepares for the 2018 NFL Draft, however — and one is the winningest passer in league history.

We are a club with history and prestige — We haven't won the league in 13 years but it was only in the last 4 years that we have had the finances to compete as we have had to pay off the debt for our stadium so if we wanted to judge our success we would have to use the last 4 years and we have won 3 fa cups which is the second biggest trophy in England.

Their investment returned fruitfully when it mattered most, as Durant became the most efficient player in league history to average 30 or more points in the NBA Finals.»

Of course everyone is taking the Premier League title as the most important goal this season, but could the beckoing hand of history help Arsenal to win another FA cup trophy?

This year's all - star game marked the first time in event history that there was not a starting center in the line - up, with the league instead opting for three forward spots — and this hardly comes as a surprise.

As the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas EvAs the end nears, the NFL has turned into the NFL — the National Arithmetic League — and the American public is holding its breath as Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Evas Commissioner Pete Einstein hunkers over his calculators, trying to figure out whether Tampa Bay's first victory in history last Sunday will qualify the Buccaneers for a wildcard spot when the playoffs begin on Christmas Eve.

Hes a jedi but i agree we need cazorla back or player like him or rosicky or song and coquin wasnt song who can still play with the passing of the other players in the team xhaka is usually good on ball but so bad off of it hes been a bust so far we almost need the french connection again they have quality players we could use but honestly i think auba will be more effective on flank pnce we get laca back it takes alot of strength to play up front in the premier league it takes two years to rebuild in pl at least bit we have had two rough years and not nearly as rough as chelseas or man u or Liverpool or well this is as big as totteham will be before we make them drop down again and oh do nt forget man city either lets remember our history

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With centers being devalued league - wide and many teams having success with non-traditional lineups, the biggest benefactors have been players renowned for their three - point shooting and defense — or, as the kids refer to it, «3 and D.» Players like Miami's Shane Battier, San Antonio's Danny Green and Portland's Wesley Matthews have been poster boys for this new trend, and each of their teams have been extremely successful in recent history.

As for UCL, he has managed to make a good history with Arsenal as the only manager to have consistently qualify his club for champions league without ever lifting the trophAs for UCL, he has managed to make a good history with Arsenal as the only manager to have consistently qualify his club for champions league without ever lifting the trophas the only manager to have consistently qualify his club for champions league without ever lifting the trophy.

He pushed his catch total to 116 on the year and now joins Wes Welker as the only two players in league history with three straight 110 - catch campaigns.

Ignoring the fact that he's not thrown a pick in his crazy offensive explosion, Wilson joins Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Dan Marino, Aaron Rodgers and Steve Young as the only quarterbacks in league history with three - plus touchdown passes in five straight games.

While there have definitely been poorer sides in Premier League history, there may not have been many quite as disappointing as QPR of this season.

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Baldwin caught two more touchdown passes on Sunday, and joined Calvin Johnson (2011) and Cris Carter (1995) as the only three players in the league's history with four straight games with multiple reception scores.