Sentences with phrase «league leaders took»

The Premier League leaders took control from that point on, but they were unable to take advantage.
Watching the league leaders take the seventh place team apart while our rivals stutter was a joy to behold, but there's a voice somewhere reminding us of false hope.
The Premier League leaders take on Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge, with the Eagles just hitting form.

Not exact matches

The Spanish international linked excellently with Eden Hazard and Pedro, danced through the Saints defence and fired into the bottom corner of Fraser Forster's goal to ensure the Premier League leaders would be taking all three points from tonight's game.
The league leaders are showing they have that star - quality needed to take games by the scruff of the neck, while our side seem to be scrapping for their results all too often.
They are already twelve points behind league leaders Chelsea, but a win against the Saints will at least take them in to second.
The Citizens were unable to take any points from their trip to league leaders Chelsea, while the Reds failed to beat a resolute Bournemouth side at Anfield.
The 22 - year - old would be a quality addition for the Premier League leaders, but it's noted that Barcelona are also monitoring him and so Chelsea may have some stiff competition to fend off in order to take him to Stamford Bridge.
The Cubs will have the National League ERA - leader pitching, and they'll have a Cy Young candidate available in relief for as long as it takes.
These three points take them to 13th in the Premier League, but perhaps more importantly to only eight points behind leaders Manchester City.
With Arsenal's win and continue run of form in recent games as regards to keeping the pace with the league leaders in the title race we take some things from the game into consideration.
Wilshere has now moved to praise the Premier League leaders, which may not be taken well by his employers, naming them as the best at present.
As it seemed as though the Gunners had missed a glorious opportunity to close the gap at the top, up stepped Welbeck to make his mark and take his side to within two points of the league leaders.
Taking Petr Cech's place in goal for Chelsea this season, Belgian youngster Thibaut Courtois has been superb for the Premier League leaders.
Also the big priority that is the Premier League sees us take on the leaders Leicester this weekend.
DFS edge: Antonio Brown (toe, probable) has averaged an NFL - high 29.1 DraftKings PPG at home since 2014, and the league's receiving triple - crown leader will take on a Ravens defense without Jimmy Smith (Achilles, IR).
Tottenham's third successive win takes them up to third in the Premier League table — only three points adrift of leaders Leicester City.
The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.
Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert has told star striker Christian Benteke that he needs to «stand up and be counted» as his side take on Premier League leaders Chelsea this weekend, The Sun reports.
In fact there are at least three key men at the current league leaders Chelsea who still appear to be pretty wary of the Gunners, which is probably increased this week as Arsene Wenger prepares to take the team to Stamford Bridge looking for a repeat of the match against them at home, which saw Arsenal inflict their heaviest defeat of the season.
However, it didn't take long for a fifth goal of the game to arrive, with Giroud producing a bit of magic to give the Gunners their first lead, and it appeared as though the Premier League leaders were set to pick up all three points.
Someone should point out to Peter King that Old Waterbuckets took leave from his 25 - year «tryst» with wife Jane Russell long enough to lead the Rams to two NFL titles in his abbreviated, injury - ridden eight - year career, and that he was among the league leaders in punting, was an excellent placekicker and was a 60 - minute man who also played safety.
United take on Premier League leaders Chelsea at Old Trafford later today.
Firstly, we take this as a blip and possibly a few too many drinks on Christmas Day with their families as we are still in a great position in the league only 2 points off the leaders, Leicester, who lost as well this weekend to Liverpool.
Teams in the relegation battle will be happy to take even a single point off the league leaders.
League leaders Chelsea will look to take one step closer to the league title when they host Stoke City in the late game, while on Easter Sunday Tottenham travel to Burnley and Newcastle United host the Tyne - Wear derby against SundeLeague leaders Chelsea will look to take one step closer to the league title when they host Stoke City in the late game, while on Easter Sunday Tottenham travel to Burnley and Newcastle United host the Tyne - Wear derby against Sundeleague title when they host Stoke City in the late game, while on Easter Sunday Tottenham travel to Burnley and Newcastle United host the Tyne - Wear derby against Sunderland.
Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge on Saturday to take on Premier League leaders Chelsea with no option of a draw.
Premier League leaders Chelsea, who last won the FA Cup in 2012, will begin their quest for an eighth title by taking on either Notts County or Peterborough United at Stamford Bridge.
The lack of transfer activities, the lack of leaders, the lack of care from anybody about the league position we take or the lack of interest in fans opinions.
League leaders Cardiff take on Derby County, with Neil Warnock's side looking to continue their fine form following victory at Leeds midweek as the Rams visit the Welsh capital.
This is important not only because those points are more valuable for obvious reasons, but because shots in the fourth quarter and especially crunch time are more difficult to make - take a look at the league leaders in points in the fourth quarter and you'll see almost all of them shoot below their averages.
Manchester United have to face Premier League leaders Chelsea, who have already beat them twice this term without conceding a single goal, and while the Red Devils can boast an unbeaten record in the league since they last took on the Blues in October, they have drawn much more games than they would wish to remLeague leaders Chelsea, who have already beat them twice this term without conceding a single goal, and while the Red Devils can boast an unbeaten record in the league since they last took on the Blues in October, they have drawn much more games than they would wish to remleague since they last took on the Blues in October, they have drawn much more games than they would wish to remember.
The 5th of November gives us the hardest test of all with a visit to the Etihad to take on the runaway League leaders Man City.
However, the clash between the Gunners and Liverpool tonight is starting to take on the feeling of a must win for us, and that was only made more clear yesterday as the league leaders Man City overcome a determined Everton to make it three wins out of three, including one over Chelsea.
The problem is; over a season there are more than just the odd day and it takes a fluent, strong, creative team with strong leaders to win a league of European trophy and in Wenger and his mirror image teams I just don't see that.
The Gunners will be confident of walking away with all the points, while Premier League leaders travel to Anfield to take on fourth - placed Liverpool.
The last time Arsenal took on the current Premier League leaders was back at the end of September and just like then, the Foxes were surprisingly ahead of the Gunners in the league League leaders was back at the end of September and just like then, the Foxes were surprisingly ahead of the Gunners in the league league table.
At the end of it the debate will boil down to DO WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN THE EPL OR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE??? first let's start with what went wrong the other season nothing we finished 12 pts behind the league leaders chelsea and 5 pts behind city... mmmh injuries (no longer news and infact we're already in it), lack of a proper dm till the new year (le coq emergence who desperately needed a back up), lack of a lethal striker (giroud's 3mnth injury noted though obviously not good enough and the sole reason wenger himself was reportedly looking for an «exceptional striker») and finally the obvious lack of depth in key positions (DM, CBs and yes LEAGUE??? first let's start with what went wrong the other season nothing we finished 12 pts behind the league leaders chelsea and 5 pts behind city... mmmh injuries (no longer news and infact we're already in it), lack of a proper dm till the new year (le coq emergence who desperately needed a back up), lack of a lethal striker (giroud's 3mnth injury noted though obviously not good enough and the sole reason wenger himself was reportedly looking for an «exceptional striker») and finally the obvious lack of depth in key positions (DM, CBs and yes league leaders chelsea and 5 pts behind city... mmmh injuries (no longer news and infact we're already in it), lack of a proper dm till the new year (le coq emergence who desperately needed a back up), lack of a lethal striker (giroud's 3mnth injury noted though obviously not good enough and the sole reason wenger himself was reportedly looking for an «exceptional striker») and finally the obvious lack of depth in key positions (DM, CBs and yes a CF).
As much as Chelsea want Salah off their books, surely it will take more than that to convince the Premier League leaders to let a potentially useful squad player go?
The good news for Arsenal came at Anfield, where Jurgen Klopp saw his Liverpool side take all three points off the current league leaders Leicester City.
Rugby NorCal has begun to lay the groundwork in creating Rookie Rugby leagues by holding a Rookie Rugby Course Leader Training session, which took place in Vacaville and included administrators from local rugby clubs, Boys and Girls Clubs and sports facilities.
So it was quite a surprise to see them fail to score against the Championship side Wolves, who took the Premier League leaders to a penalty shoot out.
Arsenal make the tough trip to Manchester to take on the Premier League leaders today, as we look to close to within six points of the top.
League leaders Napoli are set to take on top four hopefuls AS Roma in the Italian Serie A game on Saturday, 03 March 2018 at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, Italy.
League leaders Arsenal travel to the Cardiff City stadium this weekend to take on Cardiff.
The matchweek 33 of Serie A will take place this mid-week where league leaders Juventus, along with Napoli, AS Roma, Lazio and Inter will be in action and the referee for all the fixtures Has Been...
Burnley battled their way to an impressive 1 - 1 draw against Man City at the weekend, with defender Ben Mee taking a very literal approach to stopping the runaway Premier League leaders in the tracks.
Liverpool have taken just two points from three league games since the start of the year and have now fallen to fourth in the table, 10 points behind leaders Chelsea.
It took him a while to adjust to the premier league but he is now our leader at the back.
Gonzalez took Kyle Hendricks deep in the second inning, a home run to left center field against the major league leader in ERA during the regular season.
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