Sentences with phrase «league leaders went»

The league leaders went into the game on the back of their defeat against Liberty Professionals in Week 6 and needed to return to winning ways.
The league leaders went in to the game four points clear at the top of the table after Arsenal's win against Liverpool earlier in the day.
The current Premier League leaders went into the clash against the Hammers on the back of suffering a 2 - 1 loss at the hands of Serie A giants Juventus in the Champions League opener in midweek, although they had made a perfect start to the domestic campaign.
The Premier League leaders go to Anfield on Wednesday night as they continue their pursuit of claiming a first league title for 12 years.

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Much like league leader Tesla, Thunder Power seems to be going after the performance and style - minded driver.
If we lose this weekend we could drop down to fourth place in the table and possibly nine points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea, and if we really want to stamp our claim for this season's big trophy, then we should be going all out for the win.
ALL main rivals have been out of sight below us for most of the season, it doesn't get any easier... yet now we are 6 pts behind Spurs and 9 pts behind Leicester despite being just 2 points from the league leaders at Christmas — with 8 games to go.
Jabarri «League Leader» Reynolds went for 30 once again, Ian «don't leave him open behind the arc» Shaffer went for 18 points, and Jeremy «Captain» Bauer put in 14 of his own..
Led by Max «League Leader in Week 17» Kaplan who had 32 points and Team Shamberg member Todd «hot on his heels» Siegel had the 2nd most with 30 You know what's amazing — there are 4 pairs of Teams that are tied with each other going into the final week of the Season — each one of those pairs have split their 2 head to head meetings.
Arsenal are having their usual glut of injuries, and they are going to be strugling to keep up with the League leaders until we get some of our squad back.
Each side has their main instigators going forward, like league leaders Chelsea have Diego Costa and Eden Hazard, and Spurs have Harry Kane and Dele Alli, but to claim we have no cutting edge without them is just untrue.
Things aren't going to get any easier on Sunday, as Villarreal host league leaders Barcelona, who currently hold an eight - point advantage over Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish top flight.
It gives his side a major disadvantage going into the Champions League semi-final showdown with in - form La Liga leaders Barcelona, reports Marca.
City slipped up, so we have an opportunity to go outright leaders in the league.
Arsene Wenger is going to have a dilemma on Tuesday if he is intending to rotate his starting line - up like he has done in Arsenal's last two midweek games, with the massive game against League leaders Man United next weekend.
Arsenal lost two away games in a row to go nine points behind the league leaders Chelsea as they were beaten by the gallant Manchester City side who rallied from behind to beat Arsenal 2 - 1 in the match.
That would be stupid as the Gunners are only two points off the top and the current league leaders Man City and there is a very long way to go and plenty of time for many more twists and turns to this season.
Goals from Sane and B Silva wrapped up the win for the Premier League leaders, who are still going strong on all front so far this season.
Of course there was a great need for Arsenal to win the game against Eddie Howe's team as well but unless we now go on and beat the league leaders then our chances of being crowned champions at the end of the season will be hanging by a thread.
Arsenal go to Old Trafford tomorrow needing a win to make sure that we do not drop more than one game's worth of points behind the current Premier League leaders, with Liverpool sitting on top of the table on 26 points, Chelsea one behind with 25 and the Gunners fourth and level on points with third placed Man City on 24.
In fact they are going to0 have a nice wedgeof cash to add to their transfer budget for the January transfer window and that is likely to be bad news for the Gunners as we hope to complete a few good signings of our own and catch the current league leaders in the second half of the season.
He then went on to say that his job is to worry about Arsenal and how we can keep up with and even pass the current league leaders Man City in the race to be crowned champions.
With all the bad blood between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, and with the desire for Arsenal to show that last season's awful string of results away to the Premier League big boys wasan aberration, there is a feeling that the Frenchman will send the Gunners out with the intent to attack the league leaders and go for all three pLeague big boys wasan aberration, there is a feeling that the Frenchman will send the Gunners out with the intent to attack the league leaders and go for all three pleague leaders and go for all three points.
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Going into the game Tijuana are still the league leaders, but they're only one point clear of Veracruz below them and have only won one of their last four games.
The North Londoners went into today's final round of Premier League fixtures seven points behind leaders Manchester City.
United new - boy Marcos Rojo may well go on to become a top Premier League centre - back, but at the moment it is surely the more experienced John Terry who gets the nod, with the former England captain being a great leader and inspirational performer for Jose Mourinho's side.
I seem to remember early last season going through this same scenario, when we were even further behind the League leaders (in fact relegation was mentioned at one point) but our «despicable manager» turned it around, brought Arsenal all the way back up to Third Place, and helped us to retain the FA Cup before the seasons end.
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Arsenal players display this laissez faire attitude (anything goes), which obviously we can not win a league with, there is no leader in the squad and this is a major problem, no player seems to know their function on the field.
If things go our way, the Gunners could end Saturday just six points behind the league leaders and closer to Man City as well.
After Barcelona crawled over the line with ten men to earn a point away against Celta Vigo, the league leaders will be pleased to keep their hopes of going the whole season unbeaten alive despite major squad rotation.
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There you go Arsene Wenger, there is no need to waste your time making complex plans about how Arsenal should go about facing the current Premier League leaders at the Emirates tomorrow.
Wenger hugged Walcott after he was subbed, did he see how poor he was and how uninspiring he was as captain??? Are we seriously playing Barca??? Did waste another January transfer window because of foolishness from an incompetent leader???? There goes another chance to win the League......
At the end of last season, and in this pre-season, Arsenal were in such scintillating form that we were being talked about as genuine Premier League contenders, and despite our sluggish start to the new campaign we are definitely in with a shout, and could even go above leaders Man United next weekend.
Whether it is the extra three points gap to the league leaders that Arsenal now have, or the manner of our capitulation in a rain sodden Swansea, I am not sure, but after yesterday's defeat the Arsenal boss pretty much admitted that Chelsea are going to lift the EPL trophy in May, as reported by ESPN.
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?
A lot of Arsenal fans did not expect us to get anything from today's away game against the Premier League leaders Man City, and that is how it turned out with De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus scoring to make it a comfortable 3 - 1 scoreline in the end, but that did not tell the whole story by any means and Arsene Wenger will surely point to a couple of key decisions that went the home side's way at crucial points of the game.
The really serious test of how the Arsenal defence is going to be able to cope with the absence of our Wprld Cup winning Germany international Shkodran Mustafi is not likely to come until the Premier League game away to the current leaders Manchester City on November 5th.
Chelsea are the league leaders, and have reached the stage where they could be called champions - elect with a double digit lead at the summit with under a third of the campaign to go.
Aston Villa find themselves a little off the pace in the promotion race in FA Women's Super League 2, but as they welcome leaders Yeovil on Sunday Beth Merrick insists going up remains their priority.
Madrid go into the game 14 points behind league leaders Barcelona and title race is pretty much settled as far as Madrid's chances are concerned however there is a -LSB-...]
Juventus are not only the leaders of Serie A, but they are on course to claim their sixth successive league title and with such a formidable lead in domestic competition, there is a real hope in Turin that this side can be the one to go one step further than they did in 2015 and bring home the UEFA Champions League crown for the first time in over 20 league title and with such a formidable lead in domestic competition, there is a real hope in Turin that this side can be the one to go one step further than they did in 2015 and bring home the UEFA Champions League crown for the first time in over 20 League crown for the first time in over 20 years.
Currently 2 points behind the league leaders, Tottenham have a chance to go atop the league table should Norwich spring a surprise.
Both teams are attack - minded so goals were always likely and considering Arsenal went into the match as league leaders, an away win wouldn't have been an almighty surprise.
Klopp's side have been in imperious form recently, and ended Premier League leaders Manchester City's hopes of going through the season without losing following a thrilling 4 - 3 win at Anfield.
The Clarets have been so impressive on home soil this season in the top flight that it will be massively interesting to see how they go at Turf Moor against the league leaders on Sunday.
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