Sentences with phrase «league place rather»

He is certainly a stubborn man, who looks like he is aiming for a Champions League place rather than the Premier League title.

Not exact matches

I would rather Chelsea had won because it's plainly obvious we are not going to win the league and it would have kept Spurs below us in the battle for 4th place.
Los Merengues need to step things up in a big way soon, or their form will continue to deteriorate to the point where they'll have to fight just to make the Champions League next season — and with just a one - point cushion on fifth place coming into this match, their fight for that relevance may be coming sooner rather than later.
The time to hesitate is through, sang Jim Morrison of The Doors, and if Arsenal are to break on through to the other side and actually win a Premier League title rather than the Wenger trophy of finishing in the top four Champions League places, I think the same is true for the Gunners.
But the United manager Louis van Gaal seems to think that it is them rather than defending champions Arsenal who should be seen as the favourites, mainly because they are the highest placed league team left in the competition.
It is well and good to make the books balance, but Kroenke is always aiming for top place in the stock market rather than the premier league
If Real Madrid are offering a lot more money, then he may not have a choice, even if he did prefer a move to 5th place Arsenal... Rather than a move to a League & Champion's League Double Winning team coached by a footballing legend!
Szczesny is as good as any keeper in this league, his errors are most noticeable because he plays for ARSENAL, i actually think he is a better keeper than ospina and this competition for a place in the team will only improve him, so i think it would be rather foolish for us to sell him.
Blackpool have exceeded expectations in their first season back in League One, and the play of Solomon - Otabor has been one of the reasons that the club is in 11th place in League One, only eight points off of the playoff places, rather than struggling for survival.
It has been suggested that Man City, who go into the game in 4th place, should be more worried about making sure they finish above Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool rather than chasing Chelsea, but Navas - speaking exclusively to Sky Sports ahead of the game - has not given up hope of winning back - to - back league titles.
In Whoscored terms West Ham show up in 8th place overall rather than the actual 10th place of our league position.
The first ever competitive meeting between these two went rather well for Chelsea, who ran out 4 - 0 winners and topped their Champions League group, finishing 11 points ahead of third placed Atletico.
The daily which prides itself as the largest selling English newspaper in the world published a rather daft account of the Premier League standings by placing Arsenal with 10 points above Tottenham Hotspur who are with 11 points.
The Brazilian said it is not enough «to play for second place and qualify for the Champions League by signing young and talented players rather than stars.»
It means that Arsene Wenger's men will enter the group stages of the Champions League directly next season rather than face a tricky qualifier, which is now left to Manchester United — who pipped Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur to fourth place.
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