Sentences with phrase «league point of»

Wednesday's 0 - 0 draw at Bolton was, believe it or not, Arsenal's first Premier League point of 2012; previously, they had suffered defeat on visits to Fulham (2 - 1) and Swansea (3 - 2) as well as at home to Manchester United (1 - 2).

Burnley took their first ever Premier League point of Burnley, who again had defender Branislav Ivanovic to thank for his goalscoring exploits.

After United dropped their first league points of the season with a 1 - 1 draw away at Stoke last week, a game which Sir Alex's side could have so easily lost, a shock 3 - 3 draw at Old Trafford in the UEFA Champions League versus FC Basel was to follow − and, again, that game could have just as easily gone the other way, especially as heading into stoppage time United trailed 3 - 2.

After dropping their first league points of the season, Bayern Munich were less than complimentary about their opponents.

Manchester United dropped their first league points of the season as they drew 1 - 1 away to Stoke City.

Not exact matches

In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

For example it manages the back end of online merchandise - auction sites for professional sports leagues, points programs and other «extremely customer facing» consumer brands.

He pointed out continuing growth in categories like video conferencing and gaming segments, where ultrafast keyboards and mice are popular among players of games like League of Legends.

The Oiler became the youngest captain in the history of the league at just 19 years of age, and in 2016 won the Art Ross Trophy for recording more points that any player in the NHL, netting 30 goals and 70 assists on the year, and won MVP.

Elena Delle Donne's third season was the best of her short career, as she led the league in scoring with over 23 points per game on 46 % shooting, to go with over eight rebounds, a steal, and two blocks per game en route to winning MVP.

We're not looking to re-litigate the whole megillah here; the point is, people are hopping mad, and the controversy has rapidly turned the National Football League into one of the most polarizing brands in the United States.

A two - time Defensive Player of the Year who's led the league in blocks four years in a row, Griner is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22 points per game on 57 % shooting while once again leading the league in blocks per game.

It's gotten to the point that there is considerable pressure for him to resign (although many doubt it will happen) because of the league's ongoing domestic abuse and discipline problems.

While more and more young superstars rise up the charts of league leaders, James» name remains a constant — he's currently fourth in the NBA in points per game, second in assists per game, 17th in rebounds and 21st in steals.

In the daily games, participants pay to compete for cash prizes against others in online leagues based on imaginary teams assembled from rosters of real players, which accumulate points based on how those players perform in actual games.

At one point during the documentary, Couric asks representatives of the Virginia Citizens Defense League a question: «If there are no background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from purchasing a gun?»

Keller points out that one of the reasons to own a franchise in the first place is because owners almost always make money when they sell; but in the U.S. most teams aren't making profits from attendance and TV revenues are small compared to other leagues, all of which dampens buyer interest.

I am a member of the Junior League of High Point, High Point Young Leaders United, Triad Women's Forum, and I served on the 2015 health panel for the program allocation review team for the United Way of Greater High Point.

As evidence of those rifts, experts point to recent moves by Xi to rein in the influential Communist Youth League, which is the power base of former president Hu Jintao and current prime minister Li Keqiang.

The League of Nations, with President Wilson's 14 points, failed; and global blood in ceaseless flood and genocidal gore inflicting millions of human casualties awakened the peoples of the earth to the urgency of the United Nations as a global guardian and sentinel on the qui vive of peace and security and respect for human dignity, worth of the human person and inalienable human rights.

The essential point is to decide on the fundamentals: a restructuring of society as a League of Leagues, and a reduction of the State to its proper function, which is to maintain unity; or a devouring of an amorphous society by the omnipotent State....

If the point of religion is to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one religion is better than another or that a «religion-less» person who STILL acts the SAME way (i.e. does right unto their neighbors, lives according to the thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?

This is America: the Knights of Columbus, the Grange, Hadassah, the Disabled American Veterans, the Order of AHEPA (American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association), the Business and Professional Women of America, the union hall, the Bible study group, LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens), «Holy Name» — a brilliant diversity spread like stars, like a thousand points of light in a broad and peaceful sky.

It eventually reached the point where Charles VIII and his successor Louis XII of France rebelled, sparking the Holy League defence of Italy from 1510 (this is, of course, a gross generalisation as it hides the chaotic influence of an almost anarchic set of Italian states portrayed by Machiavelli).

He has taken a vow of poverty, even though the one time Premier League footballer - who may have earned around # 600,000 a year at one point - devoted himself to religious life.

Top of the league table was the Eden Project in Cornwall, which scored 99 points out of a possible 150 for its freshly prepared and locally sourced food, while in last place were Brighton Pier and the Natural History Museum in London, the most popular visitor attraction in Britain, which both scored a paltry 22 points.

«The UEFA Champions League is a proven passion point of Hispanic consumers,» said Belen Pamukoff, Brand Director, Heineken, HEINEKEN USA.

The Gunners are in top form, having registered five consecutive league wins, and these results have helped us shoot up the PL table to third, to within two points of leaders Manchester City.

In addition, it will be a plus point for Arsenal to welcome him back with a handful of Premier League games under his belt.

Why does Poch get all the plaudits when he has 3 of the best 11 premier league players [4 of them last season] and can't win anything / is 6 points behind us.

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.

That viewpoint is supported by the fact that the Merseyside outfit are languishing in eighth in the Premier League table, 15 points adrift of leaders Leicester City.

From a points perspective, we've still got a good chance of winning the league, but not with Wenger in charge.

Despite his side's 10 point lead at the top of the league, at such a late stage of the season, Mourinho refused to rule any side out of the running for the title and said, «I don't care about other things.

That in turn has seen them fall to sixth place in the Premier League table, four points adrift of the top four, and it's certainly giving Mauricio Pochettino something to think about for arguably the first time in his tenure at the club.

As Arsenal fans, of course we want the team to do as well as possible, but I do think that Hamaan has a point, although it would be much better if Wenger and the club got the hunger back without us having to drop into the Europa League to do it.

We also managed 4 out of 6 points against them in the league.

The Reds are hungry to bag a positive Premier League result and, here, we present five talking points ahead of the action...

Same points, and this time we won't get pot 1, this time we'll be playing in a much tougher group in the champions league next year so don't be so proud of 2nd spot.

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

But although it looks like Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea team, currently 11 points ahead of Arsenal, have got one hand on the Premier League trophy, it is not over yet.

But to look on the positive side, we have not won for three games, but we are still only two points from the top of the league!

A sensible suggestion from the Dane as United have now moved to within a point of fourth - placed Manchester City and will be desperate to qualify for the Champions League next season.

If we win all of our games and beat Chelsea, I predict that we will be at least second in the league and no more than a few points behind the league leaders... game on!

However, Gareth Bale's transformation into one of the best players on the planet, helped Andre Villas - Boas lead Tottenham to 72 points in the 2012 - 13 campaign — a club record, although it was only worthy of fifth place and another year in the Europa League.

We are still 6 points ahead of Mourinho's side, and still ahead of Tottenham, and are only 3 points behind the League leaders.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

The Blues sit top of the Premier League table by a huge seven points at present, with Liverpool able to close that gap to only six points should they win this evening against Stoke City.

Villa, who fielded an inexperienced team with an average age of just 23, climbed one place to 16th, but they are just two points above the Premier League relegation zone.

It comes just a fortnight after they were defeated by Manchester City, while their overall form hasn't been good enough and that's reflected in the fact that they sit in sixth place in the Premier League table, a point adrift of the top four and 12 points behind leaders City.