Sentences with phrase «league points picked»

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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.

Arsenal take on Sunderland at the Stadium Of Light this Saturday, as Wenger's wizards seek to get back to winning ways after picking up just one point from their last two league games.

Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only conceded one goal in their last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.

We are also preparing to start the season without Koscielny and Giroud due to their international campaign with France, and should we fail to pick up some crucial early points, we could struggle to get back on terms with the big teams this year, especially when we have to start juggling Champions League football also, where the likes of United, Chelsea and Liverpool do not.

Real Madrid have after all only beat Athletico twice in the previous eight games between the two sides, excluding their penalty victory in the Champions League final and those expecting Atletico to take all three points can pick up a price of around 3/1.

In a league that has champions scrapping through games and picking up points even though playing badly, it is difficult to imagine Ozil as a big player.

We could have hoped for a better opener to our champions league campaign, but ultimately we shouldn't be too disappointed with picking up a point away to PSG.

In just his second NBA season, the former number one overall pick averaged 20.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and a league - leading 2.82 blocks per game.

Do nt we need to finish at least 6th for Europa league entry, with 5 games left, 3 away from home and we haven't picked up a single point this year on our travels, add to that, that Burnley are 1 of the teams we play at home, if we don't win the Europa this year, we could miss out on any European football next season.

Arsenal went into the game against Sunderland on Saturday, having picked up a single point in their last two Premier League games.

The Gunners heavily dominated their last three Premier League matches against Manchester United, Southampton and West Ham, but only managed to pick up a total of two points from those matches.

We can only hope that the teams leading the way so far in the Premier League drop points before our match, but with Man City going to bottom club Crystal Palace who have yet to pick up a point or even score a goal, while their local rivals United play Southampton the chances are not good for us.

Their first Loss of the Season is a much easier to pill to swallow since it came in Volleyball where they were still able to pick up 6 points and actually build their lead on some of the Teams in the League.

Looking forward to the next half of the season, if we wish to reach our goals, it is essential that the Men's Blues do not become complacent in BUCS — Cambridge are only 3 points behind us — and that we continue to believe we can beat the best teams in our league on Saturdays, while also fully focussing on picking up 3 points against the weaker teams.

Arsenal The North Londoners have had a decent start to their campaign, which has seen them qualify for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the 17th year running, and pick up 5 points from 3 Premier League fixtures.

Green, a former first - round pick, was the MVP of the D - League All - Star Game and averaged 19.1 points and 4.6 rebounds in the first half of the season for the D - Fenders.

Los Blancos sit in fourth place in the La Liga table, eight points adrift of leaders Barcelona, while they've had to settle for second place in their Champions League group after picking up just one point from two meetings with Tottenham.

Paul Lambert's side have picked up just one point from their past six Premier League fixtures and leaves the Midlands side battling at the wrong end of the table.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

The Serie A club have had a dreadful start to their league campaign, picking up just nine points from eight games, and the appeared failure to challenge for the Scudetto this season seems to have disrupted the dressing room considerably.

The Blues have picked up just one point from their opening two Premier League fixtures, and Jose Mourinho has been unhappy with the displays put in by his Chelsea charges, even electing to name and shame seven players who he feels are below - par (via Sky Sports).

«I wanted to win that last game, finish top scorer and help PSV pick up the points record (88 points, a record for PSV and the highest total in the league this century).»

The best rebounder in the league, one of the best pick and roll point guards in the league, and a legit option to go to if the offense breaks down.

Unfortunately for them, Arsenal's form at this point really picked up, and despite another Bale - inspired win on the final day against Sunderland, Arsenal's win at Newcastle meant they were consigned to another season below their North London rivals and another season of Europa League football, despite their record points tally in the Premier League with 72.

He has since seen his Blues side struggle this term, picking up only one point from their opening two Premier League matches.

So the Champions league started and this time we picked a point away at PSG.

Arsenal played Dortmund away on Matchday 1 of this season's Champions League, looking to pick up a point or three, after drawing three successive games in the Premier League.

Nevertheless, United remain five points adrift of the Champions League qualification places, and will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in midweek when they face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

It's Steve McClaren's Rams that head in with the better record in the league this season, having picked up five more point than the Hoops over the 46 games that make up the regular campaign.

We need to go on a run now and pick up the points, I believe our next 3 league games are Hull, Burnley, Swansea... 9 points expected out of those three games.

But we are ARSENAL we need to step up when it counts, our last 4 league matches we picked up 3 points we are just adding pressure to ourselves we could have won at least 1 match and its down to team selection and moral.

Last November, our beloved club only managed to gain two Premier League points, including a 1 - 1 home draw against North - London neighbours Tottenham, but the most worrying statistic would be the fact that our squad picked up as many as nine injuries.

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.

Chelsea have picked up just one point from their opening two Premier League fixtures and many reports suggest that Jose Mourinho is ready to step - up his summer spending, with owner Roman Abramovich ready to open his wallet, and will need to make room for potential new additions.

The striker went onto insist the match will not be easy, despite their opponents having struggled in the league so far this season, picking up only seven points from a possible 12.

Or on the other hand, if they lose conclusively i.e. 4 — 0, they could reason that the tie is over and that their best chance of getting a top four position is by picking up points in the league and as a consequence they play a strong team at the Emirates.

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As it is, Louis van Gaal's luck was in as Mata gave United a narrow win and that means that the pressure is still on us and City to keep going and pick up the points needed to make sure that United do not sneak in and claim the final Champions League place, but the question now is which of us will handle that pressure better?

Chelsea travel to Selhurst Park on Saturday to face Crystal Palace who are rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after failing to pick up a single point during this season's campaign.

The team that I see as our only big rivals for the Title, they sit 2 points clear of us right now, they just tore Newcastle a new one, and are just about everybodys pick for the league, and the only real test in the league coming soon is at home to Man United (Pray for a draw), but whilst they are everybodys pick, they are favourites, they are still not untouchable.

7 — Swansea have won seven points in their four Premier League games under Carlos Carvalhal (W2 D1 L1), two more than they'd picked up in the 12 games before his appointment (W1 D2 L9).

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So with the Gunners looking like we are closer to winning the Premier League title than we have been since the season of the invincibles over 10 years ago, Arteta knows that the manager must pick the team with the best chance of picking up all three points.

Despite major improvement under the stewardship of Marco Silva, Hull remain 19th in the table and need to start picking up points if they are going to keep hold of their Premier League status.

The win helped us to keep pace at the top of the table, with both Liverpool and Manchester City picking up impressive wins, and we remain joint - top of the league with 23 points.

The league leaders are struggling a bit on the road picking up all three points in just two of their last five away games.

Bearing in mind the number of points that Arsenal pick up against smaller teams, if we pick at least 4 points from each of the teams in the top 6 — then definitely we win the League.

After gaining just 3 points from Arsenal's first 2 League games, Arsene Wenger will be desperate to avoid defeat against Liverpool at Anfield this afternoon, but they could hardly have picked a worse fixture to get us back on track.

The Premier League's bottom club have struggled throughout the season, and despite picking up a couple of valuable points, look well adrift.

As for their Premier League form, it has led them to fourth place after six games, as they've picked up 11 points and look in fine form right now to continue their impressive streak.