Sentences with phrase «league rivals at»

«Man City are head and shoulders above their Premier League rivals at 8/11 to be the last English side standing, while Man United and Liverpool have both been handed winnable contests and can be backed at 5/1 each to progress furthest.

However, they've made a real statement of intent early on this season so far, as they've opened up an eight - point lead over their Premier League rivals at the top of the table and have secured their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

The Gunners lost 4 - 0 to their Premier League rivals at Anfield a matter of weeks ago, in what can only be described as a disastrous display by our stars, but we have since shown grit to win our next two outings.

He was being strongly linked with a summer move to our Premier League rivals at Anfield, but The Telegraph has revealed that this will not be happening as Liverpool do not have Champions League football to offer and the player himself was very clear on this being essential for any club wanting to sign him.

Wenger has managed more matches at Arsenal than the combined total of games of all his Premier League rivals at their current clubs.

Despite all that the big striker has still been chosen by Didier Deschamps over the Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, highlighting the huge difference between Arsenal and our Premier League rivals at the minute.

Not exact matches

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

He better had do as well, because if we lose the potential coaching abilities of Arteta after seeing one of our other former captains Patrick Vieira working at our Premier League rivals as well then it will be a real kick in the teeth for the club.

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.

Well you kind of knew that it would not take long for the Arsenal manager and his long term rival Jose Mourinho to get back to their old trick of aiming verbal bullets at each other and that is what has happened before the new Premier League season has even started.

Further, with the struggles of their rivals around them, there was certainly an opportunity to compete for the Premier League title or at least a top - three finish instead of a frantic scramble to qualify for the Champions League, which arguably looks unlikely at this stage.

Arsenal fans will be hoping from a look at this weekend's fixture list in the Premier League that it could be a good few days for the Gunners in our pursuit of the title, as many of our big rivals for the EPL trophy have matches that look harder on paper than our trip to Swansea and two of them are playing each other.

And the point may be disappointing after Arsenal leading for most of the second half, but at least it meant that we went back above our north London rivals Tottenham in the Premier League table.

Van Persie has struggled to replicate the form that landed a record 20th league title for the Red Devils in his debut season at the club following his # 24m move from rivals Arsenal [via BBC Sport].

He's had a fantastic opportunity of the last few years to win the league, what with the finances, and the manager merry - go - round at our rivals, and still he hasn't!

The 31 - year - old has been one of the top attacking midfield players in Europe in his eight seasons at City, and would be a major loss if he were to move on, particularly to a Premier League rival.

However unfortunately if we want to keep with the times and continue to challenge, it's important we stay at the very least level with our league rivals.

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.

Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout from their surprise Premier League title rivals.

The club last won at the home of their Norfolk rivals in more than 12 years and have not played in the Premier League since 2002.

We have all but ruled ourselves out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.

The 22 - year - old has scored six goals in 13 league appearances so far this season, with Inter holding a four - point lead at the top of the standings over nearest rivals Fiorentina and Napoli.

The Bundesliga club have learned to accept being raided by their famous German rivals, but apparently they draw the line at the team who «finished fourth in the Premier League last season».

The 32 - year - old striker spent the best part of four years at the club after moving from rivals Manchester United in 2009, and won the FA Cup, the Premier League and the Charity Shield during his time at Eastlands.

Manchester City went down to another disappointing defeat, to put the final nail in the coffin of any possible Premier League title challenge which was still alive, with a 4 - 2 loss at Old Trafford to city rivals Manchester United.

It's now that counts & we're pretty crap and have been overtaken by our rivals, Coming 5th last season is the start of our downward spiral in the league, or at least until we get a new manager

At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.

The Belgian joined the Merseyside outfit from Premier League rivals Aston Villa for # 32.5 million earlier in the summer and opened his account in the early stages of the second half at the County Ground with a brilliant volley from 20 yards to give the Reds a 1 - 0 lead.

Arsenal is priced at 11/1 to actually lift the trophy; with even their bitterGI «8 - 9 - / + rivals Tottenham (9/1) deemed as more likely to have any success in the league.

Maintaining current conference ties (and giving WVU an auto - bid as Big East champion, since that league was officially considered a power at the time), we end up with future SEC East rivals Georgia and Missouri in New Orleans.

Not only are they off to another hot start at 3 - 0 but they took down Rivals Team Lalez in a Rematch of our very first Chicago Hoops League Championship (back in 2013 - 14 season).

Quotes in the Daily Mail, in which he speaks of his flattery at being linked to a move to Old Trafford, suggests that Mourinho may have his work cut out in convincing Miranda to move to west London ahead of their Premier League rivals.

With the news that Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has rejected the chance to sign for Manchester United this summer, here's a look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by rivals Chelsea...

At least one of the threatened teams West Brom beat our Premier League rivals Man United yesterday and that gives the Gunners some breathing space.

Nevertheless, Mourinho was ultimately vindicated in his choice to make the swap, as his side secured all three points to remain within five points of rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League table.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday knowing that a win could all - but end their rivals» Premier League title hopes.

Liverpool have won their last four consecutive games in the Premier League but will take on arch rivals Manchester United next at Anfield on 17 October.

In the current, win - at - all - costs, poach - your - rivals - of - talent culture of football, it's possible that we'll never see a long - tenured manager like Arsene in the league again.

But I think we forget too easily just what a great job Le Prof has done to keep the club in the top echelon of the Premier League and managed to qualify for and progress from the group stages of the Champions League while having no money to spend, at the same time as our rivals were bankrolled by billionaires.

A wrongly disallowed goal and a horrible deflection were really harsh on the Welsh club but at the end of the day it has left Arsenal facing a crucial clash with Manuel Pellegrini and his players next week, with the winner getting one over on their main Premier League rival.

Mourinho had used the Chelsea awards dinner to take the mickey out of his Premier League rivals and his jibe at Arsenal was that we only played from January to April.

The 28 - year - old fell out of favour with Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino last season and he made just three Premier League starts for the North London outfit before spending the second half of the campaign on - loan at rivals Everton.

Though Hughes saw his defence hold up manfully during their goalless draw with local rivals Chelsea, QPR have on the whole looked suspect at the back, conceding 19 goals in ten Premier League matches this term.

The 20 - year - old was forced off at half - time during the 1 - 0 defeat to their Premier League rivals, following a collision with Bertrand Traore.

Man United beat Watford 4 - 2 at Vicarage Road tonight, as the Red Devils closed the gap on their rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League to five points.

Spurs saw their Premier League title dreams come crashing down with Monday's 2 - 2 draw to London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but they have still enjoyed a wonderful season under Pochettino.

For one thing, you would expect a big Premier League rival to dominate at home and with Walcott always looking to run in behind and counter attack, this was Wenger's tactics and they may well have worked.

Our Premier League rivals Everton are not really holding out any hope of lifting the EPL trophy in May but Ronald Koeman wants at least a place in Europe next season and he is so determined to get Giroud to help with that goal, according to The Mirror, that he is willing to splash out a cool 40 million in January.

Mourinho had a go at our other Premier League rivals Man United, Liverpool and Man City a few days ago, showing an almost unbelievable cheek and hypocrisy by suggesting they were trying to buy the title.