Sentences with phrase «league rivals by»

Even though Arsenal piled the pressure on our Premier League rivals by taking all three points off Sunderland in the first game of the EPL weekend at the Stadium of Light, we are still locked on points with both Liverpool and Man City at the top of the table after they both managed wins of their own.

In other news, Wenger is definitely staying and is trying to avoid losing Sanchez to a premier league rival by selling him to PSG for around # 50 million.

Not exact matches

The Red Devils currently sit in fifth place in the Premier League table with three games remaining, as they trail rivals Manchester City by four points in the race to secure a top - four finish.

And meanwhile the other potentially available strikers are being snapped up by other clubs around Europe, including our Premier League rivals, such as Liverpool completing the transfer of Benteke, which I am not happy about.

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.

In 2012, on the road against Ivy League rival Cornell, Princeton fell behind by 20 in the first half, but closed the margin to 22 - 15 in the second half before a failed onside kick attempt with 1:42 to play marked the end of the rally.

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».

Arsenal are all too often criticised for their work in the transfer market, but the Gunners deserve some credit for not always pushing through for the big moves, with these three an example of expensive failures by some of their Premier League rivals...

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.

Now the Stamford Bridge outfit's Premier League rivals could make it worse by bringing the Belgium international back to face them.

But as reported by The Mirror, he thinks we are getting there and that our Premier League rivals will really have a big problem once that happens.

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.

It will be painful to get knocked out of the cup by our local rivals, but in the long run, do we not have to focus on the Premier League?

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...

Meanwhile the 25 - year old Roma and Greece international star Kostas Manolas is being tracked by Wenger and also by our Premier League rivals Chelsea according to Corrieredellosport.

However, Eric Musselman's squad (22 - 5, 14 - 2) gained both separation in the league race and a crucial Group 1 road win by defeating nearest rival Boise State (19 - 6, 10 - 4) on the Broncos» home floor on Wednesday night.

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.

Real have failed to retain their Champions League title this term — being eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus — and have also fallen short in La Liga, as rivals Barcelona have claimed the Spanish championship.

This transfer news which is apparently going to be officially confirmed by the Arsenal board this week is a big boost for everyone connected with the club and suggests that our days of losing key players to big rivals in the Premier League and Europe are well and truly over.

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.

Teams from the Bundesliga have won only one continental trophy in the last decade, the Champions League trophy won by Bayern in 2013 against their rivals Borussia Dortmund.

The north London giants have been hurt in the past by losing star players to their Premier League rivals, with the likes of Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Adebayor among those to leave them for City in the past, while Robin van Persie also recently made the controversial move to Manchester United.

Real Madrid megastar has made a shocking claim by saying that he could join Barcelona or one of Manchester United's Premier League rivals as he is open to any possibility in the future, The Sun reports.

Chelsea's plans to sign Brazilian defender Joao Miranda could be hijacked by Premier League rivals Manchester United according to reports in Express Sport.

Ladbrokes News» Dave Burin told The Sun: «Arsenal are gunning for the Argentine ace and the bookies reckon Aguero could leave City fans seeing red by heading to a Premier League rival.»

Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.

And the fact that Jose Mourinho is today quoted in a report by The Mirror admitting that he is powerless to stop the keeper from signing for one of Chelsea's big Premier League rivals is perhaps just as telling as our insider's tip.

Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling has been heavily linked with a move to Premier League rivals Arsenal by the Daily Mirror.

Van Dijk has been one of the best in the Premier League in recent years and could be an upgrade on Luiz, who has been linked by the Daily Express with a transfer to rivals Manchester United.

Athens side Panionios were so sickened by the prospect of allowing arch rivals AEK Athens to use their ground for their forthcoming Europa League match against Dundee United that their fans decided to trash their own stadium.

We also needed a result to confirm our own brilliant record of qualifying for the Champions League, but you would not have known it by the way Arsenal started this game away to Premier League rivals Man City.

It's been a frustrating season for United, who have been miles behind rivals Manchester City for much of the Premier League season and who were surprisingly eliminated from the Champions League by Sevilla.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte remained quiet when asked about the controversial decision that happened in the Blues» penalty shoot - out loss to rivals Arsenal, with the Italian wanting his Blues squad to be «focused» ahead of the new Premier League season, as reported by BBC.

However, the Star also claim that Begovic is being monitored by a host of top Premier League clubs: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur — that could rival Real Madrid for his signature.

If you were looking for a sign of whether all the confidence among us Arsenal fans and the nice things (for a change) said about us in the football media at the minute are an accurate depiction of where the current crop of Gunners stands when compared to our main rivals for the Premier League, including the dreaded Jose Mourinho and his expensively assembled Chelsea team, then you should be encouraged by the words of Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal finished off a fantastic day of Premier League football, by putting three past London rivals Chelsea in a fantastic performance for the Gunners.

Wanted by a whole host of top European clubs as well as Liverpool's Premier League rivals Manchester City and Arsenal, Raheem Sterling's exit would be a disaster for the Reds just one summer after losing Luis Suarez.

But as they graduate to Super AMOLED level during the winter campaign when Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck would have been back and 1 or 2 top quality additions are added to the team by the Boss, the Gunners will totally become unstoppable by any of their title rivals as they cruise home with the Premier League title in May next year.

1) he will be cloae to 30 by that time so not as attractive 2) if we sign 2 to 3 great players and go on to win the premier league or europa league then he might want to stay No value at all in selling to a main rival unless one of Sane, Aguero or De Bruyne come the other way!

Recently, despite long standing injury problems, the 25 - year - old has been chased by Juventus and Premier League rivals Manchester United, providing some serious competition for his signature.

Tottenham's only goals in the last four have been thanks to two penalty kicks taken by Vincent Jansson, and our rivals must be worried that their lack of goals puts them at risk of their first Premier League loss of the term this weekend.

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I really hate when Arsenal fans join our rivals to take shots at the fact that we sold our best players in d past, do nt you get it, we had to do so, so as to be at the very comfortable position we are now, looking back wenger did a remarkable job by keeping the team in the champions league while building a stadium, just ask spurds n chelsea y they so desperately want to upgrade their stadium now.

«Boring, boring Arsenal» and «1 - 0 to the Arsenal - were famous chants from rival fans in those days, while other successful spells from the likes of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have been led primarily by the team's creative and goal scoring prowess, but in general you need to do all parts of the game well to win a major trophy, especially the marathon that is a domestic league.

The English League Cup may be third on the list of domestic competitions in terms of how it's viewed by the elite of the Premier League, but when the giants of the English football pyramid meet up, it's always a good time, especially when you get to watch rivals like Chelsea and Arsenal go head - to - head like they will in the semifinals starting Wednesday.

What I am talking about is the bizarre decisions that are being made by our Premier League rivals Chelsea and how these decisions seem to be giving Arsenal a big hand in our attempt to become champions of England.

Surely the 28 - year old striker would be well aware of hos this gesture will be taken by Arsenal fans everywhere, so with Arsene Wenger also affirming once again that Alexis will not be sold to a Premier League rival and with PSG having completed the mega money signing of Neymar from Barcelona,, was the badge kiss from Sanchez merely intended to keep the fans on side as he knows he will be playing in front of us all season?

As reported by Sky Sports, the Portuguese manager of our great friends and Premier League rivals Chelsea has come up with another gem.

With all this in mind Koscielny is right to suggest that whilst «we are Arsenal» and no doubt we will pull the strings together to get the «top four job» done, Arsenal have been left behind by their rivals in the Premier League in terms of challenging at the very top.