Sentences with phrase «league side of the campaign»

United beat their second Premier League side of the campaign 3 - 0 and it could have been much more than that.

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The Scotland international has just enjoyed a brilliant campaign between the sticks for the south Wales outfit, despite his side's eventual relegation from the Premier League that is, with Marshall being voted as the club's Player of the Year.

Juventus are said to be preparing for an all out assault on the Champions League next season and want to sign a host of new players to strengthen the side in anticipation of a busy campaign.

Although he missed the latter stages of the season through suspension, Palacios was one of Tottenham's most important players in the 2009 - 10 campaign, which saw the North London side finish fourth in the Premier League and book a place in the Champions League.

Three of those trophies came all at once in the 2000 - 01 campaign when the Merseyside outfit clinched a unique treble consisting of a domestic League and FA Cup double, while they triumphed over Spanish side Alaves in a dramatic UEFA Cup final.

In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions League.

Tabb was a regular in the engine room of the Reading side in the first half of the campaign as the Premier League new boys struggled with life back in the top flight.

Arsene Wenger's side came in to the game having won just one of their last six Premier League opening games before the Leicester clash, and seemed certain for more problems even though record signing Alexandre Lacazette handing them a perfect start to the new campaign.

Harry Kane also had a good weekend, netting a hat - trick against a dismal Stoke City side today, leaving himself one behind the leading duo's tally of 17, and he joined Chelsea's Diego Costa, who also scored his 16th league goal of the current campaign.

However, he still expects full commitment from his players in the final games of this campaign, insisting he does not want to see his side finish bottom of the league.

Coming to form, Arsenal have the edge in that respect as well and will be confident of beating a Liverpool side that has made a far worse start to the campaign, as you can see by their 11th place standing in the Premier League table.

It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.

Khedira hasn't signed a new contract at the Bernabeu and has fallen behind Toni Kroos and Luka Modric in the pecking order for a place in Carlo Ancelotti's side, making it likely that he will leave for the Premier League at the end of the campaign.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

Marco Reus is a proven forward of the highest quality and a player Borussia Dortmund would be loathe to lose, especially with new boss Thomas Tuchel looking to get his side back on track after their poor final campaign under former manager Jurgen Klopp, which led to the club failing to secure a Champions League berth.

So far this campaign, Holding has been able to make a total of 19 appearances for Arsene Wenger's side, with the majority of these coming in the Premier League and the Europa League.

His side are guaranteed a place in the Bundesliga's top four, and thus, a place in next season's Champions League, and Jedvaj has collected two Croatia caps since the start of the current campaign.

Part of what has been a very successful Marseille side this campaign, the winger could be on his way to the Premier League if the papers are to be believed.

His words do seem as though he is of the belief that his side have a strong chance of challenging for the Premier League title next term, and also sounds an awful lot like he will be sticking around for the new campaign...

Alli hasn't been his usual self this season, with the youngster only managing to bag a total of eight league goals this campaign compared to the 18 he managed last season, however today showed that the 21 - year - old is still an absolute asset for the north London side.

City take on CSKA Moscow in their third game of this year's Champions League campaign but will play the Russian side in a closed stadium as CSKA are currently playing their games behind closed doors due to repeated rascist behaviour.

The Dutchman missed Southampton's first four league games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.

Match week 3 of the 2014/15 Barclays Premier League campaign for Arsenal sees them travel to King Power Stadium to take on Leicester City, who have been the brightest of the three newly promoted sides this season.

Liverpool need to avoid defeat tomorrow after a stop - start campaign in the Champions League, but Spartak will prove formidable opposition and clearly have a great team full of talent behind them as well as a decent side on the pitch.

Hazard has managed to establish himself as one of the most talented forwards in the world in the last few years, with the Belgian being instrumental in his side's Premier League title - winning campaign last season.

In August, 14 out of 20 Premier League sides voted to close the transfer window before the start of the season as per the Evening Standard, with the new rules set to be in place for the start of the 2018/19 campaign.

While both sides have an outside chance of winning the title, the focus is primarily on ensuring their qualification for the Champions League next campaign.

Fer is one of the few Queens Park Rangers players who may be in demand by Premier League sides in the summer, and despite a mixed campaign, he demonstrated his class here with some energetic midfield play and this fine finish.

Moreno, who impressed for Sevilla last season as they won the Europa League, is likely to arrive as Brendan Rodgers» long term left back solution, having used youngster Jon Flanagan out of position during the last campaign — the academy graduate is now likely switch to his natural right hand side.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has claimed that there will be no mass departure of Blues stars should his side fail to qualify for next season's Champions League this campaign.

Young gave United the lead with a crisp near post finish following a flowing team move, that is one of the most impressive moments of any Premier League sides» pre-season campaigns so far.

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Arsenal's form in the second half of last season's Premier League campaign will have left many fans of the North London side confident the Gunners can genuinely challenge for the title in 2015/16.

Celta have been playing a shadow side in La Liga while focusing on their Europa League campaign and remain a threat to United's hopes of reaching the final in Stockholm, despite their one - goal defeat in Galicia.

The Bavarian side lost their Bundesliga crown to Borussia Dortmund and slipped to third spot before being dumped out of the Champions League by Inter Milan, all of which led to Louis Van Gaal leaving the club before the end of the last campaign.

Both Premier League sides are interested in the Dutchman because of the stellar campaign he has had.

Diego Costa has found the back of the net on 14 occasions in the Premier League already this campaign, leaving Batshuayi's route into the starting side firmly blocked.

Having impressed last season, Klopp will undoubtedly be relishing his first full campaign in charge at Anfield, and with the right players at his disposal, his confidence will be growing in terms of his ability to turn the Reds into a Premier League title - winning side.

The North London club have been identified as likely to be the «unnamed» Premier League side who are ready to fork out # 6.5 m to sign the 20 year old and then immediately loan him out to Anderlecht for the rest of the current campaign.

Sterling enjoyed a strong season last term, netting 11 goals in all competitions, and was one of only a handful of players to come out of the 2014/15 campaign with any credit as Brendan Rodgers saw his side failed to retain their spot in the top four and therefore lost out in the race for Champions League qualification.

City are the only unbeaten team in the country this season, and as time goes on more and more pundits will start to wonder if they can replicate that famous Arsenal side of 2003/04 that went the whole campaign without a single league defeat.

Van Gaal made Muller a regular in his double - winning side of 2009/10, a campaign that also saw Bayern Munich reach the Champions League final before losing to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.

The Argentine tactician has seen his side make an impressive start to the campaign as they sit third in the Premier League table, and top of their Champions League group.

That will certainly not be the case tomorrow, when a probably much changed Arsenal side run out at the Parc Des Princes in Paris to open our Champions League campaign with what is likely to be the hardest game of all, away to the French Ligue 1 champions PSG.

Gustavo left Bayern Munich for the Volkswagen Arena in the summer of 2013 and enjoyed an excellent debut campaign, with his side narrowly missing out on securing a Champions League berth, and van Gaal hopes he can persuade the box to box performer to move to Man United when the transfer window re-opens.

Bar from the few exceptions, most notably Arsenal's unbeaten side, it's unlikely that a Premier League side will go a full campaign without having a spell of bad form.

The decision left Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho somewhat unhappy and will likely add further fuel to his argument of the supposed Premier League campaign against his side, who look destined to lift the Premier League title.

Diego Costa helped their side to win the Premier League title in two of the last three campaigns, scoring 20 goals in each of those seasons, and has shown on a number of occasions against our side, just how difficult a player he is to play against.

The need to strengthen his options on the left - side of the defence for Rodgers is clear, as his other alternatives are currently Jose Enrique and Jon Flanagan; The former made just four league appearances last season and the latter missed the entire campaign through injury and is likely to be eased back into action upon his return to full fitness.

Pep Guardiola's side have a comfortable 16 - point lead at the top of the Premier League table and kicked off the second half of their European campaign with a thumping 4 - 0 victory away to Basel last night.