Sentences with phrase «league title race for»

Everyone at White Hart Lane; management, fans and those at boardroom level are utterly convinced that Spurs are 100 % capable of disrupting the balance of power which has strangled the life out of the Premier League title race for years now, decades even.

Having got the ball rolling with excellent spells at Espanyol and Southampton, the Argentine tactician has taken himself and Spurs to the next level since arriving at White Hart Lane as the club are in the midst of a Premier League title race for the second consecutive season.

Not exact matches

Can the coming month make all the difference to Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title?

The criticism seems to increase year on year, and you can bet your life that the first time Arsenal drop points this season, the verbal attacks will resume once again, but the fact is that every single team in the Premiership is investing in players in that race for the title, and it is not getting any easier to win the League.

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.

Last season, Spurs famously came third in a two - horse race for the Premier League title, when capitulating under the pressure of being Leicester's last remaining rivals, and it was our care - free winning form which led us to leapfrog our noisy neighbours.

The Red Devils have fallen short in the Premier League title race, the Champions League and League Cup, which in turn leaves them battling for the FA Cup to avoid being left empty - handed this year.

Looking more long term though, the fact that Costa keeps having problems with his hamstring could be good news for us in the race for the Premier League title, especially if our own injury situation does not go back to the bad old days.

With Leicester hoping to extend their five - point lead at the top of the table, it promises to be a crucial second half for both clubs in the Premier League title race.

With so much at stake, the race for the title, a top - four finish and the battle to avoid relegation will all be a riveting watch as the Premier League continues to invest heavily to bring the best of Europe to England.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

The Argentine tactician is doing a stellar job at White Hart Lane for the second consecutive season, as they remain hot on the trails of Chelsea in the Premier League title race this year.

Despite scoring 31 goals for Liverpool last term and helping the club to push Manchester City all the way to the wire in the race for the Premier League title.

If we weren't in the title race I would say we go for the Europa league n If we had a big enough squad winning both would be a great accomplishment

But I am not sure that I quite share the optimism of our German international star Mesut Ozil, who The Mirror have reported as insisting that Arsenal are not out of the race for the EPL title race just yet, despite the fact that we are not even in the top four of the table and are currently 13 points behind the league leaders Chelsea.

Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany has warned Manchester United the Community Shield result does not give them a psychological edge in the race for the Premier League title.

So with both clubs embroiled with Leicester and Man City in a very real and tight race for the Premier League title, this is being billed as one of the biggest clashes with the spuds ever.

Video replays for penalty calls, sending offs and whether a goal should stand would certainly have helped Arsenal this weekend as we would have had two penalties and the game would have been wrapped up before Koscielny's potential second yellow, but how would it have affected our race for the Premier League title?

The last time Ramsey's hamstring went he missed three weeks but the time before that he was out for twice as long, so how will this injury blow affect the Gunners and our chances in the EPL title race and Champions League?

Ernesto Valverde will have to take the lead on it if the alleged poor morale is a genuine issue, as with Barcelona going so well this season with a commanding lead in the La Liga title race coupled with their ongoing hunt for the Copa del Rey and Champions League, there is still a lot on the line this year.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

Carragher was equally as critical of Beck for not reporting the incident, but believes that Spurs unnecessarily lost their cool with so much on the line as they were seemingly on their way to a win to keep the Premier League title race alive.

Another Brazilian starlet, Oscar has been key for Chelsea this season in their run to what looks like victory in the Premier League title race.

Playing for Santurce this past winter in the Puerto Rican league, he hit.351 and finished second to Roberto Alomar in the race for the batting title.

The 2016 - 17 Premier League title race is on a knife edge, but everything points to Arsenal firmly being involved in the hunt for major silverware come May.

Nainggolan's 10 league goals would no doubt have helped us during the campaign, and his all - round game could well have kept us in the race for the title had he been in the squad to cover for the injuries and suspensions.

The fact that the manager and players have displayed more determination since then is good, of course, but it has not exactly convinced me that the Frenchman is still the right man for the job, or even that he has what it takes to steer the club to a successful season in the Premier League title race.

Kevin De Bruyne is a popular choice for Player of the Year, but one member of our team actually believes there could be a shock twist in the Premier League title race!

Here's a little reminder for whats in store in the coming months: More injuries, followed by a big dip in form, We drop out of the title race and out of the champions league and there will be no signings in the January window.

The race for League titles, European places and to avoid relegation is all hotting up, so we look at the players who have started this season in sensational form.

Arsenal's 10 - 2 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich is used as the impetus for the rapid rise in protestations, and our side has since dropped right out of the title race, and are now in danger of missing out on the top four also.

I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the race for the Premier League title, our Champions League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of confidence, an away match against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.

Unlike in the Premier League which for 12 seasons or so has remained a three clubs title race between Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea until last season when Leicester City popped up out of no where to disrupt the assembly of the trio when they lifted the title trophy.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has predicted that his side are up against Arsenal and Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title, reports the Daily Mirror.

Having added countless top young players to essentially start a new cycle at the club, Guardiola and his players have built an early eight - point lead in the Premier League title race while they've comfortably qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

We saw some fine and effective performances from the likes of Lucas Perez, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, and all of them will be hoping that they have forced their way back into the first team for this potentially pivotal game in the race for the Premier League title.

With a dramatic Barclays Premier League weekend almost over, the race for the title, Europe and the battle for survival were all under the microscope whilst there was also three local derbies.

There was no thought of looking for excuses or blaming the fact that Arsenal are well and truly out of the Premier League title race after losing to Chelsea, well not from the acting Arsenal captain anyway.

Arsene Wenger declared that Arsenal were not about to concede defeat in the race for the Premier League title, even before we managed to beat an in form Hull City yesterday, so I wonder what the Frenchman thinks about our chances today.

There are various theories about why the Gunners keep falling short in the race for the Premier League title and our various and numerous injury problems certainly do not help, but it is the way that the team fails to turn up at times in crucial games, such as the EPL defeat by Wartford recently or the Champions League hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich that many will point to as evidence that the boss is not getting the best from his squad anymore.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

After consistent failure to win the league, put up a sustainable challenge in the race for the title, get past the round of 16 in the champions league and disappoint in big games, Arsenal fans are realising that this feat isn't surprising.

For the last few months Arsenal fans have been desperately hoping that Chelsea would falter and the seemingly unstoppable momentum that Antonio Conte's team had would fade away and give the Gunners a chance to get back into the Premier League title race.

The only downside, of course, is that the Premier League title race is now over before the advent calendars have come out, meaning the focus now moves on to the rather tedious race for fourth, which only Arsenal care about, and the race not to be sacked, which Arsene Wenger is not involved in anyway.

The race to the finishing tape for the Premier League title is really heating up now and although there is a long way to go for Arsenal, it is really important that we keep our noses in front after the round of games this weekend.

Manchester City travel to the Britannia stadium to play Stoke City on Wednesday night hoping for a victory to make sure that don't completely lose Chelsea in the Premier League title race.

We should be able to win the next game at home to Zagreb but that would leave us staring at the Europa League and that could actually hurt us in the race for the title.

In 1971, when former Chicago Cubs outfielder George Altman was locked in a tight race for the Pacific League batting title with Lotte Orions teammate Shinichi Eto, opponents blatantly pitched around Altman while throwing strikes to Eto.

As for the Premier League Title win, a miracle can still happen for Arsenal to win it this season as we are still mathematically in the race despite Man City having an arrogant campaign so far this season in the Premiet League.

Despite backing manager Jose Mourinho heavily in the transfer market since the Portuguese ace's arrival, Man United have found themselves well behind rivals Man City in the race for the Premier League title.