Sentences with phrase «league title race while»

Pep Guardiola boasts a strong squad already, guiding them to a 12 - point lead in the Premier League title race while they've made the League Cup final and are still chasing the FA Cup and Champions League.

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.

Not exact matches

Jose Mourinho will be focused on taking United back to the top of the tree, and while that may not happen this season with rivals Man City comfortably ahead in the Premier League title race, these possible signings could strengthen the Red Devils in the summer.

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:

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.

He'll be hoping to add to that trophy haul when he makes his comeback, with Atleti chasing down Barcelona in the La Liga title race while they'll hope to still be involved in the Champions League in the second half of the campaign as they face a crucial week with a win over Chelsea perhaps not even enough depending on Roma's result.

Coutinho would not have been involved any way if Ernesto Valverde's side had won the Champions League, while his impact on the La Liga title race has also been minimal as they were well clear at the top when he arrived anyway.

To make matters worse, Arsenal, who have not won the Premier League since 2004, find themselves trailing Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City in this season's title race, while all the usual big - hitters have underperformed.

City are flying high in top spot in the Premier League, winning 16 of their 17 games and remain unbeaten while they've opened up a sizeable 11 - point lead in the title race.

While the Premier League title race is all but over already, they still have a chance to make this a special season fans will long remember, and a deep Champions League run would be just the ticket to do that.

Well if anyone was sad enough to actually believe that Ozil would be aiming to leave our beloved club while he is having his best season ever and the Gunners are only two points behind in the race for the Premier League title, then they need their heads examined!

Manchester United are a fearsome unit and while, in 2017, they have been subdued, at least in terms of the race for the Premier League title, new manager Jose Mourinho looks like the man to bring the Glory Days back to Old Trafford.

Sitting with a nine point lead at the top of the table, the Catalans are eyeing a second successive treble while Real have their sight firmly fixed on the Champions League trophy after dropping out of the title race.

While Antonio Conte has suggested that hands Spurs an advantage in the title race, any prospective Champions League side should be able to handle a Saturday then Tuesday schedule, especially given how light the Blues» fixture list has been this term compared to others.

While Jose Mourinho said the title race is «probably over» after that derby defeat, Gundogan and City will not be taking their eyes off the prize with 22 league matches remaining.

United head into this one eight points behind the table toppers, and while a win would start to see some tightening in the league title race, a loss would give the visitors an extremely comfortable margin over the second place side.

While this season's Premier League title race is relatively open, there is still a predictable feel to it.

Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur made winning strides toward the Premier League trophy this weekend, while Arsenal's title charge was momentarily shoulder checked into the periphery in a title race that took another twist yesterday, as even Manchester City's confidence - boosting cup win has potentially brought them back into league conteLeague trophy this weekend, while Arsenal's title charge was momentarily shoulder checked into the periphery in a title race that took another twist yesterday, as even Manchester City's confidence - boosting cup win has potentially brought them back into league conteleague contention.

Dimitar Berbatov raced out of the blocks by scoring six goals in his opening five league matches but hasn't scored since his sublime hat - trick against Liverpool at Old Trafford back in September, while Mexican starlet Javier Hernandez is a player for the future and not a striker expected to score the goals needed to spearhead United's title bid.

While that may have been a disappointment after it looked like the Reds were in the title race, securing Champions League football was a major improvement on the eighth - place finish of 2015/16.