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The defeat reignited the Premier League title race with Chelsea's lead over Tottenham cut to four points and Neville and Carragher, who highlighted some poor defending from the Blues and in particular David Luiz on Monday Night Football, have questioned the timing of the announcement, saying Terry could still be needed for the run - in.

Chelsea are admittedly out of the Premier League title race with Manchester City 13 points clear on top of the table, 16 points away from us.

Before he suffered his injury, the Argentine was almost single handedly making sure that the Citizens didn't lose sight of Chelsea in the Premier League title race with his goals.

It's been a frustrating campaign at Old Trafford, with Mourinho unable to help United keep up with Manchester City in the Premier League title race with some poor recent results.

Not exact matches

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The title race will then be blown wide open as Spurs will be level on points with the league leaders and Arsenal will be six points behind the Foxes with a game in hand.

Results have not been as expected this season, with the Portuguese tactician failing to make the team competitive in the title race again as they fall 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

With Arsenal being unbeaten since the first day of the season, and Spurs being unbeaten in the League, this is guaranteed to be a crucial fixture in the title race, and the Arsenal players know it too.

The Red Devils have fallen short of expectations this season with their early exit from the Champions League and an inability to match rivals Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

Now in Year 2, with several experienced seniors leading the way, Monte Vista has raced out to a 10 - 0 start with six East Bay Athletic League victories and a tournament title already under its belt.

It sometimes seems like Leicester City are on top of the League by default, with Arsenal, Man City and Man United continually dropping crucial points in the title race, but Arsenal are still sitting pretty just two points behind the leaders.

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.

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The Premier League champions have been cut adrift in the race to defend their title in recent weeks, with leaders Chelsea now commanding a six point lead with a game in hand.

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.

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.

The Chilean has found himself under pressure at the Etihad in recent weeks with the side off the pace in the Premier League title race and looking likely to be knocked out of the Champions League.

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.

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.

The league leaders stretch the gap at the top to 10 points with Manchester United failing in their attempts to make the title race a little more interesting following Chelsea's resolute defensive performance.

Chelsea need to know they are beatable, otherwise they will romp away with the league, which is not as good as a tight title race.

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.

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.

As we head into the latter stages of the Premier League season with a title race yet to be completely decided, and a relegation battle ready to go right down to the wire, managers will be calling upon the fittest players in their respective squads to help them achieve their particular goal.

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.

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.

The former teammates come head - to - head this weekend in a clash that could have significant consequences on this season's Premier League title race, with the Blues currently leading at the top of the table by nine points.

In contrast, Arsenal, exhausted after their victory against Leicester had to compete on 3 fronts — and immediately lost 3 consecutive games beginning with the crushing defeat to Barcelona, and in so doing went out of both the FA and European Cups and collected only 9 league points to effectively drop out of, then lose, the title race!

Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.

Having fallen short in the Premier League title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the leagueleague.

Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville believes that the Premier League title race has became a two - horse race already with the two Manchester clubs.

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.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

In an interview with BBC Sport, as seen in the tweet below, Pogba suggested that he hoped some key Man City players picked up injuries to give United a better chance of catching them in the Premier League title race, although you can tell he was hesitant in admitting it.

It was only a week or so ago that some Arsenal fans were wringing their hands with despair and predicting a collapse of form and results that would see Arsenal slide out of the Premier League title race, exit the EFL cup and suffer the usual fate of being runners up in our Champions League group which would see us knocked out in the first knockout stage.

Our rivals are winning with so many goals, if, a big IF, we are in the title race, this could affect us big time at the end of the league.

He is ready to leave this summer and hopes to have a similar experience to the one Milito had with Racing — Milito went back to Argentina in 2014 after playing in Europe for over 10 years, and was a key player as Racing Club won the league title.

United are 16 points behind rivals Manchester City in the Premier League title race, with their hopes of finally winning the trophy again after a long wait surely already over before the end of February.

With Arsenal really needing to take all three points back to north London to keep up with Leicester City in the race for the Premier League title, a trip to a hughely injury depleted Manchester United who had played a big game on Thursday seemed to be just what we neeWith Arsenal really needing to take all three points back to north London to keep up with Leicester City in the race for the Premier League title, a trip to a hughely injury depleted Manchester United who had played a big game on Thursday seemed to be just what we neewith Leicester City in the race for the Premier League title, a trip to a hughely injury depleted Manchester United who had played a big game on Thursday seemed to be just what we needed.

Chelsea host Arsenal in the pick of the Premier League fixtures this weekend, with all to play for in terms of the title race as the visitors can't afford to lose.

Akpom signed a new long - term contract with Arsenal last month, but with the Gunners needing all their experienced players in the race for the Premiership title, the 19 year old is being given the opportunity to prove his goalscoring prowess in the lower League.

With Atleti in the midst of a La Liga title race and having advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, it would seemingly make little sense for Griezmann to leave Diego Simeone's side this summer.

Football has been as exciting and entertaining as ever in 2014, with the World Cup, an intriguing Premier League title race and some out of this world transfer spending.

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Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his goal put six points between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point of the season.

Further, speculation hasn't been kind to Tottenham since they faltered in the Premier League title race and FA Cup semi-finals, with some of their key players linked with exits this summer.