Sentences with phrase «league victory against»

Call Suarez a cheat, and you won't receive a single pass all practise; comment on how they don't have an ethical leg to stand on when slagging off The Arsenal or Everton, and you'll probably get a ball to the face (or worse) at a free kick; suggest that their Champion's League victory against AC Milan in 2005 was a fluke, and you just know it's a matter of time before you're painfully taken out from behind.

Bayern Munich midfielder Javi Martinez shared his view about his team's latest Champions League victory against Juventus and their upcoming Bundesliga encounter with Eintracht Frankfurt.

Our last league victory against United came in December 2009.

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Lionel Messi has broken yet another record as he became the top goal - scorer of all time in the Spanish League, La Liga after scoring 3 goals in Barcelona's latest league victory against Sevilla.

European football fans were fortunate that he reserved some of the best for UEFA competition: the stunning strike in the 2001 UEFA Cup final; the 86th - minute «hit» in the 3 - 1 UEFA Champions League victory against Olympiacos FC in 2004; and, of course, Istanbul — exactly ten years ago on Monday.

Tottenham on the other hand started their season on a quiet note, but have recently stepped up their game and will be going into the clash at the Emirates Stadium on the back of three straight wins — including their midweek Europa League victory against Anderlecht.

LONDON: Mauricio Pochettino said Friday that senior Juventus officials put pressure on the referee during their Champions League victory against Tottenham, describing the Italian champions as specialists in success.

Fresh from their impressive league victory against Liverpool, Spurs looked determined and still hungry for a win as they put on an aggressive display since kick off.

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo managed to steer his beloved club to a maiden Champions League victory against all odds in Munich last May whilst concurrently Diego Simeone guided Atletico Madrid to an emphatic Europa League final win in Bucharest and both will be vying to win the European Super Cup on August 24th.

I know some are saying we shouldn't worry but to be honest I'm worried, we are playing a Mourinho team next after the international break and we all know Wenger doesn't even have a single league victory against him, the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea have no european football so can fully focus on the league all this has me worried!

Prior to that they had notched impressive league victories against Liverpool and Southampton, thrashing the latter 6 - 1.

Not exact matches

While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.

Barcelona put one foot in the quarter - finals of the Champions League after they took a 2 - 1 victory away from the Etihad Stadium in their last - 16 tie against Manchester City.

Chelsea captain John Terry scored against Leicester City on Wednesday to help the Blues to a 3 - 1 victory and also make himself the joint highest scoring defender ever in the Premier League.

No amount of stats will convince me that Giroud OR wellbeck Or Walcott are good enough tofire us to premier league victory on their own Stats are good for reading but what happened against Monaco when Giroud hashed three or four chances??

Salah, starred for the Reds in their stunning victory against Manchester City in the Champions League quarter - final first leg.

The North London outfit are in excellent form ahead of the meeting at the weekend having won their last eight in a row in the league and nine in all competitions after booking a place in the FA Cup final with victory against Reading last Saturday.

The German cup was attained with victory in the final over Stuttgart before Arjen Robben's late goal clinched the Champions League against Dortmund and completed the clean sweep of trophies.

Last week, Martin O'Neill's team surprised everyone managing to hit three goals at Craven Cottage against Fulham, which lead to Sunderland's second victory in 19 Premier League games.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

Despite doubts that his 6» 10», 230 - pound frame would hold up against the league's powerful centers, he acquitted himself well against Patrick Ewing in an 86 - 78 Sacramento victory on Nov. 9.

But, after the South Side team became a national news story with its exciting Little League victory over favored Las Vegas, the evidence against JRW was not hard to amass.

The Portuguese has guided Spurs to four straight league wins, including a stunning 3 - 2 victory against Man United, Spurs first win at Old Trafford since 1989, and Tottenham are unbeaten since the opening day of the season.

Hopefully Sanchez will be fit enough to feature against the Premier League champions on Sunday despite today's tough victory, as he will no doubt be pivotal in how the result pans out.

Cahill captained the side in the absence of John Terry during the Champions League opener against Macabbi Tel - Aviv on Wednesday night as the west London outfit returned to form with a convincing 4 - 0 victory over the Israeli side thanks to goals from Willian, Oscar, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.

The defeat leaves the club's hopes of making it to the next round of the Champions League hanging in the balance and needing victories in their final two games against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos.

However, in the aftermath of Arsenal's victory against French champions Montpellier in the Champions League, another former Gunners great, Tony Adams, claimed that such praise for Bould is premature.

Meanwhile, last season's title winners have made an awful start to the league campaign and have already suffered three defeats against Manchester City, Crystal Palace and more recently at Goodison Park as Everton cruised to a 3 - 1 victory.

As reported by the Evening Standard our manager was quick to point out the brilliant recent run of results that the Swiss champions have enjoyed against clubs from the English Premier League, which includes victories over Liverpool, Chelsea and Man United.

After failing to find the back of the net against Tottenham and Aston Villa, Rooney wasn't able to get off the mark during the 3 - 1 victory over Belgian outfit Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League playoff first - leg tie on Tuesday night.

Jose Mourinho's men extended their lead at the top of the table to seven points following Arsenal's win against Burnley on Saturday and now only need three more victories to clinch their first Premier League title since 2010.

Our win against the Hammers was our only league victory in our last four outings, and we will be hoping that our bad run is over.

The Spanish playmaker scored twice in United's 3 - 1 victory against Villa to move them above neighbours Manchester City into third and keep the pressure on Arsenal in second and remain eight points off league leaders Chelsea, who they face at Stamford Bridge in two weeks.

Olivier Giroud and Jack Wilshere saved Arsenal's blushes as they fought their way to victory against a 10 man Red Star Belgrade in tonight's Europa League clash at the Rajko Mitic Stadium.

But the Gunners midfielder Aaron Ramsey believes that our two previous victories against Bayern Munich in the Champions League show that we can match them when we play to our best, but the fact is that those two victories came when the Germans were already confident of going through to the next round.

Following victories for Arsenal and Manchester United over the weekend, the reigning Premier League champions dropped down to fourth in the table ahead of their game against Crystal Palace on Monday night.

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!

Because Petr Cech was simply outstanding against Bayern Munich and it was clear that without him we would not have recorded the stunning victory that keeps Arsenal's Champions League hopes alive.

Wenger will get his first victory against him in the league.

The Eagles have been the most dominant team in the league this season and oddsmakers are expecting another big victory this weekend against da Bears.

When El Dorado gained some revenge and a share of the league crown with a 48 - 45 victory over River City on Feb. 14, the Raiders were forced to win their final regular season game against Vista del Lago, three nights later.

While Marseille remain only five points of leaders Paris Saint - Germain, they have dropped out of the Champions League places after Monaco leapfrogged them following their convincing victory against Caen on Friday evening.

Leicester will go into their game against Club Brugge later this month knowing that a victory will secure their qualification for the knock - out stages of the Champions League.

And, in this thinking I felt justified when he hammered in a UEFA Champions League hat trick against Galatasaray in a 4 - 1 victory and when he scored the winning goal to knock out Manchester United in the quarter - finals of the FA Cup at Old Trafford.

On 19 October 2013, Silva made his debut for Benfica at the age of 19, in a Taça de Portugal 1 — 0 victory against lower league Cinfães, coming out of the bench in the 80th minute.

Going into the final day City were top of the league, ahead of United on goal difference, but with Wayne Rooney's solitary strike securing the Red Devils victory against Sunderland, Roberto Mancini's side needed three points as well.

The 30 - year - old would no doubt be expensive and has little re-sale value as he is set to turn 31 next season, but he made himself a real hit in the Premier League earlier in his career as he helped guide Ferguson's side to three consecutive title wins, as well as a victory in the Champions League final against Chelsea in 2008.

A 3 - 0 victory for the Gunners at home against Chelsea, meant that Arsenal have beaten the Blues for the first time in the Premier League in ten attempts, whilst the Gunners also finally broke the record of having not scored against Chelsea in the last six games.

The 26 - year - old clocked up four goals against Norwich City during the week, and added another to his ever growing tally at the weekend against West Ham to secure a victory that took them up to second place in the league table.