Sentences with phrase «premier league finish»

With one game to go, Tottenham are guaranteed Champions League football next season and will finish second, their highest ever Premier League finish, if they avoid defeat at relegated Newcastle in Sunday's final series of games.

The north London club, so often in the shadow of neighbours Arsenal, will now fight to cling on to second place and secure their highest ever Premier League finish.

It was with a sigh of relief and a whisper of regret that I watched the Premier League finish for another season; the end of our very own annus horribilis.

So will they go hard at the FA Cup or sacrifice it for a strong Premier League finish?

The pressure has been mounting on Arsenal this season with them having produced such a very poor run - in to the end of the season and they are in big danger of missing out on a top - four Premier League finish too.

Despite his impressive scoring tally, Sturridge firmly believes his best form is still ahead of him, adding that the team's brilliant second - placed Premier League finish last term has given him the hunger to secure more success in a red shirt.

While Chelsea are unable to offer Kante any European football next season following their disappointing 10th place Premier League finish last time around, the diminutive Frenchman insisted it was an offer he could not refuse.

Joel Matip is backing Liverpool to secure a top - four Premier League finish at the end of the season thanks to the «positive effects» of their recent training camp.

If he can show in the seven remaining games that it is not a fluke, he could even record Watford's highest Premier League finish — currently 13th — and do something no head coach has done under the Pozzo's since Gianfranco Zola: earn a crack at a second season.

Sitting in third place, the club is almost certain to land a second successive top - four Premier League finish.

It appears that Man United's money - men are happy to back van Gaal financially, having handed the Dutchman over # 150m to invest in his squad over the summer, and clearly realise that investment in the club's playing staff is key to their recovering following last term's shocking seventh place Premier League finish.

Still, that little foible shouldn't detract too much from what has been a hugely impressive season — one which saw Alli score 10 Premier League goals as Spurs achieved their highest - ever Premier League finish.

While Arsenal are still hanging onto the hopes of yet another top four Premier League finish after the recent run of wins continued this week with a 2 - 0 win over Sunderland at the Emirates, we are still at the mercy of the teams above us in the EPL table.

Arsenal have endured their worst Premier League finish since Wenger took over the club, and will face Europa League football for the first time since it's creation, and this has fed calls for him to resign from the club.

All credit to Mark Hughes, who is determined to lead Stoke to their best ever Premier League finish, and is well on course after an excellent start to the year.

Liverpool have already made many signings this summer as they look to improve on the sixth - placed Premier League finish of last time round.

Man United's finances have been buoyed by a lucrative ten year deal signed with kit suppliers Adidas, a deal to the tune of # 750m, which will aid in the club's pursuit of erasing the memory of last season's dreadful seventh place Premier League finish.

They were two quick - fire goals which sealed victory AND a Premier League finish above Arsenal for the first time in 22 years.

Having fallen short in his bid to win trophies this season, he will be looking to secure a top - four Premier League finish and that will be something to build on for him and his players.

Particularly following Zlatan Ibrahimovic's injury, United have been, and will continue to be, short of goals in this team moving forward and it could yet prove costly as they chase a top - four Premier League finish and glory in the Europa League.

What is the point of playing CL when we do nt have enough quality to make it to the later stages In the Premier League finishing 1st is success

More points thrown away as West Ham stumble towards the Premier League finishing like a marathon runner who has hit the wall.

So, in last May the last season of English Premier League finished and now the time has come to start a new season.

Not exact matches

As the unexpected success of Leicester City and Tottenham in the Premier League this season has shown, England's top clubs face an increasingly difficult job finishing high enough to secure entry to the lucrative Champions League.

We should just focus on the premier league, You can forget about the europa league mate, if we carry on playing like that, we will finish bottom of group with 3 pts.

When Harry Redknapp's Spurs finished fourth in the 2011 - 12 Premier League, only to lose out on Champions League qualification because of Chelsea's form - defying victory over Bayern Munich, the mood at White Hart Lane was ultimately one of frustration.

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Arsenal currently sit fifth in the Premier League table and know they must win on Sunday to stand a chance of finishing in the Champions League places.

Chadli, whose other goal in his impressive recent run came in last weekend's 3 - 1 win at Crystal Palace, can evidently finish, but is he good enough to be the main back - up striker for a club with Premier League title ambitions?

It was a crucial win for the Red Devils in the battle for a top four finish in the Premier League, and Romelu Lukaku finally delivered when it mattered having previously struggled against the top sides this season.

With another» if only» - season behind them, finishing as the runners up to surprise Champions Leicester City, Arsenal will of course be looking to take the leap in the 16/17 campaign and finally lift the Premier League trophy again.

The Red Devils currently sit in fifth place in the Premier League table with three games remaining, as they trail rivals Manchester City by four points in the race to secure a top - four finish.

Arsenal are currently in 5th place in the Premier League at the halfway stage, and although we are only 8 points behind the leaders, many Arsenal fans think we are simply not playing well enough to challenge for the title — and in fact may have a battle just to finish in the Top Four.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

After a summer of big spending, the new arrivals certainly look likely to continue at Old Trafford, with van Gaal attempting to revolutionise the squad at United after their highly disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier League last season.

Further, with the struggles of their rivals around them, there was certainly an opportunity to compete for the Premier League title or at least a top - three finish instead of a frantic scramble to qualify for the Champions League, which arguably looks unlikely at this stage.

Last campaign, Kompany was only capable of making 13 appearances in all competitions as Man City finished fourth in the Premier League in Guardiola's first season in England.

Arsenal finished Premier League game week nine with a scoreless draw against Middlesbrough at the Emirates.

«Mesut Ozil created more goals than any other Premier League player in 2015/16 — but despite finishing top of the assists table, he just missed the chance to set a new record.

The Red Devils are going well and in are good form heading into this encounter as they continue to pile on the pressure on their rivals in the Premier League hoping to finish in the top four.

We need to finish higher than 2 of these teams United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Spurs Reality 2: Winning Europa will be tough as hell but as we are the top ranked team our chances are better than finishing Top 4 in premier league.

Liverpool spent over # 120m on new additions over the summer but are some way off the Premier League title pace and could struggle to even secure a top four finish and as such a move for Dzagoev is an understandable one to consider.

We finished 3 points behind City and you're saying we aren't premier league candidates.Exagerrate much?

Rodgers seems to be slimming down his squad after finishing a disappointing sixth in the Premier League last time round.

Given United's fifth - placed finish in the Premier League which means that they will be absent form the Champions League next season, it always appeared as though Van Gaal would be fighting a losing battle.

However, a Metro report this morning claimed that our north London rivals, fresh from their latest failure to finish above Arsenal in the Premier League table, are planning to hijack the move with a transfer bid of their own and have agreed to meet his release clause of around # 25 million.

The Red Devils speant heavily in the summer, bringing in big names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao to improve their squad after last season's disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier League.

We have either started well or finished well in previous seasons and as always the injuries to key players have played a big part in our failure to win the premier league.

The Bundesliga club have learned to accept being raided by their famous German rivals, but apparently they draw the line at the team who «finished fourth in the Premier League last season».

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.