Sentences with phrase «up against the league»

Chelsea were famously 2 - 0 up against the League One side before a monumental collapse saw them ship four goals in the second half and tumble out of the competition in the fifth round.

I'd stack last year's League up against any League in Chicago..

The schedule has also done no favors for the Cliq / 1871 squad as they have gone up against the League's best and in their favorable sports..

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.

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

Up against the league's most productive offense, they rose to the occasion and got the job done.

But the real difference is our Manager who lost control and gets himself sent to the stand when he knew we had a very important game coming up against the league leaders Chelsea.

At Boro» Chambers will get regular playing time for the season, whilst also picking up plenty of experience playing up against the league's most competitive strikers in a defence where he could be a key man.

In the wake of unfair wage lawsuits taken up against the league by players — which the league has emerged victorious from so far — MLB is pushing harder than ever to make sure minor leaguers are not privy to the benefits of normal hourly workers, lobbying lawmakers constantly to push this into law.

They will hope to arrest the rut as they come up against league leaders Chelsea in their next game.

Not exact matches

In the AFC title game, against the Jaguars» league - best passing defense, Brady took control of the game, carving up Jacksonville to erase a 10 - point fourth - quarter deficit in minutes.

Facing off against a Texans team that gives the fifth most points up to tight ends in the league, he's a good play this week as well.

The Co Op Petroleum Stylers up against the longest name in the Prince George Senior Lacrosse League...

Here you can see how your funds fared or how they rank against the competition, just as any sports fan does when looking up the league standings in the sports pages.

A Man Utd predicted line up as the Red Devils take on PSV in their opening game of the Champions League, with Anthony Martial tipped to start after his superb debut goal against Liverpool at the weekend...

Of course we might not be exactly buzzing with self - belief ourselves but at least we are coming up against a team that is also yet to win this season, with a draw against Southampton and a loss to Chelsea before this league cup exit.

I gave up the league months ago, 3 points lost against Watford at home might be crucial in our hunt for the Wenger Trophy.

Wenger has a decision to make next Sunday, when Arsenal kick off their Premier League campaign against Liverpool at the Emirates, because Le Prof will have to decide whether to go with Walcott or Alexis up front, in Olivier Giroud's absence.

Obviously there is a vast difference in quality because we are seeing a major Premier League team coming up against a side that was only promoted to the National League last season.

We have three Premier League games coming up but you would expect the two against Watford and Hull City at home to be won.

We have big home league games coming up against Liverpool and Chelsea next month and we should have no fear going in to them.

After a very poor start against Liverpool, followed up by a draw against the Premier League Champions, the last thing Arsenal needed was another break for international games.

OT I Remember the last time when we were Hoping for West Ham to do us a favour against Liverpool, that was back in the George Graham days and it was the second from last game of the season, yup, Liverpool ended up winning 5 - 0... And we were left with the mission of having to beat the Scouser's by two clear goals to win the league, at Anfield.

I still am not sure why Mick McCarthy opted to play such a weakened side, I know some would point out that the club went on to win their next fixture but its worth remembering that Wolves had also won their previous two matches prior to the Old Trafford clash so they would have buoyed up for the game and who knows perhaps they could have gotten a surprise result against the Premier League champions.

The Europa League draw has been made and Arsenal will come up against Swedish minnows Ostersunds — a side founded after Arsene Wenger took over as Gunners manager.

We simply didn't show up against Monaco, and I think many of the players (and fans) who have being so used to receiving the hardest Champions League draw, took the French side for granted.

from a banter perspective was when we lost against West Ham in the league after a big win streak and / r / soccer and everyone else was trying so hard to make up a «Spurs bottled it» narrative while there was never anything to bottle in the first place.

However, with Manchester City proving to have one of the most talented squads in the Premier League at the moment, Middlesborough really will be up against it tomorrow.

The visitors arrive full of confidence as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to 17 games in all competitions, but Arsene Wenger comes up against old foe Jose Mourinho against whom he has struggled in the Premier League.

While Bayern Munich easily took care of business on the road despite giving up an early equalizer, Atletico Madrid gave Barcelona a dogfight that wasn't truly settled until the final minutes but ultimately took care of business against the reigning Champions League winners.

Aaron Ramsey picked up a thigh injury in the opening fixture of the Premier League, back in that dreadful 4 - 3 loss against Liverpool.

You can't keep giving up 120 - plus points every night and blowing big leads against some of the worst teams in the league and continue to insist that everything is fine, LeBron or no LeBron.

The players will know they need to bounce back this weekend and with the Champions League trip to face Bayern Munich coming up they are playing for their places, so expect a strong response against Hull.

Arsenal's start to the season finally got up and running third time lucky against Watford on Saturday, although it has been a relatively shakey start for the Gunners in the league.

With Clyne looking like going to Liverpool, Manchester United are sure to up their interest in Barcelona right - back Dani Alves, who looks set to leave the club at the end of the season, which culminates with their Champions League final against Juventus on the 6th of June.

A few key contributors really struggled on the offensive side of the ball as their leading scorer and the leagues second leading scorer, Sterling Williams, was only able to muster 12 points against a very stingy Team Harlander D. Michael Halusek was able to put up 17 points while Chris Hicks chipped in with 10, unfortunately that just wasn't enough to get them past a very determined Team Harlander.

A win for the unbeaten league one side Eton Messi against All Saints could see them move up to the top of the table depending on the results of the league leaders DLT.

However, particularly after their Champions League exit at the hands of Roma in midweek, Valverde has coming under a huge wave of criticism from supporters, who again criticised him for his starting line - up against Valencia.

They went up against Team Zimmerman who is one of the most dynamic in the League and they just didn't play their best..

Aside from crashing out of the Champions League against Liverpool, City saw their title celebrations postponed last weekend as rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2 win.

Pep Guardiola will know him better than the others given that his City side came directly up against Monaco in the Champions League round - of - 16 stage, and evidently the Spanish tactician saw something he liked to warrant his interest in signing Mendy.

As we enter the final week of the Season they will have their Hoops make - up against # 1 Team ZBT on SUNDAY in a Game that could really turn the League upside down should DKE SO2 pull the upset.

Every Team in the League knows that when you line up against them you are in for a battle..

Since their Week 1 wake - up call Loss against Team Maione, they've gone 7 - 1 and look as dominant as any other group in the League.

Arsenal went into the game against Sunderland on Saturday, having picked up a single point in their last two Premier League games.

More important for this group is they went up against one of the biggest Teams in the League on Sunday Night, Team UC Booth, and got the W with only 5 actives in the Game.

The Gunners heavily dominated their last three Premier League matches against Manchester United, Southampton and West Ham, but only managed to pick up a total of two points from those matches.

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

Team Liss has proven their skills in basketball and jumped up to # 6 in the Rankings as a result, but will they be able to execute in Flag Football during Week 4 against the new squad in the League, Team Slovis?

Looking forward to the next half of the season, if we wish to reach our goals, it is essential that the Men's Blues do not become complacent in BUCS — Cambridge are only 3 points behind us — and that we continue to believe we can beat the best teams in our league on Saturdays, while also fully focussing on picking up 3 points against the weaker teams.