Sentences with phrase «win against a title rival»

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They were knocked out of the Champions League quarter - finals to Liverpool on Tuesday night and failed to win the Premier League title against rivals Manchester Utd last weekend — after surrendering a two goal lead.

The Merengues were defeated on aggregate by Juventus this week in the semi-final, and thus will not be able to defend the continental title they won last year against fierce rivals Barcelona in Berlin.

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

i do nt care about whom we win against, if we win the title, of course it hurts when we lose against rivals and a draw against a top side is never an embarrasing result as you make it out to be..

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.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a win against Manchester City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real title rivals.

It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last won the MLS title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series against L.A. rival Chivas USA.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

It came as the Red Devils were trailing 2 - 0 at the Etihad heading into the interval, before they mounted an incredible comeback to secure a 3 - 2 win and deny their rivals the chance of celebrating winning the Premier League title against them.

Our north London rivals Tottenham will be facing a Man City side that will be desperate to get back to winning ways after their loss against Leicester and after Man United conceded that late equaliser to Chelsea on Sunday, the current top four are, realistically, the four clubs that could win the title this season.

Not only is it a blow for the Red Devils to lose to a title rival, but it also ends their perfect start to the campaign and they will now hope to bounce back immediately and get back to winning ways next week both against Feyenoord in the Europa League and Watford.

Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point against their title rivals, not play to their best and still win a high - tension game comfortably.

In the Orange Bowl against Bobby Bowden and Florida State, his old boss» chief rival, Stoops and his Sooners ground Heisman winner Chris Weinke to a pulp, won 13 - 2, and took home OU's seventh title, its first since 1985.

This season looks like being a tighter title race than usual with as many as six different clubs having the potential to win it, so doing well against those mai8n rivals could be vital.

Arsenal still have to make sure that it counts by winning our away game against AFC Bournemouth tonight, but the Gunners were probably not expecting any of the main rivals for the Premier League title to slip up in this latest run of games.

Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face against all our title rivals, and if we win them all we can close the gap at the top.

It was a crucial win for the Red Devils, not only to put them firmly in control of claiming second place, but it prevented their bitter rivals from celebrating winning the Premier League title against them, as Pep Guardiola's side needed to win.

A MATCH AGAINST A TITLE RIVAL IS A 6 POINTER, SO IF WE CANT WIN, WE MUST NOT LOSE EITHER!!

After they've suffered 2 consecutives PL away defeats in to Everton and Man City which led to us dropping down from been 2nd to 5th in the table following our away draw at Bournemouth, and with this away win against Swansea City yesterday, Arsenal are now 3rd in the table pending the outcomes of today's games involving our 2 title rivals of Liverpool and Man City.

If you win a match against a title rival, mathematically it is 3 points but logically it is 6 points!

Arsenal have already played one six - pointer «title decider» against Leicester last week, but our traditional rivals Tottenham Hotspur have also been winning consistently and quietly moved up to equal on points with us in second place in the Premiership.

With the obvious motivation of winning to secure the title against their rivals, it could play right into the hands of the league leaders on this occasion.

Although he may not have come out and said it, you just know that Arsene Wenger would absolutely love to have seen his Arsenal side record a first win against his managerial rival Jose Mourinho, even though the Frenchman admitted after the game that all three points would still not have been enough for the Gunners to win the Premier League title this season.

Naturally, there are examples which argue the opposite, as seen in the recent win at home against Liverpool, but McMahon wants to see the Red Devils play a more attacking game against City this weekend, in a game in which their rivals could land the Premier League title with a win.

if arsenal are to win the title, then we shud start playing defensively against rivals like morinho does.atleast the opposition cant gain ground over you!!

Wins over Chelsea and Newcastle repaired some of the damage in the league, and they even won at Old Trafford, though a late Aguero goal against rivals United did not look like making a difference in the title race, as Sir Alex Ferguson's side were still 12 points ahead even after this morale - lifting derby result.

Manuel Pellegrini takes his Manchester City side to Upton Park after a hugely disappointing midweek Champions League draw against CSKA Moscow, hoping to notch up another win in the Premier League and keep the pressure on title rivals Chelsea before their Sunday game against Manchester United.

Klopp won two Bundesliga titles, including the League and Cup double back in 2012, and narrowly missed out on Champions League glory in 2013 with defeat against rivals Bayern Munich at Wembley.

Hold onto a lead with 9 men, go 1 up against nearest title contenders then concede 2 injury time penalties and have them both missed and win the game, score the goal of the season, have your promotion rivals concede an equaliser 3 mins and 59 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time to clinch promotion with 4 games spare (and that's just the last 2 weeks).

The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in of their title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding relegation that they're in danger of actually winning the league.

The manager Pep Guardiola was relieved that the team were able to break the Saints down, especially after they had seen title rivals Manchester United win so emphatically against Watford the night before.

Celtic are one win away from a seventh successive Premiership title, 13 points clear of their Glasgow rivals, and can clinch it against Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday.

Despite winning their last game against Newcastle United 4 - 0, Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini believes that stealing the title from their rival, Manchester United is pretty much an impossible thing especially since United can't seem to stop winning at the moment.

When playing against their other five closest rivals Liverpool have yet to lose, claiming 19 points out of a possible 27 (title winning form).

On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1 win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash against Fulham in confident mood.

Recent games had seen a stagnation in performance for Jurgen Klopp's side, but a win against their fabled rivals who were also title - contenders, should have been incentive enough to spur the team on.

(CNN) Manchester City won the English Premier League title on Sunday after rivals Manchester United stumbled to defeat against relegation - threatened West Bromwich Albion.