Sentences with phrase «against a title rival»

I have always said it, a win against your title rival has the effect of six points!
United's performances of late have been lacklustre to say the least with the Red Devils dropping points against title rivals Man City during a 2 - 1 loss at home.
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.
Two successive home defeats against title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur mean that Manchester City head into their game against Dynamo Kiev next week in poor form, and of their key players, the one who hasn't let his form dip has been the England No. 1.
A MATCH AGAINST A TITLE RIVAL IS A 6 POINTER, SO IF WE CANT WIN, WE MUST NOT LOSE EITHER!!
Lets just imagine that shock of all shocks, we get a few injuries and maybe add in a suspension and before you know it we are going into a run of games against our title rivals with champions league games in between.
Despite the prospect of being without his number one stopper for next weekend's clash against title rivals Manchester City, Mourinho instead decided to criticise Carneiro for her decision to treat Eden Hazard whilst they were vulnerable to a counter attack:
Manchester City are set to launch a complaint against title rivals Arsenal in response to their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez, with Pep Guardiola's side believing that the Gunners blocked the player's move after he'd signed City contract, according to the Sun.
The mistake was against Tottenham, but just like a good away result for us can be a draw, Tottenham too got a good away result against a title rival.
You'd get, «the real test is against the top - 6 / title rivals» Win against a title rival.
But wenger did not name Sanchez in the squad against our title rivals, and after the game Le Prof revealed that Alexis had had a «minor setback» and would now miss the busy Christmas period but would be ready for the New Year games which was expected to start with this weekend's cup game against Sunderland.
We have another week of training after the Villa game before we have the big match against Manchester City, but surely Wenger won't risk introducing him to the new role against our title rivals.
Team News & Lineups: Pep Guardiola is set to make several changes in the starting lineup considering they have a important game at the weekend against title rivals Chelsea in the premier league.
Dropping point regularly against their title rivals is what has let Wenger's team down over the past few years.
As well as the aforementioned goal that helped Arsenal win the Clausura championship in 2012, Lopez has another huge goal to his name from his time at Benfica - in November last season he scored a stoppage - time equaliser that earned the Eagles a draw against title rivals Porto at the Estádio do Dragão.
To put this in perspective, Barcelona was up against their title rivals who were in incredible form.
However, he missed a glorious chance to add to his tally against Tottenham Hotspur, although Chelsea still ran out 2 - 1 winners against their title rivals.
Spurs have scored seven league goals after the 70th minute of games since the last time that they conceded in the final 20 minutes — against title rivals Leicester City in January.
That's not to say that Henderson thinks that Liverpool can afford to drop points against their title rivals.
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.
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