Sentences with phrase «against league leaders»

In the game against the league leaders, Rashford played as lead striker as Zlatan Ibrahimovic was out.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger opted to leave Lacazette out of his starting line - up for the match against the league leaders, and instead decided on going with Alexis Sanchez up front and Iwobi and Mesut Ozil in support of the Chilean.

West Ham's challenge for a top four place has fallen away but they can still get some pressure on Manchester City and Manchester United with a win against the league leaders.

Newcastle can not afford another performance like that in this game if they hope to come away with anything against the league leaders.

Whilst he was largely anonymous at The Hawthorns he wasn't the only one, and the whole team needed to up their game for the encounter against the league leaders.

Manager Pochettino says his confident and believes his side can win against the league leaders but it will be a massive challenge for the Lilywhites.

Liverpool FC will face Stoke City in the penultimate round of the competition, with Everton drawn against league leaders Manchester City.

Preston should be no push however though and will be full of confidence having held out for a 1 - 1 draw at home on the weekend against league leaders Wolves.

After their big winning streak of eight matches came to an end with a 1 - 1 draw at Sheffield United, which was a very lucky point for them, they lost in their big contest against league leaders Wolves at home on the weekend.

Spurs produced one of their performances of the season on Wednesday night against the league leaders Chelsea, ending their Premier League winning run at thirteen games.

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

The prospect of two games against the league leaders just before the trip to Manchester was thought to be too much for them, but it has worked out exactly the opposite.

Ipswich could use the boost of three points against the league leaders in this one to get their challenge for a play off place going again.

United has played well against league leaders Burnley and Middlesbrough this season but fallen off against the lesser sides.

Both sides were involved in 3 - 3 thrillers in midweek — United let a late 3 - 2 lead slip away to Newcastle while the Reds salvaged a point in stoppage time against league leaders Arsenal.

Roma are enjoying a good season in Serie A, but narrowly lost a big game 1 - 0 at home against league leaders Napoli on the weekend.

The Wales defender will have his hands full with the likes of Pelle, Tadic and Ward - Prowse on a hunt against a side that comes off a humiliating 0 - 5 loss at home against league leaders Chelsea.

It will be interesting to see how they handle themselves in this one against the league leaders though.

The Clarets have been so impressive on home soil this season in the top flight that it will be massively interesting to see how they go at Turf Moor against the league leaders on Sunday.

City played for a half with ten men following the dismissal of Fabian Delph for a terrible challenge and Will Grigg scored a late winner for Wigan as the Latics notched up another FA Cup success against league leaders City

After an impressive game against Totteheham Hotspur last weekend, with the 33 - year - old scoring the winning goal to give the gunners a fighting chance against League leaders Chelsea as Arsenal continue to push for Silverwares this season.

A spirited Crystal Palace put in an impressive display against Manchester City at Selhurst Park to earn a point against the league leaders.

Liverpool sent a strong message to their top 4 rivals with an incredible performance against league leaders Arsenal, starting the game at such a high tempo that Arsenal couldn't catch a breath.

The on - loan Liverpool right back had a torrid time in defence against league leaders Chelsea last week.

The fact is that Wenger is certain that both Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey will not be available for next weeks game against the League leaders Chelsea.

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.

The former Gunner also thinks that Coquelin's talents could be vital for the team this weekend, as he sees the clash against league leaders Leicester City as a really tough test of Arsenal's defensive strength.

Arsenal were very impressive in the first half against Galatasary, in fact they controlled the game right up until Wojciech Szczesny got himself dismissed, but there is no doubt that Sunday's game against League leaders Chelsea will be a different kettle of fish.

Arsene Wenger is going to have a dilemma on Tuesday if he is intending to rotate his starting line - up like he has done in Arsenal's last two midweek games, with the massive game against League leaders Man United next weekend.

And the home side will be buoyed by their battling draw against the league leaders Chelsea and a return to form after their recent slump.

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Tottenham just got the first test of loss of the season of 2016 - 17 against league leader Chelsea in the very last match.

Not exact matches

They are already twelve points behind league leaders Chelsea, but a win against the Saints will at least take them in to second.

The interviewer continued to question the tactics of the Frenchman, insinuating that it would be a risk to play openly against the Premier League leaders.

Tottenham should also have been excited at the prospect of closing the gap on the league leaders Chelsea, but they also couldn't bring the required game needed to beat, or even score against relegation - threatened Sunderland, and they will also have to lick their wounds at such a missed opportunity.

The young Italian turned in a magnificent performance in the second leg against Chelsea as Paris Saint Germain knocked out the Premier League leaders on away goals.

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

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.

Chelsea have also recently been dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Arsenal after a semi-final defeat, and will be big underdogs against La Liga leaders Barcelona when they meet in the Champions League next week.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

As for current Premier League leaders Chelsea, Antonio Conte has revealed that Eden Hazard has an issue but he's not too concerned about it and so the Belgian should be fit to feature against West Ham United on Monday night with Chelsea likely to be hoping to restore their ten - point lead at the top of the standings.

The runaway League leaders Chelsea are 8 points ahead of us, and 5 ahead of Liverpool in second place, but a win tonight will mean that it is virtually impossible for Arsenal to catch up against an 11 point lead.

The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.

A win against our Premier League rivals would not only keep the Gunners in touching distance of the league leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struLeague rivals would not only keep the Gunners in touching distance of the league leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struleague leaders, but it would also land an early blow on Brendan Rodgers and his players, whose confidence is probably quite fragile after last season's struggles.

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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.

At least the current league leaders did not win their own midweek game against Liverpool, but they did get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

In fact there are at least three key men at the current league leaders Chelsea who still appear to be pretty wary of the Gunners, which is probably increased this week as Arsene Wenger prepares to take the team to Stamford Bridge looking for a repeat of the match against them at home, which saw Arsenal inflict their heaviest defeat of the season.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?