Sentences with phrase «against one's local rivals»

Bale should be fit for the Europe's showpiece match against local rivals Atletico Madrid on May 28th, however it is not clear yet whether he will be fit for Madrid's final La Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna.

The reigning champions picked up a valuable point in their last league match against local rivals Racing Club and will hope to improve their form with a positive result against the Ecuadorian side.

Impressive wins against local rivals West Bromwich Albion in both league and cup gave the team a springboard to go on and win at fellow strugglers Sunderland; a game in which they trounced the Black Cats by four goals to nil.

The 24 - year - old was substituted early in Madrid's 3 - 1 win against Malaga at the Santiago Bernabeu two weeks ago and has missed the last two games against local rivals Atletico and Celta Vigo as a result of a calf injury.

The on - loan Manchester United star broke the deadlock with just two minutes remaining to seal a first win for Los Blancos against their locals rivals in eight attempts this season.

Incredibly, before their 1 - 0 win against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Manchester United hadn't won a game outside of Manchester since January — their only previous away win since the first month of 2016 coming across town against their local rivals Manchester City at the Etihad.

Real Madrid were on the verge of a defeat against their local rivals Atletico Madrid in club football's biggest stage.

His comments after the poor performance against local rivals Everton were quite pathetic when he said they had put in their best performance of the season in that 2 - 0 defeat.

It was Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid that came out on top this evening in the first leg of their Copa Del Rey Quarter final against local rivals Athletico Madrid.

It can also be assumed that Jallet will miss the heavyweight derby against local rivals Saint - Etienne on April 18, while the away trip to Stade de Reims towards the end of the month may be pencilled - in as a possible fixture for a return.

Mesut Ozil was named the Sky Sports man - of - the - match in the North London derby as Arsenal pulled off a very good win against local rivals Tottenham.

If Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players were looking for any extra encouragement and confidence ahead of the big game against our local rivals on Sunday, they should have a look at Tottenham in action against Bayer Leverkusen.

Barcelona maintained their narrow one point lead over Real Madrid after securing a comprehensive 5 - 0 win against their local rivals Espanyol at the Nou Camp.

They recorded a 1 - 1 draw on the opening day of the season against local rivals Chesterfield, before coming from two goals down to beat Grimsby Town the following week.

Burnley recorded a third successive victory against local rivals Blackburn Rovers yesterday and in doing so ended that long run without a league win against them at Turf Moor...

Sam Allardyce was his replacement and he quickly adorned himself to the Sunderland faithful with an emphatic 3 - 0 victory against local rivals Newcastle United in his first game in charge.

-- Moreover, Villa's three - game run without a win does include their first home league reverse in nine, which came against local rivals West Brom (1 - 2).

MARTIN SAYS: Palace did look mightily impressive against their local rivals on Saturday, beating Brighton 3 - 2 at Selhurst Park without their big striker.

The Union picked up four wins and a draw against their local rivals as the Development Academy season resumed on Saturday

After a extremely good start to the season, that even saw Leeds top the table in August, Leeds endured a bad spell that they seemed to break out of against local rivals Middlesbrough, and Leeds have slowly climbed back into the playoff discussion.

So far, its strategy is working, shattering prevailing assumptions that young American tech companies can not compete against local rivals.

A win tomorrow against our local rivals, will make it 10 wins from 10 in the Northern 2A and top off a fantastic 15/16 season.

Hernandez hit the vital winner for Real against local rivals Atletico in their Champions League quarter - final clash and despite starting just two La Liga fixtures the Man United man has managed to net four times in domestic league action.

A goal from Robert Earnshaw secured all three points for Nottingham Forest from this match against their local rivals Derby County, a result that takes them into the top six.

Despite all of this, the Frenchman showed exactly what he was capable against the Premier League table - toppers on Saturday, as the 25 - year - old bagged two excellent second half goals to massively help his side secure a wonderful comeback against their local rivals.

Manchester United are up against local rivals Manchester City in the race to sign former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben from Bayern Munich this summer.

What do you make of Zidane's choices for the match against their local rivals today?

Needing three points against their local rivals to seal the title, Pep Guardiola's side looked on course to seal the title there and then with first - half goals from Vincent Kompany and...

The Grand Final of the Super League sees the top two from the regular season clash as Castleford Tigers go in search of their first ever title against local rivals Leeds Rhinos.

In May 1886, Burslem Port Vale's Billy Rowley broke two ribs during a «friendly» against local rivals Stoke City and needed to be revived by a tot of whisky.

Another victory for City this weekend against their local rivals would confirm this season's Premier League title in the sweetest of circumstances, with Jose Mourinho's United forced to endure the humiliation of placing the crown on the heads of their neighbours.

Especially against our local rivals.

Postecoglou's first such game at Nissan Stadium is the derby against local rivals Kawasaki Frontale, for whom talisman Kengo Nakamura finally won the J. League last season after countless near misses for his only professional club.

Their one loss came in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinal against local rival Espanyol — and they turned that 1 - 0 loss around in the second leg to go through 2 - 1 on aggregate.

This year, the season opener sees Arsenal face off against local rivals Chelsea in what will surely be an entertaining clash.

I remember going to Barnsley last year and seeing everyone on their phones trying to get tickets for the away fixture against local rivals Birmingham City.

Over the course of his two stints at the AS Roma helm, Spalletti had the opportunity to manage 13 Derby della Capitale matches against their local rivals Lazio.

Both remain in the bottom three, but it could have been so much worse for Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez as his side trailed in his second game in charge against local rivals who had won their previous six derby encounters.

Tomorrow, at 4PM GMT, Arsenal will take the field against their local rivals, at their tumbledown home, to attempt to wrest back the initiative in the race for the top four.

The following season, Heskey was reunited with former boss Gerard Houllier which seemed to improve his performances in the 10/11 season as he scored the winning goals in games against local rivals Wolves and West Brom but still only managed three league goals in the entire season.

They followed that up with an awful collapse at home against local rivals Manchester United.

The pure - electric hatchback will sell under General Motors» Opel nameplate in Europe, where it will do battle against local rivals such as the Mercedes - Benz B - Class Electric, Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe.

But it was a unique selling point for LG, at a time when it was hard to differentiate against local rival Samsung.

Stopping Espanyol from recording their second victory in a month over Barcelona, who had gone nearly a decade without suffering defeat against their local rivals.

Still unbeaten this season, yesterday's game saw our Netball 1s earn their spot in the quarter final of the BUCS Northern Conference Cup after another incredible performance against our local rivals, University of Manchester.

The 26 year old Argentine played a key role in Real Madrid's Champions League triumph last season, putting in a Man of the Match role in the final against local rivals Atletico, and then greatly impressed at the World Cup finals.