Sentences with phrase «against our title rivals with»

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Belgium international is likely to play for City as they look to wrap up the Premier League title against their bitter rivals on Saturday, but it seems he also has a personal score to settle with Mourinho before then.

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...

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.

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.

The two clash in the Cottonopolis derby in the final game on Saturday, with City already leading by 16 - points, and they will eagerly be looking to claim the title against their neighbours and bitter rivals.

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.

It could have been a special week for Manchester City — up, 2 - 0, with a chance to clinch the EPL title, at home, against bitter rivals Manchester United — yet they conceded three times in the second half to lose, 3 - 2.

It could have been a special week for Manchester City — up, 2 - 0, with a chance to clinch the EPL title, at home, against bitter rivals Manchester United — yet

Currently Serie A's leading scorer, Rossi's goals have been key to Fiorentina's promising start to the season, not least his hat - trick in the 4 - 2 victory against bitter rivals Juventus, as the Viola head into the Christmas break fifth in the table, with outside odds for the title in the football betting.

Thanks to the record - breaking TV deals now pumping cash into the English topflight, clubs have never enjoyed a greater financial advantage against their continental rivals, with even the smaller clubs and relegation candidates now capable of beating foreign title - challengers and some Champions League regulars to transfer targets.

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.