Sentences with phrase «against the leagues top»

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

Not exact matches

It was a crucial win for the Red Devils in the battle for a top four finish in the Premier League, and Romelu Lukaku finally delivered when it mattered having previously struggled against the top sides this season.

In fact our only Champions League game that topped this one in the past five years was our 2 - 1 win against Barcelona at the Emirates.

As Blogging the Boys points out, the Packers are 0 - 5 against teams ranked in the league's top half when it comes to points per game.

The Blues sit top of the Premier League table by a huge seven points at present, with Liverpool able to close that gap to only six points should they win this evening against Stoke City.

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Away against a top side in the Champions League you have to take your chances...

Last season Arsenal came close to becoming the best defense in the entire league with good defensive stats, but this good news was smashed by the conceding 22 horrible goals against the teams in the top five, 20 of those on away games to those same top teams (Chelsea, City, Liverpool, and Everton).

Morata is starting for a top International team already & has memorable Champions League final & Italian Cup final goals, memorable Champions League goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague final & Italian Cup final goals, memorable Champions League goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague goals against Barcelona, Real Madrid, Dortmund & Man City, equalled the Juventus record for consecutive Champions League goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague goals, won 3 league titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaleague titles across 2 top leagues & won the Champions League - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaLeague - getting in the team of the tournament, & won the golden boot in both the U19s & U21s Euro tournaments.

Jarvis» first game in England's top - flight was against the Hammers and he quickly made his mark in the Premier League with a number of eye - catching displays.

And those goals all came in four of the games, as we failed to score against Stoke City, Chelsea, Southampton, Hull City and Barcelona, so it is not too hard to see why we have slipped off the top of the Premier League and are looking at another Champions League exit at the first knockout stage.

the problem with arsenal is the fans we forget very easily think about the game against Chelsea we can't be a top club with players like ozil think about the amount of easy chances that you miss do any of you delusional fan think if Chelsea didn't already win the league on they're mine on vacation you think we would have so much space to play and so easy.just think about we were winning the 50/50 challenge when does that happen we still need five new players

I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest games, cup finals, EPL games against the top half of the league and games in the champions league against the best 2 sides.

What has changed is just because we want to play against the top teams and we want to be in the Champions League.

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Seabrook and Keith, who've logged big minutes playing against the league's top lines, were crucial to Chicago's leading the Western Conference in goal differential in 2009 - 10.

His style is well suited for the league since almost everyone bow down to his team and don't even try, but against other top teams in Europe his defense has always been exposed.

He returned to the under - 23's this week and scored a goal against the Chelsea reserves to keep our reserves on target to top their League, but he has higher ambitions for his career.

Who knows, he could do better than three FA cup wins in the last four years, three community shield wins in the last four years, twenty years of champions league participation and overseeing the building of a magnificient stadium that has propelled us into the top five clubs in the world, All I can say is this, after supporting Arsenal for over sixty years Arsene Wenger is the best their was, the best their is and the best their ever will be and despite numerous attempts to organise protests against him the anti wenger brigade has always failed miserably.

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.

No, they didn't get their desired result against Team Maione (few do) but they showed just how close they are to the top tier Teams in the League.

We currently sit 5th in the league and have shown we can take points off any team in our league, with a draw against top of the league Surbiton (0 - 0), and a win against second in the league Teddington (2 - 1).

We have already mentioned two of the top three Defensive Teams in the League (based on points against)..

He chips in a goal every 4 league appearances roughly, has bagged a few hat - tricks, has had good games against top opposition - he's not the player we hoped, but he's a far better bet than Oxlade - Chamberlain.

, Team Malvin is 3 - 1 against the Top - 5 Teams in the League right now..

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.

Led by a group of former Stevenson and Deerfield high school basketball players, this is a team that will end up in the top half of the league with wins against some of the top teams.

Before (and after) the Europa League game against Ostersund, Arsene Wenger emphasised that Arsenal's main objective remains to finish in the Top Four to achieve Champions League status next season, as he doesn't agree with the rule that you can enter the elite competition by the «back door» if you win the lesser Europa League.

They'll finish the season with head to head match - ups against the top Teams in the League which is a great preview for their Playoff run!

Although Arsenal fans are 99 % certain that the Gunners can not qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the Top Four of the Premier League and our only remaining hope is to win the Europa League and sneak in the back door, like Man United did next season, it would appear that the Boss thinks his team need to win against some «big teams» before we can consider winning the minor European trophy.

The Italian tactician impressed greatly in his first season at Stamford Bridge, and even though things have gone downhill this term, they still have an outside chance of making the top four and progressing against Barcelona in the Champions League.

Barcelona top La Liga and will extend their lead to four points with a win against Real Madrid, going some way to sealing another league title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions Lleague title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions LeagueLeague.

It is hard to root against them as they've done well, but to date in the league they've only played Tottenham and Arsenal from the top 6 clubs and they drew to the Spurs at home and lost 2 - 5 at home to the Arsenal.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

It may only have been against the EPL's bottom club Swansea City but it will have given our opponents a nice boost as it keeps them in the top half of the league and was their third win in six games and a rare three points on the road.

Look the Bayern the barca and co are top top teams with huge history We need to concentrate to build up wins we need to win cups then league than we go and win the champion league the result today show that we are Lincoln in front of Bayern and a bit better as we scored against Bayern and Lincoln did nt score against us >> > I had a busy Tuesday as I was coming home I guessed we were 1 2 down I turned on the match to be 1 2 to see it go down hill I wished I never turned it on

The stats will say that Charles Tillman had a fantastic game on Calvin Johnson (and three receptions for 34 yards on 11 targets is a fantastic game against one of the league's top receivers) but he didn't do it alone.

We need to at least draw against the top 4 (chelsea, liverpool, city and utd) and win the others, last season if we drew those games, the 6 - 5 - 1 6 - 3 1 - 0, last season we could have finished 2nd and we had won at least 1 we could have won the league.

Some players though want to prove themselves and try and aim to be the best... If you want to be the best then you play in a good league and for a team who can display their quality against the other top teams.

Raheem Sterling netted twice and Luis Suarez scored his customary goal against the Canaries as Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

The game against PSG in midweek is a big game to finish top of their Champions League group.

Arsenal have to secure the attack and get Alexis ready for the match against Barca and the remaining fixtures against top premier league sides.The team has to win against Barca and then beat them at Nou - Camp causes it really is irritating to see Wenger playing bad players in the big matches in the past, Arsenal have allowed themselves to be weak where Wenger is after the league means these Southhampton, Stoke, Chelsea get the luck against this side.

A lack of trophies could come back to haunt them as they fell short in the FA Cup at the weekend and look likely to finish second in the Premier League this season, and perhaps that could work against them this summer if top clubs around Europe are looking to convince their best players to leave north London.

Arsenal CAN win the League and we have been challenging at the top against the richest clubs in the world for the last 15 years.

(For illustration, last season there were 3 and 7 respectively, and in 1992/93 the top two, Manchester United and Aston Villa, drew 9 and lost 10 between them against the bottom half of a 22 - team league.)

It might work so far against mid-table Premier League teams, but they will struggle against other top teams.

They have already secured the top spot in Group K of the UEFA Europa League, as the only team that can match their points tally of nine is Napoli, and Liverpool's head to head record against the Italians of an away draw and a home win mean they can not be overtaken.

Regardless that koscielny coquelin cazorla alexis wilshire arteta rosicky and welbeck should be missing against Sunderland, the fact remains that a win could see us top of the league.

Champions league realistically we will not be win the group and we all know how difficult it's going to be against the top teams so early.

Chambers was part of the team that won their eighth successive home game today against West Ham and made it five Premier League wins in a row to boost their chances of a place in the top four.