Sentences with phrase «as title rivals»

Meanwhile, Guardiola said Arsenal should not be ruled out as title rivals with the Gunners having the opportunity to cut their gap on City to six points with a win at the Etihad Stadium.

Failing to muster a decent run of form as title rivals pull out in front and a Champions League place up for grabs meant the Europa League had a sudden importance for Jose Mourinho.

When Alex Ferguson's men get into their stride and start to hit all the right notes, they're close to unstoppable, as their title rivals are beginning to find out for themselves this season.

That historic victory was thanks in no small part to their late run as well as their title rivals» end of term capitulation.

They are tough tests, but also games that Barcelona need to win if they want to say they are currently as good as their title rivals.

After the restart Shwartzman cruised off to an easy victory, but for Fenestraz second place was enough to secure him the championship as title rival Will Palmer (yup, Jolyon's brother) could only manage sixth.

However, he's now closed out the title with a second - place finish in race one of the weekend at Hockenheim, as title rival Maximilian Gunther could only finish 10th.

Not exact matches

In the three months since Wells Fargo settled with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it has forfeited business and lost its title as the world's most valuable bank to rival JPMorgan Chase.

Despite seeing gold output decline by 2 %, Newmont claimed the title of world's biggest bullion producer as it surpassed rival Barrick by 16,000 ounces in the first three months of the year.

Mancini, by contrast, has guided Inter Milan to the top of the Serie A, following victory over title rivals AS Roma this weekend.

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Arsenal fans will be hoping from a look at this weekend's fixture list in the Premier League that it could be a good few days for the Gunners in our pursuit of the title, as many of our big rivals for the EPL trophy have matches that look harder on paper than our trip to Swansea and two of them are playing each other.

The Blues look set to reclaim the Premier League title this season, as they boast a nine - point lead over their nearest rivals and look in formidable shape heading down the stretch.

Clearly a move from Everton to their local rivals would be a contentious one to consider but if Fellaini felt that the Anfield side had a team in place; a combination of solid financial investment from the club's American owners coupled with a forward thinking young well respected manager like Brendan Rodgers, to help Liverpool to regain their place as a genuine title chasing outfit then it may be a move the 6ft 4in midfielder would be ready to consider.

23 — Having wrestled the title off last season's champions Atletico, Barca are now celebrating their 23rd La Liga win, continuing their superb rise in the modern era as they look to catch up with bitter rivals Real Madrid on 32.

Ronald Koeman will be delighted with his team after a stellar performance, while Guardiola will undoubtedly be left furious as City capitulated and showed their vulnerabilities again as they fall behind their Premier League title rivals.

Wenger and the players should be looking foward to these games with relish as it gives us an opportunity to get one over on our rivals and take control of the title race.

i do nt care about whom we win against, if we win the title, of course it hurts when we lose against rivals and a draw against a top side is never an embarrasing result as you make it out to be..

In fact I would even go so far as to say that there are only two realistic rivals to the Gunners, assuming of course that an injury crisis or loss of form does not derail our own title challenge.

At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.

This is possibly the third year that Wenger has gifted the title to a direct rival by selling a player, Fab is as bad as selling because we had the first option.

Zouma only managed to make nine league appearances for Antonio Conte's Chelsea last season as the Blues won their fifth Premier League title ahead of rivals Tottenham.

Aside from crashing out of the Champions League against Liverpool, City saw their title celebrations postponed last weekend as rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2 win.

Do you see Man Citeh as the only real rival to Arsenal winning the title?

Indeed, as Kluivert points out, United remain fifth in the table, and despite Manchester City's loss to title - chasing Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, they are six points behind their fierce local rivals.

The Gunners made the switch to the 3 -4-2-1 formation which helped Chelsea to steal a march on all rivals as they comfortably secured the Premier League title last season, and we opted to play our own system including the same system toward the end of the campaign also.

Could Wenger be willing to sell to a team he doesn't view as a direct title rival?

Real have failed to retain their Champions League title this term — being eliminated in the semi-finals by Juventus — and have also fallen short in La Liga, as rivals Barcelona have claimed the Spanish championship.

Arsenal are in their best position at this stage of the season for years, and with a strong squad and flawed rivals, it looks as though Arsene Wenger's men have a great shot at the title this year.

As Calciomercato report, Spurs spent just # 70million in the transfer window, which was dwarfed by the spending of their title rivals.

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Manchester City have emerged as the new favourites to sign Atletico Madrid central defender Miranda, report the Mirror, with the Premier League title holders hoping to beat rivals Manchester United and Chelsea to the capture of the experienced Brazilian in what looks set to become one of the most keenly contested transfer battles of the January window.

Chelsea had just ended the 2014 - 15 season as double winners, having beaten London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Capital One Cup final before cruising to the Premier League title, eight points clear of runners - up Manchester City.

Their title rivals have world - class forwards such as Sergio Aguero and Diego Costa, demonstrating the gulf that exists between the division's top two and the Gunners currently.

The West London club's spending outlay was someway below arch title rivals Man City, who spent # 49m on Raheem Sterling (via Sky Sports), # 55m on Kevin de Bruyne (via BBC Sport), # 32m on Nicolas Otamendi (via BBC Sport) as well as bringing in Fabian Delph from Aston Villa and Patrick Roberts from Fulham.

Should Barcelona end up being successful in their pursuit of Juventus forward Dybala, it'll definitely be a good addition to Ernesto Valverde's squad as they look to regain the La Liga title from rivals Real Madrid.

Aguero will miss encounters with Leicester City, Watford, Arsenal and Hull City this month, handing Arsene Wenger a major boost as he won't have to deal with a full - strength title rival.

Arsenal will no doubt be hoping his exceptional form continues as they look to see out title rivals Manchester City.

The Red Devils have spent over # 200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.

ofcourse we can forget chelsea as epl rival cause we are not going to be in the title fight while chelsea along with the manchester clubs will

As Arsenal prepare for a visit to title - rivals Chelsea on Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger is also preparing for a historic landmark — his 1,000 th game in charge of the club.

Let's look at owners of our main title rivals: - Roman Abramovich — spotted many times applauding his beloved Chelsea — the Russian billionaire (love him or hate him) has won the hearts of all Chelsea supporters as well as bringing home the Champions League trophy Wenger craves..

Currently sat in fourth place nine points adrift of leaders Barcelona, they look as though they will surrender their title this term, and also have an upcoming Champions League quarter final with last season's winners, and cross city rivals, Real to contend with.

But as they graduate to Super AMOLED level during the winter campaign when Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck would have been back and 1 or 2 top quality additions are added to the team by the Boss, the Gunners will totally become unstoppable by any of their title rivals as they cruise home with the Premier League title in May next year.

While the Rojiblancos do not share the same kind of rivalry with Barca as with Real, Griezmann could still be well advised not to strengthen one of their title rivals in La Liga.

Their title credentials will be tested at Saturday lunchtime when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face an out - of - form Chelsea side as manager Arsene Wenger looks to record his first ever league victory over his arch rival Jose Mourinho.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

Apart of Ozil and Sanchez, one could say Arsenal are still gribpling with the terms of to regularly be buying top class players as they have not been able to match or undo their 3 main title rivals of the 2 Manchester clubs and Chelsea when it comes to be buying world class players regularly in the transfer market to overhaul their teams which have seen Arsenal failed to win the PL and Ucl titles for more ten years or so even after they've repaid to a large extend the loans they took to build the Ems Stadium.

Arsenal can go second in the Premier League table, which would be good for the Gunners of course, because yesterday was one of those strange days when nothing went as planned or as the form guide would lead us to believe, with every single one of our main rivals for the title dropping points, or those who played anyway.

With defence clearly a weakness for the Red Devils last season as they conceded more than nearby rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and even Southampton, the addition of a world class performer like the Spanish World Cup winner could make all the difference as they look to mount a more serious title challenge.