Sentences with phrase «back at its rival»

By winning private - label toothpaste agreements from such non-rivals as Henkel and the Beecham Group, Balsara was able to strike back at its rival's turf in the West.
The post as expected drew huge cheers from the Spurs following who were pleased to hit back at their rivals in such humiliating fashion.

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Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will soon be the next vice president at the ECB, after a rival from Ireland dropped out of the race Monday and backed the Spaniard for the position.
The notorious Columbian kingpin was as good at giving back to the people as he was at taking the heads of his rivals.
With the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers» first - round series tied, 2 - 2, James and Stephenson, old rivals dating back to 2012, have been going at it.
As the industry shakes out over the next three years, Broader's success at beating back rivals will undoubtedly be closely watched by Walmart brass in Bentonville, Ark..
Local rivals like Didi Kuaidi — itself valued at $ 16.5 billion with backing from Chinese behemoths like Tencent and Alibaba (baba)-- have kept pace with Uber's investment in the country (Uber's China business is valued at around $ 8 billion based on its latest funding round in January).
Uber is spending heavily in China to compete with Didi Kuaidi, a local rival valued at $ 16.5 billion and backed by Chinese Internet giants such as Tencent Holdings and Alibaba.
Buyout firm TPG is backing one of three rival offers valuing scandal - hit Fortis at up to $ 1.3 bln.
Some blame the lack of a catalogue - buying tradition in Canada, but demand clearly goes unfulfilled here: Four in 10 dollars spent online goes abroad, meaning a large portion of spending isn't going back into the Canadian economy, at a time when the retail industry is on rocky footing and facing new competition from foreign rivals such as Target Corp..
Well you kind of knew that it would not take long for the Arsenal manager and his long term rival Jose Mourinho to get back to their old trick of aiming verbal bullets at each other and that is what has happened before the new Premier League season has even started.
A lot of fans, past players and even pundits are asking for us to sign Benzema and if we do that would be a big F**K YOU to either Theo or his agent, whoever was holding the club at ransom for a pay raise and back to the wings you go... Get a feeling now seeing Pedro going to Chelsea whom has won everything there is to win and to me is on a different level than Theo could have been ours if 1) Walcott wasn't homegrown to make up that number and 2) to prevent him from going to a rival.
And the point may be disappointing after Arsenal leading for most of the second half, but at least it meant that we went back above our north London rivals Tottenham in the Premier League table.
It was his sublime back - heel that set up Hazard's winner against rivals Manchester United at the end of May, which secured a key victory over their rivals.
No you're at 8 with a emerging roster that is in huge need of youth, athleticism, and depth in the line backing core who just watched your division rival sign Jimmy Graham while the Vikings have good TEs and pass catching RBs.
As Rivals» Woody Wommack puts it, «We took a look back at some of the most memorable moments from announcement ceremonies,...
Not only are they off to another hot start at 3 - 0 but they took down Rivals Team Lalez in a Rematch of our very first Chicago Hoops League Championship (back in 2013 - 14 season).
With the news that Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has rejected the chance to sign for Manchester United this summer, here's a look at five other top class centre - backs the club could consider signing, including some big names from La Liga, an exciting Brazilian youngster and one of the Premier League's top prospects also wanted by rivals Chelsea...
The Chelsea team of Jose Mourinho went a long time unbeaten a few years back and Man City have looked a bit unbeatable at the start of this season and the last one, but the only side yet to lose an EPL game so far this season is Tottenham and it just so happens that our north London rivals are heading to the Emirates to face Arsenal next.
Though Hughes saw his defence hold up manfully during their goalless draw with local rivals Chelsea, QPR have on the whole looked suspect at the back, conceding 19 goals in ten Premier League matches this term.
Still, the eleven that started in Portugal is still enough to rival anyone in the world, with Manuel Neuer, Rafinha, Jerome Boateng, Dante and Juan Bernat at the back, Philipp Lahm, Xabi Alonso and Thiago Alcantara in midfield, and Mario Gotze, Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski in attack — world class quality in almost every position, and yet, no sign of being able to work a way around their tactically smart opponents.
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Young's first effort wasn't bad either, and while it's taken a while for him to find the back of the net, he certainly did so in style as he continues to play an important role for Mourinho and Man Utd this season as they hope to remain within firing range on rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League table.
It must be very frustrating for the big stars at Arsenal to see other rival clubs signing world class additions that will help their sides challenge for major honours this season, whilst the Gunners sit back with basically the same squad that failed to win a trophy last term.
Not that Arsenal would have won it with RVP in the squad but that was kind if the point — even further away with money that bought more mediocrity in terms of players and helped a rival humiliate AFC and put them even further at the back of the line.
The 23 year old centre - back has spent the past two seasons at Olympiakos following a contentious move from arch rivals AEK Athens, and was part of the Greece national team set - up at the World Cup finals.
The Red Devils will be looking to bounce back from a shock defeat to West Brom at Old Trafford which handed their local rivals, Manchester City, the Premier League title.
His last goal was a peach and it came at a crucial time as we faced EPL rivals Man City but that was back on December 21st.
Centre - back Caulker, who was on loan at the Swans during Rodgers» reign, is now on the books at fierce rivals Cardiff City.
Bruce will split opinion amongst the Villa faithful given his history with bitter rivals Birmingham City, but ultimately owner Tony Xia and his advisors will have to make the best decision for the club currently and pick the man that they believe has the credentials to guide them back up to the top tier of English football at the first time of asking.
Evans appeared to spit in the direction of Cisse, who at the time lay on the ground, enticing the forward into leaping to his feet and firing a shot of saliva back in the direction of his rival.
I really hate when Arsenal fans join our rivals to take shots at the fact that we sold our best players in d past, do nt you get it, we had to do so, so as to be at the very comfortable position we are now, looking back wenger did a remarkable job by keeping the team in the champions league while building a stadium, just ask spurds n chelsea y they so desperately want to upgrade their stadium now.
Our rivals have not suffered a home defeat since Liverpool beat them there back in September, but more importantly, have been in spectacular fashion since we gave them a 3 - 0 beating at the Emirates Stadium, which led manager Antonio Conte to change his system.
Back - to - back wins against Zorya Luhansk and Tottenham Hotspur will have built up some confidence within the United camp, but can they now string some wins together and start closing the gap on their rivals at the Back - to - back wins against Zorya Luhansk and Tottenham Hotspur will have built up some confidence within the United camp, but can they now string some wins together and start closing the gap on their rivals at the back wins against Zorya Luhansk and Tottenham Hotspur will have built up some confidence within the United camp, but can they now string some wins together and start closing the gap on their rivals at the top?
Even worse than losing the Chilean would be for him to sign for a direct Premier League rival and that is looking increasingly likely, but let us just take a step back for a moment and look at what Alexis joining Man City would really mean.
Mourinho was evidently far from impressed with the comment, as he hit back at his Premier League rival, as seen in the video below.
Wenger obviously didn't think he will cut it (although there are rumours of a buy - back clause)-- you'd imagine if he is at least half as good as you suggest that he will get bought this summer by a big European team or a PL rival.
Well after the Arsenal players did their bit by keeping up the pressure on our Premier League rivals with a good away win at Swansea City today, we can just sit back and hope that the three points prove extra useful with some of the clubs around us dropping points.
The player needs to have it at the back of there minds that we are going there for a clean sheet first because it's a very BIG away match with one of the title rivals (yes title rivals) and anything after a clean sheet is a very big boost to our title race
Our side will be keen for a big performance against the Reds, having already been embarrassed by the Anfield club in August when they gave us a 4 - 0 thrashing on Merseyside, and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain will hopefully be on the end of both defeats having played at wing - back for us in the reverse fixture shortly before moving to our rivals.
Balotelli only arrived at Anfield in the summer from Lazio's Serie A rivals AC Milan, but despite his impressive goalscoring record at the San Siro, Balotelli has been unable to translate his performances back into the English game, with only one Liverpool goal to his name so far — in the Champions League against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is claimed to have attended Holland's friendly match against Ireland two weeks back, in order to have a closer look at the winger, but will now face competition from close rivals Arsenal in the race to sign him.
Let's not forget that a top quality left back is desirable at Arsenal next season to instill timber and caliber into the Gunners» team to fully be ready for their title rivals and beats them to the titles.
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Liverpool return to action this weekend when they face Norwich City at Carrow Road, with Jurgen Klopp's men looking to secure back - to - back wins following their defeat to bitter rivals Manchester United last weekend.
The story is that the Spanish club are looking at other players such as Marco Veratti of PSG to boost their squad and bounce back after seeing their great rivals Real Madrid lift both the Champions League and La Liga trophies.
Not only would this weaken one of our big rivals for the title next season, it might affect De Gea for tomorrow's crucial clash with Arsenal at Old Trafford tomorrow and it was his amazing performance that stopped us beating them at the Emirates back in November.
The Lancashire Hotpot is back early on this season and will see high flying Burnley looking to keep up the pace at the top of the Championship by getting one over their local rivals for the first time in 34 years.
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Arsenal right - back Hector Bellerin has aimed a little dig at Alexis Sanchez following his controversial transfer from the Gunners to rivals Manchester United this January.
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