Sentences with phrase «battling against relegation»

In January 2014, he was sent away on loan to Cardiff City for the rest of the season, then in the topflight and battling against relegation.

One of the most talked about transfer targets of last summer, Hummels eventually elected to remain with Dortmund, and has surprisingly endured a miserable season, battling against relegation.

Norwich City were far from favourites against Manchester City but earned a vital point in their battle against relegation thanks to an impressive defensive effort.

The 2014 Apertura's edition of the Super Clásico is the most meaningless in the standings in the fixture's history, but it could be the catalyst that ultimately leads to Chivas Guadalajara winning their shocking battle against relegation.

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson will not use the absence of Wilfried Zaha as an excuse as his side battle against relegation.

Delph enjoyed an impressive season for Aston Villa last term, earning six England caps despite the club's battle against relegation.

Zaha has instead been their most influential player in what increasingly appears likely to be a successful battle against relegation, and to the extent he has been linked...

On Saturday the two Ayews will go head - to - head once more as West Ham host the Swans in a crucial clash in the battle against relegation from the Premier League.

Crystal Palace fans can be forgiven for desiring a season of mid-table obscurity after so many recent battles against relegation from the Premier League.

Under the Exiles» new manager Warren Feeney, Beeney excelled in keeping a debut clean sheet to earn a valuable three points in their battle against relegation.

Not exact matches

We can't seem to penetrate any team at the moment and coming up against a defensively and a relegation battling team will not do us any favours.

However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.

Arsenal travelled to Brighton with their confidence at an all - time low but hoping to get back on track against a team that have been battling relegation all season, but they couldn't have got off to a worse start.

United moved to within a point of us in the table with their win and so even a point would keep them just one result from overtaking Arsenal and with us facing a tough trip to relegation battling Sunderland on Sunday, a win against the Baggies is vital tonight.

Toulouse will be without Etienne Didot and Mihai Roman for their Ligue 1 relegation battle against Racing Club de Lens on Saturday.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

On the playing side the club has battled manfully to get themselves out of the relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point against Sunderland, it will take a few more such battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.

Former West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth striker Defoe reached the landmark by scoring a fine solo goal against Hull City in what could prove to be a key relegation battle.

Arsenal 3 - 0 Bournemouth — Routine win, and expected win against a team battling relegation each season.

The bicycle kick Simy scored to get relegation battling Crotone a point against Juventus on Wednesday night did exactly that to Serie A.

The nail - biting, nerve - jangling, too - close - to - call relegation battle enters another round with the Hammers seeking to reverse their wretched run of poor form against Burnley.

With the departure of mentor Sam Allardyce and the appointment of miserable turd - stain Gary Megson, Diouf's time at Wanderers came to an end in 2008 with the club fighting against relegation - a battle that they would win with the help of the former Liverpool forward.

AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital side, AS Roma still have to battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture against relegation candidate, Pescara.

Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points against a Newcastle side in the midst of a genuine relegation battle.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

A win against Southampton, a draw against Everton and two defeats to Tottenham and Hull have meant it has been an inconsistent start to the campaign and Chris Hughton will be looking, like Paul Lambert, to really kick on now and cement a place around the top half of the table rather than worry about battling relegation come May.

Under David Moyes, the Hammers have shown incredible grit and determination to drag themselves out of relegation battle and Friday proved to be no different as they fought to an eventful 1 - 1 draw against bitter cross-town rivals.