Sentences with phrase «better league race»

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This evening's game could well prove pivotal in the race for Champions League qualification, and Liverpool are off to a flyer.

Barcelona have now entered the race for Bakkali, joining Premier League quartet Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, as well as Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, in holding an interest in the Belgian, who has already received a call - up to Marc Wilmots» senior side.

They are out of the South race as two of the best teams in the League are their division - mates — Team Lalez and Team Zimmerman.

The National League race clearly features better teams.

Looking more long term though, the fact that Costa keeps having problems with his hamstring could be good news for us in the race for the Premier League title, especially if our own injury situation does not go back to the bad old days.

With so much at stake, the race for the title, a top - four finish and the battle to avoid relegation will all be a riveting watch as the Premier League continues to invest heavily to bring the best of Europe to England.

Alderson had peddled reserve outfielder Felix (the Other) Jose, who had been filling in for the injured Henderson, and two more minor leaguers to St. Louis for centerfielder McGee, whose.335 average with the Cardinals may well be good enough to win the National League batting race — at just about the time McGee swings into the American League Championship Series.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

The former Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace midfielder is a long - time transfer target for Arsenal, as well as their Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea [Express], and with a move potentially imminent [via the Metro], the Saints are making plans for his successor.

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Ernesto Valverde will have to take the lead on it if the alleged poor morale is a genuine issue, as with Barcelona going so well this season with a commanding lead in the La Liga title race coupled with their ongoing hunt for the Copa del Rey and Champions League, there is still a lot on the line this year.

It's not the first time that we lost our first game of the season and then went on a long unbeaten run and it won't be the first time if we are at the top of the league during the Christmas period, only to drop out of the title race in the following months.Lets just enjoy the Good times and wait and see how it pans out.?

Chelsea need to know they are beatable, otherwise they will romp away with the league, which is not as good as a tight title race.

Nainggolan's 10 league goals would no doubt have helped us during the campaign, and his all - round game could well have kept us in the race for the title had he been in the squad to cover for the injuries and suspensions.

The fact that the manager and players have displayed more determination since then is good, of course, but it has not exactly convinced me that the Frenchman is still the right man for the job, or even that he has what it takes to steer the club to a successful season in the Premier League title race.

Arsenal went into the game top of the league and in good form, but Liverpool came racing out of the blocks, two up inside 10 minutes and four to the good after just 20.

Zinedine Zidane's side are well off the pace in the La Liga title race, will not contest the Copa del Rey final and still have a long road ahead in the Champions League which remains their last hope of silverware this season.

I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the race for the Premier League title, our Champions League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of confidence, an away match against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.

There was no thought of looking for excuses or blaming the fact that Arsenal are well and truly out of the Premier League title race after losing to Chelsea, well not from the acting Arsenal captain anyway.

There are various theories about why the Gunners keep falling short in the race for the Premier League title and our various and numerous injury problems certainly do not help, but it is the way that the team fails to turn up at times in crucial games, such as the EPL defeat by Wartford recently or the Champions League hammering at the hands of Bayern Munich that many will point to as evidence that the boss is not getting the best from his squad anymore.

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It's only slightly less troubling when the quarterback doing the kicking is one of the league's best offensive generals, capable of putting a middling roster on his back when the race for the playoffs gets tight.

Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.

Coutinho would not have been involved any way if Ernesto Valverde's side had won the Champions League, while his impact on the La Liga title race has also been minimal as they were well clear at the top when he arrived anyway.

Despite backing manager Jose Mourinho heavily in the transfer market since the Portuguese ace's arrival, Man United have found themselves well behind rivals Man City in the race for the Premier League title.

The race to be top goalscorer of the Premier League is hotting up, and after looking at some of the best bookmakers odds, it now looks a great time to lay some money down on our main man Alexis Sanchez to land the prize.

Lukas Podolski was one of the many players that Arsenal lost through injury last season and that was a real shame for us, because the German international had started the season well and could well have made a real difference in the race for the Premier League title.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

I concede the fact it has only been a handful of Premier League fixtures and the title race, as well as Champions League gold is probably a touch ambitious but I have been extremely impressed wirh Arsenal over the last few weeks and owe Le Prof a personally aplogy.

In an interview with BBC Sport, as seen in the tweet below, Pogba suggested that he hoped some key Man City players picked up injuries to give United a better chance of catching them in the Premier League title race, although you can tell he was hesitant in admitting it.

With their next fixture against Burnley, the Anfield outfit could well keep the pressure on in the race for the Premier League top four.

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

Also remember the BPL is the toughest league in the world, no longer is it a 2 horse race between us and United (like it was pre 2005 in your article), there are at least 5 - 6 teams capable of winning it — so it has become a lot more difficult to win honors and the fact that we are considered the best team next to Chel $ ea right now and in 2nd place shows just how Wenger HAS indeed evolved with the game.

The Gunners have managed to put their aptitude together and have weathered through the rough terrain and are coming home getting better and better as they gradually arriving to the homestraight for the final heat race to lift the Prestigious Barclays Premier League Platinum Big Trophy this season.

stop making up stuff; by the time our injuries were at a normal level we were out of the race already and from that point onward we had the best form in the league equal to Chelsea.

The Indians lost against the Mariners but the Astros won so the race for best record in the American League remains tight, with Houston only 1.5 games back.

With the Merseyside club in the middle of the race for the Premier League top four, fans will be hoping that none of this distracts one of their best players from the task at hand.

The SoCal High School Cycling League was organized in 2008 to provide a well defined race season for high school student - athletes and to promote the formation of teams at public and private high schools.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theleague the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in theLeague until we are no longer in the race.

With the race for the Premier League Golden Boot award well and truly up and running CaughtOffside works out what the table would look like if clubs were ranked based solely on their top - scorer.

It would take a minor miracle for Arsenal to finish this latest round of EPL games on top of the Premier League race, well it would need Manchester United to win their derby game with Man City while we beat Everton, and if our rivals draw we would need to put seven past the Toffees to go above City on goal difference.

The National League has a bit of a tighter race, with the surprisingly good DBacks» leader, Paul Goldschmidt, at the top of the list at +150.

The Gunners have fallen outside the top four thanks to their defeat to Manchester United at the weekend, and look to be well out of the race for the Premier League title.

I expect them to put up a good showing this year but premier league quality has improved overall and it will be more difficult to win the title or even to remain in title race with so many contenders.

So when he was asked about the Premier League title race, which all of us Arsenal fans were expecting us to make a much better go at this season, the former France striker declared that he still thinks we will be up there, as reported by The Express.

Well if anyone was sad enough to actually believe that Ozil would be aiming to leave our beloved club while he is having his best season ever and the Gunners are only two points behind in the race for the Premier League title, then they need their heads examined!

Of course the Gunners did not want to drop out of the elite competition that is the Champions League, but the boss suggested it might be a good thing as we could then focus all our energies on the new Premier League title race.

With stars such as Alvaro Morata and Alexandre Lacazette making move to England this summer, as well as players like Romelu Lukaku and Kyle Walker swapping one Premier League team for another in big - money moves, it seems as if all the title chasers are pushing the boat out this year in the race to be declared champions come May.

Knowing that the Series Overall would be decided at this race was extra motivation as well and I was so excited to come away with it after being last in points all season.It's a team effort at every race so I want to thank my family, friends, sponsors, and of coarse everyone behind the SoCal League who make it happen!