Sentences with phrase «by their title rivals»

Points could be dropped by their title rivals in their this weekend games.
Because the Gunners have to start imposing their dominance as the team to fear by their title rivals right from this season.
The Gunners have endured a torrid couple of months with their European exit at the hands of Bayern Munich compounded by some harrowing drubbings inflicted by their title rivals.
In that time Chelsea have collected just one solitary point and have even seen their four - point lead at the summit not only cut down to size by title rivals Man Utd, they've been forced to play the role of catch up for the very first time this season.

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Mancini, by contrast, has guided Inter Milan to the top of the Serie A, following victory over title rivals AS Roma this weekend.
Now all the talk is about which team will triumph this time Mourinho has had another swipe at Wenger and the other rival managers by claiming that playing down talk of the title is really just down to being scared to admit their ambition, The Mirror reports, with the suggestion being that everyone is worried that United will be too strong.
The Merengues were defeated on aggregate by Juventus this week in the semi-final, and thus will not be able to defend the continental title they won last year against fierce rivals Barcelona in Berlin.
Former Leicester City striker Gary Lineker has poked fun at Arsenal by claiming that the Gunners have stolen the wrong scout from their surprise Premier League title rivals.
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.
That win for the Foxes, along with the dropped points by all of our main title rivals, was not even all that surprising because that is the way this season has been going since the start.
Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a win against Manchester City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real title rivals.
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.
Barca currently trail rivals Real Madrid by six points in the title race, albeit they have a game in hand, but they have failed to deliver consistently this season which has also led to question marks over Enrique's future.
Mourinho had a go at our other Premier League rivals Man United, Liverpool and Man City a few days ago, showing an almost unbelievable cheek and hypocrisy by suggesting they were trying to buy the title.
As Calciomercato report, Spurs spent just # 70million in the transfer window, which was dwarfed by the spending of their title rivals.
Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.
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.
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....
and still people tries to praise him by his past glories, 3 EPL titles in 20 years is pathetic, compare him to his rival, Ferguson.
I think what should be of a primary concern to the Boss, the Gunners and we the Gooners, is the state of readiness of the Gunners to capitalise on any dropped points by our 3 title rivals of, Leicester, Spurs & Man City.
Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.
Arsenal got away with conceding a late equaliser away to Liverpool in midweek, although it was a bitter pill to swallow for the Gunners, because our main Premier League title rivals Man City had been held to a draw themselves by Everton.
Smotherman shot a 4 - under 67 at San Gabriel Country Club to win the state title while NorCal swept the top three team spots, led by Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay.
On the other hand, our rivals from White Hart Lane may well have lost a good deal of their own confidence.optimism and belief that Mauricio Pochettino is the man to lead them to the EPL title and that could help us as well by hindering them.
Looking at the Arsenal main title rivals weekend fixtures, I have a hunch, points are likely going to be dropped by those Arsenal 2 title challengers.
It is up to Arsenal to make the most of any slip ups by our Premier League rivals of course, and after slipping back into third place, even though we are only behind Man City on goal difference, means that we will need to do better than them and Leicester City for the rest of the season, while the run of results from our north London rivals has brought Tottenham right up to just two points behind us and got people talking about them as genuine title contenders.
It was even harder for Arsenal fans to take as there seemed to be a door left open by our Premier League rivals to finally regain the title after 12 years of waiting since that amazing unbeaten season from the invincibles.
While you will find a lot of Arsenal fans ready to bemoan our fate, with the main complaint being that we do not match the ambition and spending power of our big Premier League rivals to really compete for the EPL title and the Champions League trophy, a new report by UEFA shows that Arsenal are actually in an elite group and that every club not in this group are the ones that are really in trouble.
Arsenal still have to make sure that it counts by winning our away game against AFC Bournemouth tonight, but the Gunners were probably not expecting any of the main rivals for the Premier League title to slip up in this latest run of games.
we should have learned by now, we buy prospects while our rivals buy quality players, and we all witness who win the titles every season (It's not us)
If that does not do it for you Gooners, maybe the statistical report by Metro comparing the shooting and scoring stats of the Premier League title chasers will do the trick, as the report shows that Arsenal are doing better than all of our our rivals in the two key areas of goals per attempt and goals scored per shots on target.
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Although Blues boss Jose Mourinho is thought to be ready to let the world class stopper leave the club in the summer, he has made it abundantly clear as reported by the Guardian last week, that he would be reluctant to sell to next season's potential title challenge rivals Arsenal.
But if Arsenal are to perform this task successfully, they have to as from now on stop dropping points to be in readiness to cspitalise on any dropped ponts by their 5 opponent Title rivals.
Turan has impressed in La Liga since joining Atletico from Galatasaray back in 2011, and helped guide the club to a La Liga title win in the 2013/14 season, as well as on a run to the Champions League final, where Diego Simeone's side were eventually beaten by city rivals Real Madrid in Lisbon.
Tottenham lose top spot after being beaten by a Chelsea side motivated not to lose their title to their London rivals.
Although undoubtedly still a Chelsea legend for his many years of great service, Lampard has angered some sections of supporters by moving to a Premier League rival, and he will return to Stamford Bridge for the first time since his exit this weekend when the two sides meet in an all - important clash between the two main title rivals.
The Man United boss has earmarked moves for a trio of targets having been promised funds by his Old Trafford board as he looks to wrestle the Premier League title from local rivals Man City.
The HUGE plus comes from our rivals Manchester City and Tottenham both failing to win their matches, and as predicted earlier in the day, these points could well prove pivotal in the title race, especially as we now sit joint - top of the table, behind City by only one goal.
If you by the way the Arsenal transfer rumours have been progressing during the summer then it looks like our London rivals and the current Premier League title holders are set to step up their attempts to sign our England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, who is one of a number of Gunners that have enetered the final year of their current Arsenal contracts.
@ MONEYTALKS Not only they will not be sold, but they will be offer Contract extensions by sugar daddy WENGER, meanwhile he sold RVP to our main rival, result they won the Title...... this man lost his touch a long time ago, is pathetic watching him completely clueless sitting on his arse watching Donkey Giroud missing opportunities while OX and Walcott are rotting on the bench...... it's getting old year after year having this debate instead of looking forward to a title or be contender in tTitle...... this man lost his touch a long time ago, is pathetic watching him completely clueless sitting on his arse watching Donkey Giroud missing opportunities while OX and Walcott are rotting on the bench...... it's getting old year after year having this debate instead of looking forward to a title or be contender in ttitle or be contender in the CL
The Red Devils remain in the hunt for silverware with the FA Cup and Champions League this season, but they haven't been able to keep up with the pace set by rivals Man City in the Premier League title race.
However, should Arsenal lose a player of Sánchez's quality to a rival club, breaking the 12 - year drought of not winning the Premier League will not get any easier, as highlighted by the departures of stars such as Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, who all of course went onto win the title with other clubs.
he was piss poor did nt hold his position and we could all see how exposed bellerin was when he came on... my point is i will rather if he refuse to sign d contract giving to him by arsenal we should get rid and pls before ppl start saying sell him to title rivals and you will see him tear us apart crap ask yourself this question.
As reported by The Mirror, the all time Premier League top scorer who won the title himself with Blackburn Rovers, reckons that with all the turmoil and uncertainty at all of our EPL rivals, this season offers by far the best opportunity for Arsenal to end over a decade of waiting.
Nevertheless, based on this report, he didn't do much to impress Messi on Thursday, and he'll now be desperate for his team as a whole to react at the weekend in order to take a major step towards winning the La Liga title by dealing a huge blow to a direct rival in Atleti.
The burden from 13 years of a title drought must surely be still weighing heavy on the players» shoulders and can not be removed, simply, by loosening the purse strings again or changing the manager, as rivals Liverpool have found out during the past 30 years.
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