Sentences with phrase «clear at the top»

Following the result Chelsea look overwhelming favourites to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time in five years as they sit 10 points clear at the top of the league, with just six games remaining.

Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has accused Chelsea of getting referee Mike Dean on their side during the 1 - 0 win over the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge, putting them 10 points clear at the top of the league.

With the Stamford Bridge outfit five points and a game in hand clear at the top of the Premier League and still in the Champions League there is a chance this could be the Portuguese's best season yet as a manager.

Coincidentally, we were 7 points clear at the top of the league last November.

We should have been 5 pts clear at the top by now.

Newcastle United romped past Barnsley at St James» Park to go eight points clear at the top of the Championship.

He was winning the Premier League player of the month regularly, scoring plenty of goals including some real crackers and the Gunners were almost always clear at the top of the league table.

Barca equalled that record in last weekend's win over Leganes, while they remain 11 points clear at the top of the standings this season as they edge ever closer to sealing the league crown.

We may have gone two points clear at the top of the table with a win over Newcastle this past Saturday afternoon, but we made things unnecessarily difficult for ourselves with a thoroughly poor performance.

Chelsea can now go six points clear at the top if they win at Sunderland this evening.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

Chelsea are 6 clear at the top, all players guns blazing and they're getting # 60m for Oscar on Jan 1st.

Raheem Sterling netted twice and Luis Suarez scored his customary goal against the Canaries as Liverpool moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

City, meanwhile, continued their march towards the title with another three points, putting them eight points clear at the top of the table following the best ever start to a Premier League season.

With Manchester City dropping three huge points to high - flying Liverpool, victory on Wednesday night could see the Stamford Bridge outfit go eight points clear at the top.

As already noted, with City so far clear at the top of the Premier League and with almost all their rivals in disarray, it could mean Guardiola can really focus on this competition like few other managers of English clubs have had the luxury of being able to do in recent times.

Chelsea drew with Southampton on Sunday to go six points clear at the top of the Premier League in an unconvincing fashion.

This loss coupled with Manchester City's win means that they are now only three points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Yes, we're only two points behind City and two points in front of the spuds, but we really should have been 5 pts clear at the top!

Peter patiently tucked Armbro Omaha in along the rail, then sent him into the clear at the top of the stretch to win the race.

Pep Guardiola doesn't exactly look in desperate need for new players after his side's remarkable season so far, with the Sky Blues 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League and booking a date in next month's Carabao Cup final with Arsenal.

Leicester City secured a 3 - 2 win over Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon as they moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League table.

If success is really down to how much money one's got and star players, then please explain how Leicester are six points clear at the top of the table.

The Blues are still seven points clear at the top of the Premier League, but that could drop to four or six points depending on the result between Manchester City and Southampton.

Will Mourinho change his tactics with Manchester City eight points clear at the top of the table?

It is not ideal, of course, and the Arsenal fans would obviously prefer to be nine points clear at the top instead of nine behind the current leaders Chelsea, but in a way I think the situation will help the lads focus on football and perform well.

Because we are not ten points clear at the top.

The overhaul at Brentford comes with Benham wanting to follow the lead of his Danish side FC Midtjylland, on the cusp of winning the Superliga, sitting 11 points clear at the top.

Witha fired up, well organised team with the chances we have had, we should be clear at the top but that is on Wenger to get them training properly, working hard and actually looking up for it.

When Arsenal were five points clear at the top of the Premier League table at the start of the calendar year, most Arsenal fans were not too bothered about the FA cup apart from the fact that it would have made a nice double and would have looked good in the Emirates trophy room standing next to the Premier League trophy.

We are NOT 10 points clear at the top mate!

The Blues are eight points clear at the top of the Premier League, but it doesn't appear Conte is totally content with the players he has at his disposal.

If wasn't for Cech, we would have been in 6th or 7th place and if it wasn't for our lackluster performances against the lesser teams, we would have been 15 pts clear at the Top!

We have had a number of opportunities to get clear at the top but have bottled it every time.

The Catalans are 11 points clear at the top of the table with six games remaining after they defeated Valencia 2 - 1 on Saturday at the Nou Camp.

The Catalan giants still remain seven points clear at the top of the La Liga table, but ultimately it's a game that they were expected to win at the Nou Camp and it's points dropped to give nearest rivals Atletico Madrid more confidence of catching them.

The Player of the Year for the Stamford Bridge outfit has played a pivotal role in the club sitting seven points clear at the top of the table, and fans have been waiting for this news for some time.

We should pick up 3points but considering the way we are playing, injuries and thinking we should be clear at the top of the league, i wont get my hopes up because as of last weeks defeat and our last few games i do nt see us as contenders this season... its a fight for 3rd again for automatic spot i group stage of CL.

Antonio Conte's men sit eight points clear at the top of the Premier League table, and are now firm favourites to go all the way and win the title.

Conte's side currently sit six points clear at the top of the Premier League table as the former Juventus and Italy boss has turned things around dramatically.

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.

The Blues are now 11 points clear at the top off the Premier league table after goals from Spanish trio Cesc Fabregas, Pedro and Diego Costa sealed their 20th top - flight win of the season.

In their last game, they beat second place University of Newcastle 1s away to go one point clear at the top of the Northern 1A league.

Now 12 points clear at the top Arsenal stole a title from him.

Chelsea went two points clear at the top of the the Premier League after a 2 - 0 victory over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge.

Even if we were in Chelsea position right now, 9 points clear at the top, even then it wouldn't be safe for Arsenal.

Arsenal do in fact have more reason than our rivals to hope for Spurs to at least get something from the game because a Chelsea win would beat our own EPL record of 13 straight wins as well as keeping them well clear at the top.

The Catalan giants sit four points clear at the top of the La Liga table with nine wins from 10 games, while they boast a 100 percent record in the Champions League.

Arsenal weren't finished there either with Sanchez finding the back of the net with a composed finish to secure all three points which move them clear at the top of the Premier League table ahead of the remaining fixtures this weekend.

As well as winning over 25 French caps, Pogba has won three Italian titles with Juve — and looks set to claim another this season, with Massimiliano Allegri's side currently sitting six points clear at the top of Serie A.