Sentences with phrase «clear of their rivals»

Chelsea will go ahead of Arsenal in the Premier League table if they win on Saturday, while a Gunners victory would see Wenger's men move three points clear of their rivals, who currently trail them on goal difference.

Schalke are only a point clear of their rivals, and with November's 4 - 4 still fresh in the memory, hopes are high for another classic.

PSV sit top of the Eredivisie, one point clear of rivals Ajax, and moved to secure Van Ginkel on loan after Mexico international Andres Guardado picked up a hamstring injury during Saturday's 4 - 2 win over De Graafschap.

In both races in Brussels, Gatlin was well clear of his rivals.

That victory puts Mourinho's men five points clear of their rival and pretty much needed breathing space to maintain that second place spot for now.

United are now five points clear of their rivals in second position in the English Premier League table.

Manchester City finally overcame a brave Huddersfield Town on Sunday with a late Raheem Sterling to keep Pep Guardiola's side eight points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League.

Currently rock - bottom of the Portuguese Liga after suffering back - to - back defeats, Pacos at least avoided a similar fate in Europe with the draw enough to keep them one point clear of their rivals.

Celtic are six points clear of their rivals at the top of the Premiership with a game in hand as they look to secure their second successive domestic Treble.

After first league defeat (Chelsea 2 - 1) and elimination from Uefa champions league, Manchester City will look to bounce back, and Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled squad face their first real test of the campaign.Although they still sit two points clear of rivals Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, and in their 15 matches racked 49 goals, with possible defeat and Man Utd win over QPR (video) will they lose top spot of Premier league.What make this match more interest is several Arsenal players which now play for Citizens.

City, who are 16 points clear of rivals Manchester United, face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final a week on Sunday in search for their first piece of silverware of the season.

If the North West team did manage to get all three points then it would have meant they would have gone two points clear of their rivals Manchester City.

His comments came after a new poll put the Conservatives an incredible 18 points clear of their rivals.

Not exact matches

A rival offering would need to have a clear margin of superiority to overcome this hurdle.

Mattel is kicking off 2016 with a clear disadvantage: the maker of Barbie and Hot Wheels will lose 7 % of the company's annual sales, roughly $ 440 million, after ceding a key license to a top rival.

Though King wouldn't say whether Walmart had concrete plans to eventually make marketplace items available for services like in - store pickup of online orders, as it does for its own assortment, it's clear Walmart's 4,000 - some stores could give the company a big advantage over its main marketplace rivals, Amazon.com (amzn) and eBay.

The data is clear; NYC rivals the likes of Silicon Valley for startup growth.

The anticompetitive implications here seem clear: Amazon is exploiting the fact that some of its customers are also its rivals.

In the early years of Amazon, Jeff Bezos was clear that he needed to get ahead of rivals such as Barnes & Noble and Toys R Us, even if it meant chaos within Amazon.

Elsewhere in Asia, he has been impressed with the work of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Project Ubin, an initiative with rival consortium R3, which explored the potential of DLT for clearing and settlement of payments and securities.

It is not yet clear whether the usage of the latter two terms will make them synonyms of «conciliar fellowship» or establish them as denoting important variants or even rival understandings.

Social responsibility and discernment require a clear perception of such rival myths and their power, recognition of such competing visions and rituals, ability to exorcize those that are malign, and to reconcile those that are benign.

We have all but ruled ourselves out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.

So the signing of these two brilliant and key players should be sending out a clear message to our rivals in the Premier League and Champions League.

Ernesto Valverde has done an excellent job thus far after taking charge this past summer, leading his side to an unbeaten start to the La Liga campaign as they sit top of the table and four points clear of their nearest rivals.

It's clear what fans of his rivals below think though...

Spurs begin the evening seven points clear of Chelsea with just five games remaining, and so a win here will pile the pressure on their rivals to respond and keep their own hopes alive.

Chelsea had just ended the 2014 - 15 season as double winners, having beaten London rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Capital One Cup final before cruising to the Premier League title, eight points clear of runners - up Manchester City.

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.

the selling option remains on hold and the rivals clubs will stay clear of the player (while he's under contract) for fear of being exposed and even sued by arsenal FC.

It also seems clear that the Frenchman knows that we do need another striker of quality to help out the likes of Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott if Arsenal are to have a real chance of beating our Premier League rivals to the title this year.

The Czechs remain atop Group A — six points clear of nearest rivals Netherlands — but will not be happy at the manner in which they lost their 100 percent record in the qualifiers.

Baines and Monreal are tied for first on pass completion so the Spaniard is not just about defending, although it is clear that this is his real strength, with more blocks, clearances and interceptions than his rivals as well as winning an amazing 62 percent of his aerial duels.

It's clear that Gunners wanted to capture this player just that little bit more than their rivals and, when you have a wage structure which can't always compete with the very biggest clubs, it's all about working that extra bit hard to sign these sort of players.

Firtly the Guardian reported the Chelsea defensive midfielder Nemanja Matic admitting his unhappiness that Cech will be playing for one of Chelsea's main rivals and not their manager's former right hand man Steve Clarke has made the situation even more clear.

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.

Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger has once again made it clear that he has no intention of selling Alexis to anyone, even if it is to a rival from outside the Premier League.

The point keeps Newcastle United four points clear of nearest rivals West Brom and the Geordies still have a game in hand and look good for a swift return to the top flight.

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 team that I see as our only big rivals for the Title, they sit 2 points clear of us right now, they just tore Newcastle a new one, and are just about everybodys pick for the league, and the only real test in the league coming soon is at home to Man United (Pray for a draw), but whilst they are everybodys pick, they are favourites, they are still not untouchable.

Chelsea go into the match with City five points clear of Manuel Pellegrini's side but will be wary not to write off their main rivals for the Premier League title yet after already losing an eight point lead gained earlier this season.

Ernesto Valverde has led the Catalan giants to top spot in the La Liga table after eight games as they remain unbeaten and four points clear of their nearest rivals.

Sterling's goal also fired City 15 points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United, who seem to be doing their bit to help City wrap up the title as quickly as possible after dropping four points in their last two games against Leicester City and Burnley.

After the Arsenal open - bus FA Cup parade, Jack Wilshere made it clear that he was an Arsenal fan through and through, and had to pay 40,000 GBP for the priviledge of insulting our closest rivals on live TV, but is he just a mercenary like all the rest?

Arsenal and Wenger jst makes me sick, i hvnt been a happy man since yestdy wen i witnessd that leicestrs performanc against city... really why always us Lord... God u gave us almost 4 chances to cement the top spot and as always we blew them... i realy feel betrayd by Wenger coz its clear that we wont win it this season even aftr God made all our rivals weakr... does anyone out there feels like me or am jst on ma world of my own!

While no - one is expecting Arsene Wenger to spend toe - to - toe with the likes of Man City and Chelsea, it's not clear why the new stadium was built if the revenue it brings doesn't allow the club to compete with the likes of the Glazer - shackled Man United and North London rivals Tottenham.

That sounds like a stupid question, considering they are seven points clear and, as mentioned, have used fewer players than any of their rivals.

Even though our player has gone to a direct Premier League rival we got a good sum of money for a player in the final year of his contract and it was clear he wanted to leave.

However since their loss to in January to Liverpool, they have been unbeatable in league play running off six straight victories and clearing themselves ahead of the field and bitter rival Manchester United by 16 points.

PSV are one point clear of Ajax, who will surely be confident of moving back above their bitter rivals when they host fierce rivals FC Zwolle at the Amsterdam ArenA on Sunday.