Sentences with phrase «closest title rivals»

On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1 win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash against Fulham in confident mood.

The real winners, of course, are Barcelona, who have successfully come through their own transfer ban and can now expect their closest title rivals falling behind next season.

Not exact matches

The result moves Arsenal nine points ahead of their rivals and are now closer to first place — moving into second place today — than they are to fourth and many will be wondering if they can sustain a late title challenge.

Jenson Button was desperate to secure the 2009 world championship with a race to spare in 2009, but with teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello (yes, he did once get sorta close to actually winning one!)

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Add in the fact that City are Chelsea's closest rival for the Premier League title and that Lampard scored against the Blues last time out and you could see where some potential problems might arise.

With the defeat it means Arsenal missed out on the chance to close the gap on Chelsea in the title race and our local rivals now host Sunderland today as clear leaders.

Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face against all our title rivals, and if we win them all we can close the gap at the top.

Attack looks a clear priority for strengthening this summer after United's failure to get anywhere close to rivals Manchester City in the title race this season.

However, he's now closed out the title with a second - place finish in race one of the weekend at Hockenheim, as title rival Maximilian Gunther could only finish 10th.

I keep saying it, and I'll say again... in 2016 Wenger couldn't even get close to winning the title, let alone actually winning it, despite ALL of our rivals finishing below us.

They are hoping that the Colombian would be interested in cutting short his stay at Stamford Bridge in order to come back and help fire them closer to their title rivals.

The Gunners appear to be appear to be giving in to the growing trend of playing with 3 centre - halves, as Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United have all tried out this term, and it has so far proved a success, with the Blues closing on the title since the change in system, and Spurs their nearest rivals to win the league.

Another piece of silverware is inching closer for the capital club, and there is no better source of late - season motivation than the prospect of securing the title against their closest rivals.

Last season saw Real Madrid need a fantastic late run of results in La Liga just to get close to the eventual title winners Barcelona and put pressure on their fierce rivals, but this time the football boot has been on the other foot so to speak.

Steaua, like their close Bucharest rivals Dinamo, have dominated Romanian football with forty - one league titles between them, shared almost equally, and are the two biggest teams in the country.

Borussia Dortmund moved a step closer to a successful defence of their Bundesliga title thanks to a win over their nearest rivals Bayern Munich.

Imagine how she would react if Hamilton was to win in America, where he overtook Mercedes teammate and close rival Nico Rosberg at the first corner to move into pole position to defend his title.

When Alex Ferguson's men get into their stride and start to hit all the right notes, they're close to unstoppable, as their title rivals are beginning to find out for themselves this season.

Paris Saint - Germain have added to their record as the most successful club in the Coupe de la Ligue after beating Monaco at Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux for their fifth consecutive title and eighth overall — five better than their three closest rivals.

And Mirallas played 85 minutes of a 2 - 0 success that saw third - place Olympiakos — who have a game in hand on their title rivals - close the gap on leaders AEK Athens to just two points.

World class players don't stay around in teams like this, they don't stay for being knocked out in the Champions League in March or languishing fifteen points behind their closest rivals in the most one - sided title «race» in Premier League history.

Barcelona closed in on the La Liga title by thrashing local rivals Espanyol 5 - 0 on Sunday as Atletico Madrid dropped out of the race after losing 2 - 1 -LRB-...)

When playing against their other five closest rivals Liverpool have yet to lose, claiming 19 points out of a possible 27 (title winning form).

At one stage, Barca appeared to have the title wrapped up, nine points clear of their closest rivals at the top.

Their progression in the FA Cup now leaves the Blues on the verge of completing a memorable league and cup double, and with their closest rivals for the title slipping up on Sunday, Chelsea will look to seize full advantage by stretching their lead at the top of the Barclay's Premier League table.

PSG's chances of beating Monaco again and wrapping up the Ligue 1 title against their closest rivals in satisfying fashion have been boosted by the news that Kylian Mbappe has been passed fit to face his formative club.

And fellow Briton Shelly Woods won her seventh wheelchair title after her main rival crashed close to the finish.

After two years at Fratton Park, and having won the League Two title earlier this month, former Claret Paul Cook has left the south coast club to return closer to home and join new League One rivals Wigan Athletic as manager.

Feel Free, the commercial title from Samsung topped the list with 650 points beating its closest rival Apple's iPad advertisement titled «It Becomes Delightful, Even Magical,» which came in second with 640 point total.

Perhaps most remarkable of all is just how many more copies than the rest Fifty Shades is selling, even Fifty Shades Freed, the weakest title of the trilogy, is selling 2.5 times the closest rival, Suzanne Collins» Hunger Games.

The game has been heavily marketed by Microsoft and publisher Electronic Arts, and is widely considered a benchmark title for the Xbox One machine, especially as it is unavailable on close rival PlayStation 4.