Sentences with phrase «crucial league run»

Not exact matches

The home game against Hull City kick started a run of four winnable games in the Premier League for the Wenger's wizards who, owing to their insipid display, dropped two crucial points that surely would have hurt the North Londoners» prospects at the time.

As we enter the crucial run in to the end of the season, which is the time that we traditionally up our game to reach the Champions League positions, we also have another big advantage in that all of the five teams above us are still in the Champions League and Man United, City, Tottenham and Chelsea are also still in the FA Cup, and are set to face some very tough games in the coming weeks, or maybe months if they do well.

After a stop - start first two - thirds of the season, Juventus have finally rounded into form at a crucial time, retaking first place in Serie A and coming back in wildly dramatic fashion to beat a Tottenham Hotspur side in the round of 16 that many believed had what it took to make a deep run in the Champions League this year.

Arsenal have now started the short run of pre-season games in preparation for the tough start to a crucial Premier League season in which the pressure on Arsene Wenger and the players to mount a serious title challenge is greater than ever after blowing what appeared to be a golden chance last time around and with the gap since our last successful campaign now more than 12 years.

The 36 - year - old midfielder currently has a deal at the Etihad Stadium until January, but a recent run of form — four goals in his last five games, including a crucial strike against his old club Chelsea — has sparked speculation that the Premier League champions could try to keep him for longer.

In turn, it's a crucial encounter for both teams, and with Milan on a 10 - game unbeaten run in the league, winning eight of those outings, it promises to be a thrilling and intriguing match.

At the end of the season, Peter Cech cited long term injuries to key players over the crucial run - in period as the main reason that we failed to win the league.

As mentioned, Mourinho's men come into the contest on the back of Thursday's crucial 1 - 0 win over Celta Vigo, a result which takes the Reds a step closer to the Europa League final, while extending our unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions.

Not only is this a real boost for the Gunners in a difficult week, with a home tie in the Champions League against Galatasaray followed by a crucial Premier League away day at Chelsea, but it could be seen as the end of Wilshere's terrible run of bad luck with injuries.

Star striker Brett Pitman made it up to the Premier League with Bournemouth, netting some crucial goals in the run - in.

However, there is a crucial Champions League game at home to Juventus before that, and I would be surprised if Bale didn't get at least a late run out in that, rather than throwing him straight into the heat of a derby match in Barcelona.

In a run of games where West Ham come up against teams that they should, and must, be capable of beating it is crucial to collect the points that will secure a more comfortable league position.

That cameo remains his only first - team run - out but interestingly he was pictured warming up with the first - team ahead of a crucial Champions League clash against Bayer Leverkusen in October.

It was a crucial victory for Huddersfield, who notched their first points of 2018 after last week's defeat at Manchester United had extended their winless league run to eight matches and plunged them into the bottom three.

These compromises were all necessary to optimize the game, however, and as a result Rocket League runs at a rock solid 60 fps on Nintendo Switch which is crucial to keep the action fast - paced.