Sentences with phrase «defence of one's title»

He played another four games in the unsuccessful defence of their title the following year.

Arsenal keeper Petr Cech says it is «hard to believe» the plight his former club Chelsea are in as they lie 16th in the Premier League in defence of their title, the London Evening Standard reports.

Having retired on top after making 9 defences of his title against strong contenders you could argue there's little left for him to prove.

Hull have made a very strong defence of their title thus far, beating Catalans and runaway Super League leaders Castleford on their way back to the last four.

The Cherries are all but mathematically safe from relegation, but the Blues have little to play for either at this stage of the campaign after the disastrous defence of their title.

One feels Jose Mourinho's men surely won't mess it up from here, with City putting in a pretty poor defence of their title.

It's been a difficult season for Chelsea, who look likely at this point to just miss out on a top four place after a weak defence of the title they won so resoundingly last season.

Antonio Conte's side will put up a strong defence of their title if they remain healthy.

What should have been a robust defence of their title win — and perhaps even the start of a new era of domestic domination under Jose Mourinho — quickly unraveled into the end of one managerial regime, as the Blues slumped to just four wins in their first 16 league games.

Those more optimistic and less perceptive may still have been expecting Chelsea to put up a reasonable defence of their title.

His first defence of the title came against Dan Henderson who previously knocked Bisping out cold back at UFC 100, still, to this day it's one of the most replayed knockouts in MMA history.

Your full immersion into this story is crushed by the lack of Touch and Vive controller support, though in defence of this title, it was released before touch controllers were available.

Chelsea haven't managed to put together a strong defence of their title, but they have a good opportunity to make ground this weekend against relegation - threatened Brighon.

The French Champions have already sold far too many players ahead of their defence of the title, but their are still lots of rumours regarding the teenage phenomenom Kylian Mbappe, Lemar and the Brazilian Fabinho.

United are thought to be preparing for wholesale changes this summer as they hope to reshuffle the pack ahead of the defence of their title.

While the reigning Premier League champions still boast plenty of quality in their squad, they have not started the defence of their title well, and look an all - round weaker squad than last season.

A defence of their title looks unlikely this season with a significant gap having developed between them and league leaders Manchester United.

After failing to land a world class player last summer in order to strengthen his squad in the defence of the title, it appears Pellegrini is already planning ahead for an assault on the league and in Europe next season:

Elsewhere Arsenal have been handed a tough away trip to West Bromwich Albion, whilst Tottenham Hotspur will be travelling just down the road to visit Aston Villa and current champions Swansea will begin their defence of their title with a trip to Birmingham City.

They opened the defence of their title with a 3 - 2 win over newly - promoted Southampton, which had echoes of their memorable game against QPR, as City came from 2 - 1 down late on to grab the three points.

According to the Daily Mail, Mourinho will send scouts to find a new signing in this area for January, with the Blues in urgent need of building a squad that can recover after this bad start to the defence of their title.

However, the reigning Barclays Premier League champions have been unable to land either defender and now look set to turn their attentions to luring Rose away from White Hart Lane before they begin the defence of their title against Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

Kante's departure that summer was always going to impact Leicester's defence of the title and the team struggled to maintain their form.

Reigning Premier League champions Chelsea begin the defence of their title with a good looking home opener against Burnley.

Having him lead the defence of the title he masterminded is an exciting relief and the right course of action.

The good news for Chelsea is that the defence of their title is up and running with a first victory of the season and that Pedro, on this evidence, will light up the Premier League with his presence.

The Premier League champions looks to reinforce the squad with more attacking options following the defence of their title difficult in the early stages of the new season, losing three out of their first six matches.

After winning the title, City would have hoped to have put up a better defence of their title than they actually did.

Gordon Shedden (Honda Civic) endured a difficult weekend at Brands Hatch as he begun the defence of his title, but will fancy his chances of hitting the top step of the podium at Donington, a track where he won twice last year.

The game has found itself the subject of several critical headlines this last week, forcing EA Mythic to come out in defence of the title.