Sentences with phrase «double over champions»

Though a league double over champions Leicester City was achieved, it was a simple lack of consistency, with occasional displays of defensive naivety, which caused the Gunners» eventual failure to win a first title since 2004.

They might have faced a much worse off Blues side back then, but Ronald Koeman's men are more than capable of completing the league double over the champions on Saturday.

So should Arsenal get a bit more credit for doing the double over the champions elect?

He'll mention mental strength and cohesion... then say «At least, we did the double over the Champions (Leicester).

Stoke won 1 - 0 at the Etihad back in August and, with Man City going through a sticky patch of form, the Potters have an excellent chance to secure a rare double over the champions.

Not exact matches

Our chances of doing it have been handed a double boost this week as the Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and their first choice centre back Toby Alderweireld picked up knocks during their Champions League win over Real Madrid.

He has over 100 games in the League and Champions league for Arsenal, but is still yet to hit double figures in those competitions.

Unfortunately this puts both of the England stars at big risk of missing at least the first leg of our Champions League double - header against Monaco, which kicks off in just over two weeks.

Swansea have doubled their advantage over champions Leicester City through a smart finish from Martin Olsson.

According to a report in The Sun we have already made an opening transfer bid of a little over # 17 million for the dynamic and pacy player but the Serie A champions are looking for almost double that amount.

«The Machine» nailed an incredible double - in nine - darter in a high - quality win over Robert Thornton on Wednesday, before defeating defending champion Phil Taylor in the quarter - finals on Friday.

Simeone Jr. netted twice as Genoa secured a shock 3 - 1 result over the reigning Serie A champions Juventus to double his goal tally for the season to four.

That first full season we did the double over Manchester United to depose them as champions and went on to defeat Newcastle at Wembley to complete the second Arsenal double.

With no global championships to aim for in 2018, double Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead has set himself a new challenge of doubling up in the longer sprints and racing over 400m as well as 200m this year.

The Reds are on a 15 - match unbeaten run at home (since April 2017) in the Premier League and after their Champions League masterclass 10 days ago as well as training in Marbella, they should be raring to do the PL double over the Hammers.

The double European indoor and former world indoor champion over 60m had to contend with glandular fever, Achilles problems and an excruciating fracture to his finger which resulted from him accidentally trapping his hand in a door during 2017.

The double world and Olympic track champion has had his summer plans interrupted by illness and was forced to withdraw from the 5000m and 10,000 m — the distances over which he won his Olympic and world titles — at the Commonwealth Games.

Wissam Ben Yedder's double ensured that Man United would be going no further than the Champions League first knockout round — leaving Mourinho to face some very uncomfortable questions regarding his management of the team and tactics over the two legs.

Dele Alli's double drove Tottenham to a first Stamford Bridge win over Chelsea since 1990 and left the Blues» Champions League qualification bid in ta...

Liverpool completed the premier league double over Watford last season they defeated Watford 6 - 1 at home back in November 2016 and followed that up with a 1 - 0 win in May 2017 what was a crucial win in pursuit of champions league football

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Ronaldo has won four Ballon d'Or titles over the course of his career, and he looks set to lift his fifth this year after having guided Los Blancos to a La Liga and Champions League double.

He returned to win in 1998, 1999 and 2000 before going on to become a double world and Olympic champion and will make his debut over 26.2 miles this April.

A Ronaldo double propelled holders Real to a 3 - 1 advantage over PSG in Spain, while Messi grabbed a vital away goal for Barcelona in a 1 - 1 draw at Premier League champions Chelsea.

The current Premier League champions did the double over City last season, winning 3 - 1 at the Etihad Stadium before an Eden Hazard double was enough for a 2 - 1 victory in west London.

The 2011 world 100m champion set his 100m PB of 9.69 at this event two years ago and this year, over double the distance, he faces the likes of fellow Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade — winner of the 200m event in Doha in May — as well as Qatar's world indoor 60m bronze medallist Femi Ogunode and France's European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre, who returns to competitive action following injury that ruled him out of last month's Bislett Games and European Team Championships.

Indeed, instead of improving child health, many feared that the market - led approaches to «prevent» malnutrition championed by public - private - partnerships, could actually worsen the situation and increase further the double burden of malnutrition - both under and over nutrition.

And Whitehead, a three - time world champion in the T42 200m as well as a double Paralympic gold medallist over the distance, believes his role as a judge adds to the already grand excitement of this year's Championships.