Sentences with phrase «face of a relegation battle»

Not exact matches

United moved to within a point of us in the table with their win and so even a point would keep them just one result from overtaking Arsenal and with us facing a tough trip to relegation battling Sunderland on Sunday, a win against the Baggies is vital tonight.

From final of champions league to round of sixteen, now out of champions league, perharps he will only consider quitting when we are faced with relegation battle.

Furthermore, with relegation battles down the bottom half of the table also growing in competition, as various clubs fight amongst themselves for safety from the drop, it means that Arsenal also face tougher games from teams in the lower half of the league.

The Black Cats boss wants new faces at the Stadium of Light to bolster his squad ahead of the new season — after the side battled to escape relegation last term.

Currently second from bottom with just five wins to their name after losing to Stoke City at the weekend, Villa are facing the very real prospect of being involved in a relegation battle.

However, despite being in the the top half, with just 14 games remaining Watford are facing the real possibility of an imminent relegation battle.

Bradley will have to work hard to hit the ground running, if he does not then the Swans could find themselves embroiled in a relegation battle and face the very realistic prospect of losing their Premier League status.

Just when you thought the La Liga title race couldn't get any more predictable and one - sided, the football gods throw us a much - needed curveball in the form of this season's over-achievers Levante — a side very much expected to face another relegation battle this season have had a miraculous turnaround in fortunes and after an impressive start, quite unbelievably sit in the lofty heights of 3rd place in the La Liga table after already claiming scalps off football powerhouses Real Madrid, Malaga and Villareal so far this campaign.

Even a draw would keep our nice cushion above the West London club, though Conte's side do have a rather favourable fixture list after this weekend with the likes of relegation battling West Ham, Southampton and Swansea City all to face.

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic admitted his side were facing a possible relegation battle around the turn of the year, which is not what owners David Sullivan and Gold had in mind when they bade farewell to Upton Park for the cavernous Olympic Stadium last summer.

Labour today faces a simple choice — either a direct, and admittedly initially electorally damaging, battle with the Right, AND their supposed «Soft Left» fellow travellers, to transform the Party into a thoroughgoing Left Party for radical change, Or the «Pasok experience» of catastrophic relegation to political irrelevance still looms.