Sentences with phrase «feat against the league»

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Vardy — arguably the Premier League's in - form player at the moment — has scored 12 goals in his last 12 games, becoming the only player to achieve such a feat in the EPL, but will not be present for Tuesday's friendly against France after being ruled out through injury.

That is no mean feat and it is about time that our League fortunes changed against the current Champions.

Man of the match — Callum Robinson: Scoring against Premier League giants Arsenal is one hell of a feat, and Robinson was unlucky that his goal didn't prove decisive.

Other goalkeepers to achieve this feat include Manchester United F.C.'s Gary Bailey, who saved three penalties against Ipswich Town at Portman Road in 1980 but still conceded six goals from open play, and Huddersfield Town's Matt Glennon, who saved three spot - kicks in a League game against Crewe Alexandra in 2007.

Victory against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Thursday would take them to within five points of last season's champions and lift the Clarets above Arsenal into sixth spot — within reach of securing qualification for the Europa League, which would be a remarkable feat for a club from a town of just 70,000 inhabitants.

A first leg 3 - 2 defeat against Mauricio Pochettino's Espanyol gave them every chance of progression to the semi finals thanks to the 2 away goals they scored at Cornellà - El Prat, a feat that the mighty Barca couldn't achieve when dropping two points there in a League visit just a couple of week before.

Wide player Bennetts, who scored a brilliant solo goal against Borussia Dortmund Under - 19s in the UEFA Youth League last week, stepped off the bench to repeat the feat after big Swans front man Ollie McBurnie had got his reward for making a nuisance of himself among our defensive ranks for much of the game.

Other important strikes, such as an over-head kick against Newcastle, helped propel Leicester to their remarkable league winning feat.

Roma actually eliminated Real Madrid when these two sides squared off against each other in the knockout stages of the Champions League back in 2008 and the Italians will have the belief that they can replicate the feat from eight years ago this time around as well.

He was the first Arsenal player to achieve the feat since Santi Cazorla's four assists against Wigan in May 2013, and the 10th Gunners player in Premier League history to grab three or more.

Liverpool won their third successive league game on Sunday against Crystal Palace — the first time they'd managed that feat this season.