Sentences with phrase «game against city rivals»

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We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

Worryingly for Klopp, who had once boasted an impressive record against Liverpool's fellow «big six» rivals, his side have just been hammered in their most recent meetings with Manchester City and Spurs, shipping nine goals across both games.

Manchester United return to Premier League action this weekend, after an international break, and will face struggling Aston Villa at Old Trafford, before a home game against bitter city rivals Manchester City, who they are only two points behind in the tacity rivals Manchester City, who they are only two points behind in the taCity, who they are only two points behind in the table.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

Arsene Wenger and the lads have also answered a few questions and proved wrong some doubts that were being aimed at us by the football press, like when we changed tactics and played on the counter attack to win a game against a big rival way to Man City.

Going into Sunday, therefore, Norwich City in particular will be looking at their game with their mouths watering as the game which they are undoubtedly favourites for gives them the opportunity, not only to take 3 points against their most fierce rivals, but also to close the gap to just 4 points on promotion placed Sheffield Wednesday.

Sterling's goal also fired City 15 points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United, who seem to be doing their bit to help City wrap up the title as quickly as possible after dropping four points in their last two games against Leicester City and Burnley.

After they've suffered 2 consecutives PL away defeats in to Everton and Man City which led to us dropping down from been 2nd to 5th in the table following our away draw at Bournemouth, and with this away win against Swansea City yesterday, Arsenal are now 3rd in the table pending the outcomes of today's games involving our 2 title rivals of Liverpool and Man City.

And not only that, he feels that they have showed the ability to do a good job in the different circumstances that come from playing a game against a big Premier League rival like Man City or a team at the bottom that we are expected to dominate, like the basement club Aston Villa.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Naturally, there are examples which argue the opposite, as seen in the recent win at home against Liverpool, but McMahon wants to see the Red Devils play a more attacking game against City this weekend, in a game in which their rivals could land the Premier League title with a win.

I agree with you the players need some heat to perform to theor abilities and stop wasting created opportunities to kill games and or hold onto leads and i agree they need some heat to kick em in the arse to prevent them from under performing against milan but milan isnt city or chelsea but we need to beat them to get far in competition but i do nt think the players missing chances this year is whole heartey down to the manager and we need to finish out the year strong but with cazorla comong back and strengthening some spots in off season and now praying we finally have jack back this squad looks dangerous next year and wenger will have a good year with arsenal next year cazorla and another player will take time off xhaka and or put more pressure on him to perform but we have had success in recent seasons barley missing out on top four last year with highest points to ever miss out yes they need heat to perform strong rest of year but it is not wengers time to go yet be needs another season and if these two years are falling off we have done better than are rivals in are tough years

Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the big games this year.

Well as we expected there were no surprises from Arsenal's Premier League rivals yesterday, apart from how much better than Chelsea Man City were perhaps, so as well as holding onto some hope that Newcastle can take points ioff Liverpool later, we Gooners just want to see Arsenal do what they have to do and take all three points from our home game against Brighton.

Manuel Pellegrini takes his Manchester City side to Upton Park after a hugely disappointing midweek Champions League draw against CSKA Moscow, hoping to notch up another win in the Premier League and keep the pressure on title rivals Chelsea before their Sunday game against Manchester United.

However, with the boss having no injury problems to concern him, it looks like team that started against Deportivo La Coruna in the final league game is what Zidane sees as his best XI, so will that be the same side that starts the Champions League final against city rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday?

And despite sustaining an ankle injury, Alexis Sanchez has decided to represent his country in a World Cup qualifier against Argentina which could aggravate the injury and eventually missing some crucial games, including the Premier League game against top four rivals Man City and the FA Cup semi-final against the same opponent which is their last hope of winning a trophy to salvage their season.

If Manchester City lose to Arsenal, and we win our game in hand against West Brom, we replace our rivals in the top four.

The two clash in the Cottonopolis derby in the final game on Saturday, with City already leading by 16 - points, and they will eagerly be looking to claim the title against their neighbours and bitter rivals.

Incredibly, before their 1 - 0 win against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Manchester United hadn't won a game outside of Manchester since January — their only previous away win since the first month of 2016 coming across town against their local rivals Manchester City at the Etihad.

However, with United now just a point behind City in fourth, and their rivals up against Arsenal in their next Premier League match — a draw would put both sides, or a loss for the blues, would put them at risk of being overtaken by Van Gaal's squad if they can win against West Ham and Bournemouth in their last two games of the campaign.

Falcao scored at Messi / Ronaldo levels in La Liga this season, smashing in 32 goals in just 36 games for Atletico Madrid, and helping them to win the Spanish Cup against city - rivals Real Madrid.

Two successive home defeats against title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur mean that Manchester City head into their game against Dynamo Kiev next week in poor form, and of their key players, the one who hasn't let his form dip has been the England No. 1.

Manchester United host domestic rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford in the first game of the weekend after the conclusion of the international break, as the two English giants go head to head against each other in order to claim a top spot in the Premier League points table.

The second half, however, was a contrast to the first, as the Reds put on an exhilarating display of free flowing football that enabled them to turn the game around and clinch it by yet another injury time goal against their city rivals.

They currently sit in fifth place with a two - point cushion over seventh - place Middlesbrough, but crucially have a game in hand to play against promotion rivals Cardiff City.

Back in October before our 0 - 0 draw with Birmingham City, I wrote an article on my top five games against our fierce rivals.

Pogba's direct red card means that he will have a suspension of three games, which means that he will miss the game of the season against domestic rivals Manchester City.

Despite winning their last game against Newcastle United 4 - 0, Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini believes that stealing the title from their rival, Manchester United is pretty much an impossible thing especially since United can't seem to stop winning at the moment.

Match Predictions: Real Madrid has had a terrible run of results against city rivals Atletico Madrid with only 1 win in the last 10 games between the two.

The Toffees finished the clash against their city rivals as the dominant force — and Keane says the squad are intent on building on this display in their remaining five Premier League games of the campaign.

Important home games against the champions Man City and North London rivals Tottenham, could set the tone for Arsenals season.

United went into the game with a chance of pipping their rivals to fourth place if City lost against Swansea, so expectations were understandably high ahead of an important game.

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