Sentences with phrase «game against the leaders»

The Merseyside team are in a dismal run of form but they are playing at Anfield and will surely be up for a big game against the leaders.

Not exact matches

Tottenham should also have been excited at the prospect of closing the gap on the league leaders Chelsea, but they also couldn't bring the required game needed to beat, or even score against relegation - threatened Sunderland, and they will also have to lick their wounds at such a missed opportunity.

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

Real are now eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona in the Spanish title race, and will have expected to do better than take one point from two games against Spurs in their bid to retain the European Cup.

Arsene Wenger is going to have a dilemma on Tuesday if he is intending to rotate his starting line - up like he has done in Arsenal's last two midweek games, with the massive game against League leaders Man United next weekend.

Even if we do manage to win the next two Premier League games, at home to West Brom on Boxing Day and then Crystal Palace on new years day, I do not expect us to make up any ground on the league leaders, as Chelsea also have two very winnable home games against Bournemouth and Stoke City.

The victory snaps a season - long five - game home court losing streak for the Cougars and is just the third victory in eight games all - time against Jacksonville State, which entered the contest tied with Tennessee Tech and Austin Peay, a game back of second - place Murray State and two games behind conference leader Belmont.

# 25 Dwight Clark CHARLOTTE Niners» No. 2 career receiving leader; made leaping catch against Dallas in 1981 NFC title game to boost team to first Super Bowl.

The Gunners currently sit fourth in the table, five points behind leaders Manchester City after beginning the campaign with a shock home defeat against West Ham United, however, they have recovered well since to win three of their last four games.

At least the current league leaders did not win their own midweek game against Liverpool, but they did get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?

«Per Mertesacker is a great leader, a very respected one in our dressing room, but I have three entire backs and I adapt a little bit to their level of form, to the number of games they've played and to the opponents we play against.

Of course there was a great need for Arsenal to win the game against Eddie Howe's team as well but unless we now go on and beat the league leaders then our chances of being crowned champions at the end of the season will be hanging by a thread.

Arsenal were very impressive in the first half against Galatasary, in fact they controlled the game right up until Wojciech Szczesny got himself dismissed, but there is no doubt that Sunday's game against League leaders Chelsea will be a different kettle of fish.

The Gunners come up against Premier League leaders Chelsea at the weekend, whom are showing real strength up top in consistently winning games.

No leader in a dressing room with a depleted defense against Liverpool first game of the season says they are too tired to play!

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

But the real difference is our Manager who lost control and gets himself sent to the stand when he knew we had a very important game coming up against the league leaders Chelsea.

The league leaders went in to the game four points clear at the top of the table after Arsenal's win against Liverpool earlier in the day.

Atletico Mineiro can not qualify for the last 16 tonight regardless of what happens, but with a tough home tie against current group leaders Colo Colo to come in their game, they will be very keen to take all three points and give themselves a cushion.

League leaders Chelsea will look to take one step closer to the league title when they host Stoke City in the late game, while on Easter Sunday Tottenham travel to Burnley and Newcastle United host the Tyne - Wear derby against Sunderland.

Arsenal fans do a lot of moaning despite the team only losing one solitary League game this season, and that was against leaders Chelsea, but we should all thank our lucky stars that we don't support Borussia Dortmund.

Therefore, Klopp, with the backing of the CEO Ian Ayre, should be able to recruit some reinforcements, hopefully before next Wednesday's crunch Premier League game against Premier League leaders Arsenal.

The fact is that Wenger is certain that both Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey will not be available for next weeks game against the League leaders Chelsea.

Another 1 - 1 draw came at Selhurst Park, where surprise in - game Premier League leaders Liverpool had to rescue a point against Crystal Palace after Dwight Gayle had given the hosts the lead, with Steven Gerrard scoring a penalty.

Seattle was scheduled to play 39 of its final 48 games against wild - card contenders or division leaders, «so it's in our hands,» Piniella says.

With the Blues drawing with Burnley last weekend and playing against Tottenham Hotspur in today's Capital One Cup final, City had a real chance to pile some pressure on the current leaders, who can now make it an eight point lead if they win their next league game.

Chase Winovich, who is Michigan's leader in sacks with five, was injured in last Saturday's game against Penn State.

Arsenal ended the year in the Top Three as usual, but they are now very far behind the current leaders Chelsea and are unlikely to get much closer before the end of the season, and the reason for this is clear — The Gunners just can not win big games against the other five teams in the top end of the table.

Our great leader Arsene Wenger has no interest in citing history lessons ahead of Arsenal's top - of - the - table clash against Chelsea on Sunday, and the Frenchman thinks that current form should be the deciding factor in the game.

While things are looking pretty flippin» good from an Arsenal point of view right now, with a decent draw against Reading at home for the next round of the EFL cup as well as a good chance of topping our Champions League group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leaders.

With Arsenal failing to take games by the scruff of the neck this season, and allowing themselves to tamely drop away from the title chase against Leicester, there has been much discussion about the fact that Arsenal have been lacking an inspirational leader on the pitch to goad the players into action when their heads are dropping.

Dele Alli has scored his second goal of the game to put Tottenham two goals ahead against Premier League leaders Chelsea.

He is a good player and a leader i must say and give it to Him but i am focusing on the game against Barca.

A lot of Arsenal fans did not expect us to get anything from today's away game against the Premier League leaders Man City, and that is how it turned out with De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus scoring to make it a comfortable 3 - 1 scoreline in the end, but that did not tell the whole story by any means and Arsene Wenger will surely point to a couple of key decisions that went the home side's way at crucial points of the game.

With Arsenal facing a trip to the in form Premier League leaders on Sunday, you would expect the manager to be planning to rest all of his key players this week for the Europa League game against Red Star Belgrade and then select as strong a side as possible at the weekend, and Arsene Wenger may still do just that.

Liverpool sent a strong message to their top 4 rivals with an incredible performance against league leaders Arsenal, starting the game at such a high tempo that Arsenal couldn't catch a breath.

Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the league leaders until over 60 minutes played.

The Foxes blocked what would have been a dream move to the Premier League leaders for Mahrez, and he has subsequently missed the games against Everton and Swansea.

Two days later the momentum continued with a 2 - 1 home win against Tottenham; a goal apiece again for deadly duo Cottee and McAvennie lifting West Ham to 5th in the table, 10 points behind the leaders, Everton, having played 5 games fewer.

And it was 3rd defeats for 5 time EPL leader Chelsea in last 5 games against Sunderland.

Crystal Palace are coming into this game on the back of 3 - 1 defeat in the hands of Arsenal and they will fancy their chances at home against current league leaders City to get something out of this match.

While we were losing against Sheffield Wednesday and beating QPR in the last week, they surprisingly drew 0 - 0 against the south group leaders Crystal Palace which means we now sit four points behind them with a game in hand and a trip to Oakwell still to come.

After an impressive game against Totteheham Hotspur last weekend, with the 33 - year - old scoring the winning goal to give the gunners a fighting chance against League leaders Chelsea as Arsenal continue to push for Silverwares this season.

Coutinho (No 6, up three places) assisted both goals during a 2 - 1 win against Valencia - a result that saw the league leaders smash an all - time La Liga record with 39 games unbeaten - while Lionel Messi maintained top spot in the chart.

Conlan was again named as a substitute for Morecambe at Northampton where they lost the game 3 - 1 against the current league leaders.

With 19 points from their first seven games they sit level with league leaders Barcelona in La Primera Division and their win against fellow high flyers Malaga at the weekend proved to everyone that Diego Simeone's side will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

10 points after 4 games, level on points with leaders United and putting 9 goals in week against Liverpool and Feyenoord this City side looks in great shape.

The loss of Paul Pogba to a hamstring injury will undoubtedly be a blow for Mourinho as he seeks to maintain his side's position as Premier League leaders following three wins and a draw from the opening four rounds of games, with the Frenchman reported to be out for at least six weeks after pulling up against the Swiss champions early in the game.