Sentences with phrase «game against title rivals»

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.

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It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last won the MLS title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series against L.A. rival Chivas USA.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

But wenger did not name Sanchez in the squad against our title rivals, and after the game Le Prof revealed that Alexis had had a «minor setback» and would now miss the busy Christmas period but would be ready for the New Year games which was expected to start with this weekend's cup game against Sunderland.

Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point against their title rivals, not play to their best and still win a high - tension game comfortably.

Arsenal still have to make sure that it counts by winning our away game against AFC Bournemouth tonight, but the Gunners were probably not expecting any of the main rivals for the Premier League title to slip up in this latest run of games.

Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face against all our title rivals, and if we win them all we can close the gap at the top.

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.

Although he may not have come out and said it, you just know that Arsene Wenger would absolutely love to have seen his Arsenal side record a first win against his managerial rival Jose Mourinho, even though the Frenchman admitted after the game that all three points would still not have been enough for the Gunners to win the Premier League title this season.

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.

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.

Team News & Lineups: Pep Guardiola is set to make several changes in the starting lineup considering they have a important game at the weekend against title rivals Chelsea in the premier league.

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.

Hold onto a lead with 9 men, go 1 up against nearest title contenders then concede 2 injury time penalties and have them both missed and win the game, score the goal of the season, have your promotion rivals concede an equaliser 3 mins and 59 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time to clinch promotion with 4 games spare (and that's just the last 2 weeks).

Still the game has a lot riding on it, for Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal side, this encounter provides an opportunity to salvage some pride against a hated rival as the title bid is by all counts beyond them.

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.

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.

Spurs collapsed defensively at the end of last season, shipping nine goals in the final three games against Chelsea, Southampton and Newcastle in the midst of title pain, and ended up finishing third behind bitter rivals Arsenal.

Recent games had seen a stagnation in performance for Jurgen Klopp's side, but a win against their fabled rivals who were also title - contenders, should have been incentive enough to spur the team on.

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