Sentences with phrase «games against reigning champions»

City though have won their last four home Premier League games against reigning champions — each of the last two was by a three - goal margin and over 2.5 goals at Sky Bet is a price of 5/6, while city to win by a 3 - goal margin is a price of 4/1.

The former Rangers defender has said that he will approach the game against the reigning champions like he did in the group stage that saw his team beat Argentina and draw with Mexico.

Not exact matches

Lee Sedol, the reigning world champion in Go, played a five - game tournament against Google's «AlphaGo» computer in March 2016.

That Jared Goff will have Sean McVay (the likely coach of the year), Todd Gurley (an MVP candidate), and an elite defense around him should make his first playoff game a bit easier, even against the reigning NFC champions.

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

Although the Three Lions could not find a way through against the reigning World Champions, a youthful and inexperienced side put in a solid display in a game that could easily have gone either way.

The fan was one of several seen in the video kicking a red ball around the Plaza Mayor in Madrid city centre, ahead of his team's game against reigning European Champions Real Madrid.

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

Following victories for Arsenal and Manchester United over the weekend, the reigning Premier League champions dropped down to fourth in the table ahead of their game against Crystal Palace on Monday night.

Arsenal were already up against it this weekend, as the fifth round of games in the Premier League season sees the Gunners travel to Stamford Bridge to take on the reigning EPL champions less than three days after facing the Ge4rman club FC Cologne in a Europa League clash, so the last thing Arsene Wenger needed was to lose one of his key players.

The game at Stamford Bridge last weekend certainly felt like it could be the catalyst for a change in our fortunes, as no one gave us much of a sniff against the in form and reigning champions.

With arsenal still just taking the first few steps on the road to recovery after suffering the worst period the team has had to endure for many a year and setting a few unwanted records for the Arsene Wenger era, we could probably have done without this midweek game against a side that is not only the reigning Premier League champions but who are quite a bit further down their own road to redemption while still needing some points to make their survival in the top flight completely secure.

However they may need to quick step up their game in training in order to ensure they are fit and ready for Arsenal second game against reigning premier league champions Leicester City.

As well as being a vitally important home game for Arsenal in the quest for Champions League glory, the game against Galatasaray this evening marks the 18th anniversary of the managerial reign of Arsene Wenger.

A goalless home draw with Man City was perhaps negated by the fact that it was the former Liverpool boss's first game in charge and the West London side were up against the reigning champions who are still unbeaten.

England, the reigning 6 Nations and Nations Cup champions, take on New Zealands Black Ferns in a two - test series with a game against England A also pencilled in.

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