Sentences with phrase «games against the league leaders»

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.

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 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.

The prospect of two games against the league leaders just before the trip to Manchester was thought to be too much for them, but it has worked out exactly the opposite.

In the game against the league leaders, Rashford played as lead striker as Zlatan Ibrahimovic was out.

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.

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 StokeLeague 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 Stokeleague leaders, as Chelsea also have two very winnable home games against Bournemouth and Stoke City.

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?

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.

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

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.

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 SundeLeague 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 Sundeleague 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.

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.

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.

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 leLeague 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 leLeague games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leleague leaders.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

In their next two games against Chelsea and Everton — two more potential banana skins for the unlikely league leaders — he scored three goals to ensure his side took all six points.

We caught up with Saints boss Mauricio Pellegrino to preview tonight's game against the Premier League leaders.

Wolves will get a home test against Sheffield United on the weekend and the league leaders will be looking to recover from a defeat in their last home game at Molineux, where Notts Forest got the better of them.

Roma are enjoying a good season in Serie A, but narrowly lost a big game 1 - 0 at home against league leaders Napoli on the weekend.

The likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City and Man United won their respective games on Boxing Day and Liverpool must win their contest against Stoke City today to pressurize the league leaders.

Saints» attacking intent came to the fore against the Toffees in some style and while accepting that there will be periods of the game in which his side will need to defend resolutely, Pellegrino wants to see his charges pose a new challenge for the league leaders.

After a goalless draw against Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal remain 10 points adrift the league leaders with 5 games to left to play.

The league leaders went into the game on the back of their defeat against Liberty Professionals in Week 6 and needed to return to winning ways.

They will hope to arrest the rut as they come up against league leaders Chelsea in their next game.

Spurs produced one of their performances of the season on Wednesday night against the league leaders Chelsea, ending their Premier League winning run at thirteen league leaders Chelsea, ending their Premier League winning run at thirteen League winning run at thirteen games.

Diego Costa has missed enough Chelsea matches thanks to his dodgy hamstrings but the league leaders will miss him for Wednesday night's league game against Tottenham after he picked up a fifth yellow card of the season in the 0 - 0 draw away to Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

Real Madrid might go into the game with 7 points behind league leaders Barcelona who play against Levante in the early kickoff on Sunday at around 12:00 and that can put some added pressure for Real Madrid to get all three points at any cost.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

Can we reverse the disappointing result of the first Premier League game of the season, and perhaps repeat the EFL Cup win against the Premier League runaway leaders?

Whilst he was largely anonymous at The Hawthorns he wasn't the only one, and the whole team needed to up their game for the encounter against the league leaders.

Real Madrid's match against Celta Vigo was postponed due to Balaidos being damaged by a storm, meaning the Catalan side have now played two games more than the current league leaders.