Sentences with phrase «give league leaders»

So they are going to give league leaders Newcastle a tough evening in the Championship clash.

The Belgian winger picked the ball up about twenty - five yards out, then proceeded to advance to the edge of the Hull area, before unleashing a fantastic strike in the corner of the net, to give the league leaders the perfect opening.

Kirins» fans were banned from the fixture, giving the league leaders a second disadvantage.

With Antonio's red card making him unavailable for the next game at home to Chelsea it is even more crucial that Andy Carroll is fit if we have any hope of giving the league leaders a decent game — or did Antonio get himself banned on purpose to make sure his next employers maintain their runaway lead at the top?

Given the league leaders» form at St James», Mourinho can't afford to change that team too much ahead of this difficult tie and it could be a tough afternoon for all concerned.

Not exact matches

His statement is sure to give fresh hope to his suitors, with Premier League leaders Chelsea in the hunt for his signature along with the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Wolfsburg and Juventus, according to the Metro.

If Nigel de Jong has indeed turned down a # 100k a week deal to stay at Man City we can assume he has done so not because he wants an even more obscene wage packet but because he may be ready to show some ambition and give up on the Premier League leaders after seeing his first team chances limited this term.

First, want to give a shoutout to the League Leader in Goals — Tyler Edwards of Team Holzman — and the League Leader in Points — Captain Mike Kowalczyk of the Defending Champs — both had incredible Regular Seasons!

Rollie Fingers tied a Padre mark by picking up his 16th save, and rookie Outfielder Gene Richards stole four bases in five tries, giving him 20 in 23 attempts and putting him among the league leaders.

After three weeks of Premier League action, most people have probably given up on their fantasy football teams already, having realised just how far behind the lucky leaders they are.

It gives his side a major disadvantage going into the Champions League semi-final showdown with in - form La Liga leaders Barcelona, reports Marca.

The weekend's woes were completed when the league leaders Man City scored a very late winner after it looked like they may be held by West Ham and that goal gives them a huge gap of 15 points over Arsenal.

As Charlie Nicholas says, Arsenal are slightly on the backfoot already this season given we already find ourselves five points behind the league leaders after three games, but we will undoubtedly catchup and once we do, it's then important that we don't drop anymore points due to lacklustre performances.

However, it didn't take long for a fifth goal of the game to arrive, with Giroud producing a bit of magic to give the Gunners their first lead, and it appeared as though the Premier League leaders were set to pick up all three points.

With an offer of # 570,000 - a-week reportedly on the table, Mendes was seen giving a signed Cristiano Ronaldo shirt to Shu Yuhui, chairman of the club, which naturally increased talk that he could potentially quit the Premier League leaders even though he has two years left on his contract.

Corey Seager, whose 4.9 fWAR puts him right behind the league leaders, but he's only given 33/1 odds.

A win for City would give us the chance to close the gap on the league leaders to just 10 points by beating Aston Villa at the Emirates stadium on Sunday.

Arsenal fans were hoping that the Championship leaders Bournemouth could do us a favour by giving our next Premier League opponents Liverpool a tough time and more misery in their Capital One cup match tonight.

Arsene Wenger spoke in the week about the big gap between Arsenal and the current Premier League leaders might just allow the Gunners to play with some of the old fluency and verve that saw us topping the table at the turn of the year and even though the Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League in midweek, there were enough positives from our performance against Barcelona to give us some belief back.

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.

Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his goal put six points between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point of the season.

But it also seems to me that the EPL officials are hurting the Gunners even in games that we are not involved in, especially the helping hands they keep giving to the league leaders Leicester City.

It is not exactly like Arsene Wenger to give his rival managers any sort of help in working out how Arsenal are planning to play ahead of a match, especially a match as important as the one against the Premier League leaders Leicester City on Sunday is.

Arsenal fans can never really be hapy when our north London rivals win, but you have to admit that Tottenham have done us a big favour today in beating Man City and giving Arsenal the chance to move to within two points of the current league leaders.

The 5th of November gives us the hardest test of all with a visit to the Etihad to take on the runaway League leaders Man City.

A win over the Red Devils will pull us to within a point of second in the table, although would give Premier League leaders Manchester City the chance to pull 11 points clear of their nearest rivals with only 15 matches completed.

Lewandowski could surely be an upgrade in attack and give Jose Mourinho the necessary firepower to close the gap on runaway league leaders Manchester City next season.

Even the fourth team (Sevilla) while not league leaders are in the Copa del Rey final, clear evidence of giving their all on at least two fronts.

Premier League leaders Manchester City are ready to give young star Phil Foden a new, long - term contract once the midfielder turns 18...

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.

The league leaders have kept five cleans sheets though in their last eight league matches so that should give some comfort to those brave enough to give up a full goal.

So the loss against the Reds has given them a major setback in the Premier League title and they go into the next round of matches sitting in third place, but ten points behind leaders Chelsea.

So given their recent form it is likely that they are going to be pushing the league leaders pretty hard in this one.

The result gives Liverpool a league double over City and leaves the visitors» title hopes hanging by a thread as they remain 10 points behind leaders Leicester - albeit with a game in hand.

Arsenal start the new year as league leaders and given their current home form, it would be hard not to back them to bank another three points at the Emirates.

They give up the third-most shots per game, and in the best evidence of their lack of defensive cohesion, are.1 clearances per game behind league leaders Minnesota (a whopping 24.3 / game, to be exact).

In fact I had an uneasy feeling all day about this game and all my usual match day rituals couldn't help Jürgen Klopps team get a valuable win over the League leaders, which would have given fans and players the belief that top four is a real possibility.

Manchester Evening News's Manchester City correspondent Stuart Brennan gives us the lowdown on the Premier League leaders, ahead of Southampton's trip to the Etihad Stadium.

The greatest ever UEFA Champions League final comeback in 2005 was Gerrard's career in microcosm and his finest achievement: the leader refusing to give up, the scorer and creator so committed and resourceful that he finished the game as an emergency right - back.

Then again, his team will now have the incentive of knowing a win over one of their fiercest rivals would see them take another significant step towards regaining their Premier League crown, as it would then take something drastic for the Red Devils not to head into the new year as league leaders considering they have a game in hand over the chasing pack — And that's a huge boost mentally as it should give them the edge over their title rivals as the second half of the season looms League crown, as it would then take something drastic for the Red Devils not to head into the new year as league leaders considering they have a game in hand over the chasing pack — And that's a huge boost mentally as it should give them the edge over their title rivals as the second half of the season looms league leaders considering they have a game in hand over the chasing pack — And that's a huge boost mentally as it should give them the edge over their title rivals as the second half of the season looms large.

They lie second in the league, five points off leaders PSV, and the timing of the coaching change seems strange given Ajax have taken 16 points out of the last 18 available — the best form in the division.

Sam Allardyce says Everton are ready for their «biggest challenge» against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday, with Idrissa Gana Gueye to be given «every chance» of recovering from a hamstring injury to be fit for the clash.

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.

«PARIS — A dramatic injury - time goal from Karim Aït - Fana gave Montpellier a 1 - 0 win over Lille on Sunday that took the Ligue 1 leaders to within a point of their first ever French league title.»

With the Blues taking on the Premier League leaders at Goodison on Saturday, the Toffees manager discussed: - Assessing Idrissa Gana Gueye's hamstring injury and giving the midfielder «every chance» to play this weekend.

The Italian's message was received as Chelsea gave a commanding performance to secure their third successive league win and stay within nine points of leaders Manchester City.

Midfielder Oleg Shatov and skipper Danny both scored to give Zenit a well - deserved win which lifted them into second, eight points behind the league leaders Spartak Moscow with four games left.

The Scottish champions are sure to be given a stiffer test against the Eliteserien league leaders, who overcame Dundalk after extra-time.

When they combine as slickly as this, the Dortmunder can even give runaway league leaders, Bayern, a run for their money in the creativity department and now eight points ahead of Hertha Berlin in third, already seem to have a lock on a direct Champions League qualifyingleague leaders, Bayern, a run for their money in the creativity department and now eight points ahead of Hertha Berlin in third, already seem to have a lock on a direct Champions League qualifyingLeague qualifying spot.

The manager of German league leaders Jupp Heynckes gave a very dismissive response when asked about the player.