Sentences with phrase «latest damaging defeat»
His and Chelsea's European hopes are in tatters following this latest damaging defeat and it waits to be seen how this will affected their domestic campaign.
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Last week's late defeat at Norwich appears to have caused serious damage to Everton's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League and so David Moyes's team have no other option but to beat Reading if they are to maintain any realistic hopes of achieving a top - four place.
The nature of their latest reversal, a 4 - 1 home defeat to Leicester City, is a hugely damaging blow for confidence and morale among the fans and players.
The Blues were beaten by Liverpool at Anfield while Arsenal were humbled by Newcastle at The Emirates, but for Chelsea the situation isn't so bad as they still boast a two - point lead at the top of the table whereas Arsenal suffered their second home defeat of the season, once again against an opponent you would never have envisaged beating the Gunners on their own patch, and their latest setback could do no end of damage to the morale in camp.
They are yet to experience the winning feeling in the Champions League at their new 68,000 - capacity Wanda Metropolitano after two attempts: a late defeat to Chelsea and an even more damaging draw when Qarabag visited three weeks ago.
Defeating the monster at low level is a relatively easy feat, and though it's possible for the monster to regain its shield any loss of health is permanent, so damage done early in the game can make a drastic difference later on when depleting the health bar is a more daunting task.