Sentences with phrase «league by any stretch»

That means he was better than many will admit, but it very obviously does not make him the best attacker in the league by any stretch of any imagination because those stats do not reveal his limitations and weaknesses.

The premiership is not the top league by any stretch of the imagination.

Not in the same league by any stretch of the imagination.

Not exact matches

Two Premier League away games, at West Brom tomorrow and then Norwich City next Sunday, are punctuated by a must - win home clash with Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb and with a stretched squad that is a tough eight days of football.

Arsenal could really do with a win in the Premier League's first match of the weekend, though, to stretch that gap between us and Everton, so maybe Ronald Koeman also did us a favour at the weekend by beating our next opponents West Brom and making it two defeats in a row for Tony Pulis and the Baggies.

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?

Despite getting beaten by Jeremy Lin and a recent D - League player down the stretch, the feeling in Portland on Friday wasn't of depression, but of sobriety.

By any stretch of the imagination Alexis Sanchez deserves to be on a similar sort of weekly wage as the other top players in the Premier League, but there is a limit.

LC won the league in my opinion by having a month stretch of winning 1 - 0 matches towards the end of the season.

Knocked out of the FA Cup by Wigan Athletic of League One and stretched to their limits by Championship sides Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol City in the League Cup, the key to upsetting City's dominance, it seems, is boldness.

By capturing Ibrahimović, the LA Galaxy would also be stealing a march on their soon - to - be rivals Los Angeles FC, who are also stretching to the top tier of the transfer market in the hope of making a real impact upon their entry into the league.

But a hallmark of Juve's record - setting run of league titles has been the team's ability to take the bull by the horns as the season turns to the home stretch.

Arsenal have fallen all the way to seventh in the Premier League table and have lacked inspiration of late, most recently being held to a 0 - 0 draw by West Ham on Wednesday as their run of matches without a victory stretched to three.

Embed from Getty Images The Premier League is labelled as one of the toughest, most unpredictable and by a long stretch the most entertaining of all the top European League competitions.

On Saturday afternoon, we return to action at Wembley Stadium, connected by EE, for a Premier League clash with Huddersfield Town at 3 pm, looking to extend an unbeaten run that currently stretches to 16 games.

Blackburn have lost every away game in the league thus far, four in total, and that will stretch to five by the end of the weekend.

While Eden Hazard, Costa and Pedro all remained from their regular Premier League lineup, the second - string midfield pair of Fabregas and Nathaniel Chalobah struggled to impose themselves until the game stretched out in the last half hour, the latter in particular struggling to emulate the intensity brought so reliably by N'Golo Kante.

After Marouane Chamakh broke his goal drought - stretching back to November - by turning in a Tomas Rosicky cross, it looked as if this would be one of those nights where the team's technical proficiency would be far too much for their lower league counterparts to handle (it's been a while since we've had one of those games).

Their progression in the FA Cup now leaves the Blues on the verge of completing a memorable league and cup double, and with their closest rivals for the title slipping up on Sunday, Chelsea will look to seize full advantage by stretching their lead at the top of the Barclay's Premier League league and cup double, and with their closest rivals for the title slipping up on Sunday, Chelsea will look to seize full advantage by stretching their lead at the top of the Barclay's Premier League League table.

City have been an unpredictable sort on the road so far, winning just one of their opening three away fixtures in the league: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up tilleague: Tottenham Hotspur (0 - 0), Sunderland (1 - 0L) and Wigan Athletic (0 - 2W), while they were dumped out of the League Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up tilLeague Cup by West Brom at The Hawthorns last month, so there are still some fragilities that need to be ironed out by manager Roberto Mancini although the team have collectively dusted themselves off admirably and will stretch their unbeaten run to five games so long as they get a result away at Blackpool, who have yet to win a home fixture in the league up tilleague up till now.

Over another stretch of about 10 minutes, we experience brutal rage (when Barry is overwhelmed during a date with Emily Watson's Lena, a woman seemingly out of his league, he steps into the bathroom and kicks in the stall doors, grunting with volatile distress), we experience achingly sincere emotion (when the date ends with Lena unexpectedly calling Barry back up to her apartment for a kiss, he sprints down the hall like a man on fire rushing towards an extinguisher, underscored by strings and accordions straight out of an Audrey Hepburn romance), and we experience stark terror (after the date, Barry is accosted by extortionists and flees on foot as they pursue with hurled invective).