This week he's been speaking about Arsenal's potential title challenge, now that the Gunners are at the top of
the league level on points with Manchester City.
Not exact matches
Our first
league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough
league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed
on three
points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa
League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough
League and we could find that their fitness
levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.
The title race will then be blown wide open as Spurs will be
level on points with the
league leaders and Arsenal will be six
points behind the Foxes with a game in hand.
Depending
on what happens in the Premier
League on Saturday of course, Arsenal could have a chance to move into the top four
on Sunday, possible
level on points with third placed Southampton and just eight
points shy of Man City in second.
After their loss to Leicester City
on Monday night, the reigning Premier
League champions are just a
point above the bottom three, and so it remains to be seen whether a change is made at managerial
level, or if the squad is overhauled instead.
His
level of talent is easily replaced in this
league and my last
point is none of the WRs
on this roster are even good.
He can play
point guard, and distributes at the highest
level in the 2nd most competitive
league on the planet.
The Gunners sit top of the Premier
League table ahead of the showdown this weekend, although Leicester City remain
level on points with Arsene Wenger's side while Manchester City are just a
point behind.
These young guns will only get a chance to prove themselves at top
level if and only if arsenal make massive signings that will give us a major trophy... if we are for example leading the
league in like seven
points in February, then we can afford to give them some minutes
on field but they wont get game time
on the current team cz the manager realizes that the club needs trophies and hez running out of time so i even doubt he will use them in capital one cup... Good luck boys
That would give us nine, which would make us at least
level on points with Chelsea who currently have six and would almost certainly catapult us back to the top part of the table and put Arsenal back in contention with the teams hoping to lift the Premier
League trophy next May.
As for our current
league standing, if win our game in hand then beat spurs and man city we will be
level on points with both in the race for runners up.
Looking at the Premier
League table at the end of round 35 of the Premier
League, Arsenal go into Monday night's clash against Swansea City
on 70
points,
level with Manchester City and five clear of Manchester United, with Arsene Wenger's men having a game in hand over both the Manchester clubs and with form clearly
on their side.
Arsenal currently sit in second place in the
league,
level on points with the leaders Manchester City, but behind the Citizens
on goal difference.
As well as keeping us
level on points with the French champions and setting up a deciding match at the Emirates, the win may be just important to our Premier
League hopes.
Arsenal go to Old Trafford tomorrow needing a win to make sure that we do not drop more than one game's worth of
points behind the current Premier
League leaders, with Liverpool sitting
on top of the table
on 26
points, Chelsea one behind with 25 and the Gunners fourth and
level on points with third placed Man City
on 24.
He is their only player to have played every game and he has been Man of the Match in four of them, helping Sevilla to be
level on points in the Spanish
league with Barcelona and on top of their Europa League
league with Barcelona and
on top of their Europa
League League group.
Despite the three wins and a draw that has seen the Gunners climb back up towards the right end of the
league table, going above our early tormentors Liverpool and
level with Chelsea
on points, Arsenal are still some way behind the pace setters from Manchester.
Arsenal fans know that winning the Premier
League is an unbelievably hard thing to do, so despite the Gunners recovering from a shaky start to be
level on points with Man City at the top of the table, we are not getting ahead of ourselves.
Being held to a draw in the local derby yesterday could have inflicted some real damage
on Arsenal and our quest for the Premier
League title this season, but thanks to Aston Villa managing a draw for their new manager and former Gunner Remi Garde, we find ourselves still
level on points with Man City at the top of the table.
Of course there are reasons for Arsenal fans to be unhappy right now, not least of which is that we find ourselves
level at the bottom of the Premier
League on points with the likes of Bournemouth, Burnley and Sunderland.
The France international has scored 30 goals for club and country this season, dragging Atletico to the semi-finals of the Champions
League, and
level on points with Barcelona at the top of the La Liga table.
Our Manchester based men's football 2s are currently 2nd in the table,
level on points with top of the
league Liverpool 2s.
After Arsenal completed a fantastic week of beating Watford and Bayern Munich by extending our great run against Everton
on Saturday, which was enough to put us
level on points at the top of the Premier
League table and keep the Champions
League dream alive, no one is going to be too hard
on the boss for taking his foot off the gas when it comes to the
League cup.
The manager has done wonders for Southampton in recent years, and his current side are
level on points with us in joint - sixth in the
league at present.
The Blues failed to close the gap
on second - place AS Roma, remaining
level with Lazio
on 46
points in fourth - place, and the defeat could have delivered a huge dent to their Champions
League hopes next season.
When Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal team made the trip to the Midlands in November to take
on West Brom it was with the knowledge that a win would at the very least keep us
level on points at the top of the Premier
League.
Well people keep saying that, but when you actually look at the Premier
League table, Liverpool are
level on points with us, while Tottenham (haha) are just one
point ahead.
Always kept his class, never stooped down to their
level, every year got his teams to perform to the maximum of their ability, at some
point we had chamakh leading the line for us and we almost won the
league, so be thankful for Giroud Wenger is building something to win the
league and champions
league before he's off, the wrinkles
on his face proves his desire for winning, relax and lets watch this art unfold... don't keep stressing in the meantime.
The victory moves United up to sixth, but they remain eight
points off Liverpool at the top of the Premier
League, while Swansea remain
level on points with Sunderland at the bottom of the table.
Of course, Arsenal went
on to push United fairly hard in Wenger's debut season, finishing third behind the eventual Premier
League champions and
level on points with second - placed Newcastle.
Europa
League - chasing Everton moved
level on points with fifth - placed Arsenal but behind
on goal difference having played two games more than the London club.
Colchester went
on to win the Conference title - and promotion back to the Football
League -
on goal difference after both sides finished
level on 92
points.
Spurs absolutely pounced
on a Liverpool side littered with mistakes at the back and made a meal out of the visitors scoring four — with Harry Kane leading from the front at Wembley as they went
level on points with Manchester United
on the
league table.
The Turkey international followed up recent strikes against Burnley and Brighton & Hove Albion by bagging a double at the bet365 Stadium to move the Blues
level on points with eighth - placed Leicester City in the Premier
League table.
I have two options here, I can either try to weather out this storm, though I'm likely to miss the playoffs in the
league, or i can make a desperation trade of Harden to get back some quality players (not
on his
level of course, no one is giving me fair value at this
point) and keep fighting for the playoffs, but then i'll likely flounder out.
City are
level on points with second - placed Liverpool in the Premier
League table after winning two and drawing one of their three games to date.
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League form however has been decent, finishing second,
level on points with...
Tottenham are in 6th place,
level on points with Liverpool and just one ahead of Southampton in the race with 5th and 6th qualifying for the Europa
League and only an Arsenal win in the FA Cup final giving the 7th placed team an automatic spot in Europe's second - tier tournament.
Brighton and Hove Albion claimed their first away Premier
League win at the London Stadium with a 0 - 3 convincing win against West Ham United lifting them to a respectable top half 10th place in the Premier
League table, putting them
level on points with Newcastle and only two
points behind Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Spurs continue to impress under Pochettino, and his side have now moved
level on points with Manchester United, though they do still trail
league leaders Manchester City.
Arsenal are
level on points with Burnley heading into their Premier
League clash at Turf Moor this weekend, with Sean Dyche's side one place behind the Gunners in seventh.
Allardyce follows predecessors Gus Poyet and Paolo Di Canio in beating the Magpies in his second game in charge of the Black Cats, who move off the bottom of the Premier
League table with their first win of the season, although both of the North - East clubs,
level on six
points, remain in the relegation zone.
They head into the clash at Carrow Road
level on points in the
league with Ipswich just a place above the Canaries
on goal difference.
The Magpies fell to their fourth straight
league defeat
on the weekend and are starting to slide back towards that drop zone and the Baggies would pull
level on points with them if the Magpies lose this away game.
Level on points with Premier
League leaders Manchester City, 14 games undefeated across all competitions, top of their Champions
League group and through to the quarter - finals of the EFL Cup; Arsenal «s start to the season has been hugely impressive.
Chelsea beat Leicester City 3 - 0 at the weekend, sending them up to fifth place in the
league table,
level on points with Liverpool having played a game more.
A last - gasp 2 - 1 win at Stoke City in mid-December kept Palace in sixth,
level on points with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in the Champions
League spots; since then, they have collected just three
points from a possible 27 and sunk to 13th place, 15
points adrift of the top four and just eight above the drop zone.
The Blues are
level on 27
points with Town, both also having scored 34 goals, the Terriers conceding six more, being the only
league difference so far this campaign.
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The Gunners» renaissance is rapidly gathering momentum and
on the back of a four - match winning run in the Premier
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on Saturday that would see them go
level on points with fourth placed Chelsea and Tottenham.