Sentences with phrase «league side over»

You might think that beating a lower league side over two legs would not be a problem yet we still managed to get knocked out by Northampton Town in 1998 losing the away leg 2 - 0 on 15 September.

1) Arsenal completed 741 passes against Aston Villa, the most by any Premier League side over the last two seasons.

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The battle between New England Patriot's quarterback Tom Brady and the National Football League (NFL) over deflated footballs continues, with both sides digging in on their...

From what I can see, the last real links with us signing the Turkish international came over six months ago, and he has not had the best season with Bayer Leverkusen statistically, but has been a key player in the side which finished third in the German top division, helping them to earn a Champions League place for next year.

He took over a depleted Southampton side and kept them competitive and he won the dutch league.

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger set the Europa League quarter - finals off to an explosive start as they ran riot over Russian side CSKA Moscow in the opening 45 minutes of the first - leg.

Mourinho's side are top of the Premier League and hold a 10 point lead over second placed Arsenal.

Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney has accused Chelsea of getting referee Mike Dean on their side during the 1 - 0 win over the Red Devils at Stamford Bridge, putting them 10 points clear at the top of the league.

This rumoured desire to land two players to add to their back four could be coming in the wake of a surprising result at home to Swansea over the weekend, with the Premier League champions looking unusually suspect at the back as they were held to a 2 - 2 draw by the Welsh side.

The Colombian dropped the ball over the line to gift the Greek side a 2 - 1 lead as they went on to win 3 - 2, condemning the Gunners to a second consecutive Champions League loss.

The Serbian has helped the Stamford Bridge side to run away with the Premier League title this time round, and they could all but wrap it up with a win over the North London club on Sunday.

However if you're talking about Arsenal, Chelsea, the Premier League sides who are linked with the Algerian, then I can safely say he would certainly be a regular over Walcott or Pedro.

The Europa League draw has been made and Arsenal will come up against Swedish minnows Ostersunds — a side founded after Arsene Wenger took over as Gunners manager.

These two teams have both endured difficult times over the last decade, with both former Premier League sides dropping down to League One, albeit with Wednesday since escaping.

I can't decide on whether I want to commit to cementing our place in the top four before hoping to push on to win the title, but I also can't think of anything worse than hoping that United keep their six - point lead over our side, which leaves me stuck in the middle, but I feel like we should actually be concentrating on returning to the Champions League.

The United - City rivalry has taken on far greater significance in recent years, with the two sides regularly going head - to - head over the Premier League title.

Sarsfield had confirmed over the weekend that they had given the 21 - year - old permission to speak with the Premier League side after the two clubs had agreed a fee in the region of # 5 million.

If Guardiola takes over one of the Premier League big boys, we will be in for a «Clasico» of our own as those sides tussle for the title every year.

Over the last few months there was a feeling in league circles that Fisher would try to push Snead out and encourage the Rams to bring in a strong voice, like Bill Polian (Fisher's old friend from the competition committee), to realign the football side of the organization.

All fans of Premier League football clubs have complained at one point or another about the injury problems their favourite sides are going through, but there is one club above all else that has more right to complain over anyone else.

Overall, Ozil has faced the other big six sides 27 times in the Premier League over the last four seasons.

Despite Guardiola's worries over his side's defence, they seem to be coping pretty well so far, as City currently have the joint best defence in the whole of the Premier League, with the Spaniard's side only conceding 11 goals in just 16 games so far.

Three of those trophies came all at once in the 2000 - 01 campaign when the Merseyside outfit clinched a unique treble consisting of a domestic League and FA Cup double, while they triumphed over Spanish side Alaves in a dramatic UEFA Cup final.

Don Balon are stating that the Blaugrana boss, who is yet to taste defeat in the league since taking over last summer, wants the Catalan side to move for Bartram who left the club in the summer of 2016.

The Newcastle boss has been in fine form recently, all - but securing his side's place in the Premier League for next season with a win over our side at the weekend, and the Spanish coach is now being linked with a return to a bigger side, having previously managed the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Valencia and Real Madrid.

While Vidal had 4 in one of the most 1 sided leagues in the world and your nutting over 4?

The disgraced Portuguese coach has opted to make to notable changes to his side following their midweek victory over Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League.

The South London side have just one league victory over Bolton in 16 matches in one of the more curious of records.

Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.

Reading 2 - 0 Bradford City: McCleary goal leaves League One side with mountain to climb Chelsea Fan Summonsed Over Paris Metro Racism Row

Just over two years ago, Carragher was quoted in the Independent as saying there should be a limit on foreign youngsters joining Premier League academies, in order to give «our boys» more of an opportunity to reach their clubs» first - teams, and as a result, presumably, improve the fortunes of a perpetually bad England side.

Ferguson, whose side host Norwich on Saturday, is eyeing up his second treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season, and has called on his players to stand up and be counted as the pressure mounts over the final weeks of the season.

But Gerrard — who will leave the club for LA Galaxy at the end of the season — has not been overly missed it seems, as Rodgers's side have extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League, which started in mid-December, and have moved into Champions League qualification contention after Sunday's victory over Manchester City.

Messi was anonymous over two legs against a defensive Chelsea side in the Champions League semi-final and the Blues were rightly praised for stifling Barca's biggest threat.

After his side's humiliating defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League this week, question marks are said to have been raised over Emery.

Van Gaal spent over # 150m on new players last summer but has seen his side blow hot and cold and there is every chance that Man United could struggle to secure a top four finish and one imagines that any failure to secure a Champions League berth would put an end to any hope of landing these two world - class talents.

Liverpool bagged over 100 Premier League goals last term but the loss of Suarez and ongoing injury concerns over Daniel Sturridge have seen Rodgers side fail to make anywhere near the same level of impact in the final third.

Eventhough am not a big fan & all i feel if he's able to buy Lemar & a centre without selling Alexis we might end up in the top 4 or even steal the title from the favourites this season because AW said he'll prioritize the EPL over the UEL that means he might be using a second string side for the Europa League while the favourites lose their players to injuries & fatigue because of the Champs League.

Lionel Messi recorded his 37th Barcelona hat - trick as he helped his side to a 4 - 0 win over Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Look no further than the Brazil national side, they prioritize those in the Brazilian league over your willians / firminos who play in Europe.

But, after the South Side team became a national news story with its exciting Little League victory over favored Las Vegas, the evidence against JRW was not hard to amass.

Man City winger Leroy Sane was showered with praise following his performance in his side's 3 - 1 win over Newcastle in the Premier League this evening

The Black Cats failed to build on a 2 - 0 win over Hull City when they faced Swansea City on Saturday, as the Welsh side secured a comfortable win to ensure their Premier League survival.

Liverpool can beat Man City over two legs but facing a fellow English side in the Champions League is so uninspiring.

Arsenal are the only side in the league averaging over 20 shots per game, in fact Ozil, Ramsey and Cazorla alone have created 60 chances, now of those 60 chances, it is only probably the most difficult that has been converted, Olivier Girouds fantastic Volley Vs Palace.

Despite enduring his fair share of criticism over his new side's playing style, Louis van Gaal had inspired United to third place in the Premier League and the quarter - finals of the FA Cup, with a Capital One Cup humbling at MK Dons the only major blot on his copy book.

Poodlksi over Campbell 100 % he was the leader of assists of the premier league before injury playing on that left side, the only bad thing about Arsenal are the fans that tempt to forget easily, however Im glad this is not Football Manager or Fifa and Podolski is over Campbell for sure

Cahill captained the side in the absence of John Terry during the Champions League opener against Macabbi Tel - Aviv on Wednesday night as the west London outfit returned to form with a convincing 4 - 0 victory over the Israeli side thanks to goals from Willian, Oscar, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.

The Spaniard's side have won 11 of their 12 Premier League games so far this season to open up an eight - point gap over their nearest rivals, while they've comfortably qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Origi was signed by Liverpool over the summer and then immediately loaned back to Lille for the current campaign and any more to break that deal would no doubt cost the Premier League side an additional fee.