Sentences with phrase «of lilywhites»

Arsenal starts the weekend four points adrift of the Lilywhites and can't afford to suffer a defeat in this or their shot at a top four will likely vanish.

Watford collected a good point against Spurs last weekend but failed, in the end, to really take advantage of the Lilywhites having gone down to ten men.

Another win on Monday, testament to the never - say - die ability of the Lilywhites that has been slowly ingrained into a promising young setup by the Argentine manager, to end what has been a really positive 2015.

After breaking our barren run of form with victory in our last match against Hull City, Mauricio Pochettino will be aiming to end his first season in charge of the Lilywhites with victory, but he'll need the influence of key players to achieve that.

Even Manchester's footballing overlords must be wary of this maturing crop of Lilywhites.

Indeed, Mauricio Pochettino will likely be licking his lips at the prospect of offloading some of the considerable deadwood in the squad and financing his own makeover of the Lilywhites» options.

Not exact matches

The 23 - year - old remains a crucial component of Mauricio Pochettino's plans in North London, and if the Lilywhites are realistic about establishing themselves as a regular Champions League side, they would be wise to extend Eriksen's contract and see off the attentions of the European giants.

Both of our main rivals have relatively easy looking games, with the Foxes at home to Norwich City (let's be having you Delia's mob) and our lilywhite rivals at home to Swansea City (let's see some fire from those Welsh dragons) you would have to say that Arsenal have a much tougher task.

The Gunners still have four games left to play and the away victory over Hull City has opened up an insurmountable gap of 12 points over the lilywhite neighbours as they only have three to play.

But the Lilywhites surrendered their advantage as Alexis Sanchez earned the Gunners a crucial point which keeps them within three of Tottenham towards the top of the table.

The FA Cup tie between the two London rivals was dominated by Spurs during the opening 45 minutes, with the Lilywhites enjoying 60 percent of the possession and going close with a series of chances.

The England international has been in excellent form this season, having scored 25 goals in 36 league goals this season, helping the Lilywhites to the brink of a return to the Champions League.

All four three corners will lift the Lilywhites in their spiritual home's final chapter, and shroud the Lane in a enduring glimmer of glory long after the last stand has been felled.

For the Lilywhites boss it could be something of a baptism of fire as his side faces a Sheffield Utd side looking to get back to some sort of form and push for the playoffs

The Lilywhites already have a considerable roster of Belgian players, with Mousa Dembele, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Nacer Chadli all key members of the first team, and apparently see Witsel as a fine addition to their current options.

Indeed, the trio of Spurs talents have all been pivotal in a magnificent campaign for the Lilywhites, who are in the midst of an unlikely title challenge.

Since he's joined the club, Pochettino's turned Spurs» defence into one of the best in England, as since the start of the 2015/16 season, the Lilywhites have only conceded 66 goals in 84 league games.

The Lilywhites host London rivals Crystal Palace in the fifth round of the FA Cup this weekend.

The importance of this fixture to both sides can not be over-estimated with this being one of the oldest rivalries in English football, but this season, with the Lilywhites already 4 points ahead of Arsenal in the League table, the Gunners can't afford to let their rivals open up a bigger gap, while Arsene Wenger's side will be desperate to move back into contention for a Top Four finish by taking all 3 points.

Spurs are playing their part in a truly remarkable Premier League season, and as Leicester City tightened their grip on top spot, so the Lilywhites took another step towards a likely title challenge at the end of the season.

The news outlet are also reporting that the Lilywhites pulled out of the reckoning to sign now Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley, who eventually joined the Blues for # 15M as per the BBC, with Gomes now being the player they're going to target.

Not that they have never been above us in the table, because they have been a fair few times, but that it has always been the lilywhites that end up waving the white flag and faltering towards the end of the season.

Indeed, he was a key performer against Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend, with the Lilywhites only taking control of the match after the right - back was substituted.

On the other hand, Mauricio Pochettino and co. look set for another Champions League campaign, although some sort of actual trophy wouldn't go amiss for the Lilywhites.

That little loss of discipline (as well as Mousa Dembele's eye - gouge against Chelsea) left Spurs short in midfield, and ultimately cost the Lilywhites second place — and a final placing above arch-rivals Arsenal.

Manchester United demonstrated what they were capable of when turning around the Manchester derby but Jose Mourinho will not want to afford any space to Tottenham's stellar attack so expect the Red Devils to sit back and try to contain the Lilywhites.

The South Korea superstar endured something of a difficult debut away at Sunderland, as he appeared to struggle with the physicality and intensity of the English game, despite the fact that the Lilywhites picked up the three points.

The Lilywhites have had a bid of around # 15m accepted for the Swansea City striker, he could complete his move to Tottenham later today.

Alderweireld is also in the last year of his contract with the Lilywhites.

With just two minutes on the clock, David Pleat's Lilywhites were already living up to their tag as overwhelming favourites, Clive Allen heading home Chris Waddle's delicious right wing cross to put Spurs one up, his 49th goal of a stellar season.

Pochettino also stated that Kane lacked fitness for the game against Stoke, leading to his substitution part way through the 2 - 2 draw with The Potters, and the Lilywhites now seem to lack options up top with Emmanuel Adebayor out of the frame, Roberto Soldado sold to Villarreal and Harry Kane lacking fitness.

With Arsenal and Man City playing each other on Sunday as well, this is a great chance for the Lilywhites to close ground on the loser of that one (both if those two draw).

Wednesday night sees the return of the EFL Cup for Spurs and a home tie against League One Gillingham is what awaits the Lilywhites.

Holtby signed for the Lilywhites in January 2013, and it was in that summer that seven new players arrived at White Hart Lane, and with three of these challenging for a starting place with Holtby, it was always going to be hard for the German to nail down a regular starting spot, and it panned out exactly like this for the former Schalke man.

While they have struggled on recent visits to Turf Moor, of the six times that they have been drawn against Burnley in the FA Cup (seven matches in total), the Lilywhites have won four of them.

The Lilywhites can momentarily go to within four points of leaders and into second with a win at White Hart Lane.

The Lilywhites have scored at least two goals in four of their five previous Premier League matches against the Clarets, but failed to score in their last visit to Turf Moor in April 2015.

The Lilywhites are in top form right now with eight wins on the bounce in all competitions, but they have had some tough times at this stage of the competition, having lost their last six FA Cup Finals in a row.

The judging panel line - up consisted of Lee McQueen, winner of BBC's «The Apprentice» in 2008, Chris Paouros, Co-Chair of Proud Lilywhites, Kevin Fitzgerald, Board Member of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters» Trust and Nick Harding, Deputy Manager at The Learning Zone, Wembley Stadium.

Although the English duo Kane and Alli have been hogging all the headlines for the Lilywhites, Son has been quietly consistent and is growing into a reliable source of goals for them.

After it has been a case of Spurs putting pressure on Chelsea recently, the Blues can switch that up and extend their lead over the Lilywhites to seven points with a win in this one.

In regards to Malcom, football.london understands that the Lilywhites are closely monitoring the player's situation and are weighing up whether to launch a bid in the remaining days of the transfer window.

However, looking at the recent form of both sides and the way the Lilywhites have been playing in the last couple of seasons, you would think that Mauricio Pochettino side's chance of getting a result at Anfield are better than ever before.

The Lilywhites have conceded under a goal per game on home soil and they should be competitive in this one because of that and the fact that they are scoring decent as well recently with at least two goals in each of their last five league games.

United have won 17 and lost none of their last 22 Premier League games against Tottenham, and the Lilywhites have managed to score eight goals in 20 Premier League visits to Old Trafford.

The Lilywhites failed to come back from behind again as they crashed out of the Champions League in disappointing fashion.

It seems like it will be a tough ask for Newport to get a result at the weekend as the Lilywhites have also scored 3 or more goals in every game they have faced Newport County, but with the magic of the FA Cup, nothing is impossible.

The Lilywhites made a bright start into that tie as they found themselves going one goal up after just six minutes of play through Moussa Sissoko's effort.

City have also confirmed that the 22 - year - old will return to Preston on a season - long loan after spending the second half of the previous campaign with the Lilywhites.

Given their positive streak of form lately they don't look like losing this game and the Lilywhites have scored at least two goals in six of their last nine.