Sentences with phrase «of being in the title race»

Arsenal, going into the new season, will have very high ambitions of being in the title race longer than they managed to last season.

Not exact matches

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour titles and banned for life from bicycle racing in 2012 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after it accused him in a report of engineering one of the most sophisticated doping schemes in sports.

(College courses that used to have this term in their title are now commonly titled «Inequality»» or, of course, «Race, Class, and Gender.»)

In 1965 John Knox Press published a book titled The Unsilent South, a collection of 19 sermons preached on the race situation by Presbyterian ministers during the height of the civil rights movement when communities were being torn asunder by demonstrations.

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They are forcing it to include Spurs in the title race when in reality they are fast drifting out of the race for the top 4.

referring decisions also go in our favour, for instance that dortmund goal sanogo scored was clearly offside, these things are apart of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4 goal leads, GREAT teams do not concede 3 + goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have had an injury list just as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united have just gone through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth are united in the title race and not arsenal?

Laurent Koscielny is refusing to give up hope of helping Arsenal to overcome Chelsea and their rivals in the Premier League title race.

The Spaniard was leading in the final race of the MotoGP season and looked as though he'd easily take his fourth title in the premier class, that was until this happened...

Bob, let the Gunners not take winning the treble for granted and start to underate the resolve of their main title rivals who are still in the 3 titles race.

Chelsea and City will be laughing at the string of surprise failures inside the top six this week, and considering that Arsenal were the only side to actually lose, we will have to consider ourselves lucky not to have lost much in the race for the title or the top four.

With the Gunners out of the EPL title race we could really do with the boost of beating Bayern Munich and getting into the quarter - finals for the first time in years, so perhaps now would be the perfect time to give Sanchez a little rest to recharge his batteries.

The following month may see a massive swing in the fortunes in those who are considered favourites in the title race due to the fact that each of the favourites will play each other and therefore deny each other points.

Then factor in the pressure that comes with a title race towards d end of d season, which will surely crack our opponents as we are already used to it.

So far 2 may be 3 FA Cups, out of the title race in March sometimes as early as November and always humiliated in the ECL round of 16.

That was a potentially pivotal game for us in the title race and we went into it with high hopes against an injury hit team, but it was Rashford who took the glory on the day, stunning Arsenal with two goals in the space of three minutes to set us on the road to a damaging 3 - 2 loss.

With Arsenal being unbeaten since the first day of the season, and Spurs being unbeaten in the League, this is guaranteed to be a crucial fixture in the title race, and the Arsenal players know it too.

Last season, Spurs famously came third in a two - horse race for the Premier League title, when capitulating under the pressure of being Leicester's last remaining rivals, and it was our care - free winning form which led us to leapfrog our noisy neighbours.

So I was a bit surprised to say the least when I saw in a Metro report that our former centre back and member of the invincibles of 2004 suggested that Chelsea have the edge over us in the race for the title because of the strength of their defence.

So was Campbell wrong to suggest Chelsea have the edge in the title race because of their defence?

We only got Gabriel and Coquelin in December / January, so if that's what we needed how come we didn't buy them until halfway through the season when we were out of the title race?

In the early stages of the 2006 GP2 season, it looked like Hamilton was streaking to the title, but some bad races and a strong run of form from Nelson Piquet Jr closed things right up.

The Citizens are back in action on Sunday as they face a tough trip to Merseyside for a clash with Everton at Goodison Park and will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the result in the corresponding fixture last season as the 1 - 1 draw saw them lose valuable ground in the title race.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

It wasn't enough to win the title, but he set up his championship - winning season in 2016 by taking victory at the first four races, giving him a seven - race run of P1 finishes.

He was still leading the championship heading in the the final round in Fuji, but the race was so wet that he couldn't see properly as a result of his burns and withdrew from the race, allowing Hunt to finish third and win the title.

Hamilton had dropped back in the late stages of the race as the rain came down, and with a few corners to go he was only in sixth place - and he needed to be fifth for the title.

Unfortunately not getting to celebrate his title with a win was far from the worst thing about Andretti's race, as overnight Peterson tragically died of complications from the leg injuries he sustained in the crash.

Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor leg in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge athlete in the final metres of the last race of the day, bringing the match victory back to Oxford for the first time in four years.

It sometimes seems like Leicester City are on top of the League by default, with Arsenal, Man City and Man United continually dropping crucial points in the title race, but Arsenal are still sitting pretty just two points behind the leaders.

It's a pity Timo Glock's Toyota isn't one of the classic cars, because then we could all recreate the famous move on the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the 2008 season which ensured Hamilton beat Massa to the title in his second year of F1.

This will be Arsenal's last chance of silverware this season, having fizzled out of the Premier League title race, and will likely be under more pressure than our rivals, but form generally goes out the window in these sorts of matches.

With Leicester hoping to extend their five - point lead at the top of the table, it promises to be a crucial second half for both clubs in the Premier League title race.

Liverpool are still very much in the title race, and Rodgers knows that victory would give him the opportunity to purchase an entirely different class of player, but by the same token he is also aware that he can not afford to make his moves based on that alone.

It sounds like there is a crisis of confidence going on, and if we don't find a solution soon we are in danger of dropping completely out of the title race.

The Cardinal were the two - time defending Pac - 12 champions and expected to give Oregon a serious run for its money in the West Coast wing of the title race.

We are just 7 days away from the League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which could make or break our chances of catching our neighbours up in the title race, but conversely this FA Cup game against Southampton could also be just as important.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

The title race is tighter than a gnat's chuff and with Leicester City and Tottenham already above us, even though the spuds are only in second place due to their better goal difference, we really can not afford to give any ground in the next round of games.

The Argentine tactician is doing a stellar job at White Hart Lane for the second consecutive season, as they remain hot on the trails of Chelsea in the Premier League title race this year.

But I am not sure that I quite share the optimism of our German international star Mesut Ozil, who The Mirror have reported as insisting that Arsenal are not out of the race for the EPL title race just yet, despite the fact that we are not even in the top four of the table and are currently 13 points behind the league leaders Chelsea.

Tottenham have only won one of their last seven August fixtures — a statistic which explains why they have been the chasing side in the last two title races, rather than the frontrunners.

But Eto'o is truly in the young stages of his prime and his style of play is perfect for England, if someone in the Big Four does pick him up it would certainly change the landscape of the title race.

It was the only goal of the game in an important fixture in the Super Lig title race, as it resulted in Hamza Hamzaoglu's side going three points clear of second - placed Fenerbahce at the top of the table.

If Manu win on Monday, they are right back in the title race, we were laughing at them at the start of the season.

Tuesday's result means the chances of that happening look bleak, and with City also well adrift of Chelsea in the title race, it could be the beginning of the end for their 61 - year - old manager.

Having got the ball rolling with excellent spells at Espanyol and Southampton, the Argentine tactician has taken himself and Spurs to the next level since arriving at White Hart Lane as the club are in the midst of a Premier League title race for the second consecutive season.

With Barca off the pace in the title race with rivals Real Madrid ahead and with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the job.

Having fallen short in the Premier League title race again and in the semi-finals of the FA Cup, Pochettino and his players will be desperate to take that final step and be a real force.

Eden Hazard discussed the developing title race in the wake of Chelsea's win over Tottenham at the weekend, but it was what he didn't say that has raised eyebrows.