Sentences with phrase «of runaway league leaders»
Although Chelsea were unlucky not to pick up all three points in Saturday's 0 - 0 draw with Everton, the result leaves the Blues 16 points shy of runaway league leaders Manchester City, with hopes of retaining their Premier League title already all but extinguished.
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This is a hammer blow to United and Mourinho after a difficult season that has seen them barely mount any kind of title challenge to runaway league leaders Manchester City, and also drop out of the Champions League earleague leaders Manchester City, and also drop out of the Champions League earLeague early on.
They would of course need to overcome Premier League runaway leaders Chelsea tomorrow at Stamford Bridge, where they have won 15 of their 16 matches in all competitions this term...
The runaway League leaders Chelsea are 8 points ahead of us, and 5 ahead of Liverpool in second place, but a win tonight will mean that it is virtually impossible for Arsenal to catch up against an 11 point lead.
The 5th of November gives us the hardest test of all with a visit to the Etihad to take on the runaway League leaders Man City.
Why he's here: City's creator in chief once again, supplying a pair of assists as the runaway Premier League leaders utterly dominated Everton en route to a 3 - 1 victory at Goodison Park on Saturday.
March 19 — Runaway English Championship leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers look certain to be headed back to the Premier League but they will need to head off growing concerns about their ownership and the influence of super agent Jorge Mendes in the club's signings, an influence that will concern Premier League club owners, many of whom rely on Mendes for key foreign players.
The runaway Premier League leaders will secure their place in the last eight of the Champions League for just the second time in their history barring a remarkable last 16, second leg collapse when they host Basel on Wednesday, boasting a 4 - 0 first leg lead.
The runaway leaders know they're three points away from regaining the league title against their dearest rivals and what better way to claim the title than in front of their home support?
But Klopp, after seeing Salah score for the seventh straight game, said his man deserved to be competing for English football's top individual honours alongside the Belgian, who has played such a key role in the progress of runaway Premier League leaders City this season.
With the FA Cup kicking off and then returning at the end of January, we should have a much clearer idea of where this season is going for the Blues once the month draws to a close, especially with Man City already runaway leaders in the Premier League, ruling out any chance of Conte's men retaining their title.
Spurs have fallen 13 points behind runaway leaders Manchester City after one win in their last four league games, but Pochettino said it was important not to lose sight of how far his team have come.
Sam Allardyce says Everton are ready for their «biggest challenge» against runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday, with Idrissa Gana Gueye to be given «every chance» of recovering from a hamstring injury to be fit for the clash.
Hull have made a very strong defence of their title thus far, beating Catalans and runaway Super League leaders Castleford on their way back to the last four.
End up on the wrong side of the result, and Liverpool risk losing momentum in their chase for the Premier League table as they currently lie nine points adrift of runaway leaders Chelsea.
To achieve a hat - trick of wins over Bayern, Nagelsmann, Germany's coach of the year in 2016, must now beat the runaway league leaders at their own Allianz Arena.
With Antonio's red card making him unavailable for the next game at home to Chelsea it is even more crucial that Andy Carroll is fit if we have any hope of giving the league leaders a decent game — or did Antonio get himself banned on purpose to make sure his next employers maintain their runaway lead at the top?
Can we reverse the disappointing result of the first Premier League game of the season, and perhaps repeat the EFL Cup win against the Premier League runaway leaders?
Man Utd are second in the Premier League but with no realistic chance of catching runaway leaders and crosstown neighbours Manchester City.
Bristol City boss Lee Johnson is ready for the «amazing» prospect of tackling runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-f -LRB-...)
The runaway Premier League leaders started brightly after a tough week, we struggled to get going and the result was City taking the game by the scruff of the neck and forging a 2 - 0 lead with 25 minutes on the clock.
And Di Maria has no regrets about his # 44m switch to join Laurent Blanc's squad, who are the runaway leaders of Ligue 1 and face Chelsea for a place in the quarter - finals of the Champions League.
When they combine as slickly as this, the Dortmunder can even give runaway league leaders, Bayern, a run for their money in the creativity department and now eight points ahead of Hertha Berlin in third, already seem to have a lock on a direct Champions League qualifyingleague leaders, Bayern, a run for their money in the creativity department and now eight points ahead of Hertha Berlin in third, already seem to have a lock on a direct Champions League qualifyingLeague qualifying spot.
The Citizens have been the runaway leaders of the league all season and hold an eight point advantage over their rivals heading into this derby clash.