Sentences with phrase «on early pacesetters»

Sir Alex's side made the short trip to Anfield in need of three points to keep the pressure on early pacesetters Arsenal and Chelsea.

Not exact matches

Indeed, even major products hailed as «pacesetters» by IRI because they do well in their first year on the shelf often fail to live up to their early promise, with sales fizzling out after two or three years, while the real success stories tend to tap into new consumer trends early and nearly always start small, building momentum gradually.

Darren Ferguson's men were one of the early pacesetters, but the goals have dried up in recent weeks and a 2 - 1 home defeat to Swindon last weekend saw a furious outburst from chairman Darragh MacAnthony on Twitter aimed at his management and players.

The mid-winter Bundesliga break combined with Aubameyang being away on international duty with Gabon at the African Cup of Nations has seen a tightening at the top with no fewer that six players sharing second place, just one goal behind the early pacesetter who has 16 for the season.

With just four games played, the reigning Premier League champions head to Goodison Park 13th in the league table on four points - eight adrift of early pacesetters Manchester City.

But the list stretches further back than just this term, especially their Stamford Bridge casualties, as Chelsea haven't dropped points in a league fixture on home soil since the middle of February, while they haven't even conceded a goal on home soil since the end of March, so just scoring against them appears a daunting enough task, let alone actually snatching points off the early pacesetters.