Sentences with phrase «on runaway league leaders»

Lewandowski could surely be an upgrade in attack and give Jose Mourinho the necessary firepower to close the gap on runaway league leaders Manchester City next season.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

The Manchester United boss recently insisted that his side had not spent enough money to challenge runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City following his side's failure to beat Burnley on Boxing Day.

Stan Collymore has now called for them to push on and create a four - way dogfight for the Premier League title, alongside Chelsea, Manchester United and current runaway 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.

Liverpool got there for the first time in 10 years with a 5 - 1 aggregate victory over runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City but will not under - estimate Roma who on paper are the weakest side left but made the last four for the first time since 1984 — the season they ironically lost to Liverpool in the final — by knocking out Barcelona this week with a stunning comeback.

The centre half is expected to arrive on Merseyside on January 1st in a # 75M deal after Jürgen Klopp's Reds beat out Pep Guardiola and the runaway league leaders for the Southampton star's signature.

Runaway leaders, an unlikely European challenger and six sackings - read Phil McNulty's verdict on all 20 Premier League clubs» seasons so far.

West Ham with the worst goal difference and joint worse goals conceded in the division take on rampant, runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

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.

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?

MADRID: Barcelona equalled the record longest unbeaten run in La Liga history as a Lionel Messi hat - trick inspired the runaway leaders to a 3 - 1 win over Leganes on Saturday to make it 38 league games unbeaten.

Mahrez, 26, has missed two Premier League matches and had not trained with the team since the move he desperately wanted to runaway leaders City fell through due to Leicester's demands on January 31, transfer deadline day.

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.

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.