Sentences with phrase «on title rivals»

If Barça are able to confirm their status as favorites and get the three points, they'll put immense pressure on title rivals Real Madrid who have one of their toughest assignments of the season away to Real Sociedad, the only other team in La Liga with a perfect record so far.

Sakho made an # 18m Anfield switch on transfer deadline day and said his PSG goodbyes yesterday when they took on title rivals Monaco.

Madrid can put pressure on title rivals with a win earlier in the day and go 5 points clear at top of the table for alteast a few hours.

Manchester United visit Watford on Tuesday hoping to increase the pressure on title rivals Manchester City.

And Mirallas played 85 minutes of a 2 - 0 success that saw third - place Olympiakos — who have a game in hand on their title rivals - close the gap on leaders AEK Athens to just two points.

Arsenal continued to pile the pressure on their title rivals with another three points after dominating a Sunderland side that are destined for Championship football.

Manuel Pellegrini takes his Manchester City side to Upton Park after a hugely disappointing midweek Champions League draw against CSKA Moscow, hoping to notch up another win in the Premier League and keep the pressure on title rivals Chelsea before their Sunday game against Manchester United.

Carlo Ancelotti's men trailed early on and were pegged back to 2 - 2 before eventually hitting top gear and powering past their spirited opponents to keep up the pressure on title rivals Barcelona.

Unfortunately, the spectacular goal couldn't secure PSG the win, and despite leading 2 - 0 at half time they conceded two goals in the dying minutes to draw the game and lose ground on their title rivals.

So both will be defending unbeaten form for the start of the season and this is a big chance for someone to get one up on a title rival.

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They were knocked out of the Champions League quarter - finals to Liverpool on Tuesday night and failed to win the Premier League title against rivals Manchester Utd last weekend — after surrendering a two goal lead.

On top of that, if bringing the former Barcelona man to Old Trafford also meant two of their biggest rivals could lose their best players, it would surely boost their title hopes for next season.

He hates the idea of strengthening a rival for the title, but can he really afford to keep the Ox on the books and then let him leave for free next summer?

The Merengues were defeated on aggregate by Juventus this week in the semi-final, and thus will not be able to defend the continental title they won last year against fierce rivals Barcelona in Berlin.

Arsenal fans will be hoping from a look at this weekend's fixture list in the Premier League that it could be a good few days for the Gunners in our pursuit of the title, as many of our big rivals for the EPL trophy have matches that look harder on paper than our trip to Swansea and two of them are playing each other.

Big teams don't rely on friendly refs, fair play from the opposition or title rivals dropping points.

23 — Having wrestled the title off last season's champions Atletico, Barca are now celebrating their 23rd La Liga win, continuing their superb rise in the modern era as they look to catch up with bitter rivals Real Madrid on 32.

We have all but ruled ourselves out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.

Wenger and the players should be looking foward to these games with relish as it gives us an opportunity to get one over on our rivals and take control of the title race.

The Sky Blues lost to Burnley on Saturday, leaving them six points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea with their title rivals also having a game in hand.

Though it wasn't even for the lead, title rivals Jolyon Palmer and Felipe Nasr fought like mad for much of the race, going wheel to wheel on multiple occasions.

Chelsea host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge on Saturday knowing that a win could all - but end their rivals» Premier League title hopes.

Indeed, as Kluivert points out, United remain fifth in the table, and despite Manchester City's loss to title - chasing Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, they are six points behind their fierce local rivals.

The Gunners made the switch to the 3 -4-2-1 formation which helped Chelsea to steal a march on all rivals as they comfortably secured the Premier League title last season, and we opted to play our own system including the same system toward the end of the campaign also.

The two rivals will meet again in Week 17 with the AFC South title potentially on the line.

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Heavy victories for their title rivals Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint - Germain had put the pressure on Lyon to prosper against MHSC.

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The West London club's spending outlay was someway below arch title rivals Man City, who spent # 49m on Raheem Sterling (via Sky Sports), # 55m on Kevin de Bruyne (via BBC Sport), # 32m on Nicolas Otamendi (via BBC Sport) as well as bringing in Fabian Delph from Aston Villa and Patrick Roberts from Fulham.

Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.

Most of us would probably prefer the two big title rivals to draw and claim just a point each, which would let Arsenal gain ground on both, assuming we win our own game at home to Brighton of course.

The Red Devils have spent over # 200million on the likes of Angel Di Maria and Ander Herrera since the Dutch boss replaced David Moyes at the helm last summer in an attempt to restore the club as genuine title challengers to the likes of Chelsea and fierce rivals Manchester City.

As Arsenal prepare for a visit to title - rivals Chelsea on Saturday, manager Arsene Wenger is also preparing for a historic landmark — his 1,000 th game in charge of the club.

It was a fiery encounter at Stamford Bridge between the two London rivals, with Tottenham's title hopes being on the line only adding to the tension.

Jose Mourinho will be focused on taking United back to the top of the tree, and while that may not happen this season with rivals Man City comfortably ahead in the Premier League title race, these possible signings could strengthen the Red Devils in the summer.

It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last won the MLS title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series against L.A. rival Chivas USA.

Mancini puts City's title bid apparently failing down to the recent injury of Sergio Aguero who missed their draws with Sunderland and Stoke last month — two games which allowed United to open up a five point gap on their rivals.

unless he thinks the our league rivals are staring to get a little bit weaker, and he thinks he can take advantage of it in the next few years to compete for more titles easier, i think that is taking a massive chance on his reputation.

With potential title rivals Manchester City hammering Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the day and Chelsea yet to place, van Gaal's side face losing ground on those sides currently above them.

Not because we are playing Chelsea, but because we are on top of the league gunning for the title and our title rivals are just beside us.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

So even though Arsenal finish the calendar year of 2015 on top of the Premier League table, and having won more points over that 12 month period than any of our rivals, and are favourites for the title, the likes of Jamie Carragher can not help themselves in watering down any praise.

I think what should be of a primary concern to the Boss, the Gunners and we the Gooners, is the state of readiness of the Gunners to capitalise on any dropped points by our 3 title rivals of, Leicester, Spurs & Man City.

Our north London rivals Tottenham will be facing a Man City side that will be desperate to get back to winning ways after their loss against Leicester and after Man United conceded that late equaliser to Chelsea on Sunday, the current top four are, realistically, the four clubs that could win the title this season.

As per Pep Guardiola in his press conference on Friday though, it looks as though he's suffered a setback and will not feature against Liverpool in the early - season crunch clash between the two Premier League title rivals.

Real Madrid suffered a humiliating 3 - 0 at the hands of fierce rivals Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday in a match that effectively ended Los Blancos» title hopes.

The Spanish giants take on Getafe in their final game of the La Liga season, with little to play for as they now have no chance of catching rivals Barcelona to win the title.

With his side sitting atop the Premier League table with an eight - point lead over their nearest rivals, he's well on course to win the title in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

On the other hand, our rivals from White Hart Lane may well have lost a good deal of their own confidence.optimism and belief that Mauricio Pochettino is the man to lead them to the EPL title and that could help us as well by hindering them.