Sentences with phrase «opener against the leaders»

Not exact matches

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

The current Premier League leaders went into the clash against the Hammers on the back of suffering a 2 - 1 loss at the hands of Serie A giants Juventus in the Champions League opener in midweek, although they had made a perfect start to the domestic campaign.

Jim Curtin's men have a 1 -0-1 record after holding the early Eastern Conference leaders Columbus Crew SC to a 0 - 0 draw just two weeks after recording a 2 - 0 win in their Season Opener against New England.