With a huge game just around the corner, can Pep Guardiola get his team back to their peak performance level with a highly significant win
over the league leaders?
In fact I had an uneasy feeling all day about this game and all my usual match day rituals couldn't help Jürgen Klopps team get a valuable win
over the League leaders, which would have given fans and players the belief that top four is a real possibility.
Crystal Palace's impressive four - match winning streak came to an end last weekend when the Eagles lost 3 - 1 at Southampton but the Eagles showed exactly what they were capable of in their impressive 2 - 1 upset
over league leaders Chelsea.
This wasn't our best performance by a long shot, but the festive period is famous for throwing up shocks, such as a small club like Tottenham managing to gain only their fifth ever league win
over the league leaders Chelsea.
Not exact matches
Manchester City closed the gap on
league leaders Chelsea on Saturday afternoon with a fine two goal victory
over Hull.
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.
Among top - flight clubs, only
leaders Manchester United have been in better form than Arsenal
over their last eight
league matches.
It will come as a bitter blow for City if they come away from Anfield empty - handed, as they have slipped 10 points behind
league leaders Leicester City although they hold a game in hand
over the Foxes.
Things aren't going to get any easier on Sunday, as Villarreal host
league leaders Barcelona, who currently hold an eight - point advantage
over Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish top flight.
The Premier
League leaders are considering a summer bid for the stopper and sent
over scouts to report back on the player's performance.
The former Chelsea midfielder has been heavily linked with a move to the current
leaders of the Barclays Premier
League for the majority of the summer transfer window and there is reportedly an agreement in place between the two clubs and negotiations are set to continue
over a few minor details according to Sky Sports.
Nevertheless, as they sit in third place in the Premier
League table and just two points adrift of league leaders Manchester City, they'll hope that they have enough over the next few months to sustain a title push and put themselves in a strong position heading into the second half of the cam
League table and just two points adrift of
league leaders Manchester City, they'll hope that they have enough over the next few months to sustain a title push and put themselves in a strong position heading into the second half of the cam
league leaders Manchester City, they'll hope that they have enough
over the next few months to sustain a title push and put themselves in a strong position heading into the second half of the campaign.
Liga left it late to earn a deserved victory
over the Paraguayan
league leaders courtesy of a very fortunate goal from Luis Bolanos.
If Wenger really placed winning and titles as a priorities
over massaging his delicate ego he never would have benched the
league leader in assists (Poldi) half - way through the season — just for one example No.
Poodlksi
over Campbell 100 % he was the
leader of assists of the premier
league before injury playing on that left side, the only bad thing about Arsenal are the fans that tempt to forget easily, however Im glad this is not Football Manager or Fifa and Podolski is
over Campbell for sure
There was only one thing to worry about for Arsenal fans, well for me at least, as the Gunners cruised to a 4 - 1 victory
over a good Newcastle United team fresh from a win
over the Premier
League leaders Chelsea.
He doesn't figure to be among the
league leaders in sacks; the Bears would be happy if he finished with 10 or 11, which would be a healthy increase
over the 7.5 he had with the Dolphins last year.
The weekend's woes were completed when the
league leaders Man City scored a very late winner after it looked like they may be held by West Ham and that goal gives them a huge gap of 15 points
over Arsenal.
theses guys beat the
league leaders and now their confidence is
over the moon
League leaders Juventus are looking to stay ahead of Napoli, and having shown
over recent years an ability to grind out results when needed, it will be a tough ask for the visitors to secure a positive result.
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Early February saw us rally with wins
over Bournemouth and
League leaders Leicester and we were back on track.
Not only does he have bags of Premier
League experience, with 181 starts under his belt, he is an outstanding
leader — something which Arsenal have lacked since Patrick Vieira left
over a decade ago.
That goal was nothing less that the National
League leaders deserved, after outplaying their Championship opponents
over three hours, home and away.
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Chelsea's 2 - 0 win
over Aston Villa, achieved thanks to a Diego Costa effort and an Alan Hutton own goal, lifted the Stamford Bridge side up to 11th place in the Premier
League table, still some ten points behind
leaders Man City.
With a fit Walcott available, Wenger may well be keen to revert back to his previous system as he looks to chase down Premier
League leaders Chelsea, who currently hold an eight point gap
over us in second.
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Chelsea have been formidable at the back
over the last few months, and a large part of that is down to the individuals mentioned above, as well as Gary Cahill who deserves recognition, but he drops out in favour of Arsenal's
leader at the back who continues to prove to be one of the best defenders in the Premier
League.
These two victories in Europe followed a 4 - 3 win
over Guardiola's side at Anfield in the Premier
League, meaning Liverpool have actually beaten the runaway league leaders three times this s
League, meaning Liverpool have actually beaten the runaway
league leaders three times this s
league leaders three times this season.
United fans will hope both players can maintain their good form
over next two games as they face Manchester City in the derby at Old Trafford on Sunday before a trip to Stamford Bridge for a clash with
league leaders Chelsea a week later.
There's activity all
over the table, and while
league leaders, Manchester City, are watching from home, there's plenty of action that can impact the race for Champions League spots and the relegation race
league leaders, Manchester City, are watching from home, there's plenty of action that can impact the race for Champions
League spots and the relegation race
League spots and the relegation race alike.
After Barcelona crawled
over the line with ten men to earn a point away against Celta Vigo, the
league leaders will be pleased to keep their hopes of going the whole season unbeaten alive despite major squad rotation.
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West Ham United have been the talk of social media once again following their brilliant 2 - 1 victory
over Premier
League leaders Manchester City this evening.
It comes after United secured a 2 - 1 win
over Liverpool at Old Trafford at the weekend, solidifying their place in second spot in the Premier
League table and opening up a gap between the two sides in the battle behind
leaders Manchester City.
«I think I've seen that in Cleveland and also with a lot of young quarterbacks all
over the
league, because most of them have a lot of success their whole lives, and all of a sudden the NFL is a different game, and everything they thought they knew about themselves — that they were great
leaders, and they could throw the ball and read defenses, and that their will would always overcome — they start to question those things and lose their confidence, and some never regain it.»
Ingram, the G
League's all - time
leader in three pointers made, averaged 9.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists this season and has shot 46 %
over the course of his career.
Tottenham beat Premier
League leaders Chelsea last night, meaning Arsenal dropped out of the top four of the table, whilst stopping them from building on their eight point lead
over our side.
Our club climbed up to third place in the table thanks to Liverpool's 1 - 0 win
over Manchester City this week, but to win this season's Premier
League table, it is the
leaders Chelsea who must drop points.
However, the clash between the Gunners and Liverpool tonight is starting to take on the feeling of a must win for us, and that was only made more clear yesterday as the
league leaders Man City overcome a determined Everton to make it three wins out of three, including one
over Chelsea.
The problem is;
over a season there are more than just the odd day and it takes a fluent, strong, creative team with strong
leaders to win a
league of European trophy and in Wenger and his mirror image teams I just don't see that.
A win
over the Red Devils will pull us to within a point of second in the table, although would give Premier
League leaders Manchester City the chance to pull 11 points clear of their nearest rivals with only 15 matches completed.
More to the point, United have only won one of their last 4 Premier
League games and are now 10 points behind us in the table, whereas we are coming from wins
over Bournemouth and
League leaders Leicester.
Arsène Wenger and Arsenal have endured another dismal season domestically, finding themselves
over 10 points off the top four and
over 30 points off the
league leaders Manchester City, this has led to banners, protests and empty seats and many fans are just simply fed up and want change.
Chelsea retained their position as
league leaders over the weekend after they came from one goal behind, the first goal they've conceded in seven games, to hand Tottenham their first defeat of the season in a 2 - 1 victory at Stamford Bridge.
After inflicting on
league leaders and rivals Manchester City - their first defeat at home in
over 70 weeks, Manchester United continue their push for second - place against a struggling West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last
league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the
league leaders until
over 60 minutes played.