Sentences with phrase «over league rival»

She scored 14 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in a 70 - 45 win over league rival Kennedy, her fifth double - double this season.

The Reds were back in form, as they scored thrice in an emphatic win over their league rivals, ensuring that they just got the win at a very crucial time.

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If we sell to a premier league rival the supporters, including the moderate ones of which I am one, will be up in arms and the atmosphere will be so toxic that our season would be over before a ball is kicked.

The Blues look set to reclaim the Premier League title this season, as they boast a nine - point lead over their nearest rivals and look in formidable shape heading down the stretch.

The 22 - year - old has scored six goals in 13 league appearances so far this season, with Inter holding a four - point lead at the top of the standings over nearest rivals Fiorentina and Napoli.

Despite all that the big striker has still been chosen by Didier Deschamps over the Manchester United forward Anthony Martial, highlighting the huge difference between Arsenal and our Premier League rivals at the minute.

Premier League Predictions: Arsenal Set For Rare Win Over Big Rivals, Liverpool To Banish Selhurst Park Demons.

Arsenal sealed their place in the Champions League for next season tonight, thanks to London rivals West Ham's win over Manchester United, so we thought we'd take a brief look into who could possibly aid us in the bid for Champions League glory next year.

On Wednesday, our men's rugby league 1st team proved that the city was ours as they stormed ahead to their first win of the season in the Northern 1A — a 24 — 6 victory over our local rivals, UoM.

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And although it is still way too early to form a proper picture of the way our big Premier League rivals will perform over the course of the season, the early indications are pretty promising for the Gunners and Arsene Wenger.

Premier League rivals Arsenal and Crystal Palace have come to an agreement over the loan signing of young French striker Yaya Sanogo, report the Daily Star, with the former Auxerre man set to move to Selhurst Park until the end of the season and join Alan Pardew and the Eagles» fight for Premier League survival, that was given a huge boost with the weekend win over Tottenham Hotspur.

A wrongly disallowed goal and a horrible deflection were really harsh on the Welsh club but at the end of the day it has left Arsenal facing a crucial clash with Manuel Pellegrini and his players next week, with the winner getting one over on their main Premier League rival.

This transfer news which is apparently going to be officially confirmed by the Arsenal board this week is a big boost for everyone connected with the club and suggests that our days of losing key players to big rivals in the Premier League and Europe are well and truly over.

For Barca, they have an 11 - point lead over nearest La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid and so can perhaps afford to rest key players in the league to prioritise the Champions League and Copa del Rey league to prioritise the Champions League and Copa del Rey League and Copa del Rey final.

Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0 victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse race.

There was just one goal scored over two legs of the Champions League quarter - final between Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid — coming from Manchester United loanee Chicharito.

The report states that the Spanish tactician has already held talks over taking the Arsenal job and that means the Gunners would hold a big advantage over their rivals if Messi were to ever consider a transfer to the Premier League.

All of our rivals will be in similar situations of course, so we can not complain too much but it does make avoiding the two legged Champions League play - offs extremely important and a big advantage over the team that does finish fourth.

The Spaniard's side have won 11 of their 12 Premier League games so far this season to open up an eight - point gap over their nearest rivals, while they've comfortably qualified for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

While Mourinho didn't confirm that it was real, he offered a decisive update on the transfer saga which has dragged on for weeks as question marks were raised over whether or not Chelsea would sell to their Premier League rivals.

This scissor - kick strike from the playmaker proved to not only be his finest highlight of the campaign; it also sealed three crucial points over fierce rivals Liverpool in their search for a place in next season's Champions League.

Arsenal would not want to see the Germany international move to a Premier League rival, but Lawrenson has poured cold water over the speculation as he does not believe a move to United would be a good fit at all.

Since 2015, the Portuguese hasn't a single away win over any of the five big rivals that he has come up against in the league, and is regularly criticised for «parking the bus» in such encounters.

While Arsene Wenger seems content to bide his time over the Arsenal transfer business of the summer, it looks like our Premier League rivals are being much more proactive, especially the team we pipped to avoid the Champions League play - off games.

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Their title credentials will be tested at Saturday lunchtime when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face an out - of - form Chelsea side as manager Arsene Wenger looks to record his first ever league victory over his arch rival Jose Mourinho.

What better to shut his mouth than for arsene to record back 2 back league victories over his arch rival.....

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.

The Premier League title holders are keen to beat local rivals Man City to the signing of the 21 year old playmaker, mindful of the fact that the starlet's current boss, Manuel Pellegrini, is set to take over at the Etihad Stadium.

That appeared to have swung the momentum in Leicester's favour as they looked set to secure a famous FA Cup win over their Premier League rivals, but they were denied in the closing stages as Nathan Dyer was harshly adjudged to have handled in the area.

Whether it was because we lost one of the best players in the side to a Premier League or European rival or because we failed with a transfer bid or perhaps ended up signing an over the hill Swedish midfielder with a bad back when we badly needed a striker, there have been some stinkers.

Manchester United loanee Javier Hernandez scored a last minute winner to take Real Madrid through to the Champions League semi-finals after a 1 - 0 win over local rivals Atletico Madrid.

While it's clearly a big boost for United to get one over rivals Manchester City, who had long been tipped as the favourites for the Chile international, Neville also believes Jose Mourinho may have done so out of fear of Liverpool overtaking them in the Premier League.

The fact that it was over Chelsea and put an end toi the nine game winless run against our London rivals in the Premier League made this vbictory all the sweeter and the boss must have loved it.

Ernesto Valverde has guided his side to top spot in La Liga with a four - point gap over their nearest rivals while they sit top of Group D in the Champions League and are on the verge of qualifying for the knockout stage as they remain unbeaten in both competitions.

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.

Wenger has overseen the deterioration of Arsenal's league form over the past 10 years and seen the club lose their most important players to rival teams and bigger teams, as he failed to hold on to them.

Yes we are rivals to Tottenham but can't we just concentrate on our team and leave theirs alone, our days of celebrating our team being ahead of them in 4th rather than how we remain in 4th over the years is part of our problem now, I remember the season Leicester won the league we fans were celebrating that we came second and topped Tottenham instead of getting angry that Leicester won the league but see what happened the next season and now?

Nolito found his first team opportunities limited last season under Guardiola, as the winger was only able to make 19 league appearances, scoring four and assisting two, as City scraped third over rivals Liverpool.

Manchester United secured a 2 - 0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday as they closed the gap on their rivals for a top - four finish in the Premier League.

The striker has bagged 71 Ligue 1 goals over the past three seasons albeit in a struggling side, and his consistency could rival that of Tottenham's Harry Kane or any other top Premier League goalscorer.

If Arsenal fans were hoping for a slip up or two over the christmas period from any of the other clubs in with a chance of challenging for the Premier League title, then we were left with just one hope and that was soon snuffed out last night as our north London rivals Tottenham ran out 4 - 1 winners over Southampton.

Over the next week alone we have a testing trip to Bulgaria for a match against Ludogorets, before facing rivals Tottenham in the league.

While Spurs were defeated by the Gunners in the Capital One Cup earlier this year, Mauricio Pochettino's side haven't lost in the league since the opening day, and are unlikely to roll over for their rivals.

We are one of only three teams who can boast a win over our rivals this season, but the truth is that we have failed to win a Premier League title since 2004, whereas the Blues have picked up four since then, and look destined for a fifth.

Arsenal can not go to the top of the Premier League with a home win over Man City this evening, because of that pesky Leicester City side of Claudio Ranieri, but we can open up a four point lead over the club that is likely to be our main rivals for the EPL title.

This win for Arsenal over Premier League rivals Manchester United saw a great all round performance from the Gunners, both in attack and defence and there were lots of candidates for the Man of the Match, such as Petr Cech who made three crucial saves, Alexis Sanchez for his two great goals and Theo Walcott for his best game at centre forward, but for me it was Mesut Ozil who stood out with his sublime passing, movement, vision and work rate.

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Despite the fact that there have been Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with the all round midfielder for over a year now, our Premier League rivals Man United and Tottenham are also rumoured to be very keen on signing him this summer.