Sentences with phrase «point against their rivals»

Arsenal supporters will have been overjoyed to secure all three points against rivals Tottenham on Sunday, but Alan Shearer makes a great point.

It's even more important for us to win now because of Chelsea result to start building up points against our rivals.

The Reds have looked sharp so far in pre-season, even beating Barcelona 4 - 0 only last weekend, but with home advantage, we should most definitely be taking all three points against our rivals.

I'm laying off this one and hoping the Gunners can at least get a point against their rivals.

The Magpies managed to rescue a late point against rivals Sunderland last time out so maybe they can take some positive from that.

Then there's Ring Shot, a surprisingly addictive mode where you must hit the ball through a set number of rings, with your collective ring shots only counting if you score the point against your rival.

Not exact matches

Rivals have pointed out that Trump's clothing is manufactured in China and Mexico, for example, which seemingly goes against his pro-American rally call.

YouGov's data points to a brand that is still well regarded, but is struggling to be unique and standout against rivals on key metrics.

The key will be putting a good show against our rivals, if we can gain a decent amount of points then we should be there or there abouts.

Arsene Wenger was obviously not happy that Arsenal dropped three points against one of our direct rivals for fourth place, but although he rued the defensive «mistakes» he felt that his team were tired but refused to blame anyone for the calamitous two goals we conceded.

Well we played bad, but at the end of the day we took a vital point against one of the title rivals at their home..

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

While the Pensioners» domestic record has been good under interim coach Guus Hiddink — who replaced former coach Jose Mourinho in December — the west Londoners could only manage a point at home against their capital rivals West Ham United on Saturday.

Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game early in the second half to secure all three points for Spurs at Wembley, and naturally it would have been a major disappointment for Arsenal supporters to lose against their bitter rivals.

By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against them.

Until May when we are crowned champions every team we face is our biggest rival, we have a poor record against Stoke City and Swansea we need these points so this must be rectified by beating such teams

Please guys let's not get carried away with the draw against spurs, there is a lot of football still to be played and I'm almost certain our rivals will definitely drop points!

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

He contributed two assists against Swansea City, before proving influential against Tottenham as the Gunners clawed back from a goal down to take a point from their vicious rivals.

That's 9 out of 27 points against direct rivals of similar calibre.

Unfortunately for them, Arsenal's form at this point really picked up, and despite another Bale - inspired win on the final day against Sunderland, Arsenal's win at Newcastle meant they were consigned to another season below their North London rivals and another season of Europa League football, despite their record points tally in the Premier League with 72.

The Virginia Military Keydets took on their in - state rival Radford Highlanders and the High Point Panthers faced Gardner - Webb Bulldogs for spots in the second round against the upper - echelon teams in the conference.

Man United concede a 94th minute goal against Leicester at the King Power Stadium this evening, as rivals Man City stretched the gap over the Red Devils to 13 points.

Our rivals will drop points too, many of them against each other.

Like them, Arsenal still can not really compete with our big rivals when it comes to transfer fees and wages so perhaps we need to take a leaf out of their book and make sure that we have a keeper that will earn us vital points when maybe we don't deserve them or to make the difference in the really big games against the likes of United.

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....

Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier League match against top four rivals Man City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.

That result leaves Brendan Rodgers» side seven points behind their fiercest rivals and will be fully aware that anything less than a victory against the Blues Chelsea would almost certainly end any chance of a top - four finish because of their inferior goal difference.

Manchester United return to Premier League action this weekend, after an international break, and will face struggling Aston Villa at Old Trafford, before a home game against bitter city rivals Manchester City, who they are only two points behind in the table.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

A goal from Robert Earnshaw secured all three points for Nottingham Forest from this match against their local rivals Derby County, a result that takes them into the top six.

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

That's eight points out of a possible 42 for United, and ultimately that isn't good enough as they need to pick up points against their direct rivals.

The second half of the season has started and we got one lucky point against Liverpool, and if we hadn't beaten our closest rivals Tottenham and Burnley we would be even further down the table!

Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point against their title rivals, not play to their best and still win a high - tension game comfortably.

With both teams coming off 3 - point losses to division rivals, the betting public is giving the slight edge to the visiting Broncos who put up 63 big points last week against Toledo only to lose by a field goal in the final minute.

Going into Sunday, therefore, Norwich City in particular will be looking at their game with their mouths watering as the game which they are undoubtedly favourites for gives them the opportunity, not only to take 3 points against their most fierce rivals, but also to close the gap to just 4 points on promotion placed Sheffield Wednesday.

Nevertheless, the public remains in favor of Kellen Moore and Co. bouncing back in a big way, with just over seven out of ten spread bets in favor of Boise posting a 19 point victory or more on the road against the Mountain West rival Aztecs.

Although the Clippers come out victorious against their crosstown rivals, 102 - 94, the 21 year - old Morris played his first big minutes of the season, guarding Chris Paul who went for 33 points, and feeding Kobe to his fourth consecutive 40 point night.

I'll also point out multiple PK saves on Chelsea's CL run... It's not fun to look at a rival's accomplishments, but he was imperative to their capture of the most coveted trophy, especially against Bayern.

Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face against all our title rivals, and if we win them all we can close the gap at the top.

If he does not and losses badly against title rivals there is no point in watching this season.

Sterling's goal also fired City 15 points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United, who seem to be doing their bit to help City wrap up the title as quickly as possible after dropping four points in their last two games against Leicester City and Burnley.

So even though Man City are direct Premier League rivals to Arsenal, I was glad to see them beat Southampton at St. Mary's today, because it puts the pressure on Jose Mourinho and his players, especially as they could only manage a point against Sunderland.

If you win a match against a title rival, mathematically it is 3 points but logically it is 6 points!

Arsenal have already played one six - pointer «title decider» against Leicester last week, but our traditional rivals Tottenham Hotspur have also been winning consistently and quietly moved up to equal on points with us in second place in the Premiership.

It show our fighting spirit, as we won 4 - 3 and does send a signal to our premiership rivals, but we need consistancy so let go to stoke and pick up three points as those sides we do struggle against

Carolina put up a total of 424 yards of offense and scored 28 points in the first half alone against their NFC South rivals.

Although he may not have come out and said it, you just know that Arsene Wenger would absolutely love to have seen his Arsenal side record a first win against his managerial rival Jose Mourinho, even though the Frenchman admitted after the game that all three points would still not have been enough for the Gunners to win the Premier League title this season.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.