Sentences with phrase «points against the league leaders»

A spirited Crystal Palace put in an impressive display against Manchester City at Selhurst Park to earn a point against the league leaders.

Ipswich could use the boost of three points against the league leaders in this one to get their challenge for a play off place going again.

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They are already twelve points behind league leaders Chelsea, but a win against the Saints will at least take them in to second.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

As for current Premier League leaders Chelsea, Antonio Conte has revealed that Eden Hazard has an issue but he's not too concerned about it and so the Belgian should be fit to feature against West Ham United on Monday night with Chelsea likely to be hoping to restore their ten - point lead at the top of the standings.

The runaway League leaders Chelsea are 8 points ahead of us, and 5 ahead of Liverpool in second place, but a win tonight will mean that it is virtually impossible for Arsenal to catch up against an 11 point lead.

The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.

The Spanish playmaker scored twice in United's 3 - 1 victory against Villa to move them above neighbours Manchester City into third and keep the pressure on Arsenal in second and remain eight points off league leaders Chelsea, who they face at Stamford Bridge in two weeks.

At least the current league leaders did not win their own midweek game against Liverpool, but they did get a point and all Arsenal fans know that nothing less than a win will do for us at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The gap between the Gunners and the league leaders Chelsea had stretched to a massive and daunting looking 12 points after we lost back to back games against Watford and the Blues themselves, but Sean Dyche and his Burnley side did us a big favour today by holding Chelsea to a draw at Turf Moor, or did they?

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

But once the dust has settled and Arsenal are hopefully celebrating a vital three points against the current league leaders Leicester City, all eyes will turn north to the Etihad Stadium where another key match will be played.

While Marseille remain only five points of leaders Paris Saint - Germain, they have dropped out of the Champions League places after Monaco leapfrogged them following their convincing victory against Caen on Friday evening.

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

The Red Devils face Sheffield United in the FA Cup this weekend, before returning to Premier League action against Newcastle United on January 12 as they look to try and close the nine - point gap that exists between them and leaders Arsenal.

The league leaders went in to the game four points clear at the top of the table after Arsenal's win against Liverpool earlier in the day.

In turn, it has led to praise from all quarters as he scored the winner against Roma on Sunday night to lift his side back to within two points of league leaders Napoli.

Another 1 - 1 draw came at Selhurst Park, where surprise in - game Premier League leaders Liverpool had to rescue a point against Crystal Palace after Dwight Gayle had given the hosts the lead, with Steven Gerrard scoring a penalty.

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.

With the Blues drawing with Burnley last weekend and playing against Tottenham Hotspur in today's Capital One Cup final, City had a real chance to pile some pressure on the current leaders, who can now make it an eight point lead if they win their next league game.

While things are looking pretty flippin» good from an Arsenal point of view right now, with a decent draw against Reading at home for the next round of the EFL cup as well as a good chance of topping our Champions League group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leLeague group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leLeague games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leleague leaders.

A lot of Arsenal fans did not expect us to get anything from today's away game against the Premier League leaders Man City, and that is how it turned out with De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus scoring to make it a comfortable 3 - 1 scoreline in the end, but that did not tell the whole story by any means and Arsene Wenger will surely point to a couple of key decisions that went the home side's way at crucial points of the game.

Arsenal are nine points behind current league leaders Manchester City at the moment and Arsenal will collide against the Citizens at th...

After failing to secure all three points on Tuesday against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, Spurs missed a golden opportunity to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea.

With 19 points from their first seven games they sit level with league leaders Barcelona in La Primera Division and their win against fellow high flyers Malaga at the weekend proved to everyone that Diego Simeone's side will be a force to be reckoned with this season.

Arsenal Ladies closed the gap between themselves and league leaders Liverpool to two points after a hard - fought 1 - 0 victory against Chelsea on Thursday night.

So the loss against the Reds has given them a major setback in the Premier League title and they go into the next round of matches sitting in third place, but ten points behind leaders Chelsea.

Second - placed Spurs will look to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea to four points with a win in the evening kickoff against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Inter Milan have dropped to fifth — 18 points behind leaders Napoli — and out of the Champions League places, but will be hoping to collect maximum points against bottom club Benevento on Saturday.

In their next two games against Chelsea and Everton — two more potential banana skins for the unlikely league leaders — he scored three goals to ensure his side took all six points.

The runaway leaders know they're three points away from regaining the league title against their dearest rivals and what better way to claim the title than in front of their home support?

Both sides were involved in 3 - 3 thrillers in midweek — United let a late 3 - 2 lead slip away to Newcastle while the Reds salvaged a point in stoppage time against league leaders Arsenal.

Liverpool suffered a massive defeat against Spurs and are now 12 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

League leader Michael van Gerwen will come up against Simon Whitlock, with the Australian sitting in fourth place on ten points as he targets a third Play - Off campaign following a strong first half of the season.

Despite rebuking Van Persie for his over-zealous celebration, Van Gaal was full of praise for his United players for salvaging a point against the Premier League leaders.

After a goalless draw against Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal remain 10 points adrift the league leaders with 5 games to left to play.

An 82nd minute goal from Jόhann Berg Guðmundsson, his second of the season, earned Burnley a point yesterday in a 1 - 1 draw against Premier League leaders Manchester City in...

Atletico remained 11 points behind leader Barcelona with six rounds remaining, meaning their best chances of finishing the season with silverware rest on their upcoming Europa League semifinal against Arsenal.

Clear La Liga leaders Barca dropped two points in drawing 2 - 2 at Celta Vigo on Tuesday evening, and the Catalans have no league fixture this weekend due to their Copa del Rey final on Saturday against Sevilla.

PSV Eindhoven hopes of keeping up with Dutch League leaders Feyenoord and Ajax suffered a set back following their 1 - 1 draw against ADO Den Haag which leaves them five points behind the league top two League leaders Feyenoord and Ajax suffered a set back following their 1 - 1 draw against ADO Den Haag which leaves them five points behind the league top two league top two sides.

The Merseysiders are three points behind league leaders Manchester United at the moment and should step up to earn all three points against the Clarets.

After their big winning streak of eight matches came to an end with a 1 - 1 draw at Sheffield United, which was a very lucky point for them, they lost in their big contest against league leaders Wolves at home on the weekend.

Arsenal arrived at Carrow road on the back of a good win against West Ham United, looking to propel ourselves into the Champions League qualifying places, and gain some points on the league leaders, ChelsLeague qualifying places, and gain some points on the league leaders, Chelsleague leaders, Chelsea....

Real Madrid might go into the game with 7 points behind league leaders Barcelona who play against Levante in the early kickoff on Sunday at around 12:00 and that can put some added pressure for Real Madrid to get all three points at any cost.

Wolves rookie defender Oskar Buur Rasmussen made a dream league debut as he rescued a point for the Sky Bet Championship leaders in a 2 - 2 draw against Hull at Molineux.

Last Result: Although they may not have deserved it, Blackburn were beaten 2 - 1 last weekend by league leaders Chelsea in a gripping encounter which had seen Rovers take the lead, certainly not against the run of play mind, through the sparingly used Benjani before Chelsea stormed back to clinch all three points with goals from Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic, the latter coming six minutes from time.

Burnley drew 1 - 1 against Barnsley last Saturday and that point was enough to take us to the top of the north group of the U18 Professional Development League as previous leaders Nottingham Forest crashed to a 6 - 3 defeat at Hull City.

An 82nd minute goal from Jόhann Berg Guðmundsson, his second of the season, earned Burnley a point yesterday in a 1 - 1 draw against Premier League leaders Manchester City in front of the Sky television cameras.

Sunday's draw against Tottenham Hotspur extended the Gunners» unbeaten run in the competition to six games, and kept them level on points with league leaders Manchester City.

In the Champions League they are right behind joint leaders Juventus and Sevilla, looking to pick up some points against the Italian champions on Tuesday night.