Sentences with phrase «points off»

his continued recovery to his best is more important than taking points off Spurs that ll always end up behind Arsenal.

Dorell Wright had 15 points off the bench to help the Philadelphia 76ers get by the Cleveland Cavaliers, 91 - 77, in an ugly game between two teams just playing out the string.

After losing to Manchester United recently they find themselves five points off the fourth placed Red Devils with just eight games left in the campaign.

As it is they are six points off fourth placed Manchester United with eight games to go — despite having conceded the least goals in the top flight.

Firstly, we take this as a blip and possibly a few too many drinks on Christmas Day with their families as we are still in a great position in the league only 2 points off the leaders, Leicester, who lost as well this weekend to Liverpool.

And it's not like we're shit, we've been playing without our main CMs and Sanchez for months now but we're still 3 points off the top of the PL miraculously.

The Foxes next game is against the team we beat on Monday, possibly favourites for the title because of the depth and quality their squad, and 3rd placed and 3 points off the top — Manchester City.

The Gunners got back to winning ways on Sunday with a 2 - 0 win over Bournemouth, bringing an end to a run of five winless games, but they still remain five points off leaders Leicester City.

Courtney Lee led seven Celtics in double figures with 20 points, Jeff Green scored 17 and Jordan Crawford had 16 points off the bench.

If all our players were as good as some believe we would; t have finished 12 points off Chelsea last term.

Michael Beasley picked up some of the scoring slack with 17 points off the bench.

Chelsea and man city have strengthened well and although we only came 7 points off the top I think it was the best opportunity we've had in a long time to win the league considering the managerial changes.

Should they dropped a minimum of 4 points they could easily find themselves 8 points off top.

You might think that this makes Roma more likely to challenge for the title than Arsenal next season, but when you see that they were a massive 17 points off Juventus in the table and that this was the same situation and same points tally as the previous season, you can see why Arsenal might be tempting to the defender.

While a look at the Arsenal result in the Premier League today, 5 - 1 away to West Ham who under Slaven Bilic took four points off us last season, looks great and is certainly a big boost to our chances of challenging for the EPL title, the scoreline was given a huge coat of gloss with a late flurry of goals.

«I keep hearing the other teams saying that Chelsea are on a good run but they've all got to play them and have a responsibility to take points off Chelsea.

I really think that would be the best way for Arsenal to win a title as it would not give the players time to think about what they could lose, so although it is far from ideal to be nine points off the top, I do reckon that being underdogs suits Arsenal and as long as we keep in touch it will put pressure on Chelsea and not us.

The league is gone, but we're in the Carabao Cup semis, we're one of the favourites for the Europe League, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to play for.

No one from Spurs are talking remotely close to having 3 points in the bag, the are just trying to look beyond it as you would if you were are 4 points off Chelsea with 5 games to go & want to put mental pressure on them.

And we're only 6 points off 2nd place right now.

Not enough for them to challenge us for the title but perhaps enough to help them take points off our rivals.

As I said earlier, Wenger has been treading water for years, but the sheer amount of top quality managers has pushed Wenger so far down the league, that we're currently a whopping 21 points off the top, and only in sixth on goal difference.

We are 6 points off the top.

Jarrett Jack had 21 points and nine assists, while Carl Landry added 17 points off the bench.

You keep accusing posters of being «arrogant and stupid» for disrespecting other teams how does that stack with this idea we should be taking the 3 points off the top 6 every time we turn up?

Chelsea will clearly bounce back now and they will play a part in taking points off some of the top 4.

The victory left them just two points off fourth placed Manchester United, and in with a great chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

How I miss the battles between Viera and Keane in the mid of the park, modern day Arsenal and Man U have Arteta vs Fellaine in them, specks a lot of why both teams find themselves 10 points off the leaders already before Christmas.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

There could be two very different approaches that Arsenal will face at Old Trafford tomorrow, with some fans expecting Jose Mourinho to set his Manchester United team up to stifle the space and frustrate our fluent, and creative attacking football, while some including our veteran keeper Petr Cech thinking that Mourinho will have to be more adventurous as he is already six points adrift of us and eight points off the top of the Premier League table so a draw would not be all that much use to him.

Last season we only finished 7 points off the top with the all the injuries we suffered, With the addition of Sanchez why not?

«I expect them to be fewer than five or six points off the Premier League winners, and I think they've got a fighting chance to win it.»

It would be no surprise to find ourselves 10 points off the 4th place (Arsene Wenger trophy position) by the end of February which would also put us nearly 20 points off City.

We are left three points off Tottenham in fifth place, so we have yet another must - win game at Crystal Palace on our hands to keep in touch.

REAL Arsenal fans on the other hand actually enjoy winning a game and being two points off the top of the League.

Bird's win takes him to within 18 points of championship leader Vergne with five races to go, whilst Rosenqvist's untimely error leaves him a distant third, 37 points off of the lead.

After all, if you're a title contender, it's far more valuable to have a teammate who can pick up wins and take points off of rivals than one who struggles to even get on the podium.

That's a really good point We lost away to Spurs, but Leicester will be trying to take points off us to survive.

I do want him out, not now obviously but at the end of the season, provided that we are again where we all assume we are going to be, which is somewhere between 8 to 15 points off the pace.

with Man u and Chelsea, even at their worst we still struggle against them... hope we cam build on the spanking we gave them at the Emirates is all i cn say... just after Fergie left, when EVERY team was beating them home and away, even Championship sides they still managed to take points off....

Even though Arsenal piled the pressure on our Premier League rivals by taking all three points off Sunderland in the first game of the EPL weekend at the Stadium of Light, we are still locked on points with both Liverpool and Man City at the top of the table after they both managed wins of their own.

Yeah, Yeah AKB's we are only two points off the top, but we should have been 5 pts clear!

Man utd, Tottenham, City and Southampton will take points off of us.

Having a world class striker won't help us in the league unless our defence is up to scratch — we still finished 19 points off the title when RVP scored 30 league goals.

Schalke 04 have become the first team to take points off Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in the Bundesliga this season as they hold the reigning champions to a 1 - 1 draw.

Arsene Wenger's men sat seven points off fourth - placed Manchester City heading into tonight's contest, and with City facing arch-rivals Manchester United at the weekend, this provided an excellent opportunity to close the gap.

Feb and March have seen Arsenal on the brink of ECL elimination, facing an away 5th round FA cup replay and sliding 8 points off the EPL lead.

But at the moment, we are 12 points off the leaders, and it's going to take one hell of a turn around to catch up, even with 30 matches to go.

So that is five points off the pace.

I think we will only win the leage if we take points off the top 6 teama AND collect MAXIMUM points against the likes of Stoke.