Sentences with phrase «real competition this season»

Arsenal is a joke if you look at the stats hardly anyone has had a regular game this season, and the 7 unbeaten run of games HUH come on apart from Chelsea who lost to City at home and Crystal Palace which were beaten last 7 games in a trot managed to beat Chelsea and they drew with Roma at home for god sake, any way what i'm trying to say is we relay didn't have any real competition this season apart from Liverpool and look what happened there

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Spurs host the Spanish giants at Wembley on Wednesday evening and will be looking to maintain their strong start to this season's competition, which has seen them beat Borussia Dortmund and Apoel Nicosia before earning a hard - fought draw against Real at the Bernabeu.

Benzema has shone in his time with Real, and scored 22 goals in all competitions last season to establish himself as one of the most dangerous goal predators in the European game.

Despite struggling at Real Madrid, Rodriguez has improved since moving on loan to Bayern this season, picking up four goals and seven assists in all competitions and showing flashes of his old brilliance.

The 25 - year - old has been in fine form so far this season, scoring 12 goals and providing nine assists in 20 appearances in all competition, with Jurgen Klopp's men flying right now and pushing to make a real mark on this season.

Real Madrid signed Angel di Maria in July 2010 and has racked up 36 goals in 190 appearances for the club and finished last season as their leading assist maker having provided 22 in all competitions.

It was lazy of Wenger to emphasize a family atmosphere especially in recent seasons, it almost, if not created a culture where everyone patted each other on the back fostering mediocrity, in the real world of the premier league and elsewhere, it is important to be fired up by competition even among the players, and with a manager of Wenger's stature, I'm sure he has enough in his locker to make sure said competition don't get nasty and counterproductive to overall team performance.

He said: «I'd say the first half of the season was a bit in and out, with the cup competitions, and then since late January it's been a real knuckle down, cracking on with it and doing what I need to do,»

Griezmann has shown plenty of quality since moving to Atletico from Real Sociedad, scoring 23 goals to follow up his 20 in all competitions last season.

Competition for places is fierce at Man Utd and coupled with their issues this season, it has led to speculation of Real Madrid swooping for one of their top players.

Jurgen Klopp's men sent Manchester City crashing out of the competition last time out, as they have emerged as a real contender in Europe this season.

Real are not the only club who are interested in Kante, with AS reporting that Chelsea and Juventus are ready to provide competition for the player who helped the Foxes win last season's Premier League.

As for City, Fernandinho will turn 33 in May, and although he has been a permanent fixture for Guardiola this season, the Spanish tactician will need to add depth and real competition in that area of the squad to ensure that the Brazilian stalwart isn't forced to play such heavy minutes again next season.

Di Maria finished last season as Real Madrid's leading assist maker, racking up 22 in all competitions, but the arrival of Colombian youngster James Rodriguez has perhaps acted as the catalyst for his impending exit.

Bale really stepped up his game to world class levels this season, scoring 26 times in all competitions in a new role under Villas - Boas, and the club will now face a big fight to keep the likes of Real Madrid away.

20) AS Monaco — Ligue 1 runners - up AS Monaco return to the competition after a long absence, but Leonardo Jardim's side have started the new season in poor form and look set to lose striker Falcao, to add to the departure of James Rodriguez to Real Madrid.

Bale has a superb debut season at Real Madrid, notching up 22 goals in all competitions and playing a key role in their Champions League title triumph, however the 25 - year - old failed to hit the same heights in 2014/15 and became something of a scapegoat for the failures that ultimately led to the sacking of manager Carlo Ancelotti.

They've won just two of their last six all - competitions matches, just got booted out of the Copa del Rey by lowly Leganes, and have rarely looked like the «old» Real Madrid this season.

Manchester United vs. Barcelona was very beneficial to UEFA as there were massive economic gain from the game, and a Real vs. Arsenal clash will provide another chance for UEFA to fill in the gap as to what was lost in the absence of the aforementioned top clubs this season from the UEFA Champions League Competition.

The 21 - year - old joined Los Blancos from Real Betis last summer, but he's only managed to make 19 appearances in all competitions so far this season, with many of those outings coming off the bench too.

Still, it could be argued that actually Rodgers really benefitted from a specific set of circumstances that year — Luis Suarez being at the very top of his game (something that would have happened under any manager), Daniel Sturridge staying relatively injury free (clearly a bit of a one - off, based on his record since), and above all a lack of real competition elsewhere: Chelsea were in transition and poor in their first season with Jose Mourinho back at the helm, Arsenal imploded as they usually do after a fine start, and Manchester United were nowhere to be seen in terms of the title race with David Moyes» disastrous reign seeing them finish 7th and struggling to cope with the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ospina played second fiddle to Petr Cech last season and whilst he played a number of games in the cup competitions, his only real run in the Premier League came in Petr Cech's absence.

@Goonster, you are absolutely correct my friend, what we see as the priorities are not Wengers priorities, we see this season after season with Ozil being probably the worst case, we all know a striker and a dm were more urgently needed.Some will say Wenger knows best but clearly he doesn't because our progress is so slow we appear to be standing still.Sanchez came in did well, but we still finished further away than last year.An Giroud still doesn't have any real competition upfront, im not a believer in Walcott as a main striker, if we do get a top striker like a Benzema it will most likely be a last minute deal after every1 has made their moves

Ceballos made 35 appearances in all competitions last season and has started both Real Betis's La Liga fixtures this term.

So surely if Arsenal are in it next season then maybe we should concentrate on the Thursday night competition to give us a real chance of a trophy, and also to gain re-entry into the Champions League?

Jurgen Klopp's Dortmund are renowned for their attacking prowess having scored 91 goals in all competitions this season in 40 games, including a 2 - 2 draw in the Santiago Bernabeu that came after beating Real Madrid 2 - 1 in Germany to top Group D in qualification.

The 21 - year - old striker looks a real bright prospect, having also netted ten goals in cup competitions this season.

Its why Chelsea and Man City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern etc are eternally looking for players every season to make their teams stronger and provide more competition.

In the season of 2010 - 11 Wilshere grabbed the attention of the world with his brilliant performances and he ended the season on a real high after making 49 appearances in all competitions.

The Colombian has an excellent record of 34 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions this season for the Spanish side and is unlikely to remain for much longer at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, after attracting interest from the world's richest clubs, such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, PSG and Monaco.

Bellerin is going to give debuchy some real competition next season, i see him going another level up.people we have a real star in the making.

As we now know once and for all, this transfer from Real Madrid is not going to happen and unless the manager has an ace up his sleeve, it looks like Giroud is going to be our first choice centre forward once more this season, with a little competition from Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott.

Will Arsene Wenger have a real go at winning this season's competition?

The 25 - year - old has been exceptional since his move to Atleti from Real Sociedad in 2014, and has continued that fine form with nine goals and six assists in 21 appearances in all competitions so far this season.

At this point, Davis» real competition isn't himself, but Yankees single - season legend Roger Maris, who Davis and most straight thinkers consider the legitimate single - season home - run record holder for his hallowed 61 home runs in 1961.

It's been a tough road for the club, who started the season with four straight all - competitions wins before getting buzzsawed by Real Madrid in September.

As long as Arsenal do not mess up the FA cup final at Wembley later we will be able to look back with a smile on the season and look forward with real optimism to next season and the hope that the Gunners will improve once again and go from winning a cup competition to becoming the best team in England once more.

The Red Devils hosted Brighton in today's FA Cup quarter - final with their season hanging in the balance with the competition now the only real hope of any silverwear for Mourinho's men this season.

Still, in the other four leagues, the same pattern is beginning to emerge: because the same one or two sides win the league every season, only Europe feels like real competition.

The Croatian international, formerly of Tottenham Hotspur, faces possible competition from Paul Pogba in the Real Madrid midfield next season, with the Spanish giants strongly linked with a move for the Juventus star in the same report.

The Potters beat competition from the likes of Man United and Real Madrid to sign Ngoy from Club Brugge three years ago and he performed well for their Under - 23 team this past season and made five Premier League appearances.

Real Madrid moved back above FC Barcelona into second place thanks to strong commercial growth in 2016/17 and a title winning season in both domestic and European competitions, with Bayern Munich and Manchester City making up the remainder of the Money League top five.

The unrivalled star at Real Madrid is still Cristiano Ronaldo, highlighted once more this season with his record breaking goal tally of 61 in all competitions.

Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition's history, having won the tournament 12 times, including its first five seasons.

The defeat was Real's sixth in 36 games in all competitions, surpassing the five losses they suffered in 60 matches all of last season.

Massimiliano Allegri's team went 23 games unbeaten in Turin before finally succumbing to defeat in this season's competition against Real Madrid.

Kondogbia has so far made 26 appearances in all competitions under Marcelino this season (all from the start in a 4 -4-2 system), but more to the point he has started every single match that he has been available for since joining the club - the only 7 matches he hasn't played this season in have been matches for which he was unavailable, either through injury or suspension (he was sent off for two bookings against Real Sociedad in September).

Real Madrid have scored the most goals in the Champions League this season (21) and Cristiano Ronaldo is the top - scorer of the competition so far (9 goals).

Real Madrid have struggled to get going this season but this competition not only give them a chance to get back in form but also get away from sheer competition in Europe and rejuvenate the players going into the important league game against FC Barcelona straight after the go back to Spain.

Out of the reckoning for next season's Champions League and far from assured of a Europa League place, Schalke are in real danger of missing out on European competition for only the second time in 15 years.