Sentences with phrase «runaway leaders»

But with Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool all dropping points over the weekend, United are now out on their own in pursuit of runaway leaders Manchester City.

Spurs have fallen 13 points behind runaway leaders Manchester City after one win in their last four league games, but Pochettino said it was important not to lose sight of how far his team have come.

With the FA Cup kicking off and then returning at the end of January, we should have a much clearer idea of where this season is going for the Blues once the month draws to a close, especially with Man City already runaway leaders in the Premier League, ruling out any chance of Conte's men retaining their title.

Wins against Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester City was followed by an unlucky defeat at the hands of runaway leaders Chelsea but United really came unstuck in this one.

United are looking to try and close the gap on runaway leaders Manchester City, and to do so they will need victory at The Hawthorns as they face West Bromwich Albion — who have won just two games all season.

The @SpursOfficial boss vows to «play to win» against runaway leaders @ManCity on Saturday.

The Warsaw born 24 year old racked up 30 goals last season to help Jurgen Klopp's side to a domestic double and has scored eight goals already this season but the fact that the Westfalenstadion are already 11 points behind runaway leaders Bayern Munich may well be a motivating facor behind Lewandowski's reticence at signing a new deal.

Borussia Dortmund blew a two - goal lead but hit back to win at Bayer Leverkusen and climb up to second place in the Bundesliga, trying to catch runaway leaders Bayern Munich.

They've slipped 16 points behind runaway leaders Man City, but the champions will be pleased about their five point lead over fifth placed Tottenham, with a real battle forming for the top four places.

They would of course need to overcome Premier League runaway leaders Chelsea tomorrow at Stamford Bridge, where they have won 15 of their 16 matches in all competitions this term...

With the game all - but over, Thomas added a third on 88 minutes to wrap up the victory and keep Atletico comfortably second behind runaway leaders Barcelona.

Manchester City are runaway leaders with the chasing pack eight - plus points behind them at this early point in the campaign.

The Argentinian inspired runaway leader Manchester City to a 3 - 1 home victory over Newcastle on Saturday.

Chelsea are the Premier League's runaway leaders currently, and despite sitting in second place, Arsenal are a sizeable eight points behind.

The Premier League has just got that little bit more interesting after Tottenham defeated runaway leaders Chelsea at White Hart Lane.

Chile are now in real danger of not qualifying as they are 6th place with just two matches remaining, one against Ecuador who are three points behind in the Group, and the final game is against runaway leaders Brazil.

The Bundesliga champions are currently trailing runaway leaders Bayern Munich in the German top flight and are keen to bring in additions in preparation for a renewed attempt at the title next season.

Before the weekend's win they had been in a bracket of teams vying for a playoff place behind runaway leaders Cardiff and QPR — but where others have fallen away Swansea have relentlessly pushed on to gain an advantage.

Stan Collymore has now called for them to push on and create a four - way dogfight for the Premier League title, alongside Chelsea, Manchester United and current runaway leaders Man City.

Home advantage has been huge in big - six battles this season, excluding runaway leaders Manchester City who have been in a league of their own.

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe grabbed both goals as runaway leaders Paris Saint - Germain defeated Angers 2 - 1 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday despite losing veteran midfielder Thiago Motta to an early red card.

Klopp's side are second in Group B behind runaway leaders Sion, but this result probably means Klopp has to take his best players to Russia for the return fixture in two weeks» time.

All eyes will be on the first match of the Bundesliga restart which, by pure chance, pits runaway leaders Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg, the only team realistically with a chance of preventing the champions from retaining their title.

After a mixed start, Derby have really got going in the last few months and look like the main contenders to challenge runaway leaders Wolves for the title.

He laid out a vision to transform the culture and reinstate the winning mentality that brought the club its first and only title a decade ago, the kind embodied in Saturday's remarkable 10 - man defeat of runaway leaders Sydney FC.

Manchester City looked to be runaway leaders early on, but their dip in form allowed a host of teams back into the picture.

Man Utd are second in the Premier League but with no realistic chance of catching runaway leaders and crosstown neighbours Manchester City.

The visitors may be new to the Premier League but have so far shown that they can bring the game to even the best of teams, just like at the weekend when they have Premier League runaway leaders Manchester City, when they will feel aggrieved to have failed to pick up any points.

Atletico are currently second in La Liga behind runaway leaders Barcelona and are already guaranteed a place in next season's Champions League.

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End up on the wrong side of the result, and Liverpool risk losing momentum in their chase for the Premier League table as they currently lie nine points adrift of runaway leaders Chelsea.

Roy Hodgson's team, who this season at Selhurst Park had held runaway leaders Manchester City, were without the on - loan Timothy Fosu - Mensah, ineligible against his parent club.

But the draw sees Dortmund stay a massive 19 points adrift of runaway leaders Bayern Munich in second place, after the defending champions had also dropped two points against Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

Real, meanwhile, sit fourth in La Liga, 15 points behind runaway leaders Barcelona, with their ongoing progression in the Champions League crucial in keeping coach Zinedine Zidane in a job.

But the runaway leader (before the city shut the forum down) was «Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts.»

His arrival would likely have made little difference to our season thinking back however, having finished 16 points behind runaway leaders Manchester United, but he clearly had hopes of joining on a permanent basis.

Chelsea lost yesterday to give the chasing clubs hope in catching the runaway leaders, and the Citizens would close to within nine points with nine matches remaining with a win today.

The year before that we did win our opener against Crystal Palace after beating Man City to the Shield quite comfortably but then our title challenge faltered and Arsenal did not win another league game for over a month and by mid-October Chelsea were runaway leaders.

Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer kept Borussia Dortmund at bay but the runaway leaders have now extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 12 points.

Are the runaway leaders hands down the richest team in the league with by far the best facilities in England?

We simply can not afford to give the runaway leaders any help.

Some people might try to say that a club with a squad as big as Arsenal have should be able to cope or that every side has it's own problems to deal with but I would point to the relatively injury free seasons that last season's Premier League champions Leicester City were blessed with and the fact that the runaway leaders this time have also had almost no injury issues to cope with.

Both teams are hoping to put pressure on the runaway leaders Man City so the three points today are vital for both sides so I am sure that Mourinho will not be coming here to just play for a point.

We must now muster the will to get behind our team while we can still mathematically catch the runaway leaders, and we also need to assure ourselves of our place in the top four.

Is a win there our only hope of trying to close the gap on the runaway leaders and to give Wenger a possibility of retiring in a blaze of glory?

So we travel to Newcastle more in hope than expectation and if we lose and Man City win, that will leave Arsenal eight points off the runaway leaders.

Arsenal great Robert Pires believes the Premier League title race will be over if his former club lose to runaway leaders Chelsea on Saturday.

Now it is Tottenham's turn to test themselves against the runaway leaders at Wembley.