Sentences with phrase «runner up spot»

Can Tottenham secure runners up spot to Leicester?

The away team might not be that confident in maintaining their title race, but they are still keen on securing that runners up spot from Napoli's chase.

In fact, some of our best results and matches have come when the pressure has been at it's height, such as last season after consecutive games saw us knocked out of the FA cup at home by Watford and then out of the Champions League by Barcelona with the Premier League title hopes already over, but we then bounced back with a good win over Everton and ended the season pipping Tottenham to the runners up spot.

You Right KickAssFan these things do happen and they happen to us whenever we are on the cusp, BT they don't happen to teams with out and out strikers, they don't happen to teams who WANT to get 2nd spot, they don't happen to sides that are soo filled wit pride thy HAVE to have the runners up spot.

It seems that third is ok for these guys, and while I realise there is no prize for second, pride should have dictated that they push for the runners up spot above city.

After that it was PSG that looked most likely to win it and all in all it was another poor performance from Arsenal as November takes a familiar turn and we head for another runners up spot.

Real Madrid limped into a runners up spot last term and changes from the very top down have thus far had the desired affect as Ramon Calderon desperately try to re-establish themselves on a level playing field to last seasons treble winners from the Nou Camp.

At this stage of this season every player should be buzzing, we are chasing down runners up spot and back to back fa cup wins.

The biggest rivalry in Madrid will have both contenders battling for the runner up spot in La Liga.

Chelsea's ambition to get themselves back into the runners up spot in English Premier League standings temporarily stuck as they were held into a disappointing goalless draw on Saturday by Leicester City.

She clocked 22.73 as British sprinter Jodie Williams stormed the final 60m to come through for the runner up spot in 22.97, dipping under the 23 second barrier for the third time this season just 40 minutes after running in the 100m event.

Certainly disappointing for result for them, but especially Antonio Conte's men as they're push for that runners up spot is slipping again, while they're third place set could be threatened sometime soon.

As Francena McCorory began to tire, the Bahamian world silver medallist came through to pip the American into the runner up spot — 50.48 to 50.59.

Britain's Shara Proctor did improve to a season's best 6.78 m in the fourth round though to secure her the runner up spot ahead of Bartoletta's fellow American Funmi Jimoh with 6.71 m.

Nil - nil draws with Albania and Armenia were followed by a one - nil defeat to Portugal, allowing the Portuguese to top the group and handing Albania the runners up spot.

While Souleiman was victorious once again clocking 3:49.49, behind him the 2008 Olympic 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis proved his form with a 3:49.83 lifetime best for the runner up spot.

Watford moving their way up into the runners up spot of English Championship as they grabbed a massive home win over Reading this weekend.

AS Roma keeping their runners up spot in Italian Serie A standings in tack as they bagged a comfortable away victory over Chievo on the weekend.

Newcastle United making their way into the runners up spot of English Championship current standings after picking up an important win away to Derby County.

Further proof of the incredible current standard in this event came when Bondarenko's fellow Ukranian Andriy Protsenko became the sixth man to this year clear 2.40 m or higher with his personal best for the runner up spot, while Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov and world silver medallist Mutaz Essa Barshim both cleared 2.38 m for third and fourth respectively.

That went to the Netherlands team who ran a meeting record and national record 42.40, while a German quartet clocked 42.63 for the runner up spot ahead of Switzerland.

Feyenoord Rotterdam still maintaining their runners up spot in current Dutch Eredivisie standings after grabbing an impressive away win over Excelsior this past weekend.

The Blues should have enough to top the group, with Schalke likely to take the runners up spot.

They were close to going up last year, missing out on goal difference to Middlesbrough for the runners up spot they claimed this year with Newcastle winning the league on the last day.

Dortmund slammed Stuttgart 4 - 1 to keep up their current runners up spot, though the gap between them with Bayern remain at eight points.

Liverpool keeping their runners up spot after grabbing an important win over their arch rival, Everton in the intriguing Merseyside derby this past Monday.