Sentences with phrase «second league loss»

ROME: Napoli's 10 - match winning streak in Serie A came to an end on Saturday when they slumped to a shock 4 - 2 home defeat to AS Roma as the leaders suffered just their second league loss this season.

Yann Bodiger's penalty and Jimmy Durmaz's second half strike were enough for Toulouse FC to upset Paris Saint - Germain in Ligue 1 last night - the latter's second league loss of the season.

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The Colombian dropped the ball over the line to gift the Greek side a 2 - 1 lead as they went on to win 3 - 2, condemning the Gunners to a second consecutive Champions League loss.

Rocklin suffered back - to - back losses to SFL foes Folsom and Granite Bay, finished in a three - way tie for second in the league, and earned a No. 6 seed in the Sac - Joaquin Section Division II playoffs.

Last year, they finished as Runners - Up for the second time in the Co-Ed League and they've been awaiting their chance to avenge that loss..

With the fatigue of their second - leg Europa League tie in Moscow contributing to some lacklustre play, Newcastle went ahead on 68 minutes through Matt Ritchie and condemned Arsenal to their fifth consecutive road loss in league aLeague tie in Moscow contributing to some lacklustre play, Newcastle went ahead on 68 minutes through Matt Ritchie and condemned Arsenal to their fifth consecutive road loss in league aleague action.

Kenedy had earlier taken only 40 seconds to breach the Premier League's worst defence — Norwich have conceded 53 goals this season — to send the hosts towards a seventh loss in eight games.

To be fair, Arsenal do not get beaten too often during most seasons, and last night's loss to Everton was only our second defeat in the League in this campaign.

There was no time to mourn the loss of our beautiful French marksman as Arsenal had to prepare for the second leg of our Champions league Qualifier with Besiktas.

We came second to Leicester mainly because of the much greater demands on the squad from our competing intensely on 3 fronts, playing 2 tough games every week without any respite — whilst Leicester had only the League to focus on, with only one game a week and crucially were given 2 weeks off to rest and recover their energy levels — over a period in which we were handicapped by many injuries, loss of form and confidence to key players whilst Leicester had no such handicaps.

Christian Benteke's brilliant acrobatic effort had given the visitors a glimmer of hope with five minutes to go, however, they weren't able to avoid a second successive defeat in the Barclays Premier League and a third straight loss against United.

Cal Supreme suffers only its second loss in league play, but not before Bol again finishes with 33 points by going 4 - of - 5 from deep.

The victory kept the Herd's league title hopes alive after it suffered a last - second loss to...

Chastened by the embarrassment of a second - round playoff loss to the Mighty Ducks and by the league's uncertain labor future, Hicks made fiscal responsibility the watchword this summer.

Combined with the Cardinals loss to the Nationals, the Dodgers are now only two games back with four to play for the second National League wildcard spot.

There are four games left for Arsenal to tackle in 2014, all of them in the Premier League, and barring a complete collapse and loss of form, the Gunners will get at least the five points that will make Arsenal the best EPL team of the calendar year, as a report in The Mirror shows that we have won 72 league points since January 1st with Man City in second wiLeague, and barring a complete collapse and loss of form, the Gunners will get at least the five points that will make Arsenal the best EPL team of the calendar year, as a report in The Mirror shows that we have won 72 league points since January 1st with Man City in second wileague points since January 1st with Man City in second with 65.

Despite an effort from Alex Iwobi early in the second half, it wasn't enough to spark an Arsenal comeback as they suffered what could prove to be a really costly loss in the Premier League title race.

The loss was a sad way to end what had been an excellent season for Oxford, including a varsity win at Lord's and a second place finish in the BUCS league.

Sanogo spent the second half of last season on - loan at fellow London side Crystal Palace, however, a combination of injuries and a loss of form limited him to just three starts under manager Alan Pardew and the 22 - year - old is remarkably yet to score a Premier League goal for either club.

First and foremost a return to the Champions League has to be prioritised, which can only be done with a top four finish or by winning the Europa League competition (as Manchester United did last year), but our current form, ignoring he midweek loss for our B side, I wouldn't rule us out pushing on to challenging for second place in the table, possibly even first once Manchester City finally start to show chinks in their armour.

That loss gave birth to a six - game winning streak for the Huskies, which began the second week of February with a one - game lead over the Eagles in the league standings.

The Lightning - who led the league in goals per game at 3.50 entering Thursday - used three goals in the second to send the Flyers into the break on a loss and leave them in the middle of the pack in the Eastern Conference playoff standings.

The loss in the second leg was their first defeat in this season's Europa League.

Spurs are pushing for the Champions League after a very consistent opening half to the campaign, but a loss against rivals Leicester will cause fans to panic that their side are set to collapse in the second half of the season again.

Arsenal are 13 points off fourth place and face AC Milan in the Europa League Round of 16, in which a loss would confirm their lack of Champions League football for the second consecutive season.

The defeat at Old Trafford was Liverpool's second consecutive loss in the Barclays Premier League — and Benteke acknowledges the Reds need to raise their performance level.

Barcelona have been knocked out of the UEFA Champions League after a 2 - 0 loss to Atlético Madrid in the return leg of the quarterfinals at Vicente Calderón, ending the Blaugranes» dream of a second straight Treble.

For a club that specializes in tragicomic European failure, the two - leg tie against Bayern Munich that concluded Tuesday was its masterpiece: back - to - back 5 — 1 losses, the second - worst aggregate blowout in Champions League history, and the seventh straight season with a round of 16 exit.

Here are three things we learned in Toronto FC's 3 - 2 loss to Tigres in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal.

Chelsea endured an unforgettable weekend, watching their defense crumble to bits against an equally porous but more determined Arsenal side to leak five goals, the most conceded at Stamford Bridge since 1989, thereby handing Andre Villas - Boas his second successive league loss.

They had beaten a second string Liverpool side 2 - 0 in midweek Cup action, but Leicester City were unable to produce an encore in their league fixture between the two sides over the weekend, slumping to a 3 - 2 loss at the King Power Stadium.

Despite the loss, Asante Kotoko still topped the league with 51 points, 10 more than second place Heart of Lions and Hearts of Oak.

Spurs certainly had their chances to win and they were seemingly on course to do so after Batshuayi's own goal that brought them level, but some poor decision making from skipper Hugo Lloris allowed Marcos Alonso to snatch his second of the afternoon (his first was a beautiful free kick) Continue reading «Tottenham's first London derby league loss at home under Mauricio Pochettino»

League leaders Wolves had a wobble last weekend as they slipped to a 2 - 0 loss against Nottingham Forest and that means that have failed to win in two consecutive matches for just the second time this season.

The win, coupled with Juventus» loss, put Inter Milan squarely in second place in Serie A, just two points behind league - leading Napoli after eight games.

United head into this one eight points behind the table toppers, and while a win would start to see some tightening in the league title race, a loss would give the visitors an extremely comfortable margin over the second place side.

In my opinion, we really only need three goalkeepers with the first team squad; one for the League games, a second for the cup games and a backup in case of injury, fatigue or loss of form.

Kenneth Omeruo once again netted at the wrong end for the second time this season as his team suffered a 2 - 3 loss at home to league giants Fenerbahce.

PARIS — UEFA hit Paris Saint - Germain with four different charges following their 2 - 1 loss at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League round - of - 16 second leg on Tuesday, which completed a 5 - 2 aggregate defeat.

The Gunners succumbed to a 1 - 0 loss to arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur this weekend, and they now face the potential prospect of missing out on the Champions League for the second season on the trot.

He said as much after his team's second successive loss in the league.

Bolton were beaten for the second match running when going down 2 - 1 at Birmingham last weekend, but we should point out that both reverses came away from The Reebok, and the other was an unfortunate 1 - 0 loss at league leaders Man Utd.

The Golden Eagles were the opponent for the second league match of the season for the Blue Demons, and it was their second straight loss after reeling off 11 straight wins in the non-conference schedule.

• OM have been defeated without scoring on each of their last three visits to Germany, going down 2 - 0 to Bayern München in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League quarter - final second leg (after a 0 - 2 loss at home), 2 - 0 to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage and 3 - 0 at Dortmund in their 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group.

Hughes has lost 13 matches to the Reds in the Premier League, which is his second - worst after 16 losses against Chelsea.

One loss at the end of a twelve match unbeaten run won't both Hiddink too much, but PSG will feel they have the upper hand heading into the second leg of the Champions League tie.

On 30 April, Lampard, grieving the loss of his mother a week earlier, decided to play in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, who were eliminated on 4 - 3 aggregate as he took an emotional penalty in the 98th minute of extra-time, which he scored confidendtly.

Yes, the loss at Chelsea was ugly, certainly so in the second half, but the last result before then was a victory over Tottenham Hotspur, who the bookmakers currently see as the best bet to give Manchester City any kind of challenge for the league title.

A second - half strike from Paulinho was enough to give Guangzhou Evergrande a place in the last eight of the AFC Champions League, despite a 2 - 1 second - leg loss at Kashima Antlers in Japan on Tuesday night.

Saturday's 3 - 0 loss at home to a reborn Hamburg, was the Red Bull's second consecutive defeat and now seven points adrift of league leaders, Bayern, the bells are tolling on their fairy tale title bid.