Sentences with phrase «second league victory»

This was only the second league victory for the club in the last six games.

This was only the second league victory for...

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Despite failing to seal a victory in the second leg, as Wolfsburg came from 2 - 0 behind to level the score on the night, Napoli have proved why they are the team that Fiorentina, Sevilla, and Dnipro will want to avoid in the semi-final draw of the Europa League.

The Gunners have to play QPR in the Premier League on Wednesday before the United fixture with the North London club wanting a victory to keep the pressure on second placed Manchester City.

It is sure to be a close finish in their league, with two games still to play, but this victory is a huge step in their push for promotion for the second year in a row.

That's what happened in the first two games of the finals, as New York, which allowed the second - fewest goals (3.1 per game) in the league during the regular season, gave up nine and still came away with two victories.

Last week, Martin O'Neill's team surprised everyone managing to hit three goals at Craven Cottage against Fulham, which lead to Sunderland's second victory in 19 Premier League games.

Chelsea ended their miserable losing streak with a 2 - 1 victory over Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday evening to ease the pressure on coach Jose Mourinho and take the Blues up to second place in Group G.

It was the second major victory achieved under Jurgen Klopp — following the triumph away at Chelsea — and was a reaffirmation of the Reds» Champions League qualities.

The 2004 League's Victory Following the second Double in 2002, Arsenal entered firmly into yet another golden era of invincibility, with its unpredictable victory at White Hart Lane in 2004 when the team only needed one point to steal yet another Premier League's Victory Following the second Double in 2002, Arsenal entered firmly into yet another golden era of invincibility, with its unpredictable victory at White Hart Lane in 2004 when the team only needed one point to steal yet another Premier League's victory at White Hart Lane in 2004 when the team only needed one point to steal yet another Premier League's trophy.

The Spanish playmaker scored twice in United's 3 - 1 victory against Villa to move them above neighbours Manchester City into third and keep the pressure on Arsenal in second and remain eight points off league leaders Chelsea, who they face at Stamford Bridge in two weeks.

Despite the praise, the Portuguese manager believes that using him more extensively at this point in Chelsea's season, as they sit five points clear in the Premier League — following last night's 1 - 0 victory over West Ham — and have a crucial Champions League second leg with Paris Saint - Germain on the horizon, could prove to be detrimental to the youngster's development.

Second half goals from defender Aleksandar Kolarov and substitute Samir Nasri were enough to give the visitors all three points and equal a club - record of nine successive league victories.

Chelsea recorded their second win in a row on Saturday following a 3 - 0 victory over last seasons league champions Leicester City.

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

Following the busy Christmas schedule, a second victory in three league visits to the Emirates Stadium would lift the champions 10 points clear of the Gunners, who currently lie sixth.

Victory in Wales means the hosts have beaten United for the third successive clash and they denied their opponents the chance to go into the international break in second place in the Barclays Premier League table.

The Gunners certainly have not missed the German too much since his short - term departure as they currently lie second in the Barclays Premier league and booked their place in the FA Cup final with a scrappy 2 - 1 extra-time victory over Championship out Reading at Wembley on Saturday evening.

This shock victory would lift Newcastle one place to 18th in the table, and inflict just a second defeat in 10 league games on Liverpool, who will climb into the top six if they can salvage a late point or better.

The 26 - year - old clocked up four goals against Norwich City during the week, and added another to his ever growing tally at the weekend against West Ham to secure a victory that took them up to second place in the league table.

Tottenham can overtake Liverpool to move back into second spot in the Premier League if they record a victory over City today.

He scored the winning goal in Atletico's derby victory over Real Madrid in February, and both in their superb 2 - 0 second - leg win over Barcelona in the Champions League last eight.

Chelsea ran out 2 - 0 winners over Arsenal on Saturday, with Arsene Wenger also seeing Santi Cazorla dismissed, helping Jose Mourinho's side to their second victory on the trot following their midweek Champions League triumph over Maccabi Tel Aviv.

With Liverpool beating Manchester City at Anfield for a second season running, here's a look at five lessons learned from this potentially pivotal Reds victory over the reigning Premier League champions...

Their 2 - 1 victory, captured in the second minute of stoppage time, keeps them on top of the Russian Premier League table for another week.

Victory over Chelsea, who are likely to rest a number of key players in preparation for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid, would see the Reds» already - short title odds of 1/5 reduce even further.

Later that night, after a 2 - 1 victory over the Royals that left the second - place Mariners 10-1/2 games out of first place in the American League West, they lingered in front of the clubhouse television set, watching scores and highlights from other games with the intensity of horseplayers at an off - track betting parlor.

Wayne Rooney «s hat - trick for Manchester United in their UEFA Champions League second leg playoff victory against Club Brugge on Wednesday night provoked a huge reaction on social media.

He scored Monaco's second goal in both 2 - 1 victories over Spurs in last season's Champions» League group meetings and it was made sweeter that his winning goal in November that knocked Tottenham out of the competition.

A miraculous grab by David Tyree and a late touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress helped lead the Giants to their first Super Bowl victory since 1991 and denied the Patriots from recording the second undefeated season in league history.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

The victory consigned Millwall to League One, and also Wigan Athletic to their second relegation in three years.

The leagues second leading scorer, Tremell Adams, had another monster performance on Tuesday, scoring 28 points to help lead his squad to a very important 4th victory.

In 2011, Layla was awarded Player of the Match in the Fiat Netball Super League Championships after her regional team, the Hertfordshire Mavericks, secured their second league title in a victory in front of a 1000 - strong League Championships after her regional team, the Hertfordshire Mavericks, secured their second league title in a victory in front of a 1000 - strong league title in a victory in front of a 1000 - strong crowd.

This was a close game in the first half, but the leagues overall second leading scorer and MVP candidate Scott Campbell, proved to be too much to handle and dropped 31 massive points to help his squad earn their 11th victory on the season.

Ryan Ruff, the leagues second leading scorer after Week 1, had a great game to help gain the crew the victory with 21 points.

Saints lie second in the league, just four points behind Chelsea following their recent 2 - 0 victory over Leicester.»

ALBION: The Seagulls head into Sunday's game in confident mood, after keeping their second clean sheet in the Premier League and securing another victory thanks to Hemed's second - half strike against Newcastle.

Pep Guardiola's side have a comfortable 16 - point lead at the top of the Premier League table and kicked off the second half of their European campaign with a thumping 4 - 0 victory away to Basel last night.

Vasilevskiy made 40 saves in his league - best seventh shutout and Kunitz scored a short - handed goal in the second period, leading Tampa Bay to a 2 - 0 victory over the sliding Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.

Kieran Trippier was the hero as Tottenham Hotspur moved up to second place in the Premier League with a 1 - 0 victory over Watford at home.

That victory for the Gunners made it three straight wins to keep them second in table — two points behind surprise league leaders Leicester City.

The victory gave Sacramento (21 - 6, 13 - 1) its second consecutive league championship and eighth in nine seasons.

We didn't celebrate like we had won the league but we did celebrate like a team that regained a victory in the dying seconds of the game when everything seemed to have gone against us; call it what you want whilst sucking on those bitter lemons.

Marseille stunned RB Leipzig 4 - 2 in a thrilling Europa League quarterfinal second leg on Thursday evening to secure a 5 - 3 aggregate victory.

Marseille stunned RB Leipzig 4 - 2 in a thrilling Europa League quarterfinal second leg at the Orange Velodrome on Thursday evening to secure a 5 - 3 aggregate victory.

Liverpool look to keep up their hopes of a second place finish on Saturday, whilst Crystal Palace will all but seal their place in the Premier League with victory.

After briefly recapping Atlético's midweek win over Copenhagen in the Europa League, Rob and Into the Calderón site manager Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) break down Atlético's strong second half, which carried them to a fourth straight league viLeague, Rob and Into the Calderón site manager Jeremy Beren (@JBBeren) break down Atlético's strong second half, which carried them to a fourth straight league vileague victory.

As a result he ended up getting on the scoresheet in a League Cup tie against Montrose in 1963 and later added a second goal during a 4 - 0 victory over Alloa Athletic.

More importantly, however, with six games to play and an 11 - point lead over second - place Atlético Madrid, a victory in Vigo will bring Barça to within two games of clinching the league title.