Sentences with phrase «side battle against relegation»

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson will not use the absence of Wilfried Zaha as an excuse as his side battle against relegation.

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However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.
The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:
On the playing side the club has battled manfully to get themselves out of the relegation dogfight, as evidenced by last nights last gasp point against Sunderland, it will take a few more such battles to see them make their way our of trouble but I have a sneaky feeling that they could pull off a Houdini.
AS Roma 1 - 1 Delfino Pescara 1936 highlights: Capital side, AS Roma still have to battle hard in getting any potential European football for next season after they only grabbed a point from their latest Serie A fixture against relegation candidate, Pescara.
Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points against a Newcastle side in the midst of a genuine relegation battle.
After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.
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