Sentences with phrase «side in the league»

They seem to be the best side in the league at the moment.
The Blues may be struggling in their last couple of fixtures, but they'll be expecting to prove themselves against the worst side in the league at the moment.
We are one of the shortest sides in the league in average height.
All football fans think their team has more injuries to key players than any other side in the league.
Bellerin is finally a structural first team member, and I feel like he should start against the weaker sides in the league and cup matches.
Remember that was the only unbeaten side in the league and they get bullied.
The 23 year - old has scored 27 goals in his 34 outings this term, including goals against all the big sides in the league.
Spurs are the second best away side in the league, though, having won 10 of their 17 games on the road.
He is set to be one of the main attractions in one of the most thrilling sides in the league this season.
Right now they look to be the 6th best side in the league and their price at 25 - 1 feels a bit short.
They've looked every bit like a struggling side in recent weeks, and now they're facing a hugely creative attack from one of the top sides in the league.
Things are not going well at the Bridge and this is one tough game against high flying Marco Silva's Watford who can beat any top side in the league on their day.
To make matters worse the next league game would be against one of the most in form sides in the league in Spurs.
City saw off their Champions League away tie against Basel with rather ease and they are well clear at the top of the table in premier league so we expect Guardiola to start with a full strength side in the league cup final.
Admittedly, Liverpool's defensive shape for the opening 37 minutes was hardly archetypal, but when playing against the best attacking side in the league at home, I'd be surprised to find anyone who thought Agüero, Jesus, Silva and De Bruyme were not going to cause Liverpool problems.
Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev are proving their worth in the Champions League this year, but there are a couple of other very good sides in that league as well, and they played each other on Saturday.
I thought we were very poor in defence, the bottom side in the league carved us over many times, it was only their lack of finishing that made us look better than we were.
Leicester and Burnley have been side by side in the league since early December.
Tottenham Hotspur, who recently picked up an impressive 3 - 2 win over London rivals West Ham are the only side in the league not to have lost a single game, but sit at the fifth position, five points clear of sixth placed Manchester United.
Against Burnley we had more shots for a United side in the league since 2003.
Liverpool had barely scraped past the worst traveling side in the league with two fairly lucky goals and all Liverpool fans were just thankful for the three points.
Good news for Bolton fans is that their side has been scoring goals again but they are leaking just as many at the back and are still the only side in the league not to have kept a clean sheet this season.
'' we should not have expected anything different from Palace, because if they'd attempted to play football against the most technically gifted side in the league they would have been reduced to dust.»
Having dropped five points to David Moyes» West Ham, the Blues have failed to assert themselves against the worst sides in the league.
If anyone benefits it should be Arsenal as Id say we are the cleanest side in the league.
Newly - promoted Bournemouth are on home soil later today as they entertain Charlton, who were one of the most inconsistent sides in the league last year.
AW will never manage another title winning side in this league, he can go pick up Messi for all I care, it will make no difference.
We couldn't beat Stoke yet we were supposed to turn over Liverpool, one of the best offensive sides in the league.
I said a team with our resources should be imposing our game on the 7 / 8th placed side in the league AT HOME.
And then the fall again like they did against Watford, and then you see them trying to press Man City, one of the best passing sides in the league.
In this sense, although it'd be difficult to ever rule Rangers out, being one of the strongest sides in the league, currently sitting in 3rd, and having gone unbeaten in 7, its hard to see them taking more than a point even on home soil with all things considered.
Do you know what sickens me, when we had full strength team we were the best side in the league hands down.
Louis van Gaal's side braved the cold to get an early Christmas present at Southampton, somehow claiming all three points in a lacklustre performance but proved themselves to be one of the toughest sides in league.
Arsene Wenger has kept to his policy of playing his second (or third) string Arsenal side in the League Cup, and so I am not in the slightest bit surprised that he has named this XI tonight.
Juventus have had the chance to do one of two things while playing a club that is definitely considered one of the provincial sides in the league — either keep pace with Napoli or, at least on a temporary basis, move into first place.
However his club won't be taking any decision against the manager for his outburst meted out to their record signing who transfer set a new domestic record in terms of transfer between Slovenian sides in the league.
Marshalled on the field by Vieira, Arsenal's undefeated 2003 — 04 team, «The Invincibles,» went undefeated in league play, and is still considered among the best sides in league history.
The former treble winner has created a chance every 42 minutes for the Turkish side in the league and one every 65 minutes in the Champions League.
Roberto Di Matteo's men have not faced any of the major sides in their league games so far and were held 0 - 0 in their last away game at QPR before struggling to beat Stoke 1 - 0 at Stamford Bridge.
If they were German we'd be talking about how much gegenpressing they were doing, but in England the best they get is being labelled the fittest side in the league.
We need to watch for West Brom on set pieces as they are possibly the tallest side in the league, and try to use this to their advantage.
A nervy win over an impressive looking Chesterfield side in the League Cup highlighted the deficiencies within the squad, and although United picked up a hard earned and extremely valuable point at Leicester City on Sunday, there was a worrying lack of penetration in the attacking areas.
During the 90's, when Alex Ferguson started to knock «Liverpool right off their f*cking perch», fans consoled themselves with their ’18 championship titles» making them the most successful side in the league's history.
You are one of, if not THE strangest side in the league.
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