Sentences with phrase «sitting top of the league»

The rhythm I am refereeing to is the fact that Arsenal has not lost in the last 3 games and are still sitting top of the league minus Sanchez and other key players.

De Gea recently won United's Player of the Year award for three seasons running and despite Jose Mourinho's claims that this was a sign of something wrong at the club under his predecessors David Moyes and Louis van Gaal, De Gea's amazing stats this season come as he's made even more saves than ever before, yet still sits top of the league for clean sheets, with 15 in total.

After a year of negativity surrounding the state of Manchester United's Academy, the underage sides have been quickly rebuilding the club's reputation as one of the biggest producers of young talent in the country with the U18 side brimming with talent and currently sitting top of the league.

After a comfortable win over Bournemouth we sit top of the league, yet barely 48 hours ago we stank the place out at St Mary's.

Only Bayern out of this quartet sit top of their league, with Pep Guardiola's team already crowned champions.

Arsenal sit top of the league going into Sunday's fixture against Chelsea at Emirates Stadium, and Elneny has been very impressed with their performances this season.

Chelsea sit top of the league - albeit having played 2 more games than Manchester City who are 6 points behind - and are set to go into the final two months of the season with full momentum.

Both Porto and Zenit have been in fine form domestically and both currently sit top of their league tables.

Despite that, The Blues still sit top of the league, 40 places above Bolton.

Not exact matches

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

The Blues sit top of the Premier League table by a huge seven points at present, with Liverpool able to close that gap to only six points should they win this evening against Stoke City.

It comes just a fortnight after they were defeated by Manchester City, while their overall form hasn't been good enough and that's reflected in the fact that they sit in sixth place in the Premier League table, a point adrift of the top four and 12 points behind leaders City.

Following the result Chelsea look overwhelming favourites to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time in five years as they sit 10 points clear at the top of the league, with just six games remaLeague trophy for the first time in five years as they sit 10 points clear at the top of the league, with just six games remaleague, with just six games remaining.

They sit in eighth place in the Serie A table after 11 games, 12 points adrift of the top four, while they've been held to back - to - back goalless draws by AEK Athens in the Europa League over the last fortnight to really ramp up the pressure on Montella.

Their form this term has been strongly helped by striker Andrea Belotti's input, having scored 13 league goals so far, and currently sits one goal behind Mauro Icardi at the top of the goalscoring charts.

The 42 year old has every reason to be enjoying his time at Celtic, the Glasgow side sit joint top of the Scottish Premiership, with a game in hand, and have Champions League football to enjoy.

Despite the disappointment of eventually finishing in third place in the Premier League last season, Spurs are evidently keen to keep the same nucleus of the squad in place and build on their success last year as they currently sit with eight points from their first four games of the season leaving them just four points off top spot.

Instead of putting its best product on the field, MLS allowed a star to sit while one of the league's top - drawing teams foundered in last place.

Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.

Might I suggest you were Hot Property back in the day because you were Manager of a team that every season were up there fighting for Premiere League and European Trophies.Of course you were in demand.I do not recall hearing too much about how all these top clubs were approaching you (which of course is illegal as you were under contract so you should not have been talking to them anyway) or how you had never broken a contract in your life when we were considered one of the top teams sat home and in Europe.

We currently sit 5th in the league and have shown we can take points off any team in our league, with a draw against top of the league Surbiton (0 - 0), and a win against second in the league Teddington (2 - 1).

The Occasionals, having been promoted last year, are now sitting 2 points off the top of their new league with 2 games in hand, and are 1 point off the top of their BUCS league!

They are currently league leaders sitting at the top of Northern 6C.

The Gunners sit on top of the Premier League despite our injury problems and even those are getting close to being over, while Arsene Wenger sounds more ready to make proper use of this transfer window.

DLT are currently sat at the top of League One, six points ahead of second place Eton Messi who have a game in hand.

United currently sit 16 points behind rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1 win against Leicester, so a win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim title hopes alive for this season.

It sometimes seems like Leicester City are on top of the League by default, with Arsenal, Man City and Man United continually dropping crucial points in the title race, but Arsenal are still sitting pretty just two points behind the leaders.

We end December with ten teams sat at the top of their respective BUCS leagues, completely unbeaten.

United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions League last 16 second leg encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side have been horrific in defence this term but still sit top of the Premier League table due to the fact that Man United's attack have been able to adopt the policy of scoring more than they ship in, but clearly this is not an ideal situation to be in.

The Gunners sit top of the Premier League table ahead of the showdown this weekend, although Leicester City remain level on points with Arsene Wenger's side while Manchester City are just a point behind.

And all things being equal, Chelsea will drop all three points to Liverpool at Anfield on this same Saturday night to start a cave in journey in their Premier League campaign this season that will see Arsenal overthrow them eventually form the top of the table to begin to sit on it sooner than later.

If you asked Premiership fans who be in the list of the league's top five tacklers, most wouldn't say Jermaine Jenas and Steed Malbranque but according to Opta they sit happily in positions # 1 and # 3 with Aston Villa's Nigel Reo Coker happily in between.

Arsenal have the richest investor in the top flight of English football, as Alisher Usmanov sits in 71st place — beating Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who comes in second for the Premier League, in 137th overall.

All this means that if video evidence was being used the Gunners would be sitting right at the top of the Premier League table.

Chelsea are the best team in England, hence why they currently sit five points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table.

And you'd certainly say Mourinho made the right decision, with the 27 - year - old becoming an integral part of the Blues side that currently sit top of the Premier League.

They do make some good points and it will not take too much for the questions to come flying in again, but for now the manager appears to have a bit of leeway, even with the team still sitting outside the top four of the Premier League.

The Toffees have conceded no more than one goal in any of their league outings thus far this term, and currently sit just four points off the top of the table.

Meanwhile, Everything is looking Rosy, because we are sitting joint top of the league, I am no Nostradamus but I predict that the moaning and shouts for Wenger Out will be ringing in the air long before the month of May!

And we will need as many of our best players as possible as we are fighting on three fronts and are still sitting outside of the top four of the league.

Jose Mourinho's side sit comfortably top of the Premier League table and could be in a good position to win the Champions League as well if they carry on their superb form.

Some might debate this statement in the case of Aston Villa, as the team who were relegated from the Premier League by quite a distant last season have managed to only end up in the top half recently, currently sitting in 11th.

Stats sometimes neglect possibilities but i beg to differ from the writer's view in as much as we are not sitting at the top of the league.

Heading back after the winter break, the Rossoneri sit in fifth place in Serie A, just two points adrift of the top three as they hope to secure qualification for the Champions League.

If only Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players had prepared properly for the first two Champions League group games against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos then we could now be sitting on top of the group.

Arsenal currently sit joint top of the Premier League table along with Manchester City and Liverpool, but their focus will firmly be on themselves and producing an improved performance which in turn will pile further misery on David Moyes» men.

Monaco are currently sitting top of Ligue 2 and are set for a return to the French top flight this summer, but their ambitious owner wants his team to win the Uefa Champions League and for that to happen, he believes he needs the world's best coach.

Malaga sit in fifth place in the domestic table and have collected ten points from four Champions League games and sit pretty at the top of Group C as a result.

The Reds slipped to ninth place in the Premier League table after the loss, and now sit 12 points adrift of leaders Man City as they look to keep up with the pack for a top - four finish this season.