Sentences with phrase «slim hope»

Louis van Gaal's goal - shy side have played out four 0 - 0 draws in their last seven games, including Wednesday's frustrating stalemate with PSV Eindhoven, which left them with slim hopes of making the knockout stages in the Champions League.
At some point I will have to make a decision because I am beginning to beleive traditional publishing is a very slim hope for debut authors like me.
Imagine what would happen to our already slim hopes of claiming the Premier League title if Alexis was to pick up a knock.
Arsene Wenger has a great chgance of recording a win against his new arch enemy Jose Mourinho and the Gunners simply have to take all three points to keep the very slim hopes of this season's Premier League title alive.
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The slight glimmer of the title could be a great inspiration for the players so why not admit that we are still in it, however slim our hopes may be?
The inevitable has occurred, Bacary Sagna has officially stated that he is leaving the club, dashing slim hopes that Arsenal fans had regarding his future.
Malmo currently occupy second position in the Allsvenskan, but have extremely slim hopes of qualifying despite their impressive home form, having won the last four successive games at Swedbank Stadoin in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in three of them.
Team News & Lineups: Benfica on the other hand have lost both of their opening two games and must win this to keep their rather slim hopes of making it to the knockout stages.
But the scant differences found so far «offer only slim hope that something useful will come out,» says Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, director of the Federation of American Scientists» Chemical and Biological Arms Control Program, who has closely watched the federal investigation.
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It seems silly now, but when the idea of a Sherlock series set in the 21st century was first proposed, I had very slim hopes for it.
Not that the injury was that significant, it just lessened an already slim hope of him latching on at Atletico and winning himself a modicum of playing time.
Second - half goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung - min sealed Spurs» 2 - 1 comeback Champions League win, which ended Dortmund's slim hopes of reaching the last 16.
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Sanders is depending on a victory in California on June 7 to keep his slim hopes for the Democratic nomination alive.
The possibility of 50,000 highly - paid jobs for professionals at a new $ 5 billion development is too tempting to pass up for any metro area with even the slimmest hope of courting one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world.
Like sinners being called to the anxious bench, offenders are left in isolation to ponder their past, with the slim hope that once they reach the bottom they just might decide to turn their lives around.
However, he was undone by Siligardi's fine finish which keeps Verona's slim hopes of avoiding relegation to Serie B alive for the time being.
It never was to be fair, but the annual mountain of injury and fitness problems affecting the Gunners and effectively ending any slim hopes we entertained about this being our season has come to a head once again with the news that Santi Cazorla is out for the season.
The Blues are currently eight points ahead of the Red Devils with a game in hand, and would surely end any slim hopes their visitors might have of mounting a late challenge for top spot with a win in this game.
This game could give us belief for the top 4 or slash every slim hope of getting there.
When he hung up, Lilly held out slim hope that Booker would sign with Florida State.
Yeah, I liked a lot of them at the time, and still have some slim hope for a couple of them, just that realistically none are really likely NHL - bound.
Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive until the last game of the season.
Once we lost our game at Stamford Bridge, though, any slim hopes that Arsenal fans were holding on to were gone and so it really did not matter what Chelsea did.
The loss also ended any slim hopes we Gooners were hanging on to about our Premier League title challenge this season / And the timing of it has most of us experiencing the cold shiver of deja vu and expecting the end of our EPL hopes to be followed by an early exit from the Champions League.
But the final game of the afternoon session is one bubble teams will be watching very closely, as the Kentucky Wildcats will aim to snuff out the Georgia Bulldogs» slim hopes (approx. 3:30 p.m., ESPN).
May be slim hope... but its only 6 points to licster....
The Gunners were dealt a blow in their slim hopes for the title race and not only that but also to their chance and standard of finishing in the top four for a place in the UEFA Champions League next season.
After that we can better measure whether we'll be just all out Europa League or slim hopes of top 4 would be lurking around.
The fact is that a draw is not really good enough today to keep our slim hopes of another season in the Champions League alive.
We have Palace and Boro fighting for their lives next and looking how Palace won at the Bridge and knowing Allardyce hates Wenger (can't blame him there) I won't be too surprised if our slim hopes die there.
However, Dortmund moved five places of the bottom after a vital win over Hoffenheim last night and our slim hopes of an upset became even slimmer.
Burnley's relegation to the Championship, after just one season in the top flight, was confirmed at the weekend — with their victory over Hull City not enough to keep their slim hopes of survival alive.
However, Ronaldo's goal was all that Real Madrid managed, as Zinedine Zidane's side slipped to 15 points behind league leaders Barcelona in La Liga, a points differential that has effectively ended the slim hope Madrid had left of retaining their league title.
They are still playing for the PL title and only a win will keep them in the race a draw or a loss will end their slim hopes.
The Champions League match between Arsenal and the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates this evening was already shaping up to be a crunch clash, with the winner probably keeping their slim hopes of qualifying for the next phase of the competition alive and also putting themselves in a strong position to at least stay in Europe and drop down to the Europa League.
His goalscoring prowess was on display once again in the Champions League, and his impossible looking volley was essentially the goal that put to rest any slim hopes Arsenal had of progressing.
Toure had hoped he could force his way back into Roberto Mancini «s plans this term but the arrival of # 12million Serbian star Matija Nastasic has ended his already slim hopes.
Mateo Kovacic's signing last week closed the door on any slim hopes Illarramendi had of forcing his way into Rafa Benitez's plans.
At home, Portsmouth have the chance to kill Charlton Athletic's slim hopes of a top - six finish.
Celtic «s slim hopes of progressing in the Champions League were ruthlessly ended by Paris Saint - Germain who recovered from going behind inside a minute to win 7 - 1 at the Parc des Princes.
Those 11 goals gave his MLS side just a slim hope of a top four finish and if they can supplement their squad ahead of the new season in North America, fortunes should improve in 2015.
A slim hope remains, however, and the pressure could be heavier if Wernbloom stuns Arsenal.
Schmidt's men travel to Belgium with one foot in the last 32 but he knows the hosts will be a threat as they look to keep alive their slim hopes of progression.
Everything will be thrown at the away side as QPR seek the three elusive points that would give them a slim hope of staying up.
Juve lead 2 - 0 from the first leg at Stade Louis II, and ASM's slim hopes were practically finished by half time at the Juventus Stadium when strikes from Mandzukic and Alves (the latter a real stunner), saw Juve go in 2 - 0 ahead at the break Continue reading →
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