Sentences with phrase «successive wins in the league»
Napoli head into the clash against Empoli on the back of 5 successive wins in the league which have seen them plunder 17 goals past opposition defences.
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Three successive wins in the league hasn't seen Chelsea make any in - roads on the sizeable deficit which stands in the way of them and leaders Manchester United, but it has breathed a fresh lease of life into the team following a torrid last couple of months, although the arrival of Torres may have pushed matters along — some are now playing for their careers after all.
Gerard Houllier hasn't seen the honeymoon period end earlier than he would have hoped, with Villa's two successive wins in the league (beating Wolves 2 - 1) and in the Carling Cup (beating Blackburn 3 - 1) all but a distant memory now as the Villains (3.75 VCbet) seek out their first league win in five matches.
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The Gunners have won five successive home matches in the Premier League and are unbeaten in 10 at the Emirates Stadium since losing to Liverpool on the opening weekend of the season.
After a long trophy drought, Arsenal have now won two FA Cups in successive seasons, and have avoided the Champions League Qualifying round for next year, but when Rosicky was asked what he thought about the season just past instead of saying how well the club did he turned the conversation back to his «frustration».
Vidal has been pivotal in Juventus's three successive Serie A title wins but the club's inability to make an impact at Champions League level may have left him open to a fresh challenge.
Oxford went ahead in the Rugby League Varsity March series with a convincing victory, equalling Cambridge's record of five successive wins in the 1990s.
Tottenham's third successive win takes them up to third in the Premier League table — only three points adrift of leaders Leicester City.
Chambers was part of the team that won their eighth successive home game today against West Ham and made it five Premier League wins in a row to boost their chances of a place in the top four.
Spurs have also won five of their last eight visits to the Boleyn Ground — drawing one and losing two — and are the form team in the Premier League with six successive victories.
Check out our match preview as Southampton look to make it successive home wins in the Premier League when they meet Arsenal at St Mary's.
All of this was done on a fairly small budget and a squad that hadn't made major additions from the team that won promotion from League One to the Championship, and then the Championship to the Premier League in successive seasons.
With Arsenal now sitting in second place in the Premier League table and heading for a second successive Wembley FA cup final and on an amazing run of form, with 21 wins and one draw from our last 25 games, the calls from some Arsenal fans and members of the football media have pretty much gone away.
Southampton will be looking to win successive league matches against Arsenal for the first time since April 1988, after a 2 - 0 win in the last meeting between the two sides back in January.
Mourinho won La Liga and the Copa del Rey once each at Madrid and led the team to three successive Champions League semi-finals, but his time in the Spanish capital is replete with controversies and ended badly.
Already reeling from their shock midweek Carabao Cup exit at Bristol City, the need for Jose Mourinho's men to get back to winning ways was heightened by Pep Guardiola's team racking up a 17th successive league win earlier in the day.
N'Golo Kante was making his Champions League debut despite winning the Premier League in successive seasons with Leicester and then Chelsea.
Tottenham came into the match looking for a tenth successive win; they had the best defensive record and second best goal scoring record in the Premier League.
Yeovil's run of five successive league wins was ended with a draw against Oxford last month, yet they remain in the driving seat to secure one of two promotion places to WSL 1.
Wenger has come under increasing pressure in recent seasons, and for the second successive season they have failed to finish in the top - four and they have not won the Premier League since 2004 — when they went the whole league campaign unbLeague since 2004 — when they went the whole league campaign unbleague campaign unbeaten.
At the beginning of this century, Valencia won two Spanish league titles and were a fixture in the Champions League, reaching the final of Europe's premier club competition in two successive seleague titles and were a fixture in the Champions League, reaching the final of Europe's premier club competition in two successive seLeague, reaching the final of Europe's premier club competition in two successive seasons.
Ned Courtney played Gaelic football for Cork during the Second World War, winning the Munster Senior Football Championship, before winning three League of Ireland titles and playing in three successive FAI Cup finals with Cork United and Cork Athletic.
Burnley have won five successive matches — their best run in Premier League history — and another victory would lift them above sixth - placed Arsenal.
We'd signed Ashley Westwood earlier in the day, announced the signing of Robbie Brady at half time while a late Sam Vokes goal, with a hint of handball, gave us a 1 - 0 win against Leicester and a fifth successive home win, a record for us in the Premier League and our first run of five top flight home wins since 1966 when Willie Irvine was in his pomp.
Kante won his second successive premier league trophy with Chelsea along with just about every playing accolade in the English game.
Liverpool got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a third successive league win at League with a third successive league win at league win at Stoke.
That run coupled with the Toffees» streak of seven successive wins has propelled Roberto Martinez's side to the fourth spot in the league table.
Today's opponents are last season's surprise champions who were having a shocking season (outside of their Champion's League campaign) until a change of manager brought a change in fortune and two successive leagueLeague campaign) until a change of manager brought a change in fortune and two successive leagueleague wins.
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez has no fresh injury concerns as he goes in search of a fourth successive Premier League win at Brighton.
A 16th successive home league win leaves Unai Emery's side 17 points clear of second - placed Monaco, who face PSG in the League Cup final at the Stade de France on Marleague win leaves Unai Emery's side 17 points clear of second - placed Monaco, who face PSG in the League Cup final at the Stade de France on MarLeague Cup final at the Stade de France on March 31.
The Gunners eased past Hull City on Saturday afternoon to register their third successive win in the Premier League.
After losing two successive League Cup finals in 1967 - 68 and 1968 - 69, George helped the Gunners win the 1969 - 70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1970 - 71 League and FA Cup double; he was a regular in the Double - winning team that season, setting up a number of goals for his team - mates, which included teeing up Ray Kennedy's winning header against Tottenham Hotspur, in the match that won Arsenal the League title.
Last week's win against APOEL in Cyprus made it six successive away wins, the second - best run in all competitions in the Club's history stretching back to joining the Football League in 1908 - 09.
Watford have only ever won one of their 11 Premier League matches in the month of January (W1 D1 L9) so it is a month which hasn't been that kind to them, but they haven't lost five successive Premier League games since back in 1999.
The Belgian side came away with successive wins in the Jupiler League, including a 5 - 4 away win over Club Brugge in the recent weekend.
Since suffering back - to - back defeats in March, the Sky Blues have responded with a four - game winning streak in the league and have claimed successive clean sheets.
Now that Newcastle are safe in the Premier League after four successive wins Rafa will soon be opening talks with...
United do not really want to be in the Europa League, but with the final played at the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's home country, perhaps United will aim to take advantage of the automatic Champions League place for the winner of the competition and rival Sevilla, who may fall back into the Europa League themselves and try to win it for a fourth successive time?
Ronaldo became the first player to score in 10 successive Champions League games as he struck twice for holders Real Madrid in a 3 - 0 win.
After a 3 - 1 win against Northampton Town in the league cup following 3 successive defeats in all competitions for United, it's an opportunity to put their woes behind them and prove August was after all, not another false dawn.
Three goals in the final 14 minutes, however, claimed the three points for Shenhua as Martins scored two more either side of a goal from Fredy Guarin as Shanghai secured a second successive league win.
For the second week running, Liverpool feature in the live tea - time kick - off on ESPN as the Reds, seeking a return to winning ways after consecutive home draws, tackle in - form West Brom at The Hawthorns with the Baggies keen to return to the top half of the Barclay's Premier League by building on successive Midlands derby victories.
• The Madrid club went into that match in Lisbon on a run of seven successive away wins in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase.
In the league they've been rampant and counter Arsenal's hugely impressive string of away wins with four successive home victories of their own in the Premier League, not to mention their latest demolition job of Blackburn Rovers as the Red Devils routed the Lancashire outfit 7 - 1 — Dimitar Berbatov taking his league tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - trickIn the league they've been rampant and counter Arsenal's hugely impressive string of away wins with four successive home victories of their own in the Premier League, not to mention their latest demolition job of Blackburn Rovers as the Red Devils routed the Lancashire outfit 7 - 1 — Dimitar Berbatov taking his league tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - tleague they've been rampant and counter Arsenal's hugely impressive string of away wins with four successive home victories of their own in the Premier League, not to mention their latest demolition job of Blackburn Rovers as the Red Devils routed the Lancashire outfit 7 - 1 — Dimitar Berbatov taking his league tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - trickin the Premier League, not to mention their latest demolition job of Blackburn Rovers as the Red Devils routed the Lancashire outfit 7 - 1 — Dimitar Berbatov taking his league tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - tLeague, not to mention their latest demolition job of Blackburn Rovers as the Red Devils routed the Lancashire outfit 7 - 1 — Dimitar Berbatov taking his league tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - tleague tally for the season to 11 goals, 10 of which were scored at Old Trafford including two hat - tricks.
They set new English records by recording 18 consecutive league victories, 11 consecutive away wins and 20 successive wins in all competitions.
Untied are looking for a third successive League win for the first time in a year and they face their former captain Steve Bruce, who will mark his 700th match as a manager on his old stomping ground and insists he still has the drive to break the 1,000 mark.
• Made his 500th appearance for Chelsea in their 1 - 0 home defeat by Manchester United in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter - final first leg, and played a key role in the Blues winning the competition the following season by scoring penalties in successive rounds against SSC Napoli and SL Benfica.
They were also knocked out of the Champions League at the last - 16 stage for a sixth successive year while they saw their hopes of winning a third FA Cup in a row ended by Watford at the quarter - final stage.
A win would see Liverpool record four successive league victories for the first time since December 2016 - the team they defeated in that fourth game last season was... Manchester City.
Alan Shearer was delighted with yet another win form Newcastle this time 2 - 1 at home to make it four wins in a row in the league and four successive w...