Sentences with phrase «suffered shock defeats»

The two Manchester clubs suffered shock defeats and the Red Devils are off to their worst start in over a decade.

However, it is Laurent Blanc's side who hold top spot, with Lyon having dropped two points away at Olympique de Marseille, before suffering a shock defeat at home against OGC Nice.

Now that the Blues have finally faltered and suffered a shock defeat at home to relegation threatened Crystal Palace, Arsenal are in no position to take advantage but the team that could challenge them for the title is our north London rivals Tottenham.

West Ham suffered a shock defeat against Slovenian outfit Domzale in their opening Europa League third qualifying round clash yesterday.

United bossed the game — firing in 32 shots to Boro's nine — but they looked like they might suffer a shock defeat until man - of - the - match Anthony Martial cancelled out Grant Leadbitter's 67th - minute opener on 85.

Manchester City could be confirmed as Premier League champions without playing on Sunday, but only if rivals Manchester United suffer a shock defeat at home to bottom club West Bromwich Albion.

Contrasting results earned by Arsenal and Liverpool this midweek on their English Premier League fixtures as Gunners suffered a shock defeat from Swansea while The Reds Thumped Huddersfield Town.

Liverpool suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Bournemouth earlier in the season.

After suffering a shock defeat on opening day against Swansea, Louis van Gaal and Manchester United are in immense pressure to sign top players.

Benfica missed out on a chance to move nine points clear atop the Primeira Liga ladder as they suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Pacos de Ferreira.

While Real Madrid have suffered shocking defeats to Real Betis and Girona in the early part of the season, Atleti have been left frustrated by their failure to finish off games.

Moreover, over a decade has passed since Chelsea last lost three league matches on the trot, a record they would rewrite on Sunday should they suffer another shock defeat at a venue where Newcastle have won just twice in the league all season long.

League leaders Plateau United suffered a shock defeat on a day when all 10 home teams walked away with three points.

After back to back drawn matches there they suffered a shock defeat against Real Betis on Wednesday, going down 1 - 0.

Real Madrid will be out looking for some revenge in this one having suffered a shock defeat against Girona earlier in the season.

They have lost out on the road already in the Champions League as they suffered a shock defeat at Shakhtar on match day one.

Gordon Brown's government has suffered a shock defeat in the Commons on its policy of restricting the right of many former Gurkhas to settle in the UK.

Not exact matches

Atletico will be looking to get straight back on track after suffering a shock 2 - 0 defeat at the hands of Almeria last weekend.

So Arsenal fans will be happy to say that our next opponents Watford suffered a setback to their own confidence and morale yesterday as they crashed out of the EFL cup with a shock defeat at home to Gillingham, a team currently sitting 10th in the third division of English football.

The Gunners have endured a nightmarish week after they suffered a shock 3 - 2 defeat against Olympiacos at the Emirates, leaving them bottom of their group with no points and facing a double - header with Bayern Munich next up.

The fact that the Gunners also won every match of our last pre-season preparations and then beat Chelsea in the Community Shield before suffering a shock home defeat to West Ham in the first EPL game has certainly taught us caution.

Manchester United looked poor against Arsenal this weekend as they suffered a shock 3 - 0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium, with Louis van Gaal clearly not trusting some of his players, while some look like they won't be given many more chances if they keep playing this badly.

They were beaten 3 - 0 at the Emirates in the Premier League last season, and also went on to suffer a shock 2 - 1 defeat in the FA Cup final last May.

The pressure on under - fire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger continued to mount last weekend, when the Gunners suffered a shock 3 - 2 defeat at Stoke, and the pressure was on for the North London giants to return to form in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Wenger gets -1 as a rating for his management, we as Arsenal fans suffer everyday at work it's hard to show my face with people laughing at our constant shock defeats

However, the Merseyside outfit suffered a setback with a shock defeat at home to West Ham United before the international break and were disappointing during the 3 - 1 loss against bitter rivals Manchester United last Saturday evening.

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As usual Jon you make some good points but with all respect to Leeds, Villa and Forest, no way would Spurs spend the amount of time in the lower leagues [just one year] that those three have spent recently and I'm sure you remember that great Spurs side in their double year dropping their first point after 14 games to Man City and suffering their first defeat to Sheffield Wednesday by the odd goal in three on Boxing day and almost beating our 66 point record [2 points a win in those days] which stood from the glorious thirties thanks to a shock home defeat on the last day of the season by West Brom with their frightening forward line of Jones, White, Smith, Allen, and Dyson and to make things worse the following year the signing of Jimmy Greaves, and don't let anybody tell different without doubt the greatest striker the English game as ever seen.

City won the title after Manchester United suffered a shock 1 - 0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.

As Arsenal suffered a shock 2 - 0 defeat to West Ham, Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain provided Gunners fans with a glimmer of positivity.

The fact that Barca had suffered that shock defeat at home to newly promoted Alaves and seen Lionel Messi ruled out with injury, while Atletico Madrid have yet to find their best form, made the future look very bright for Los Blancos.

Liverpool, on the other hand, have just suffered a shock home defeat to Swansea and seem to be in peril.

The title race in German Bundesliga is blown wide open as in midweek, league leader, Bayern Munich suffered a shock home defeat from Mainz.

At the weekend, Arsenal suffered yet another shocking defeat in the Premier League and they are now 9 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Barcelona suffered a shock 3 - 2 defeat at home to Valencia last night, and threw the La Liga title race wide open.

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Oscar Tabarez's side suffered a shock 3 - 1 defeat to Costa Rica in their opening match at the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza, but recovered from the loss to get the better of England 2 - 1 in Sao Paulo.

Arsene Wenger his side back to Old Trafford for the second time this season on Sunday, after suffering a shock 1 - 0 home defeat at the hands of Swansea on Monday night.

The Blues suffered a shock 1 - 0 defeat at West Ham on the weekend as they once again struggled on a London derby under Antonio Conte (five of his nine Premier League defeats have been against fellow Londoners).

Manchester City's title hopes suffered a huge blow after a shock 2 - 0 defeat by Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium left them five points behind Chelsea.

Manchester City won the Premier League with five games to spare after Manchester United suffered a shock home defeat by West Brom last weekend.

Arsenal suffered a shock 2 - 1 defeat against Brighton yesterday which leaves them lying in sixth place in the Premier League table.

He sat in the stands for the 5 - 0 win over Southampton in the fourth round of the FA Cup and was also away from his coaching staff on Tuesday when Arsenal suffered a shock 2 - 1 defeat at home to Watford.

After Newcastle's shock defeat against Sheffield Wednesday they will be fired up and Leeds will suffer because of that.

Chelsea suffered a shocking home defeat at the hands of Crystal Palace at the weekend.

The Spaniard scored his first official goal for the club last week against Burnley but it wasn't enough as the Blues suffered a shock home defeat against Sean Dyche's men.

In a season which has produced many a shock already, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will know the importance of fine - tuning his side ahead of another long and gruelling league campaign, one which has already took its toll on the likes of Chelsea, who were beaten 3 - 0 by Sunderland and then 1 - 0 by Birmingham in successive weekends, and Arsenal, whom have suffered two defeats at the hands of underdogs already this season and as a result have since their title bids waver.

Despite winning their last two Premier League matches in the run up to the first round of the Champions League group stage, the Gunners suffered a shocking 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night.

Arsenal's Premier League title hopes suffered a huge blow with a shock home defeat as Watford secured their first top - flight win over the Gunners since 1988.

ROME: Napoli's 10 - match winning streak in Serie A came to an end on Saturday when they slumped to a shock 4 - 2 home defeat to AS Roma as the leaders suffered just their second league loss this season.