Sentences with phrase «than leaders manchester»

Arsenal are closer, points-wise, to the relegation zone than leaders Manchester United, although Arsene Wenger feels this season was a case of missed opportunity.

Arsenal are closer, points-wise, to the relegation zone than leaders Manchester United, although Arsene Wenger feels this season was a

While Wayne Rooney ended their goal drought with the winner against CSKA Moscow, United remain the third - lowest scorers in the top half of the table, and have found the net nine times fewer than leaders Manchester City.

Not exact matches

Among top - flight clubs, only leaders Manchester United have been in better form than Arsenal over their last eight league matches.

Manchester City are looking to close the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea this weekend, and will want nothing less than all three points from their clash with Newcastle United.

This means Arsenal are now back amongst the top four, although we are still five points behind the leaders Manchester City, who are yet to get anything less than all three points under Pep Guardiola.

Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his goal put six points between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point of the season.

Manchester United have to face Premier League leaders Chelsea, who have already beat them twice this term without conceding a single goal, and while the Red Devils can boast an unbeaten record in the league since they last took on the Blues in October, they have drawn much more games than they would wish to remember.

Sunday sees United head to Stamford Bridge to face the Premier League champions Chelsea, as they look to prevent allowing leaders Manchester City from opening a larger gap at the top than the five - point advantage they already possess.

Arsenal are closer to bottom of the table West Bromwich Albion than they are to leaders Manchester City — proof of how poor they have been this season.

Arsenal have created more chances than any other team in the Premier League this season but have only managed to convert 13 per cent of them, while both United and leaders Manchester City boast a 23 per cent conversion rate.

The report suggests that both sides face intense competition from the Premier League leaders Manchester City, however, as The Sky Blues are willing to offer him wages of more than # 4million - a-season.

Perhaps more than any other club, Manchester United has been blessed with many leaders over the years.

Speaking after the game, Pochettino admitted that his side deserved more than a draw, whilst insisting that the gap to leaders Manchester City is «massive», he said: «It is true the gap now is 10 points.

John Stones is over a million cheaper than his Manchester City team - mate and the league leaders have favourable fixtures on paper — so he may be the next City player to climb the value ladder at pace.

There isn't a worse time to be without key defenders, than before a crucial meeting with league leaders Manchester City, a team whose forward prowess has left many this season seeing stars.

Three in five of those living in Greater Manchester (59 per cent) agree that the new metro mayor should have greater powers than local council leader.

And yet, Dawson suggests, «one extremely out - of - touch politician (Osborne) can overturn an electorate in less than two weeks of scheming», with the collusion of a «cabal of jumped up» council leaders whose main loyalty is not to Manchester but Whitehall.

In an OpEd in the Manchester (NH) Union - Leader, former Gov. George Pataki says he fears «the risk of an attack on America today is greater than at any time since September 11.»

Yes, this year the numbers of members were slightly down on 2010 — but overall, the numbers have increased by around a third since David Cameron became Leader and there were almost 1,000 more members at Manchester 2011 than Blackpool 2005.

In a swipe at the new Labour leader, Ed Miliband, Cameron said the Labour conference had been «less Red Ed than redhead» — a reference to the former leader Neil Kinnock, who he said had dominated the Labour conference in Manchester last week.

«Historically, society has been more concerned about the risk of patients committing violence than the vulnerability of patients to violent acts,» explains study leader Professor Louis Appleby from The University of Manchester in the UK.