Sentences with phrase «title against their rivals»

They were knocked out of the Champions League quarter - finals to Liverpool on Tuesday night and failed to win the Premier League title against rivals Manchester Utd last weekend — after surrendering a two goal lead.

With the obvious motivation of winning to secure the title against their rivals, it could play right into the hands of the league leaders on this occasion.

Not exact matches

The Merengues were defeated on aggregate by Juventus this week in the semi-final, and thus will not be able to defend the continental title they won last year against fierce rivals Barcelona in Berlin.

Well we played bad, but at the end of the day we took a vital point against one of the title rivals at their home..

We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.

Despite the prospect of being without his number one stopper for next weekend's clash against title rivals Manchester City, Mourinho instead decided to criticise Carneiro for her decision to treat Eden Hazard whilst they were vulnerable to a counter attack:

i do nt care about whom we win against, if we win the title, of course it hurts when we lose against rivals and a draw against a top side is never an embarrasing result as you make it out to be..

Manchester City are set to launch a complaint against title rivals Arsenal in response to their failure to sign Alexis Sanchez, with Pep Guardiola's side believing that the Gunners blocked the player's move after he'd signed City contract, according to the Sun.

Aside from crashing out of the Champions League against Liverpool, City saw their title celebrations postponed last weekend as rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2 win.

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.

Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a win against Manchester City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real title rivals.

The forward also revealed that he is really enjoying his new central role, but will he fire the Gunners right back in to the title race and end another poor run against a big rival tomorrow?

Heavy victories for their title rivals Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint - Germain had put the pressure on Lyon to prosper against MHSC.

It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last won the MLS title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series against L.A. rival Chivas USA.

Arsenal, one of the this season's Premier League title contenders, kick start their Champions League campaign, ahead of their rivals, against Besiktas in the playoff round starting tonight.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

It came as the Red Devils were trailing 2 - 0 at the Etihad heading into the interval, before they mounted an incredible comeback to secure a 3 - 2 win and deny their rivals the chance of celebrating winning the Premier League title against them.

Our north London rivals Tottenham will be facing a Man City side that will be desperate to get back to winning ways after their loss against Leicester and after Man United conceded that late equaliser to Chelsea on Sunday, the current top four are, realistically, the four clubs that could win the title this season.

But wenger did not name Sanchez in the squad against our title rivals, and after the game Le Prof revealed that Alexis had had a «minor setback» and would now miss the busy Christmas period but would be ready for the New Year games which was expected to start with this weekend's cup game against Sunderland.

As per Pep Guardiola in his press conference on Friday though, it looks as though he's suffered a setback and will not feature against Liverpool in the early - season crunch clash between the two Premier League title rivals.

Not only is it a blow for the Red Devils to lose to a title rival, but it also ends their perfect start to the campaign and they will now hope to bounce back immediately and get back to winning ways next week both against Feyenoord in the Europa League and Watford.

Add in the fact that City are Chelsea's closest rival for the Premier League title and that Lampard scored against the Blues last time out and you could see where some potential problems might arise.

Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point against their title rivals, not play to their best and still win a high - tension game comfortably.

But grieving requires time, and only minutes before, they had watched dreams — a SWAC title, a series lead against their biggest rival — die inches short of the end zone.

The top 4 in action against a title rival.

In the Orange Bowl against Bobby Bowden and Florida State, his old boss» chief rival, Stoops and his Sooners ground Heisman winner Chris Weinke to a pulp, won 13 - 2, and took home OU's seventh title, its first since 1985.

This season looks like being a tighter title race than usual with as many as six different clubs having the potential to win it, so doing well against those mai8n rivals could be vital.

Arsenal still have to make sure that it counts by winning our away game against AFC Bournemouth tonight, but the Gunners were probably not expecting any of the main rivals for the Premier League title to slip up in this latest run of games.

They felt aggrieved in the middle of March when a refereeing error denied them a late goal — and an almost - certain 1 - 0 victory over title rivals Olympique Lyonnais, while they will be disappointed at having capitulated so comprehensively against Paris Saint - Germain at home last weekend.

Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face against all our title rivals, and if we win them all we can close the gap at the top.

It was a crucial win for the Red Devils, not only to put them firmly in control of claiming second place, but it prevented their bitter rivals from celebrating winning the Premier League title against them, as Pep Guardiola's side needed to win.

If he does not and losses badly against title rivals there is no point in watching this season.

A MATCH AGAINST A TITLE RIVAL IS A 6 POINTER, SO IF WE CANT WIN, WE MUST NOT LOSE EITHER!!

Sterling's goal also fired City 15 points clear of nearest rivals Manchester United, who seem to be doing their bit to help City wrap up the title as quickly as possible after dropping four points in their last two games against Leicester City and Burnley.

After they've suffered 2 consecutives PL away defeats in to Everton and Man City which led to us dropping down from been 2nd to 5th in the table following our away draw at Bournemouth, and with this away win against Swansea City yesterday, Arsenal are now 3rd in the table pending the outcomes of today's games involving our 2 title rivals of Liverpool and Man City.

If you win a match against a title rival, mathematically it is 3 points but logically it is 6 points!

Arsenal have already played one six - pointer «title decider» against Leicester last week, but our traditional rivals Tottenham Hotspur have also been winning consistently and quietly moved up to equal on points with us in second place in the Premiership.

Although he may not have come out and said it, you just know that Arsene Wenger would absolutely love to have seen his Arsenal side record a first win against his managerial rival Jose Mourinho, even though the Frenchman admitted after the game that all three points would still not have been enough for the Gunners to win the Premier League title this season.

Naturally, there are examples which argue the opposite, as seen in the recent win at home against Liverpool, but McMahon wants to see the Red Devils play a more attacking game against City this weekend, in a game in which their rivals could land the Premier League title with a win.

The 28 - year - old also contributed greatly to helping Atletico to the La Liga title in 2013/14, plus also playing a crucial role in guiding them to the final of the Champions League, scoring against Chelsea in the semi-final before the club eventually lost to city rivals Real in Lisbon.

if arsenal are to win the title, then we shud start playing defensively against rivals like morinho does.atleast the opposition cant gain ground over you!!

Suarez struggled initially but has found his feet of late, netting seven goals in his last seven appearances, including most crucially his effort against La Liga title rivals Real Madrid.

Wins over Chelsea and Newcastle repaired some of the damage in the league, and they even won at Old Trafford, though a late Aguero goal against rivals United did not look like making a difference in the title race, as Sir Alex Ferguson's side were still 12 points ahead even after this morale - lifting derby result.

The Belgium international is likely to play for City as they look to wrap up the Premier League title against their bitter rivals on Saturday, but it seems he also has a personal score to settle with Mourinho before then.

Arsenal come up against fellow Premier League title rivals Manchester City in Sweden this Sunday and it'll be interesting to see how the Gunners fair against not only a strong Premier League team but under Pep Guardiola's new managerial regime.

Arsenal came up against fellow Premier League title rivals Manchester City in Sweden, in what was both club's final fixture of their respective pre-season campaigns.

Jack loves Arsenal and although he will not be playing for us this season and will not be able to play against us, he will be facing all of our rivals for the Premier League title and I am sure he will want to do everything in his power to take points off them and give the Gunners a boost in the quest to become champions again.

Needing three points against their local rivals to seal the title, Pep Guardiola's side looked on course to seal the title there and then with first - half goals from Vincent Kompany and...

Manuel Pellegrini takes his Manchester City side to Upton Park after a hugely disappointing midweek Champions League draw against CSKA Moscow, hoping to notch up another win in the Premier League and keep the pressure on title rivals Chelsea before their Sunday game against Manchester United.

Another piece of silverware is inching closer for the capital club, and there is no better source of late - season motivation than the prospect of securing the title against their closest rivals.