Sentences with phrase «title rivals who»

Irrespective of whatever be the results in the games involving our 2 title rivals who are above us in the table.

The sport is starting to care about the fans, we've got two title rivals who are genuinely enjoying racing each other, and Mr. Blue Flag himself isn't showing any animosity towards the guy who's held him up twice in two races.

Bob, let the Gunners not take winning the treble for granted and start to underate the resolve of their main title rivals who are still in the 3 titles race.

Not exact matches

At least Ramsey, as reported by The Guardian, the midfielder was sounding upbeat about the chances of the Gunners doing just that, despite the fact that out next opponents are the league leaders Leicester City who are in fine form and are coming to north London having produced a great away display to put another title rival Man City to the sword.

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The West London club's spending outlay was someway below arch title rivals Man City, who spent # 49m on Raheem Sterling (via Sky Sports), # 55m on Kevin de Bruyne (via BBC Sport), # 32m on Nicolas Otamendi (via BBC Sport) as well as bringing in Fabian Delph from Aston Villa and Patrick Roberts from Fulham.

Mancini puts City's title bid apparently failing down to the recent injury of Sergio Aguero who missed their draws with Sunderland and Stoke last month — two games which allowed United to open up a five point gap on their rivals.

And who knows, some of their title rivals may yet drop points again in the next weekends for Arsenal to seize the initiatives to move further up in the table.

Arsenal can go second in the Premier League table, which would be good for the Gunners of course, because yesterday was one of those strange days when nothing went as planned or as the form guide would lead us to believe, with every single one of our main rivals for the title dropping points, or those who played anyway.

But the manager who always took such delight in aiming insults and slurs at Arsene Wenger could still have a say in the title race and he could still stop his rival from lifting the EPL trophy at the end of the season.

After all, if you're a title contender, it's far more valuable to have a teammate who can pick up wins and take points off of rivals than one who struggles to even get on the podium.

Mourihno complaining all the Rivals want to buy the title, now that they are in debts look who is complaining!!

After a terrible new year fixture schedule that saw Arsenal, who have already had the drawback compared to Premier League rivals Chelsea and Liverpool of having to play the six extra midweek games in the Champions League, have to play two games in two days and get the shortest recovery time of all the clubs chasing the EPL title, we now have a well needed breather before the next league match.

Its just too early to determine who are title rivals at the moment not even Arsenal or City.

We are LEVEL with Man City, who are considered our main rival for the title.

we should have learned by now, we buy prospects while our rivals buy quality players, and we all witness who win the titles every season (It's not us)

We are one of only three teams who can boast a win over our rivals this season, but the truth is that we have failed to win a Premier League title since 2004, whereas the Blues have picked up four since then, and look destined for a fifth.

I must say that I was really impressed with the display from our EPL title rivals Leicester City, who never gave up and laid siege to the West Brom goal for large parts of the game.

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.

Despite yesterday's win we are still 6/1 to win the title, but our arch rivals Tottenham, who have never finished above a Wenger side before, are 7/2 second favourites.

I am not just trying to be different in picking Theo Walcott as my Man of the Match from the Arsenal win over title rivals Manchester City last night, even though the obvious choice was our king of assists Mesut Ozil, who put in another performance full of quality and class.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a crazy race but it was the title rivals in fourth and fifth who are writing all the headlines after a moment of madness behind the Safety Car.

Should Alex Sandro still be at Juventus come September 1st, it'll be interesting to see who the Blues target instead, as Conte's side look to bolster this squad in preparation for their title defence this season following the Blues» Community Shield defeat to rivals Arsenal.

His form has helped Lyon — who won seven consecutive league titles from 2002 to 2008 — return to the top of the table, despite the wealth of resources of rivals Paris Saint Germain.

Arsenal may have acquired Alexandre Lacazette and Saed Kolasinac in this summers transfer window, but we do seem to be lagging behind our rivals for the Premier League title, and one of our biggest problems is the danger of losing some of our biggest stars who only have one year remaining on their contracts, including Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

If you by the way the Arsenal transfer rumours have been progressing during the summer then it looks like our London rivals and the current Premier League title holders are set to step up their attempts to sign our England international star Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, who is one of a number of Gunners that have enetered the final year of their current Arsenal contracts.

Even if we do eventually miss the title... we would have proven a few points... it wont be for selling our most important players, it won't be because we strengthened a rival club; it wont be because a player became bigger than our club; forced his way out; we would have proven that it is not all about money / gains all the time; we would have had a coach who truly proved he is in charge and will not bulge to a player's pressure etc..

However, should Arsenal lose a player of Sánchez's quality to a rival club, breaking the 12 - year drought of not winning the Premier League will not get any easier, as highlighted by the departures of stars such as Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, who all of course went onto win the title with other clubs.

The Chilean has been superb for Juve in their three consecutive Serie A title wins, and was also impressive for his national side at this summer's World Cup, where he also attracted the interest of United's rivals Arsenal, though it now looks as though it is the Red Devils who have won the race for his signature, with contract negotiations ongoing but looking positive.

As reported by The Mirror, the all time Premier League top scorer who won the title himself with Blackburn Rovers, reckons that with all the turmoil and uncertainty at all of our EPL rivals, this season offers by far the best opportunity for Arsenal to end over a decade of waiting.

With Arsenal having got off to a fairly shaky start to our latest attempt to win the Premier League title, the last thing we needed was for our big EPL rivals to get off to a fling start themselves, but that is just what has happened and now the Gunners are playing catch up to the big three of Manchester United, Chelsea and Man City who all have the maximum nine points from their three games so far.

Our side came second last year, finishing above all our usual rivals, but the Foxes won the division, and that was unacceptable to some Gunners fans, who have now watched 13 years go by without lifting a title.

There were some easier clubs for us to get from the top seeded pot of title winners, most notably CSKA Moscow who our jammy north London rivals Tottenham got, but there were a lot worse as well, so we are happy to have dodged Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Juventus.

Most Arsenal fans will be the first to tell you that the Gunners are not quite firing on all cylinders so far this season, and after the summer transfer window saw the club actually make a profit rather than spending big to catch up with our Premier League rivals despite breaking the club's transfer record to sign Alexandre Lacazette, you won't find too many Gooners who are confident that the EPL title is on it's way back to north London next May.

United's striking struggles are clean when one considers that their title rivals Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and even 15th - placed Chelsea, have all scored more goals than the Red Devils, who have managed only 15 goals in 11 outings.

City, who failed to win the title last weekend when they threw away a 2 - 0 lead at home to rivals Manchester United, would need to win at fourth - place Tottenham this weekend to have any chance of taking the title.

You might think I am being a bit presumptuous about Real Madrid having the Spanish title sewn up, as Los Blancos still have eight La Liga games to play and are only three points above our main rivals FC Barcelona, who we still have to play in the second El Clasico of the season.

This should send a message to our title rivals and cause those who still think we might fall aside as we go further into the season to worry as it's looking like we are getting better with each game.

ATHENS, Greece — A disputed goal at the end of a Greek Super League match on Sunday between leader AEK and title rivals PAOK led to a pitch invasion by one of the team owners, who appeared to be carrying a gun.

Max Verstappen: Not a great opening display from the Dutchman who has been widely tipped up as potential title rival this season.

Felix, the Olympic champion over the shorter distance, had a slight lead coming off the bend but Schippers, who became the third fastest 200m runner in history in Beijing, overpowered her in the home straight and crossed the line in 22.12 to the American's 22.22, though Felix took the overall title by two points ahead of her Dutch rival.

With Sir Alex Ferguson set to retire, UEFA.com profiles the man who will take the Manchester United FC manager's title as Europe's longest - serving coach and those rivalling him.

Marco Reus who missed Germany's successful 2014 World Cup campaign through injury will come as a blow to Premier League title rival Manchester United, German champions Bayern Munich as well as Spanish champions Atletico Madrid who have been linked with the German international if the feelers we are getting that he is interested in Arsenal is true.

It is London rivals Chelsea and Arsenal who will be doing battle at Wembley for the title.

And Mirallas played 85 minutes of a 2 - 0 success that saw third - place Olympiakos — who have a game in hand on their title rivals - close the gap on leaders AEK Athens to just two points.

The real winners, of course, are Barcelona, who have successfully come through their own transfer ban and can now expect their closest title rivals falling behind next season.

Two successive home defeats against title rivals Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur mean that Manchester City head into their game against Dynamo Kiev next week in poor form, and of their key players, the one who hasn't let his form dip has been the England No. 1.

The duo have won seven of the last eight Serie A titles though Juventus» current health is somewhat contrasting to that of their bitter rivals, who are in a transitional phase.

Smith, of course, is a former A-League rival of Vidmar who won three A-League titles with Brisbane Roar, including two as captain.

It is not really advisable to sell a good player like Matic to one of your direct and fierce rivals, who can hurt your title ambitions in the future, though the 28 year old superstar's wish has to be respected as well.