Meanwhile, Guardiola said Arsenal should not be ruled out as
title rivals with the Gunners having the opportunity to cut their gap on City to six points with a win at the Etihad Stadium.
Madrid can put pressure on
title rivals with a win earlier in the day and go 5 points clear at top of the table for alteast a few hours.
Arsenal continued to pile the pressure on
their title rivals with another three points after dominating a Sunderland side that are destined for Championship football.
Not exact matches
Analysts have said Nintendo «s family - oriented game
titles compete
with smartphone games more directly than
titles from
rival console makers Sony (sne) and Microsoft (msft), which focus on high - end graphics targeting core gamers.
Amazon has spent billions in India and now is running neck - and - neck
with another local
rival, Flipkart, for the
title of market leader.
In the three months since Wells Fargo settled
with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it has forfeited business and lost its
title as the world's most valuable bank to
rival JPMorgan Chase.
Now all the talk is about which team will triumph this time Mourinho has had another swipe at Wenger and the other
rival managers by claiming that playing down talk of the
title is really just down to being scared to admit their ambition, The Mirror reports,
with the suggestion being that everyone is worried that United will be too strong.
Even if they do we are still going to see at least one more of our other
title rivals drop points,
with Chelsea and Manchester United playing each other.
Further,
with the struggles of their
rivals around them, there was certainly an opportunity to compete for the Premier League
title or at least a top - three finish instead of a frantic scramble to qualify for the Champions League, which arguably looks unlikely at this stage.
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Clearly a move from Everton to their local
rivals would be a contentious one to consider but if Fellaini felt that the Anfield side had a team in place; a combination of solid financial investment from the club's American owners coupled
with a forward thinking young well respected manager like Brendan Rodgers, to help Liverpool to regain their place as a genuine
title chasing outfit then it may be a move the 6ft 4in midfielder would be ready to consider.
Redeeming the wettest Wimbledon since the Flood, Venus Williams sailed to her fourth singles
title, and Roger Federer tied Bjorn Borg's record of five straight
with an epic win over
rival Rafael Nadal
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.
23 — Having wrestled the
title off last season's champions Atletico, Barca are now celebrating their 23rd La Liga win, continuing their superb rise in the modern era as they look to catch up
with bitter
rivals Real Madrid on 32.
Ronald Koeman will be delighted
with his team after a stellar performance, while Guardiola will undoubtedly be left furious as City capitulated and showed their vulnerabilities again as they fall behind their Premier League
title rivals.
Wenger and the players should be looking foward to these games
with relish as it gives us an opportunity to get one over on our
rivals and take control of the
title race.
The Sky Blues lost to Burnley on Saturday, leaving them six points behind Premier League leaders Chelsea
with their
title rivals also having a game in hand.
Manchester City went down to another disappointing defeat, to put the final nail in the coffin of any possible Premier League
title challenge which was still alive,
with a 4 - 2 loss at Old Trafford to city
rivals Manchester United.
If you watch Chelsea's games, whenever their
rivals for the
title fail to win their matches; they come out
with full force to win theirs and stretch their lead beyond reach.
That win for the Foxes, along
with the dropped points by all of our main
title rivals, was not even all that surprising because that is the way this season has been going since the start.
City secured the
title with five games to spare this season, collecting 28 wins in 33 games to open up a commanding lead over nearest
rivals Man Utd.
The Red Devils have fallen short of expectations this season
with their early exit from the Champions League and an inability to match
rivals Manchester City in the Premier League
title race.
Another reason we should not panic is that our two main
rivals for the EPL
title, Man City and United, are struggling
with their own injury problems.
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.
Jenson Button was desperate to secure the 2009 world championship
with a race to spare in 2009, but
with teammate and
title rival Rubens Barrichello (yes, he did once get sorta close to actually winning one!)
Rival Oregon State stands in its way — but bettors think that Oregon will «smell blood» in its quest for the national
title,
with a huge 84 % of the bets taking the favorite.
Two of his
title rivals are Ralph Hasenhuttl, 49, and the man being linked
with taking Ancelotti's job, Julian Nagelsman, only 29.
Spurs saw their Premier League
title dreams come crashing down
with Monday's 2 - 2 draw to London
rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but they have still enjoyed a wonderful season under Pochettino.
The two
rivals will meet again in Week 17
with the AFC South
title potentially on the line.
Arsenal are in their best position at this stage of the season for years, and
with a strong squad and flawed
rivals, it looks as though Arsene Wenger's men have a great shot at the
title this year.
Rooney, having moved from Everton to Manchester United and won multiple Premier League
titles with Liverpool's biggest
rivals — would not be able to support an Anfield opponent so easily now...
The north London based side were involved in a
title race
with Leicester City last season before eventually ended the season in third place behind their bitter
rivals Arsenal.
Manchester City have emerged as the new favourites to sign Atletico Madrid central defender Miranda, report the Mirror,
with the Premier League
title holders hoping to beat
rivals Manchester United and Chelsea to the capture of the experienced Brazilian in what looks set to become one of the most keenly contested transfer battles of the January window.
With Barca off the pace in the title race with rivals Real Madrid ahead and with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the
With Barca off the pace in the
title race
with rivals Real Madrid ahead and with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the
with rivals Real Madrid ahead and
with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the
with games in hand, Enrique is facing the very real prospect of ending up
with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the
with no major trophy this season which would be a disaster considering how successful he has been since taking the job.
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Of course we are hoping for a
title challenge, but the end of the season could well see us in a fight for a top four finish again,
with United likely to be one of our main
rivals.
Aguero will miss encounters
with Leicester City, Watford, Arsenal and Hull City this month, handing Arsene Wenger a major boost as he won't have to deal
with a full - strength
title rival.
ofcourse we can forget chelsea as epl
rival cause we are not going to be in the
title fight while chelsea along
with the manchester clubs will
It was a fiery encounter at Stamford Bridge between the two London
rivals,
with Tottenham's
title hopes being on the line only adding to the tension.
Jose Mourinho will be focused on taking United back to the top of the tree, and while that may not happen this season
with rivals Man City comfortably ahead in the Premier League
title race, these possible signings could strengthen the Red Devils in the summer.
It has nothing to do
with Arsenal lol And of course they are
rivals for the
title.
Currently sat in fourth place nine points adrift of leaders Barcelona, they look as though they will surrender their
title this term, and also have an upcoming Champions League quarter final
with last season's winners, and cross city
rivals, Real to contend
with.
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.
It's only delusion when United believe they are «
title rivals»
with city or when the ever effusive Pochettino arrogantly says Tottenham's «ambition» is the league or champions league and not in the domestic cups (man hasn't won a pin but at Wembley a beggar surely has a choice).
Here we are though in 2018
with our board yet again open to negotiations from our so called «
title rivals».
It is shocking that the Blues have allowed such a great player to move to one of their direct
rivals, especially
with the Gunners looking set to challenge them for the Premier League
title.
But as they graduate to Super AMOLED level during the winter campaign when Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck would have been back and 1 or 2 top quality additions are added to the team by the Boss, the Gunners will totally become unstoppable by any of their
title rivals as they cruise home
with the Premier League
title in May next year.
While the Rojiblancos do not share the same kind of rivalry
with Barca as
with Real, Griezmann could still be well advised not to strengthen one of their
title rivals in La Liga.
Your a jinx mate, go and support All our
rivals and come back after we win the
title, you can celebrate
with us and then repeat & Rinse the above, Okay???
With potential
title rivals Manchester City hammering Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium earlier in the day and Chelsea yet to place, van Gaal's side face losing ground on those sides currently above them.