Sentences with phrase «to a title rival»

He believes that making the switch between major title rivals could hamper the season for the former Blues star.
That's the standard we're at, we're the underdog 2/3 times a year when we visit title rivals and other than that we're the better team vs all others.
And now we have the confidence of beating one of our major title rivals.
But even though there will be a certain amount of disappointment about not getting the win that would have put us three points clear of title rivals Man City and two ahead of Leicester, I think we need to look on this draw as a positive result that has enhanced our chances of winning the league this season.
Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.
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.
The Gunners are at the moment in deficits of 3 points behind their 3 main title rivals of Man City, Man Utd and their visitors Liverpool.
Failing to muster a decent run of form as title rivals pull out in front and a Champions League place up for grabs meant the Europa League had a sudden importance for Jose Mourinho.
Arsenal got away with conceding a late equaliser away to Liverpool in midweek, although it was a bitter pill to swallow for the Gunners, because our main Premier League title rivals Man City had been held to a draw themselves by Everton.
One stumbling block for the Gunners could be Mourinho's reluctance to allow Cech to join a potential direct title rival in Arsenal, which could in turn open the door for Roma to swoop in.
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.
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.
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Arsenal fans were just getting ready for the long awaited faltering from our Premier League title rivals Leicester City to begin and it looked like the visitors to the King Power stadium today, Norwich City, might return to Norfolk with even more than a point.
United were 16 points clear as they took on their closest title rivals Arsenal at Old Trafford in February 2001.
Iniesta was forced off during Barca's 1 - 0 La Liga defeat of title rivals Atletico Madrid on March 4 and has not played since, missing the weekend win over Malaga.
We will have to wait and see, of course, and some will say that a game of this importance against a direct title rival as well might not be the best time to put a player back in the first team.
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.
Yes it is great to see the beautiful game being played by Arsenal, but personally I think the result is very important, especially when title rivals like Man City and Chelsea are dropping points at the same time.
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.
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.
If Barça are able to confirm their status as favorites and get the three points, they'll put immense pressure on title rivals Real Madrid who have one of their toughest assignments of the season away to Real Sociedad, the only other team in La Liga with a perfect record so far.
To be honest I am thinking more about our next game, which is a massive one against north London and EPL title rivals Tottenham on Saturday.
He gave his prediction to Sky Sports of how he sees the remaining fixtures going for Arsenal and our two main title rivals Tottenham and Leicester.
Barca opened up an eight - point lead at the top of the La Liga table last weekend with a crucial win over closest title rivals Atletico Madrid, and so they'll be highly fancied to go on and win another league title in the coming months while they're also in the hunt for a Copa del Rey and Champions League.
The Boys In Green sealed their status as champions of Scotland for a fifth straight year on Sunday by beating title rivals Aberdeen 3 - 2 at Parkhead.
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The restarts sparked plenty of talking points, including the now infamous contact between title rivals Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.
He was classified fourth - behind title rival Brooks, but the three points were enough to secure his first championship, and the first for a rear - engined car.
This result coupled with victories for their main title rivals like River Plate and Independiente saw the team pushed to fourth place in the table.
Outside of a few teams, those in mid to bottom (the f ***** g chavs excluded) are premier league rivals, not title rivals.
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.
Things need to accelerate with this City squad otherwise they might be chasing the other title rivals so early in the season.
The last thing Barcelona needed ahead of facing title rivals Atletico Madrid this weekend was more dropped points, but that's what happened at Las Palmas.
Sakho made an # 18m Anfield switch on transfer deadline day and said his PSG goodbyes yesterday when they took on title rivals Monaco.
Even if you decided to skip last weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix (if so, unlucky), you'll probably still know about the explosive collision between title rivals Vettel and Hamilton.
Big teams don't rely on friendly refs, fair play from the opposition or title rivals dropping points.
It's been a pretty awesome Japanese GP for Lewis Hamilton - pole position, race win, title rival out, and one hand on the championship.
Chamberlain has drawn interest from title rivals Liverpool and Chelsea, but Antonio Conte's side seems to be edging it.
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.
However, while Inter's defence — they have conceded only seven goals — has been the best in the league, they have scored only 16 goals, fewer than title rivals Napoli, Fiorentina and AS Roma.
Perhaps that is why Chennaiyin FC's most heated rivals for the first three seasons weren't next - door Kerala Blasters or regular title rivals Atletico de Kolkata.
Carlo Ancelotti's men trailed early on and were pegged back to 2 - 2 before eventually hitting top gear and powering past their spirited opponents to keep up the pressure on title rivals Barcelona.
As well as the aforementioned goal that helped Arsenal win the Clausura championship in 2012, Lopez has another huge goal to his name from his time at Benfica - in November last season he scored a stoppage - time equaliser that earned the Eagles a draw against title rivals Porto at the Estádio do Dragão.
The only title rival with anything close to the problems facing the Gunners is Liverpool, who lost their main creative spark Coutinho for a long spell last week.
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