Sentences with phrase «top flight as»

Although he didn't get his name on the scoresheet, Eden Hazard spent another afternoon tormenting defences in the English Top flight as he picked up yet another Man of the Match award for his industrious performance in the Blues» 2 - 0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion.

Real Madrid had another stumble last weekend in the Spanish top flight as they could only play out a 0 - 0 draw with Athletic Bilbao, a side just above the drop zone.

Barcelona will be defending their unbeaten form for the season in the Spanish top flight as they make the trip to the Anoeta.

They aren't mathematically safe from the top just and they have slipped back to two consecutive defeats in the top flight as well.

Should they do so, it would end their two match losing streak at home in the league whilst almost guaranteeing them another year in the top flight as a direct result.

I still see us being a force in the top flight as something which will happen, not something that is a pipe dream.

Empoli will have to fight hard for their future in the top flight as they get ready to travel to Palermo.

Southampton have also scored in each of their last 13 home games in the top flight as well and no club can better that streak.

Just 36 % of their away games have gone over 2.5 goals and the Clarets have failed to score in 36 % of their road games in the top flight as well this term.

It would be a real statement of intent from Leicester, however, who have already spent big on Brighton & Hove Albion striker Leonardo Ulloa following their return to the top flight as Championship title winners after a long absence.

On the other hand, the three points will take Everton up to 11th in the Premier League further pulling away from the bottom few sides and joining a host of teams firmly in mid-table mediocrity in the top flight as they build for next season.

Portuguese defender Jose Fonte has earned popularity for his part in Southampton's consecutive promotions from League One and the Championship, but he has not been as regular a feature in the Premier League, and it may be asking a bit too much for him to make that step up from two divisions and be as comfortable in the top flight as he was in the third tier of English football.

Has looked the part in the Championship and could do worse than take Benik Afobe's rise back to the top flight as his inspiration.

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He also had a top flight Wall Street reputation: In 2011, he had reportedly been approached by Steve Jobs for the CFO role at Apple but turned it down, according to Bloomberg; he was at one point named as a possible successor to Stephen Schwarzman.

The problem is that top - flight athletes, and even serious amateurs, tend not to drink the stuff, as it is considered excessively sugary.

Drones from top manufacturers DJI and 3DRobotics come with AirMap data and services already installed, and flight apps and ground control stations use AirMap data as well.

The market for top - flight talent is now so tight that nearly 100 directors of Fortune 250 companies estimate that fewer than four people — including those both inside and outside their company — would be capable of stepping into the CEO role today and running it at least as well as their current CEO, according to a survey by researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Rock Center for Corporate Governanceat Stanford University.

As part of our plan to build a top — flight mobile juice truck business in Houston — Texas, we have perfected plans to get it right from the onset which is why we are going the extra mile to ensure that we have competent employees to occupy all the available positions in our company.

Chinese buyers are surging into Washington state, thanks to a top - grossing Chinese romantic comedy filmed in Seattle as well as direct China - Washington flights, reports The Associated Press (20 December 2014)....

Cheryl has spent her career writing for national print and online media, developing creative recipes for top - flight food magazines, and synthesizing her dual talents as a writer and trained cook by authoring two cookbooks.

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Nevertheless, that hasn't stopped them from swooping for Lapadula, who will now look to repay their faith and prove that he is equally as capable of delivering goals in the Italian top flight.

A consummate professional wherever he went and will go down as one of the greatest goalkeeper's the English top flight has ever seen.

Yohan Mollo and Max - Alain Gradel scored in the second half as ASSE beat the Bretons in the French top flight

The forward has managed 24 showings in the French top flight, contributing 11 assists and scoring nine goals as the domestic giants have romped to the Ligue 1 title in record quick time.

Tony Pulis is said to be expressly interested in ex-Red Devil's experience upfront and sees his firepower and efficiency as a way to ensure the Baggies remain in the top flight next season.

However, while he initially shone at the KC Stadium, he came in for criticism during his second season at the club as Steve Bruce's outfit dropped out of the top flight.

The 22 - year - old is regarded as one of the most promising young players in Europe in his position, having shone in the German top flight in recent seasons.

Bittencourt, meanwhile, is expected to command a fee of around # 6m, and looks a great prospect for the future after some eye - catching displays in the German top flight, as well as for his Germany's Under - 21 side.

Liverpool gave the English top flight some life last season as sheer momentum gave them a thrilling eleven - game winning streak just at the right time as they looked like causing a major upset and winning their first title for 24 years.

Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal for six times as long as the second - longest serving manager in the top flight; who happens to be Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers.

The standard of French football has been steadily improving in recent years, thanks in no small part to the mega-budgets of Paris Saint Germain and AS Monaco, but there remains a lengthy list of top flight quality players plying their trade among the country's so - called lesser teams.

According to the reliable Jeremy Wilson of the Daily Telegraph, the Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is simultaneously working on deals for as many as three players as he plans a raid on the French top flight, with Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette and Monaco's Kylian Mbappe and Thomas Lemar all being targetted for a potential move to the Emirates.

The answer to that is NO!!!!!! Alex Hleb floundered when he leaft the club as dod many others because he and they were not as good as they thought they were and that's why they ended up in lesser divisions and in sub standard leagues away from top flight football.

Antoine Griezmann The French forward finished the Liga BBVA season as the third - best goal - scorer in the Spanish top flight, behind only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before Arsenal played host to Chelsea last weekend in a match that none of us want to remember for long, the interim boss of the blues Guus Hiddink suggested that Arsene Wenger and his very long spell as the manager of a top flight club like the Gunners could soon be looked on as a piece of history, because bosses just do not seem to get anything like that sort of time anymore.

I think he needs a few more years as a «top flight» coach and his time at Huddersfield isn't doing him any damage.

Llorente was instrumental in Swansea's dramatic top flight survival last season, finishing as the club's top scorer with 15 goals in his debut Premier League season.

He scored once in 18 appearances, as the Reds laboured to a sixth - place finish in the top flight.

Austin has established himself as one of the best strikers outside of the top flight since being discovered in non-league football by Swindon Town in 2009, netting 82 goals in 155 games for Swindon and Burnley.

Tabb was a regular in the engine room of the Reading side in the first half of the campaign as the Premier League new boys struggled with life back in the top flight.

The Red Devils parted ways with Louis van Gaal on Monday following a miserable season in the top flight, as the north - west giants failed to return to the Champions League.

The La Liga outfit are one of a number of admirers of the Argentine international, who has become widely regarded as one of the best players in the Portuguese top flight in recent years.

Many companies, as a method of advertising their products as well as entertaining their employees, recruited top - flight athletes to play in what amounted to professional industrial leagues.

Arsenal have the richest investor in the top flight of English football, as Alisher Usmanov sits in 71st place — beating Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, who comes in second for the Premier League, in 137th overall.

Things aren't going to get any easier on Sunday, as Villarreal host league leaders Barcelona, who currently hold an eight - point advantage over Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish top flight.

Having shone in the Premier League during his Spurs days, Bale's return to the Premier League would certainly be exciting for whomever lands him and for neutrals in general as he has the potential to light up the top flight when he's in full flow.

That pessimism has continued as the Royals have continued to perform well in the top - flight and has been echoed to a lesser extent by Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp.

Hamsik could certainly be an upgrade, with the 27 - year - old showing himself to be one of the finest creative midfield players in the Italian top flight for many years now, as well as showing a keen eye for goal from the middle of the park.

Having cut his teeth with loan spells at Lorient and Arles - Avignon, Ayew has firmly established himself as one of the most impressive attacking talents in the French top flight.