Sentences with phrase «victories in the league season»

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After all, Shezzer has been the first choice stopper of the Italian Serie A side Roma all season and he has done very well for them, all the time gaining valuable experience, while David Ospina was still fresh in the average Gooner's mind for that horrible fumble which handed the initiative back to Olympiacos to record their first Champions League victory on English soil.

This season I don't think that there are any more hiding places or excuses left for Prof. Wenger for not buying the WC players needed to help Arsenal achieve victories in all major cups (well at least the league and another cup, and not the usual 4th place in the league victory)...

Here's how high Lewis has taken it this season: He leads the league with 1,045 rushing yards, and his 68 yards in a 24 - 17 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday helped the Ravens improve their record to 5 - 3, best in the AFC North.

On Wednesday, our men's rugby league 1st team proved that the city was ours as they stormed ahead to their first win of the season in the Northern 1A — a 24 — 6 victory over our local rivals, UoM.

Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.

That's what happened in the first two games of the finals, as New York, which allowed the second - fewest goals (3.1 per game) in the league during the regular season, gave up nine and still came away with two victories.

But Gerrard — who will leave the club for LA Galaxy at the end of the season — has not been overly missed it seems, as Rodgers's side have extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League, which started in mid-December, and have moved into Champions League qualification contention after Sunday's victory over Manchester City.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

After a few years where he was widely considered to be the best winger in the world â $ «a period which took in a Championsâ $ ™ League victory â $ «many believed Giggs was on his way down after a run of poor form over the last couple of seasons.

Cech was handed just his fifth Premier League start this season in Wednesday night's 3 - 1 victory over Leicester City, as a result of a hip injury to no. 1 stopper Courtois.

Khedira spent much of the 2013/14 season sidelined with a serious knee injury, but the former Stuttgart man returned in time to play some part in the Champions League final victory over Atletico Madrid and get himself ready for Low's Germany squad.

We proved at Everton in the hugely convincing 3 - 0 victory that we have it in the locker to control a game without taking a gung - ho approach; every Arsenal fan wants to see attacking, fluid football played at the highest level, but most teams, particularly this season with the increase in quality across the Premier League, are more than likely to have something in response if they exploit tactical weaknesses.

Another Brazilian starlet, Oscar has been key for Chelsea this season in their run to what looks like victory in the Premier League title race.

The Premier League strugglers haven't won a game in all competitions in their last 15 outings, as they continue to sit bottom of the table with just one victory all season.

Despite the praise, the Portuguese manager believes that using him more extensively at this point in Chelsea's season, as they sit five points clear in the Premier League — following last night's 1 - 0 victory over West Ham — and have a crucial Champions League second leg with Paris Saint - Germain on the horizon, could prove to be detrimental to the youngster's development.

Kasey Keller was pretty rubbish for Fulham towards the end of the season, despite the Cottagers staying in the Premier League after a last - day victory at Portsmouth.

• On the eve of the World Series, the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers, 11 - 1 and, in so doing, set an American League record of 111 victories in one season.

Then we come to our derby game Vs Chelsea, always difficult for us over recent seasons but this year may be different, Chelsea have a new manager and have started well in the league while we have brought in new players who will hopefully prove themselves in this contest to give us victory.

Chelsea recorded their second win in a row on Saturday following a 3 - 0 victory over last seasons league champions Leicester City.

The Gunners needed a victory this evening if they wanted to have any chance of finishing in the top four and qualifying for the Champions League next season.

With both teams set to battle it out for the first time in the Premier League season this weekend, will Arsenal's FA Community Shield victory over the reigning English champions put them as favorites?

The Colombian international is also a big - game player, netting in the Europa League final victory over Dnipro last season, and based on recent form it looks fair to say he would be a major upgrade on Balotelli and indeed on the Reds» other options in attack, with players like Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini also struggling, while Daniel Sturridge has had some injury concerns in recent times.

The Eagles have been the most dominant team in the league this season and oddsmakers are expecting another big victory this weekend against da Bears.

The Stephanois have been in superb form this season, and while the club have long looked on course for a Europa League spot, their victory over MHSC moves them into the Champions League positions.

The victory left them just two points off fourth placed Manchester United, and in with a great chance of qualifying for next season's Champions League.

Sunderland's only win of the season came on the road back in August, with a resounding victory over Norwich and Simon Grayson will be hoping his side can reproduce that kind of performance to push the North East side up the league.

The Colt defeat gave them a 2 -11-1 mark, one less victory than in their league debut last season.

Napoli enjoyed a fine season under Rafa Benitez last term, finishing 3rd in La Liga to ensure Champions League qualification and also lifting the Copa Italia with a victory over Fiorentina.

The former Chelsea midfielder has been heavily linked with a return to the Barclays Premier League this summer after a spectacular season in Germany during the 2014 - 15 campaign as he registered 20 assists in the league and found the net in Die Wolfe's DFB Pokal final victory over Borussia DorLeague this summer after a spectacular season in Germany during the 2014 - 15 campaign as he registered 20 assists in the league and found the net in Die Wolfe's DFB Pokal final victory over Borussia Dorleague and found the net in Die Wolfe's DFB Pokal final victory over Borussia Dortmund.

It was not as comfortable for the Arsenal players and us fans as it looked like being at halftime, but the Gunners did manage to get a vital first victory of the season in the Premier League and that is what really counts as we now head into the international break with some confidence restored.

Three points will give Blackburn three victories in a row and their longest single - season winning league sequence since securing four on the bounce in October 2007.

The 30 - year - old would no doubt be expensive and has little re-sale value as he is set to turn 31 next season, but he made himself a real hit in the Premier League earlier in his career as he helped guide Ferguson's side to three consecutive title wins, as well as a victory in the Champions League final against Chelsea in 2008.

Though the FA cup victory in the last two seasons is a welcome boon, it still doesn't soothe the long standing pain of not winning the league.

The three Arsenal victories, in last season's Premier League meeting at the Emirates and FA cup final before this season's Community shield, have all seen us take the game to Chelsea and that should be the plan once again, without being too open and forgetting about being hard to beat of course.

These two victories in Europe followed a 4 - 3 win over Guardiola's side at Anfield in the Premier League, meaning Liverpool have actually beaten the runaway league leaders three times this sLeague, meaning Liverpool have actually beaten the runaway league leaders three times this sleague leaders three times this season.

According to the story, «Art Cook, greatest lefthander in the Border League, turned in his 21st victory of the season when the (Kingston) Ponies blanked the Ogdensburg Maples....

United's defeat saw their 40 - game unbeaten run at home come to an end, while City's 14th consecutive league victory made history for the most wins in a row in a single English top flight season.

Conversely, West Ham, who are two points above United in the Premier League and have already claimed away victories at Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool this season, are on a four - game winning run and will travel north full of confidence.

But it's going to take 100 victories to win the NL West, and the Astros, 81 - 81 last year, aren't that good yet — not with a shortstop (Andujar Cedeno) who spent half of last season in the minors, a leftfielder (Luis Gonzalez) who hit only.243 and a catcher (Eddie Taubensee) who has played in just 130 major league games.

THE PRIDES OF THE WAYWARD BUSES When Atlanta pitcher Zane Smith couldn't make his scheduled Aug. 5 start in San Diego, 29 - year - old Cliff Speck and 28 - year - old Ed Olwine — who between them had 18 full minor league seasons and 17 major league appearances — combined to beat the Padres 3 - 2 for the first victory and save of their respective careers.

He scored Monaco's second goal in both 2 - 1 victories over Spurs in last season's Champions» League group meetings and it was made sweeter that his winning goal in November that knocked Tottenham out of the competition.

A miraculous grab by David Tyree and a late touchdown pass from Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress helped lead the Giants to their first Super Bowl victory since 1991 and denied the Patriots from recording the second undefeated season in league history.

Mourinho only joined United last season and enjoyed instant success with three trophy victories in his first year in charge, guiding the Red Devils to wins in the Community Shield, EFL Cup and Europa League.

The forward managed 16 goals and eight assists in the Premier League last season, while he also delivered a star turn in the FA Cup — scoring a wondergoal in the victory over Aston Villa.

A win today, followed up by another three points in midweek against Leicester will see the Blues win their first league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Geleague title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint - GeLeague exit at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain.

This was a close game in the first half, but the leagues overall second leading scorer and MVP candidate Scott Campbell, proved to be too much to handle and dropped 31 massive points to help his squad earn their 11th victory on the season.

Leicester's success last season was arguably the greatest ever League victory in the history of football, and yet Ranieri gets the sack 9 months later.

Fulham know that only victory will do if they are to stand any chance of staying in the Premier League this season, with the bookmakers making them strong odds - on to go down with Derby.

Manchester City's game is the only draw this season, in addition to the opening day victory over Crystal Palace at home; but, with other Premier League heavyweights in Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Everton to visit, Arsenal need to raise their game and get those 3 points, more often than not.

In the 21 seasons between the wars only Motherwell, with one victory, broke their monopoly of the league championship, and when other clubs emerged more forcefully after World War II it was Celtic and not Rangers who suffered.