Sentences with phrase «victory over relegation»

Wolverhampton Wanderers secured the Championship title with a 4 - 0 victory over relegation - threatened Bolton Wanderers at the Macron Stadium on Saturday.

Chinedu Udoji was the match winner for six - time champions Enyimba in the 1 - 0 victory over relegation - threatened Kwara United as the...

«Give me the tools, I'll do the work» were his exact words in the aftermath of September's 3 - 2 victory over relegation - threatened Aston Villa.

Internazionale marched to a 3 - 1 victory over relegation - battling Palermo to establish themselves in fifth position in the Serie A, with summer recruits Ivan Perisic and Geoffrey Kondogbia impressing for Roberto Mancini's side.

After a disappointing home draw against Bournemouth, Manchester United returned to winning ways in the Barclays Premier league with a 3 - 1 victory over relegation threatened Middlesbrough.

Arsenal moved level on points with second placed Manchester City with a comfortable 3 - 1 victory over relegation threatened Hull City at the KC Stadium on Monday night.

The Portuguese superstar missed Real Madrid «s 3 - 2 victory over relegation - threatened Rayo Vallecano in La Liga at the weekend, and hasn't featured since Real's 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal on Wednesday.

After receiving his first England senior call - up this week, Harry Kane celebrated by firing in a hat - trick against Leicester City in Spurs» 4 - 3 victory over the relegation strugglers.

Well the Gunners got one of those away to Middlesborough tonight, with a 2 - 1 victory over the relegation bound Boro, but our performance at the Riverside could hardly be called convincing or confidence building by any means, and I doubt very much whether any of the recent complaints from the fans or the questions from the football media will have gone away.

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McCarthy elected to rest the side who had secured an impressive 1 - 0 victory over Tottenham just four days earlier with a view to keeping them fresh for the upcoming meeting with relegation rivals Burnley.

That's generally no real surprise given Swansea picked up another impressive win to move further away from the relegation battle with a 3 - 2 victory over Burnley.

The Swans will be looking to build on after last week's 2 - 1 victory over Liverpool as Carlos Carvalhal's side hope to climb out of the relegation zone.

Following Swansea City's 1 - 0 home victory over Watford on Monday evening, the Magpies have dropped back into the relegation zone, and currently sit in 18th place on 21 points after 22 matches.

Burnley's relegation to the Championship, after just one season in the top flight, was confirmed at the weekend — with their victory over Hull City not enough to keep their slim hopes of survival alive.

Peace broke out at the London Stadium as West Ham eased their relegation fears with a 3 - 0 victory over fellow strugglers Southampton.

The Canaries were desperate to earn their second victory over United this season in their race to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

The Clarets were the only side in the bottom six to land themselves a Premier League victory on Boxing Day and the will look to drive on from that win over Middlesbrough by taking down the relegation - threatened Sunderland at Turf Moor on New Year's Eve.

Bottom side Yanbian Funde picked up their first win in six league games with a 3 - 1 victory over Tianjin Teda that keeps their hopes of moving out of the relegation zone alive, while Changchun Yatai won 2 - 0 against Henan Jianye.

Yesterday at 11:00 am - MK Dons go to Roots Hall on Saturday knowing anything but victory over Southend United will likely spell relegation to League 2 next season...

Burnley moved out of the relegation zone with that great 1 - 0 home victory over Southampton and anyone who thinks they will simply roll over here are mad.

Crystal Palace's mission in getting themselves away from relegation trouble seems to be heading into the right direction as they successfully snatched a dramatic boxing day victory over Aston Villa this midweek.

Sunderland's victory over Everton cast Steve Bruce's team into the relegation zone and time is running out.

This is a huge fixture for Blackburn Rovers as victory over a strong relegation candidate would not only significantly boost Blackburn's survival claims but it would also put them within a win of breaking into the top half of the table.

Oxford earned a crucial three points in their bid to avoid relegation as first - half goals from James Henry and Ricardinho handed them a 2 - 0 victory over Southend.

There was relief for Scotland women too who retained their place among Europe's elite with a comfortable 2 - 0 victory over Poland in the final relegation pool match.

Despite that, Newcastle's form has vastly improved over the past few weeks, and a victory over Manchester United earlier in the month has given the club fresh belief in their relegation battle.

It was, though, over an opponent you would have expected Arsenal to teach a lesson or two to in relegation favourites Blackpool, but it was nevertheless a commanding display from Arsene Wenger's players and they will look to build on their resounding Emirates victory by registering a win at a venue which may well have memories of a nightmare outing last season flooding back.

Crystal Palace managed to get themselves off of the relegation zone for the first time in a long while by claiming a hard fought 1 - 0 victory over Middlesbrough at Selhurst Park last weekend and it goes without saying that the three points picked up on the day could prove to be vital to the Eagles» chances of survival.

Ironically we did the double over them in our relegation season of 2002 - 2003 with a 3 - 2 victory at Stamford Bridge, our goals coming from Di Canio (2) and Defoe, and then in our final home game, and the last time we saw Di Canio play at Upton Park in a competitive match, we beat them 1 - 0.

Maidstone moved further away from the relegation zone with a narrow 1 - 0 National League victory over high - flying Sutton.

MK Dons go to Roots Hall on Saturday knowing anything but victory over Southend United will likely spell relegation to League 2 next season...

The 26 - year - old featured in Leicester's 3 - 1 victory over his rumoured suitors on Monday night, to help lift his side two points clear of the relegation zone.

The relegation - threatened hosts had won their previous two games, and would have been hoping to follow victories for most of their relegation rivals over the weekend with one of their own.

Stoke's 2 - 0 victory at West Brom, their first on their travels this season has given them a 6 point lead over Newcastle who top the relegation zone.

Two first - half goals gave Chelsea a 2 - 1 home victory over a Crystal Palace side whose relegation worries increase.

Another victory would have provided them with a great buffer over the relegation zone.

Jamie Vardy admitted that Leicester City's players were stung by the criticism they have received since Claudio Ranieri's sacking as the England international scored twice to inspire the Premier League champions to a victory over Liverpool that lifts them out of the relegation zone.

However, perhaps their latest victory over Wolves, a 1 - 0 win at The Reebok, will be the turning point as Bolton aim to drive full - throttle out of the relegation mixer and into Premiership dry land.

The side's lack of a playing philosophy led to games that often resembled relegation dogfights, like the 2 - 1 victory over Bilbao, where Madrid's collection of superstars had to hang on for dear life.