Sentences with phrase «weekend top of the league»
They need the three points on home soil to pull level with the Citizens, as Pep Guardiola's men go into the weekend top of the league.
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What will surely help is Arsenal's return to the top four this past weekend, and they'll look to stay there between now and the end of the campaign to secure a return to the Champions League.
The Blues advanced in the FA Cup over the weekend and still boast a five point lead at the top of the Premier League table as they march on in search of silverware.
Barca equalled that record in last weekend's win over Leganes, while they remain 11 points clear at the top of the standings this season as they edge ever closer to sealing the league crown.
In turn, if any member of the squad is carrying a knock, then it would certainly seem wise for Wenger to leave them behind with Spurs awaiting them at the weekend in a crucial clash at the top of the Premier League.
With the season in England now officially over following the FA Cup final at the weekend, Telegraph Sport have published their list of the top 20 players in the Barclays Premier League and once again Chelsea are the ones left claiming the number one spot.
The Gunners sit top of the Premier League table ahead of the showdown this weekend, although Leicester City remain level on points with Arsene Wenger's side while Manchester City are just a point behind.
A lack of trophies could come back to haunt them as they fell short in the FA Cup at the weekend and look likely to finish second in the Premier League this season, and perhaps that could work against them this summer if top clubs around Europe are looking to convince their best players to leave north London.
Having been held to a goalless draw at Bournemouth at the weekend, Spurs missed the chance to go top of the Premier League.
Nevertheless, it may well ruffle a few feathers but with a 16 - point gap at the top of the Premier League table, Guardiola will likely have his mind focused on winning trophies this season as he also prepares for the League Cup final this weekend.
Pochettino's men have now dropped three points adrift of their rivals at the top of the table, while they face a crucial week now with their Champions League meeting with Bayer Leverkusen coupled with the north London derby at the weekend.
Or maybe... Just maybe it had something to do with going top of the league for 24 hours at the weekend?
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With the current league leaders Manchester United heading to the Emirates next weekend, this game has come in the nick of time and if Arsenal continue to play at the high level we saw today, we might even see the Gunners on top of the table.
The Anfield club seemingly gave up on qualifying for a top - four finish by settling for a point away to newly - crowned Premier League champions Chelsea at the weekend, and could miss out on a host of their targets due to their failings.
One thing you can definitely say about Arsenal after the FA cup thumping of Southampton and as Arsene Wenger prepares for the top of the table clash with Premier League rivals Chelsea this weekend is that the players involved last weekend have given the boss a tough decision on team selection.
No matter what happened in the other Premier League games set to be played this weekend, there was always going to be a lot of pressure on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players after our side had fallen out of the top four and into the worst position at this point of a season for over 10 years.
The Gunners also come into the match on the back of six straight wins in all competitions, and their confidence will also have been boosted by the fact they joined Manchester City on points at the top of the Premier League table this weekend.
After the awful recent run of results had seen Arsenal win just three times and lose six, crashing out of the Champions League and slipping out of the Premier League's top four places, Arsene Wenger will have been hoping for a bit of help from elsewhere this weekend.
The former teammates come head - to - head this weekend in a clash that could have significant consequences on this season's Premier League title race, with the Blues currently leading at the top of the table by nine points.
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For now, the more immediate focus will be on this weekend's showdown with Tottenham, as Mourinho will be desperate to avoid another league setback as rivals Man City continue to stretch their lead and move away at the top of the standings.
Results can start to change at the top of the Premier League table to the favour of Arsenal begining with these weekend games.
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Even though Arsenal piled the pressure on our Premier League rivals by taking all three points off Sunderland in the first game of the EPL weekend at the Stadium of Light, we are still locked on points with both Liverpool and Man City at the top of the table after they both managed wins of their own.
Everyone connected with Arsenal will be desperate for the Gunners to continue our little winning streak on Sunday, but we also know that the chances of Arsenal beating a top Premier League rival are not great, especially away from home, so there is not a great deal of confidence flowing though the Arsenal fans ahead of our trip to face Man City at the Etihad stadium this weekend.
One of the big stories in the Premier League today was probably received pretty well by a lot of Arsenal fans, because with Manchester United coming to play us at the Emirates stadium at the weekend, a three match ban for their main striker and top scorer Romelu Lukaku would on the face of it weaken United and increase the chances of an Arsenal win.
They have beaten both Liverpool and the spuds in the last month but as long as we do not see the Arsenal that turned up in Southampton, will the Gunners be staying on top of the league this weekend?
Arsenal weren't finished there either with Sanchez finding the back of the net with a composed finish to secure all three points which move them clear at the top of the Premier League table ahead of the remaining fixtures this weekend.
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Three points for Arsenal will send them top of the Premier League table, where they will remain until the weekend unless Leicester City beat Manchester City on Tuesday night.
Wayne Rooney has told reporters that the pride of Manchester is at stake this weekend as United face City at Old Trafford, with both teams looking to consolidate their places in the Premier League's top four.
Arsenal were the only team in the top half of the Premier League table to lose at the weekend, meaning that we lost ground on all of the teams fighting for the title or for a place in the Champions League for next season.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admits he will need to rest players at Arsenal on Sunday as he believes the draw with Swansea City last weekend has probably cost the Reds the chance to finish in the top four of the Premier League.
This weekend the former Liverpool, Man City and Germany international midfielder Dietmar Hamaan has suggested once again that it might actually benefit the Gunners to finish outside the top four of the Premier League this season.
BabyPlease, let me assure you that, Arsenal are going to sit on top of the Barclays Premier League at the close of business of this weekend Premier League matches.
Every weekend, of all the games across the main English leagues, 49 top fixtures will be picked out, and all you have to do is pick the ten that you think will end in a score draw.
The most important match for Arsenal fans over this Premier League weekend is, of course, our own away game against West Brom and it is one that the Gunners desperately need to take all three points from in order to keep in touch with the clubs currently occupying the top four Champions League qualifying places.
Our defeat at the weekend has left us seven points outside the top - four with only 11 matches remaining, but Spanish right - back Hector Bellerin believes we are still well within a shout of making the Champions League, although he insists that Wenger must figure out how to manage Ozil and Mkhitaryan.
After winning their last 11 Premier League games on the bounce, Liverpool head into this weekend's Super Sunday clash with Chelsea with a five - point lead at the top of the table.
Manchester City drew 1 - 1 with Everton on the weekend, while Chelsea won 2 - 0 against Newcastle United to make the gap at the top of the Premier League two points.
The City captain has become renowned as one of the Premier League's top defenders, but he's been anything but in recent games, and was ripped apart by Liverpool last weekend.
However, the pressure is on the hosts to bounce back this weekend after their disappointing 3 - 0 defeat to Roma in the Champions League in midweek, as they can't afford to slip further behind their rivals at the top of the Premier League table in their bid to defend their league League in midweek, as they can't afford to slip further behind their rivals at the top of the Premier League table in their bid to defend their league League table in their bid to defend their league league crown.
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Because of Arsenal being the only one of the top four clubs in the Premier League to be still involved in the FA cup as well, this was always going to be an interesting weekend, with three of the four clubs left with a realistic chance of being crowned champions of England in May having a chance to put some pressure on and distance between them and the Gunners.
In the top match of this weekend's English Premier League action, Liverpool is a +100 favorite in Anfield at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com.
With the notable exception of Monday night's Premier League clash between Everton and Queens Park Rangers, this weekend's round of fixtures in the English top flight have drawn to a close, with some shocking displays in amongst the fine performacnes of Arsenal and Manchester United.
I agree with those odds simply because i believe the some team that were stronger than Arsenal last season have done some really good business to further strengthen there squads, Bernardo Silva & Kyle Walker for Man City with what they already have plus what pep will add plus its gonna be his second season so he will be a bit more familiar with the EPL and this may make them really tough to beat, Tiemoue Bakayoko & Antonio Rudiger Chealsea plus a top striker and Chelsea will sill be one of the teams to beat, Tottenham are gonna be solid, they've kept the team together and Victor Lindelof & Romelu Lukaku for Man - u and Mourinho is not done yet if the rumors are true and there also the Mourinho second season thing, as much as i'd like to be hopeful for next season, i really do nt think Lacazette and Kolasinac are enough to make us challenge for the league plus having Europa league will give the team less time to recover for the weekend games, the formation change is the only thing i see can make the difference.
After this weekend's games, which saw Liverpool, Tottenham and Man United all win, we are now ten points of the Top Four and our game in hand will be against today's victors Man City on Thursday, which nobody can seriously believe we have any chance of even getting our pride back by beating the side that has only lost one League game all season.