Sentences with phrase «when title rivals»

Then, when his title rival Andrea Dovizioso went into the gravel, Marquez was official MotoGP world champion for a fourth time.

Having dragged his Ferrari into championship contention he was leading the last race of the year when title rival Jacques Villeneuve launched his Williams down the inside.

Not exact matches

Virgil Van Dijk is expected to be available this summer also, although a number of rivals will be chasing him, but he has to be a priority when looking to build a title - winning defence.

We have all but ruled ourselves out of the title race following our dismal display at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance of them when push comes to shove.

Wenger and the mgt keep ranting how we now have money but when, it comes to biding wars they start shivering like a bunch of pussies.I remember no single comment section here the dm schinederin was not mentioned here, now he has gone to utd deluded fan say utd did nt win title after spending last time.They spent and improved from no. 7 To 4 now they will challenging for title no doubt, next season will be tough rivals are strengtheng, wenger has his usual new signing from injuries.I do nt care wether we add more players, but will be akb till wenger lifts the epl title!!!

Last season, Spurs famously came third in a two - horse race for the Premier League title, when capitulating under the pressure of being Leicester's last remaining rivals, and it was our care - free winning form which led us to leapfrog our noisy neighbours.

i do nt care about whom we win against, if we win the title, of course it hurts when we lose against rivals and a draw against a top side is never an embarrasing result as you make it out to be..

I like how you forget to mention Alexis when you say none of our attacking players would get into our title rival teams.

Arsenal have been plagued by injury problems a lot more than our Premier League rivals in recent years and there is a strong argument that our bad luck on this front has cost the Gunners at least one title win, so we are always concerned about one or more of our stars picking up a knock, especially when they head off on international duty.

It's only delusion when United believe they are «title rivals» with city or when the ever effusive Pochettino arrogantly says Tottenham's «ambition» is the league or champions league and not in the domestic cups (man hasn't won a pin but at Wembley a beggar surely has a choice).

But as they graduate to Super AMOLED level during the winter campaign when Jack Wilshere and Danny Welbeck would have been back and 1 or 2 top quality additions are added to the team by the Boss, the Gunners will totally become unstoppable by any of their title rivals as they cruise home with the Premier League title in May next year.

Their title credentials will be tested at Saturday lunchtime when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face an out - of - form Chelsea side as manager Arsene Wenger looks to record his first ever league victory over his arch rival Jose Mourinho.

Apart of Ozil and Sanchez, one could say Arsenal are still gribpling with the terms of to regularly be buying top class players as they have not been able to match or undo their 3 main title rivals of the 2 Manchester clubs and Chelsea when it comes to be buying world class players regularly in the transfer market to overhaul their teams which have seen Arsenal failed to win the PL and Ucl titles for more ten years or so even after they've repaid to a large extend the loans they took to build the Ems Stadium.

Arsenal can go second in the Premier League table, which would be good for the Gunners of course, because yesterday was one of those strange days when nothing went as planned or as the form guide would lead us to believe, with every single one of our main rivals for the title dropping points, or those who played anyway.

Alexa continues to improve and is already the first woman to hold both the RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships — Banks might end up being her greatest rival for one or both of those titles when their careers are all said and done.

It is not often that two title rivals sell key players to each other, and Mourinho admitted he was surprised to get the chance to sign Matic when he got a phone call from his agent in the summer.

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.

in this forum for YEARS — during those times when we won squat, sold our best players to our rivals and got out of the title race before November.

Arsene Wenger won three Premiership titles and four FA Cups in his first ten years because he had two advantages: that no longer exist 1) he had unique contacts in Europe and was able to sign top European players without spending a fortune at a time when they were still a rarity in England 2) Arsenal had only one serious financial rival, namely Man U.

I really thought we could challenge for the title when we finally got rid of the stadium dept, and we no longer had to sell our best players (to our rivals).

We've signed one offensive player, two right backs and a backup goal keeper, that is not going to win us a trophy or title when rival teams have actually done what needs to be done...

Stranded in fifth position, seven points behind bitter rivals Manchester United with only four games remaining, Rodgers and co. are almost certain to miss out on Champions League qualification, in stark contrast to this time last year when they were still on course for their first title of the Premier League era, only to miss out to Man City at the death.

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Although undoubtedly still a Chelsea legend for his many years of great service, Lampard has angered some sections of supporters by moving to a Premier League rival, and he will return to Stamford Bridge for the first time since his exit this weekend when the two sides meet in an all - important clash between the two main title rivals.

Now, when I look at our rivals in the premiership and how amazingly strong their squads look I understand why no one is giving arsenal any chance to make the top four talkless of winning the title.

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.

How can we call ourselfs title contenders when we are always 2 steps behind our rivals after this transfer window we fall even further behind.

he was piss poor did nt hold his position and we could all see how exposed bellerin was when he came on... my point is i will rather if he refuse to sign d contract giving to him by arsenal we should get rid and pls before ppl start saying sell him to title rivals and you will see him tear us apart crap ask yourself this question.

Both of them won the title when their main rivals were rebuilding (which does not makes them less worthy) and could not confirm after that.

Arsenal will not have to face our Premier League title rivals Manchester United until after the next international break, but when the Gunners do travel up to Old Trafford for the match on the 19th of November, one of the players that could prove to be the keys to an Arsenal victory is the France international star Laurent Koscielny.

United's striking struggles are clean when one considers that their title rivals Manchester City, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, and even 15th - placed Chelsea, have all scored more goals than the Red Devils, who have managed only 15 goals in 11 outings.

So when I saw the transfer rumours today declaring that the deal was going to be done and that Man City would be paying almost # 50 million for Sterling, I was a little bit disappointed that it would not be dragging on but I was not too concerned that our rivals from Manchester had just made a brilliant move that would significantly reduce Arsenal's chances of the title.

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Did the performance give me special pleasure because it was against our city rivals when they were ready to celebrate their title?

I still see Manchester United as the main title rivals for City this season, with Jose Mourinho's record being key, while he should have Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to come back when you really need those big - game players to make an impact.

City, who failed to win the title last weekend when they threw away a 2 - 0 lead at home to rivals Manchester United, would need to win at fourth - place Tottenham this weekend to have any chance of taking the title.

When Alex Ferguson's men get into their stride and start to hit all the right notes, they're close to unstoppable, as their title rivals are beginning to find out for themselves this season.

Liverpool showed the value of playing fewer games than your rivals in 2013/2014 when the Scousers were only a Steven Gerrard slip and Demba Ba finish away from winning their first Premier League title.

Hamilton called Verstappen «a **** head» for his overly aggressive racing style and when questioned by the press again about the comment, Vettel, sat alongside him, defended his title rival.

Enjoying their best run of form for well over a month, title chasing Chelsea go to Norwich bidding to secure their fourth win in a row − three in the league, one in the FA Cup − that would see them reduce their arrears on long - time leaders Manchester City, who aren't in action till the Sunday when they host title rivals Tottenham.

When playing against their other five closest rivals Liverpool have yet to lose, claiming 19 points out of a possible 27 (title winning form).

Wayne Rooney appeared to have sent the Red Devils on their way to a priceless win over one of their former title rivals, notice how we threw in the word «former», when slamming home a well - driven shot from the best part of 25 - yards.

Sakho made an # 18m Anfield switch on transfer deadline day and said his PSG goodbyes yesterday when they took on title rivals Monaco.

There was as much action off the pitch as on it last weekend, when FK Zeljeznicar met local rivals FK Sarajevo in a title showdown

A lot has changed since then of course such as our stadium, our squad and teams like Man City becoming title rivals when they were only promoted in...

When, surely rather than if, Ranieri's tream are crowned champions, that will only compound the misery at Midlands rivals Villa whose stadium is one of the most iconic in Europe, who have won the league title and FA Cup seven times in their history and who, of course, clinched the old European Cup back in 1982.

Hank Sheinkopf, a Democratic consultant who advised Espaillat rival Keith Wright in the April 28 congressional primary, said she won't be as influential when she sheds her speaker title.

When a women's varsity team forms in upstate New York, they aim to be the first Native women's team to take the championship title away from their rivals Massena High.

By now you're probably thinking the same thing I was when I first saw the title of the clip: these aren't exactly Kia Stinger GT rivals.

The 2016 GT title came down to the last half lap, when Long, leading title rival Alvaro Parente by one position in the race and the championship, made a move around race leader Johnny O'Connell, who had put wheels in the dirt exiting Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's Turn 4.