Not exact matches
They were knocked out of the Champions League quarter - finals to Liverpool on Tuesday night and failed to
win the Premier League
title against rivals Manchester Utd last weekend — after surrendering a two goal lead.
The Merengues were defeated on aggregate by Juventus this week in the semi-final, and thus will not be able to defend the continental
title they
won last year
against fierce
rivals Barcelona in Berlin.
We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our
title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three
wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game
against title rivals Man City.
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..
Aside from crashing out of the Champions League
against Liverpool, City saw their
title celebrations postponed last weekend as
rivals Man Utd picked up a 3 - 2
win.
United currently sit 16 points behind
rivals Man City at the top of the Premier League after the Citizens» 5 - 1
win against Leicester, so a
win here would be absolutely vital in keeping their slim
title hopes alive for this season.
Arsenal can make a Merry Christmas for themselves by grabbing a
win against Manchester City tonight, knowing that they are capable of defeating their only real
title rivals.
It's a longjourney from a year ago, and yet the Galaxy, which last
won the MLS
title in2005, realizes there's an even bigger step to take, starting on Sunday in thefirst game of the two - game first - round series
against L.A.
rival Chivas USA.
everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big
win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a
win is
against one of our biggest
rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the
title... at the end of the day its a very important
win but its still 3 points....
It came as the Red Devils were trailing 2 - 0 at the Etihad heading into the interval, before they mounted an incredible comeback to secure a 3 - 2
win and deny their
rivals the chance of celebrating
winning the Premier League
title against them.
Our north London
rivals Tottenham will be facing a Man City side that will be desperate to get back to
winning ways after their loss
against Leicester and after Man United conceded that late equaliser to Chelsea on Sunday, the current top four are, realistically, the four clubs that could
win the
title this season.
Not only is it a blow for the Red Devils to lose to a
title rival, but it also ends their perfect start to the campaign and they will now hope to bounce back immediately and get back to
winning ways next week both
against Feyenoord in the Europa League and Watford.
Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point
against their
title rivals, not play to their best and still
win a high - tension game comfortably.
In the Orange Bowl
against Bobby Bowden and Florida State, his old boss» chief
rival, Stoops and his Sooners ground Heisman winner Chris Weinke to a pulp,
won 13 - 2, and took home OU's seventh
title, its first since 1985.
This season looks like being a tighter
title race than usual with as many as six different clubs having the potential to
win it, so doing well
against those mai8n
rivals could be vital.
Arsenal still have to make sure that it counts by
winning our away game
against AFC Bournemouth tonight, but the Gunners were probably not expecting any of the main
rivals for the Premier League
title to slip up in this latest run of games.
Guardiola may have given up (and it will certainly be interesting to watch them next week
against Tottenham) but our goalkeeper Petr Cech thinks quite the opposite, and points out that we still have games to face
against all our
title rivals, and if we
win them all we can close the gap at the top.
It was a crucial
win for the Red Devils, not only to put them firmly in control of claiming second place, but it prevented their bitter
rivals from celebrating
winning the Premier League
title against them, as Pep Guardiola's side needed to
win.
A MATCH
AGAINST A
TITLE RIVAL IS A 6 POINTER, SO IF WE CANT
WIN, WE MUST NOT LOSE EITHER!!
After they've suffered 2 consecutives PL away defeats in to Everton and Man City which led to us dropping down from been 2nd to 5th in the table following our away draw at Bournemouth, and with this away
win against Swansea City yesterday, Arsenal are now 3rd in the table pending the outcomes of today's games involving our 2
title rivals of Liverpool and Man City.
If you
win a match
against a
title rival, mathematically it is 3 points but logically it is 6 points!
Arsenal have already played one six - pointer «
title decider»
against Leicester last week, but our traditional
rivals Tottenham Hotspur have also been
winning consistently and quietly moved up to equal on points with us in second place in the Premiership.
With the obvious motivation of
winning to secure the
title against their
rivals, it could play right into the hands of the league leaders on this occasion.
Although he may not have come out and said it, you just know that Arsene Wenger would absolutely love to have seen his Arsenal side record a first
win against his managerial
rival Jose Mourinho, even though the Frenchman admitted after the game that all three points would still not have been enough for the Gunners to
win the Premier League
title this season.
Naturally, there are examples which argue the opposite, as seen in the recent
win at home
against Liverpool, but McMahon wants to see the Red Devils play a more attacking game
against City this weekend, in a game in which their
rivals could land the Premier League
title with a
win.
if arsenal are to
win the
title, then we shud start playing defensively
against rivals like morinho does.atleast the opposition cant gain ground over you!!
Wins over Chelsea and Newcastle repaired some of the damage in the league, and they even
won at Old Trafford, though a late Aguero goal
against rivals United did not look like making a difference in the
title race, as Sir Alex Ferguson's side were still 12 points ahead even after this morale - lifting derby result.
Manuel Pellegrini takes his Manchester City side to Upton Park after a hugely disappointing midweek Champions League draw
against CSKA Moscow, hoping to notch up another
win in the Premier League and keep the pressure on
title rivals Chelsea before their Sunday game
against Manchester United.
Klopp
won two Bundesliga
titles, including the League and Cup double back in 2012, and narrowly missed out on Champions League glory in 2013 with defeat
against rivals Bayern Munich at Wembley.
Hold onto a lead with 9 men, go 1 up
against nearest
title contenders then concede 2 injury time penalties and have them both missed and
win the game, score the goal of the season, have your promotion
rivals concede an equaliser 3 mins and 59 seconds into 4 minutes of injury time to clinch promotion with 4 games spare (and that's just the last 2 weeks).
The league leaders look to have the friendliest run - in of their
title rivals over the next few weeks, with fixtures
against clubs that would normally be labelled «six - pointers» were it not for the maddening reality that the Foxes are playing it so safely in avoiding relegation that they're in danger of actually
winning the league.
The manager Pep Guardiola was relieved that the team were able to break the Saints down, especially after they had seen
title rivals Manchester United
win so emphatically
against Watford the night before.
Celtic are one
win away from a seventh successive Premiership
title, 13 points clear of their Glasgow
rivals, and can clinch it
against Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday.
Despite
winning their last game
against Newcastle United 4 - 0, Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini believes that stealing the
title from their
rival, Manchester United is pretty much an impossible thing especially since United can't seem to stop
winning at the moment.
When playing
against their other five closest
rivals Liverpool have yet to lose, claiming 19 points out of a possible 27 (
title winning form).
On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest
title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1
win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash
against Fulham in confident mood.
Recent games had seen a stagnation in performance for Jurgen Klopp's side, but a
win against their fabled
rivals who were also
title - contenders, should have been incentive enough to spur the team on.
(CNN) Manchester City
won the English Premier League
title on Sunday after
rivals Manchester United stumbled to defeat
against relegation - threatened West Bromwich Albion.