Sentences with phrase «win over title rivals»

The 32 - year - old, who scored in the weekend's win over title rivals Marseille, is enjoying his time with PSG and would be prepared to discuss a new deal.

I am not just trying to be different in picking Theo Walcott as my Man of the Match from the Arsenal win over title rivals Manchester City last night, even though the obvious choice was our king of assists Mesut Ozil, who put in another performance full of quality and class.

Not exact matches

Redeeming the wettest Wimbledon since the Flood, Venus Williams sailed to her fourth singles title, and Roger Federer tied Bjorn Borg's record of five straight with an epic win over rival Rafael Nadal

City secured the title with five games to spare this season, collecting 28 wins in 33 games to open up a commanding lead over nearest rivals Man Utd.

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....

So even though Arsenal finish the calendar year of 2015 on top of the Premier League table, and having won more points over that 12 month period than any of our rivals, and are favourites for the title, the likes of Jamie Carragher can not help themselves in watering down any praise.

With his side sitting atop the Premier League table with an eight - point lead over their nearest rivals, he's well on course to win the title in his first season in charge at Stamford Bridge.

We are one of only three teams who can boast a win over our rivals this season, but the truth is that we have failed to win a Premier League title since 2004, whereas the Blues have picked up four since then, and look destined for a fifth.

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Arsenal can not go to the top of the Premier League with a home win over Man City this evening, because of that pesky Leicester City side of Claudio Ranieri, but we can open up a four point lead over the club that is likely to be our main rivals for the EPL title.

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!!

United are 16 points behind rivals Manchester City in the Premier League title race, with their hopes of finally winning the trophy again after a long wait surely already over before the end of February.

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.

Not content with helping Chelsea secure a win over Premier League title rivals Arsenal on Saturday, Thibaut Courtois had himself a weekend to remember.

It was all to play for at the weekend, as City knew that a win over their bitter rivals would allow them to celebrate winning the Premier League title.

As reported by The Mirror, the all time Premier League top scorer who won the title himself with Blackburn Rovers, reckons that with all the turmoil and uncertainty at all of our EPL rivals, this season offers by far the best opportunity for Arsenal to end over a decade of waiting.

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Half a lifetime ago, a young Michael Jordan took the All - Star slam dunk title with a performance that finally won over his rivals.

The Ferns have lifted their first title of the season — and continued their post-Olympic run of wins over rivals Australia in Suva, Fiji.

Iniesta was forced off during Barca's 1 - 0 La Liga defeat of title rivals Atletico Madrid on March 4 and has not played since, missing the weekend win over Malaga.

Borussia Dortmund moved a step closer to a successful defence of their Bundesliga title thanks to a win over their nearest rivals Bayern Munich.

The Reds have maximum points from their opening two Premier League games courtesy of 1 - 0 wins over Stoke City and Bournemouth, but now face the challenge of a trip to a potential title rival.

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.

Then again, his team will now have the incentive of knowing a win over one of their fiercest rivals would see them take another significant step towards regaining their Premier League crown, as it would then take something drastic for the Red Devils not to head into the new year as league leaders considering they have a game in hand over the chasing pack — And that's a huge boost mentally as it should give them the edge over their title rivals as the second half of the season looms large.

They have watched their fierce rivals Real Madrid win two Champions League titles and one La Liga title over the two seasons and were beaten heavily over the two legs of the Spanish Cup earlier at the start of this campaign.

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.

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.

The Reds finish 2016 with a 1 - 0 win over fellow Top 4 rivals Manchester City to keep pace in the title fight; Georginio Wijnaldum's towering header within the first 10 minutes made the difference

Chelsea host their London rivals tonight at Stamford Bridge knowing that a win over Tottenham will end the north Londoners» hopes of securing their first - ever Premier League title.

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.