Sentences with phrase «champions league debut»

Undoubtedly his milestone moment in his career so far came when he made his UEFA Champions League debut for Die Königsblauen at the Santiago Bernabeu where Schalke gave Real Madrid a huge scare on 10 March 2015.

Leicester City will be without Wes Morgan for the tie, which means Yohan Benalouane is set for his UEFA Champions League debut against Atletico Madrid.

Marcus Rashford continued his incredible record of scoring in debut outings when he made his Champions League debut against FC Basel in September, but Juan Mata has warned against placing too much pressure on the talented teenager.

Vardy scored 24 league goals last season as 5,000 - 1 outsiders Leicester won the title and his departure would be a huge blow ahead of the club's Champions League debut.

AC Milan is seven times Champions whereas Borisov is playing in Champions League for the second time and FC Viktoria Plzeň will make their Champions League debut this season.

The 22 - year - old, who celebrated his birthday on Tuesday, could make his Champions League debut when CSKA Moscow come to town on Wednesday.

And how he's an injury - necessitated fill - in at fullback and he just scored in his Champions League debut?!!

The two young Germans, Thomas Eisfeld and Serge Gnabry, have been revelations so far this season with the latter making his Champions League debut against Schalke last week.

Bellerin went through a few chastening experiences in the first half of the season, with his Champions League debut at Borussia Dortmund and the defeat at Stoke particularly challenging ones.

Before the French side, making their Champions League debut following last season's brilliant Ligue 1 campaign, could recover, Arsenal swept ahead after 18 minutes through

The visitors went ahead as early as the eighth minute as Alex Quillo became his club's first scorer in the competition on their Champions League debut.

Eventually, United sealed a 3 - 0 win on the night with Marcus Rashford scoring a goal in his Champions League debut coming on as a late substitute.

Embed from Getty Images Stefan O'Connor was one of three Arsenal youth team players who made their Champions League debut earlier in the week.

Maksim Kabanov was handed his Champions League debut in 2001 as an 18 - year - old in a 2 - 2 draw for Spartak Moscow at home to Feyenoord.

After a dream UEFA Champions League debut win, Leicester's Jamie Vardy gave his reaction, stating that there was «only one team that deserved to win».

But it was Mourinho's side that extended their lead when Rashford, who replaced Juan Mata, converted Fellaini's cross in the 84th minute to score on his Champions League debut and complete an easy night's work for United, who went top of Group A on goal difference after CSKA Moscow's 2 - 1 win at Benfica.

Last season Dinamo Zagreb handed a Champions League debut to 18 - year - old Adrian Šemper between the sticks as they went down 3 - 0 at Lyon in the group stage.

The son of Bulgarian legend and the former - Reading goalkeeper who was wearing a wig at USA 94, Bobby Mihaylov, made his Champions League debut as the youngest player since Iker Casillas in 2006.

United went on to beat Basel 3 - 0 with Fellaini scoring the opening goal of the match, Romelu Lukaku scoring early in the second half and Marcus Rashford scoring the third on his Champions League debut, continuing his goalscoring run for United in debuts.

After breaking into the Toffees» first - team, she went on to make her Champions League debut for the Merseyside outfit during her one - year stint at the club.

He progressed quickly, making his Bundesliga debut in February 2015 against Bayern Munich and his Champions League debut two weeks later.

The following season Reina was handed his Champions League debut in a 1 - 0 win at home to Fenerbahçe in the group stage and would go on to play four games in the competition that season.

Mesut Ozil reportedly has some «tight muscles» but should be OK to make his Champions League debut for Arsenal.

The Italian, signed on deadline day from Torino and making his Champions League debut, struck from wide on the right.

In just his second start at Old Trafford and on his Champions League debut for the club, Depay showed exactly what forced Louis van Gaal to splash the cash to PSV for his services during the summer.

Indeed, at 1 - 0 down they needed two vital saves from Emiliano Martinez to keep them in the game, and Wenger said he never doubted the 22 - year - old Argentinian, who was making his Champions League debut in the absence of the suspended Wojciech Szczesny and the injured David Ospina.

N'Golo Kante was making his Champions League debut despite winning the Premier League in successive seasons with Leicester and then Chelsea.

Qarabag boss Gurban Gurbanov insisted his side are unfazed by facing Chelsea in their Champions League debut on Tuesday night.

Watt burst onto the scene back in November 2012 when he came off the bench to score against Barcelona on his Champions League debut, however in many ways his career has stuttered ever since.

Manuel Almunia has a chest infection so there will be a Champions League debut for Vito Mannone or Wojciech Szczesny.

He did make his senior debut in the FA cup in January 2014 and then his Champions League debut the following season.

The Spanish right - back has enjoyed somewhat of a whirlwind year with the Gunners as he struggled on his UEFA Champions League debut against Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund 12 months ago and it appeared he wasn't quite ready to make the step up to first - team football at the time.

Makes his Champions League debut with Chelsea this season, after leading Atletico Madrid to the final last year.

Just 18 - years - old, and the midfielder made his Champions League debut at the age of 16.

Set to make his Champions League debut, youngster Luke Shaw looks to be the established first choice at left - back for United this season.

The 19 - year - old scored his first Premier League goal in Saturday's 2 - 0 win over Everton and made his full Champions League debut in Barcelona earlier in the week.

Both Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and Andre Santos marked their Champions League debuts for the club by scoring after both capitalising on a fortuitous run of the ball to finish with aplomb when presented with good chances.

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A Man Utd predicted line up as the Red Devils take on PSV in their opening game of the Champions League, with Anthony Martial tipped to start after his superb debut goal against Liverpool at the weekend...

Malaga are understood to be hopeful of persuaded their star man, who has been mightily impressive in their stunning debut Champions League season, of signing a new deal, which would see his buyout clause doubled to nearly # 30m.

The England Under - 21 international joined the west London giants» academy aged 7 and earned his first competitive debut in a Champions League clash against MSK Zilina in 2010 — with high expectations placed on his shoulders.

In his debut season at Old Trafford it appears van Gaal will secure a crucial Champions League berth with a top four finish looking almost sewn up.

The 25 - year - old Polish international enjoyed a superb debut season at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, helping Unai Emery's side to a Europa League triumph which earned the Liga BBVA side a Champions League berth for 2015/16.

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United boss Louis van Gaal then handed the forward a full debut in their disappointing Champions League defeat at the hands of PSV Eindhoven in midweek due to the absence of captain Wayne Rooney, however, the 19 - year - old struggled with the task of leading the line on his own.

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The playmaker has been at the heart of Malaga's outstanding form this season, helping the club to qualify top of their Champions League group (in their debut season in the competition) and to fourth place in La Liga with over a quarter of the season gone.

The box - to - box midfielder made his debut for Tottenham during their 4 - 0 win over Stoke City and is expected to be included in the squad which takes on Monaco in the UEFA Champions League this week.

Isco has inspired Malaga to two wins in their debut Champions League campaign so far and the mismanaged Spaniards also sit third in La Liga after a great start to the new season.

Bale has a superb debut season at Real Madrid, notching up 22 goals in all competitions and playing a key role in their Champions League title triumph, however the 25 - year - old failed to hit the same heights in 2014/15 and became something of a scapegoat for the failures that ultimately led to the sacking of manager Carlo Ancelotti.

He eventually made his debut for Barca in their 4 - 1 cup victory over neighbours Espanyol on January 6, and has gone on to make 16 La Liga outings for the reigning European champions, as well as a further three outings in the Championchampions, as well as a further three outings in the ChampionsChampions League.