Arsenal looked in good shape today, but face a completely different prospect against
Champions League opponents Olympiakos on Wednesday night.
Guardiola may have recently lauded Tuesday night's
Champions League opponents Napoli as the best, but his own side are an exceptionally versatile and effective outfit in this particular aspect.
Pepe has admitted that Real Madrid's performance was error - ridden in defeat to
Champions League opponents Borussia Dortmund.
Mesut Ozil has admitted that Real Madrid's clash with
Champions League opponents Borussia Dortmund will be special for him.
It has been reported that Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud says he received a «helping hand» for his goal in victory over
Champions League opponents Bayern Munich.
It has been revealed that Jose Mourinho was delighted with Real Madrid's performance in victory over
Champions League opponents Manchester City.
Mesut Ozil has declared that Arsenal's defence do not fear
their Champions League opponents Barcelona's prolific front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar says.
Why do German Turks support Besiktas instead of, say,
their Champions League opponents Bayern Munich?
It has been reported that Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal has fired a warning at
Champions League opponents Arsenal.
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo insists that he will not celebrate if he scores against
Champions League opponents Manchester United.
The official Chelsea website gives you the latest news of our players out on loan, checks on
our Champions League opponents for the first time this season, and looks ahead to a week dominated by international football.
Liverpool — who are directly behind the Blues — have taken a blow in that battle after selling Philippe Coutinho to Chelsea's upcoming
Champions League opponents Barcelona.
News of our players out on loan, the latest on
our Champions League opponents, and the Chelsea week ahead - it's all here...
It has been reported that former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is backing Galatasaray to defeat
Champions League opponents Arsenal tonight.
Blerim Dzemaili has declared that Galatasaray will throw everything at
Champions League opponents Arsenal tonight.
During that stretch the Gunners outscored their 8 Premier League and 4
Champions league opponents 27 - 7 and have been every bit as dynamic and dominating as those numbers suggest.
After Tuesday's 3 - 0 drubbing from crosstown rivals and frequent UEFA
Champions League opponents Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid will look to bounce back against an Eibar side that's just starting to right the ship after dropping two in a row and drawing one.
I get the reason for Arsene Wenger bringing up the last time Arsenal faced
our Champions League opponents Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium, as we did beat them 2 - 1 despite being under the cosh for a lot of the match.
Also,
our Champions League opponents on Tuesday could only manage a scoreless draw in Belgium yesterday so we can expect to beat them again at the Emirates.
Arsene Wenger has already been sensible enough to remind the Arsenal players that
our champions League opponents on Wednesday night will be no pushovers.
I am sure that all the Arsenal fans have all been made well aware of the excellent record, especially in defence, that
our Champions League opponents Monaco will be bringing to north London on Wednesday.
The injury news has been good so far, not only with the Arsenal players getting through the games without picking up any knocks, but with out Premier League rivals Man City and United losing key players and with our next
Champions League opponents Bayern Munich losing Mario Gotze to injury.
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Thankfully for Arsenal,
our Champions League opponents on Wednesday are doing even worse than the Gunners are in their domestic league.
Wednesday's resounding 6 - 0 win over
Champions League opponents Ludogorets showcased Arsene Wenger's side at their free - flowing best, and given his tendency to set up his side up conservatively anyway, there must be a temptation for Karanka to adopt an extremely defensive approach in an attempt to prevent Arsenal running riot.
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Champions League opponents Paris Saint Germain for striker Edinson Cavani, midfielder Marco Verratti and full - back Gregory van der Weil, according to French publication Buzzsport.
During November Arsenal are set to face
Champions League opponents Ludogorets and Paris St Germain.
Our Champions League opponents have not even let in one since losing to Rennes at the end of November.
There was one game in the Greek Super League, which saw Olympiakos (Chelsea's
Champions League opponent in the Round of 16) return to first place thanks to a come - from - behind win at Iraklis Saloniki.
Not exact matches
In my opinion it would be silly not to play our strongest side against the strongest of European
opponents and that of course means the
Champions League winner Petr Cech in goal ahead of David Ospina.
London derbies rarely go according to form, but with the Premier
League champions making five changes to their starting line - up in midweek, and still completely controlling their European
opponents, there is huge cause for concern.
The
Champions League is certainly the better prize but of course it is a lot harder to win with the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid in it, not to mention that our next
opponents are Bayern Munich.
Arsenal, playing at home, are expected to score more goals than their Turkish
opponents, but it's tough to say whether the Gunners will possess home advantage, like any other game in the
Champions League.
If arsenal are serious about winning trophies, it should be play your best team for premier
league and
champions league no matter who the
opponent is untill theres no possible way of not going through to the next round!
I'm just not sure if i would start him in
Champions League regardless of
opponent.
So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder
opponents in the
Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and
League Cups.
As noted by Sky Sports, even Pep Guardiola was full of high praise for their
Champions League group
opponents, suggesting that they were one of the best teams he has faced.
It was a cracking week of
Champions League action, with strong results again for the Premier
League clubs involved, as Manchester United, City and Liverpool all won while Chelsea and Tottenham drew against challenging
opponents.
The Blues are gearing up to meet the French
champions in February for the third year running in the Champions League, and are reported to be looking to weaken their opponents considerably during the January transfe
champions in February for the third year running in the
Champions League, and are reported to be looking to weaken their opponents considerably during the January transfe
Champions League, and are reported to be looking to weaken their
opponents considerably during the January transfer window.
Have a look at out last
champion league match when Ramsey and Giroud who have no pace start and hw difficult for us to win that game, they made the
opponent feel they are good whereas they are not.
Once a
champion league game is next week, it was three points on a plata of gold for the preceeding
league game
opponent.
We have a tough
Champions League game against Monaco approaching fast, but today we will find out who our next
opponents are on the road to Wembley.
They are pursuing a fourth successive
Champions League semi-final, while Porto will surely have to snap their
opponents» 11 - match unbeaten run in Portugal to have any chance of progressing.
Other than that, over two legs, Arsenal shouldn't have a problem to score more goals than their Turkish
opponents and seal their place in this year's UEFA
Champions League group stages.
I'm really concerned about bayern game i badly want arsenal to win not because i care so much about
champions league but it will give us a lot needed confidence that we can beat any team at the emirates and will put fear in our
opponents
Yeah, Guardiola has his troops marching but look around, no one has performed sch in a steady way with big 6
opponents and laim so called teams we get beat up by, won't name, useless... Man U is building slower because coming from way behind pas season transition from Fergie, Chelsea slipped before to be
Champions as CL nor any European football... Leicester
Champions before that... To win this
league, you have to win with against all teams bellow BIG 6 now, then face those 5 teams for title.
The next
opponent could Atletico Madrid that are of
Champions League quality in this season.
Then came Matchday 2 of the UEFA
Champions League, as Arsenal hosted Galatasaray and made light work of their Turkish
opponents by scoring 4, and conceding 1.