Sentences with phrase «champions league opposition»

It no longer feels special to trounce a fellow top - flight club, or Champions League opposition, for that matter.

Playing for England against the likes of Estonia and Slovenia is completely different to playing for Arsenal against any Premier League or Champions League opposition.

Not exact matches

The draw for the last 16 of this season's Champions League was made this morning as Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City learned their opposition for the next round after making it through the group stages.

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All oppositions whether league or champions league have been scoring goals with very few opportunities.

As already stated, Basel have a good record when it comes to playing English opposition in the Champions League and so if Arsenal want to break the record that has been held since 2002, then the Gunners will have to pull off something special.

But what if I was to tell you that Basel have not lost a Champions League game to English opposition since 2002!

Against inferior opposition, Chelsea should finally get back to winning ways as they start their Champions League campaign.

If our manager spent more time focussing on the specific threats posed by the opposition, taking into account their likely strategy, and used proper tactics and appropriate team selection that specifically address the circumstances of each game, then we wouldn't be so easy to beat, and might start challenging to be Premier League champions once again.

Liverpool need to avoid defeat tomorrow after a stop - start campaign in the Champions League, but Spartak will prove formidable opposition and clearly have a great team full of talent behind them as well as a decent side on the pitch.

Although some may argue that we weren't playing against the top level opposition that we see in the Premier League and Champions League, it's also easy to forget that a lot of our players still aren't fully fit.

With analysis of every permutation and combination suggesting a remote but optimistically fairytale proposition of Arsenal FC winning thePremier League or the Champions League (or even FA Cup against a top Six PL opposition) the truth is apparent to all.

The match was decided by a single goal, but Wayne Rooney's penalty miss meant it could have been more, and like when Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan tamed Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League last season, Sir Alex Ferguson was happy to let the opposition keep the ball.

Aguaro, Ibrahamavich, Costa, Falcao, Saurez all scare the opposition — until we have a striker in that class I don't believe we will win the EPL, or Champions League -

Arsenal are unlikely to invest massively in the squad to correct their flaws, but last night showed a desperate need for a plan B — especially given that they are also likely to face tough opposition in the UEFA Champions League last 16.

However, as the season goes on and they encounter their troubles, it will surely be a department that is exploited when they pressure builds and the level of the opposition increases, particularly in the Champions League, and Guardiola may be well advised to address it.

As the quality level of the opposition goes up in the latter stages of the Champions League and when the pressure is on against the big sides in England in the title race, an issue like that can emerge as a real problem at key moments.

And for those who are constantly bashing him about his lack of impact in games, maybe you should watch the Newcastle game again and see how much impact a player like Ozil would have had, a player who can keep possession, drag opposition players out of position and requires constant attention from the opposition to stop him from delivering that one killer pass even if he seems to be having a bad game [I recall Ronaldinho had a relatively quiet game in the 2006 champions league final game, he did just one thing all game, he delivered that pass to Eto'o that got Lehmann sent off, he wasn't huffing and puffing for 90 minutes].

Aside from the fact that he's led the club to top spot in the La Liga table with 10 wins in 11 games so far this season to open up a four - point lead over their nearest rivals, they also lead the way in Group D in the Champions League with a similarly comfortable buffer over the opposition.

His opener against Manchester City in January set the tone for the Reds performance while his absolute rocket against the same opposition in the Champions League looked to have knocked the stuffing out of Guardiola's men.

The Reds faced a long trip to Moscow in matchday 3 of their 09/10 Champions League campaign hoping for a first ever win against Russian opposition.

Arsenal won just one of their six games against top - four opposition last term and go into the match at the Emirates on the back of a bitter 3 - 2 defeat by Olympiakos in the Champions League.

The 21 - year - old did play in games Atletico were expected to dominate and he was used as a the creative attacking midfielder who could unlock opposition defences but he could not, and was not, trusted in bigger ties in the Champions League and La Liga under Simeone.

Arsenal have fallen away in the title race, they're going to exit the Champions League at the round of 16 and there have been the usual failings in the big games against strong opposition.

Spurs» pot four opposition have made an extremely strong start to the French league season, dispatching the Champions PSG 3 - 1 a couple of weeks ago.

Arsenal are looking to win the competition this season and get into next season's Champions League and they face tricky opposition in Atletico Madrid.

Neymar does get a lot of hype, no doubt he has quality but all those flicks will get drowned out against top opposition in europe / champions league, probably suits la liga in which players go to ground quicker than a wardrobe thrown off a building, he has a lot to prove.

Lazio will have to beat German opposition if they are to progress to the Champions League Group Stage for the first...

Despite this, Jose Mourinho's side attained qualification to the Champions League after they received fairly easy opposition in their route to their Europa League triumph.

Another poor performance from Arsenal saw them go down 2 - 0 at home to Schalke in Group B of the Champions League, their first European defeat at the Emirates Stadium since 2009 and first to non-English opposition since Internazionale won at Highbury in 2003.

They have not beaten English opposition in a knockout tie since José Mourinho's side eliminated Manchester United FC in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2 - 1 home, 1 - 1 away) en route to lifting the trophy.

20 — David de Gea has saved 20/21 opposition shots that he's faced in the Champions League this season.

Although he is averaging more than a goal a game against German opposition — 16 goals in 14 appearances — that figure is boosted by his five - goal haul against Bayer Leverkusen in the second leg of the Champions League round - of - 16 tie on March 7, 2012.

Both teams will be on short rest as they faced Central American opposition in the middle of the week due to the CONCACAF Champions League.

For only the second time since his departure in 2012, Pep Guardiola returns to the Camp Nou tomorrow as an opposition manager, as his Manchester City side visit Catalunya in what could arguably be considered the tie of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Sevilla and Barcelona both knocking out English opposition means that Spain are the dominant nation in the UEFA Champions League quarter - finals for the seventh year running.

While Arsenal have made mistakes in recent years in the round of 16 in the Champions League, the calibre of the opposition has offered some perspective and comfort to those exits from the tournament.

He popped up on the left and the right for Guardiola, shifting the team's shape and getting at opposition defenders with a take on success rate of 52 % in Europe, and 54 % in the league, scoring two Champions League goals and finding the net four times in the Bundeleague, scoring two Champions League goals and finding the net four times in the BundeLeague goals and finding the net four times in the Bundesliga.

Barça - Roma and the international break FC Barcelona FC Barcelona and AS Roma have been drawn against each other in the quarter finals of the Champions League, but some of the players will not have to wait until April 4 to meet with rivals from their Italian opposition.

Away Section: Away section seats are difficult to obtain for matches at Camp Nou for matches in La Liga, however, we may be able to supply tickets for El Clasico against Barcelona or in Barcelona Champions League matches against English opposition.

With a home record in the Champions League that includes a draw against Bayern Munich, wins over Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Villarreal, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille; a proven - manager in European competitions in Rafa Benitez and great support and atmosphere generated by their supporters during those Champions League nights, Napoli could go a long way in future Champions League campaigns, provided they use the Europa League to boost their individual co-efficient by eating easier opposition and enabling slightly easier Champions League groups in the future.

Unicorns and candy - floss buildings aside, the realist in me constantly wonders what the long term consequences of Henry's (possibly successful) loan spell are and why the Gunners had to rely on a 34 year old veteran when being faced by a pedestrian opposition that would have been annihilated by any other team in the running for a Champions league spot.....

Throughout their recent 2 - 0 Bundesliga defeat at Hoffenheim, they were inexpicably reticent to flood the opposition box and in the 3 - 0 home win over a ten - man Anderlecht in the Champions League were astonishingly pedestrian at times, for long periods struggling to make their numerical advantage count.

-- In eleven previous Champions League encounters at home to French opposition, United have yet to taste defeat, winning eight and drawing three.