Sentences with phrase «champions league spot at»

It was the performance in the top flight of English football that was the main disappointment for the manager, who somehow stole a Champions League spot at the end, with his side winning the Europa League.

And losing out on Sandro would add to Conte's woes as he battles to secure a Champions League spot at Chelsea for next season.

and if he grabs 4th and champions league spot at the season's end....

and if we somehow grab 4th or secure a champions league spot at the season's end, many (mostly AKBs) will be like «Wenger have done his best despite the fact that he had lil at his disposal» and will remain satisfied with his mediocre effort...... then they will all fail to look back at this day and recall how Wenger's complacency turned the tides against our favour!

Tottenham Hotspur will continue their assault on the Champions League spots at the weekend when they prepare to entertain a poor travelling Blackburn Rovers at White Hart Lane.

Not exact matches

Arsenal are readying a bid for Barcelona attacker Pedro Rodriguez as sources within the Nou Camp have confirmed that high level scouts from the North London side have been spotted at matches state Tribalfootball, even before the two teams were drawn to meet each other in Champions League action.

Once all the EPL games are over the focus will switch to the FA cup final at Wembley where Arsenal will fact the league champions Chelsea, and I feel that the goals could be intrinsically linked, with an unlikely top four spot likely to give us a great boost and help us get to Wembley full of form and confidence.

His sphere of influence is way too huge Wenger's contribution to clubs current financial state can not be over emphasized he is the leading factor to the clubs financial growth from building the Emirates Stadium to consecutively maintaining a spot at the Uefa Champions League, but this has played a huge toll on the clubs reluctance to try other managerial options.

Sport have also linked the Catalan giants with a move for Tottenham playmaker Christian Eriksen, with the club's sporting director Robert Fernandez spotted scouting the Dane at last night's Champions League match between Spurs and Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

I think Rafa will stick it out at Liverpool even if we fail to get the Champions League spot.

Arsenal fans will obviously hoping that this is where the coincidence ends as well, because the Gunners got off to the worst possible start last year by losing at home to Liverpool (and when you consider they pipped us to the final Champions League spot by a single point that loss looks even worse).

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Arsene will never be fired directly, but maybe they are working on finding the future replacement already now — and maybe this will be Arsenes last season, should he fail to bring us at even a champions league spot.

Olympique de Marseille remained in the hunt for a Champions League qualifying spot with a 2 - 0 victory away at FC Metz in Ligue 1 action on Friday evening.

Wenger will hope to secure a top four spot and doing so force Southampton out of the race and having tasted Champions League action at Parkhead it's likely Wanyama would be even more drawn to Arsenal should they have once again secured a berth in the competition.

Let's look at owners of our main title rivals: - Roman Abramovich — spotted many times applauding his beloved Chelsea — the Russian billionaire (love him or hate him) has won the hearts of all Chelsea supporters as well as bringing home the Champions League trophy Wenger craves..

But both sides, or the managers of them at least, probably see this as the second priority, with the race to get one of the Champions League spots being the real goal for the season.

Radamel Falcao has adapted well to life in La Liga, notching up 36 goals in his first season at the Vicente Calderon but Diego Simeone's side did not secure a Champions League spot for next term and as such could be vulnerable to big money offers for the 26 year old, who may well be tempted by a move to the Premier League side.

25 year old Serbian midfielder Milos Krasic has been proving his ability in the Russian Premier League for a number of years, helping CSKA Moscow to a couple of titles in his six year spell at the club, but now his performances in the Champions League and whilst helping Serbia to top spot in their World Cup qualifying group that has brought the talented visionary to the attention of the whole of Europe and beyond.

Manchester United look well placed to regain their Champions League spot, following a vital 2 - 1 away win at nearest challengers Liverpool, widening the gap to five points, after last year finishing a disappointing seventh under David Moyes.

Problem is, can we remember all the humiliating defeats, lack of tactics, failures at the transfer window next May when we secure Champions League spot and celebrate it like complete tools?

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The 25 year old had a decent season at the Turin club but was unable to prevent a calamitous season that saw the Old Lady of Italian football go through three managers and finish in seventh spot and flail disastrously in the Champions League where they finished in third spot before falling to Fulham in the Europa League.

With Inter continuing to battle for a Champions League spot this season, it remains to be seen if failure to book a place at Europe's top table has an adverse effect on their ability to keep him at the San Siro, but according to Calciomercato the fear of losing him is growing.

Tottenham kept up their push for a Champions League spot with this easy win over Portsmouth at White Hart Lane.

The Gunners, who can reclaim fifth spot and close the gap on fourth place Manchester City with a victory at Crystal Palace, are also looking to seal Champions League qualification for the 19th consecutive season.

This is the sad reality for Brendan Rodgers and his team, who despite a 13 - game unbeaten run stretching from mid-December until their defeat against Manchester United at the end of last month, could soon find themselves eight points adrift of a Champions League spot.

if you were bellerin and had the chance to move to a club with ambition, that wants to win the premiership and champions league, or stay at arsenal and celebrate winning the arsenal cup (champions league spot), what would you do?

Champions league will be even harder then with city, utd, chelsea the favourites to take them spots at the end of most seasons.

The other real issue is that United are casting green eyed looks at out Champions League record and they now see us once again as a serious rival, even if it is for a Champions League spot rather than the title.

The Merseyside outfit will be hoping the new addition to the back - room staff alongside new recruits such as James Milner and Roberto Firmino can pay dividends as they look to once again challenge for at least a Champions League spot next season.

In Serie A, Montella's side are currently fifth with 39 points, six points behind third - placed Napoli, who occupy the final Champions League spot, and will look to close the gap starting this weekend as they take on underachieving Inter Milan at the San Siro.

Tottenham are placed sixth at the moment, three points behind Manchester United and, should results go their way, could draw level with the final Champions League spot this weekend.

be safe expect the worst ie do nt raise your expectations now n then start yapping at September that we need a striker, dm etc... The side effect of that is always becoming a WOB for a huge portion of the season up until march when the team work their asses out, grabs seven wins in a row, finishes strongly, everyone's praising it as the best team from the turn of the year, Mr Wenger buys (mostly comes free or cheap) a mediocre player, everyone is nuts over him n by October, we r fighting for the champions league spot and the cycle continues like FOREVER......................

The Welsh winger is reportedly unsettled at the Bernabeu after becoming a scapegoat with Real Madrid fans for a spell since new year which has seen the club knocked off top spot in La Liga, lose 4 - 0 to bitter rivals Atletico Madrid and almost knocked out of the Champions League after a 4 - 3 home loss to Schalke.

Man United's defeat at Swansea City over the weekend saw Arsenal leapfrog them into third spot and the club's push for a Champions League berth looks far from plain sailing.

Baines has been a consistent force at Goodison Park for a number of years but is probably aware that as long as he remains at the club he is unlikely to challenge for major honours and may well never get to test himself at Champions League level but above all else he may feel that a high - profile move would help his chances of pushing Ashley Cole out of the England left - back spot.

However, they've made a real statement of intent early on this season so far, as they've opened up an eight - point lead over their Premier League rivals at the top of the table and have secured their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

Having defeated Man United and Chelsea in recent weeks David Moyes saw his side lose at White Hart Lane but may feel that this win at home to the Tigers could get their faint hopes of a Champions League spot back on track.

With Bayern Munich riding high at the top of the Bundesliga and with hopes of overcoming FC Porto for a spot in the Champions League semi-finals there would appear to be no real motivation for Lewandowski to consider leaving for Man United this summer.

As seen in the last - 16 tie with AC Milan, the Armenian international's quality at this level can make a real difference, and with Arsenal hoping to book their spot in the final and take a big step towards qualifying for the Champions League next season, Wenger will be desperate to see him return sooner rather than later.

Dortmund are languishing at the bottom of the Bundesliga table and despite beating the Gunners to top spot in our Champions League group, their draw for the next round is tougher than ours, with the Italian champions Juventus to Champions League group, their draw for the next round is tougher than ours, with the Italian champions Juventus to champions Juventus to get past.

Arsenal's disappointment at losing out on a Champions League qualification spot masked a decent run of wins at the end of the season — mirroring Chelsea's results across the last five games.

If Pep wants to prove something in the EPL, then he should take over at Burnley and win them a Champions League spot.

When champions league spot is threatened or exit at group stage from CL is threatened, we show desire and comitment to rectify the situation and have succeeded.

Not only did the defeat draw United to within one point of their fierce city rivals in the hunt for the fourth Champions League spot, but it also came at a cost for Manuel Pellegrini's side moving forward, as both Hart and Sterling were replaced.

Arsenal face Paris Saint - Germain in a crunch Champions League tie at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night, with top spot in Group A on the line.

Mata said, «We play at home against Burnley and we must win this one because the race for the Champions League spots is now very close.

we shdn't complain about injuries coz even without we are gonna scramble for a 4th spot in the league and the inevitable exit at round 16 of the champions league.even without injuries this squad is not good enough to challenge city in the epl or the likes of barca, bayern and madrid in europe, period!!!