Sentences with phrase «europa league first»

Hearts came from behind to beat FC Tallinn Infonet 2 - 1 in their Europa League first qualifying round clash at Tynecastle.

Cork City won their Europa League first qualifying - round clash with Linfield 2 - 1 on aggregate after a 1 - 1 draw in Thursday's second leg.

In the latest criticism of the Italian, Rodgers downplayed the idea of the striker enjoying an Anfield renaissance, suggesting he did not put enough effort into the closing stages of the 1 - 0 Europa League first - leg win in midweek.

Azerbaijan's FC Gabala beat Dinamo 2 - 0 at home on Thursday for a 3 - 2 win on aggregate in the Europa League first qualifying round.

Niall McGinn and Adam Rooney hit dramatic late goals for Aberdeen against Fola Esch in their Europa League first qualifying round first leg match at Pittodrie.

A virtuoso display from the Belgian midfielder gave the Bundesliga side the upper hand in its Europa League first leg against Inter Milan.

Also, there is an extra fourth qualification spot for the Europa League available via the Fair Play initiative (if the Premier League ends up in the top three of the Fair Play rankings in Europe, the highest ranked team that has not qualified for European football will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round).

Yes, he won the FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League first time around, but a Premier League title eluded him.

Last year we finished fifth, and don't forget Man U didn't fight to take that fifth place, because they were putting the Europa League first.

Not exact matches

So me reporting that the former Tottenham failure could be unavailable for next week's Europa League semi-final first leg probably doesn't seem like important news.

While he's begun to demonstrate his best form in recent fixtures — not least in the 3 - 0 victory over Villarreal — he still arguably doesn't have the full faith of Jurgen Klopp, and was overlooked for the Reds» Europa League semi-final first leg against the Yellow Submarine.

Our first league game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughleague game of the season, at home to West Ham, may look like a nailed on three points, especially with the way we have been playing over the last few weeks, but the Hammers are already into competitive games in the Europa League and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a toughLeague and we could find that their fitness levels are higher, so we will need to be ready for a tough game.

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger set the Europa League quarter - finals off to an explosive start as they ran riot over Russian side CSKA Moscow in the opening 45 minutes of the first - leg.

Arsene Wenger has been handed a few selection problems ahead of this game, but he did the right thing by resting most of the regular first team stars in the Europa League win at BATE Borisov, so there should be no excuses about tired legs today.

Tonight's Europa League game against Besiktas will mark Liverpool's first return to the Ataturk Stadium for the first time since they came back from 3 - 0 down, to win the 2005 Champions League final on penalties against AC Milan.

Celtic were already facing an uphill battle against Inter Milan in this Europa League second leg, with the Italian side netting three precious away goals in the first leg.

I would be happy for the lad to get 15 - 20 first team starts mainly in cup games including the Europa league.

This season was the first where the winners of the previous UEFA Europa League gained automatic entry into the UEFA Champions League: Sevilla taking that berth despite finishing fifth in Spain (they are currently seventh).

We are out of the FA cup — A first for Wenger, 6th in the league and the only thing that looks to be going for Arsenal is the League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first league and the only thing that looks to be going for Arsenal is the League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first League which we did not even want to be part of in the first place.

We're never winning the Europa League...» — CAN we at least play the games first?

Ainsley has been an ever - present in our Europa League and Carabao Cup sides, and has now started twice for the first team, although for some reason Wenger keeps playing him in different positions for him to learn his trade.

Are we now destined for Europa League football for the first time since the competition's creation in 2010?

Arsenal players haven been overly played this season because of the Europa league where we have been playing mainly our B team and Ozil and MK haven't had too many games before Christmas so i think our first 16 players are not heavily over worked and will have less to do in the coming weeks, we should be more worried about match fitness then fatigue,

Just to throw this in for debate, I have to tell you that in the Premier League Arsenal's first team have won three away games out of 13, but in the Europa League our reserves have won three out of four!

«First of all, we rotated more in the Europa League and was able to rest more players,» Wenger told Arsenal.com.

Last year was Jose Mourinho's first season at Man United and he started by winning the League Cup, but when he saw the Top Four teams pulling away from the Red Devils in the League he put all his energy and resources into winning the Europa League as well to get a wild card entry into the Champions League.

«The Europa League has helped him more than any other player, giving him time to build his match fitness and the chance to break into Arsenal's first team.

Lose to Citeh at Wembley and the Emirates and there is the answer.Full out first choice 11 for the Europa League as it's last chance saloon.

The England midfielder, who has also earned his first call up to the national side in two years, believes that the club had always made the Europa League a major target.

That team yesterday the Europa league team is nowhere near being good enough to win anything and the first team isn't much better!

The Boss said: «We have to prioritise the next game first before we talk about the Europa League,» he said on Arsenal.com when asked where our priorities lie now for the season ahead.

Sevilla defeated Fiorentina 3 - 0 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final, with Aleix Vidal scoring two and assisting for Kevin Gameiro to add gloss to the scoreline late on.

Llorente emerged as one of the world's most exciting strikers during his time with former club Bilbao, particularly in the 2011/12 season when his 29 goals in all competitions helped the unfancied Basque side to the Europa League final, and he memorably struck a superb volleyed goal against Manchester United in the first knockout round.

Arsenal beat AC Milan in the first tie of the Europa League clash thanks to goals from Aaron Ramsey and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

EPL aren't even first though, Spain is because their teams dominate UCL, and Europa League.

Andre Silva joined the Rossoneri in a $ 38m deal from Porto this past summer, as per Sky Sports, and although the 21 - year - old is still searching for his first Serie A goal, he's largely impressed with six goals and an assist in seven Europa League outings including qualifiers.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

With the Champions League now reaching the end of its first stage, there haven't been many shocks in who will go through and who will end up in the Europa League or going home.

The Reds host Jurgen Klopp's former club at Anfield on Thursday, having earned a valuable 1 - 1 draw in last week's Europa League quarter - final first leg in Germany.

Injury troubles have been a major issue this season as they've limited Zlatan Ibrahimovic to just seven appearances, and that followed on from 28 goals in 46 appearances last year as he picked up the Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield in his first campaign in England.

Manchester United saved Jose Mourinho's first season at Old Trafford by winning the League Cup and the Europa League, compensating for a disappointing sixth - placed finish in the Premier League.

AC Milan crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday night after a 3 - 1 defeat to Arsenal, losing 5 - 1 on aggregate, but a big moment in the first half at the Emirates changed the tie.

Manchester United host Saint - Etienne in their Europa League round of 32 first - leg tie this evening, and Jose Mourinho has pulled no punches with his starting eleven.

Tottenham Hotspur make the daunting trip to Borussia Dortmund on Thursday evening, for the first leg of their blockbuster Europa League round - of - 16 tie with the Bundesliga giants.

If we lose however, we should just avoid playing in the Europa league and not risk the first team any further or jeopardize a possible title tilt.

The 17 year - old has been talked about strongly this season, having convinced Arsene Wenger to play him strongly in the Europa League and Carabao Cup, and is tipped to progress into the first - team in quick fashion.

So much for the Europa League allowing Arsenal to play «fringe» players so that they can push for first team selection.

Everton striker Romelu Lukaku believes the Premier League strugglers will qualify for the last eight of the Europa League, after claiming a narrow first leg lead over Dynamo Kiev with a 2 - 1 win at Goodison Park.

so for that he is going to rest the first team players for the league and not play them in Europa league bcos he wants to win the league....

We will probably get knocked out of the FA cup at the first hurdle, Knocked out of the europa league at the first hurdle, If wenger doesn't sign at least 3 quality players during the transfer window, we will finish out of the top 4 in the premier league!