Sentences with phrase «league champions already»

The Premier League champions already knew they could not progress from Group D but had been looking to secure a consolation place in the Europa League.
The Premier League champions already knew they could not progress from Group D but...
Tottenham vs Manchester City Match Preview If things had gone per plan, Manchester City would have been crowned Premier League champions already.

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Considering the fact that the young Englishman has already turned down a contract extension worth # 100k - a-week, it does not seem as though it is money he is after, he clearly wants to play Champions League football next season.
Already an automatic starter for a Champions League side, despite being just 17 - years - old.
With the pair already completing a domestic double already this season, the winners on Saturday afternoon will become only the eighth team to complete an League, domestic cup and Champions League treble.
Arsenal should already be through to the Champions League knockout stage as well and have a chance to top the group, because Anderlecht's goal was clearly offside.
Arsenal may have been turned down by one Leicester player already this summer, in the form of Jamie Vardy, but the Gunners will be a little more hopeful of securing fellow teammate Riyad Mahrez, who has reportedly rejected a new contract from the Premier League champions.
You know full well that if we Qualify for Champions league football, he will say the same old, he has already hinted that regarding transfers.
The Spanish striker has emerged as one of the most coveted strikers in Europe since leaving Real Madrid in 2014, and has already equalled legend Alessandro Del Piero's record of scoring in five consecutive Champions League matches for Juventus.
We are already out of Champions League, everyone knows that.
A couple of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier League table, and have won 1 of their 2 Champions League fixtures.
First time qualifying to the Champions League after years, and we are already in the semi-final.
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The Anfield club have already spent two years outside the Champions League and finishing outside the top four for a third straight year would do significant harm to their prestige, as well as income.
This season's Champions League group stage has highlighted a dazzling array of interesting kits already, mixing the elegant and the simplicity of Manchester City and Roma, to the outlandish and garish of Astanas.
I like to think that without injuries, Arsenal already have a squad capable of topping the table and even going much further in the Champions League but am I just kidding myself?
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has already started discussing next season's Premier League title race after Manchester City were confirmed as champions yesterday.
It has already been reported that Arsene Wenger has warned his players to expect «big changes «if the Gunners fail to make the Champions League next season, but even if we somehow do win the Europa League there will still have to be many changes anyway.
Arsene Wenger has already admitted himself that Arsenal had to win all of the remaining Premier League games to have any chance of being champions and even that looked unlikely as Leicester City kept grinding out 1 - 0 wins and riding their luck.
A striker that can make up for the loss of Alexis will be needed if we are to challenge for the Champions League places or even the Premier League title, and speculation is already rife linking us with a whole host of attackers.
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The Gunners need to win both of their remaining Premier League matches to have any hope of reaching the Champions League places, and first they will have to take all three points from their home tie against the already - relegated Sunderland.
The Arsenal legend Robert Pires has already accepted that that is now out of our reach and that it is time for the Gunners to just go all out to take the Europa League trophy as the only way we can save our season and get to next years Champions League.
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With 20 goals already this season he may prove to be a shrewd piece of business for a mid-table club looking to add more firepower up front, and not only that, he is a seasoned Champions League veteran.
The Argentine international scored 23 goals in 26 league and Champions League starts as he fired City to the title last season, and already has a sensational 12 league goals in 10 starts thisleague and Champions League starts as he fired City to the title last season, and already has a sensational 12 league goals in 10 starts thisLeague starts as he fired City to the title last season, and already has a sensational 12 league goals in 10 starts thisleague goals in 10 starts this term.
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.
Pellegrini has already told Montenegrin striker Jovetic that he has until the end of the season to prove his worth at the Etihad, after cutting him from his Champions League squad for new signing Wilfried Bony.
Clubs are already allowed to field this many subs for Champions League matches and there seems little harm in each manager having more options on the bench.
As he now faces another difficult task on Wednesday night with his side looking to advance to the Champions League final at the expense of Manchester City, he will hope to add to his haul of 16 goals in the competition already.
Nevertheless, with 93 goals in the Champions League in his career thus far, that's all the evidence he needs as he insisted that his name is already written in football folklore.
The highly rated Netherlands Under - 21 international has already attracted the attentions of the likes of Premier League champions Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea of late after turning in a string of eye - catching displays for the Eredivisie champions.
West Ham United have also been linked to the forward [Mirror], although Sevilla — who have already signed Chelsea's Gael Kakuta this summer [Daily Mail]-- may well be confident that their ability to offer Champions League football to Hernandez will convince the forward to choose them over an EPL stay.
The 25 - year - old has been a decisive figure for Barca since joining the club from Santos in 2013, and he has already collected two La Liga titles and a Champions League trophy amongst other pieces of silverware in that time.
The Premier League title could already be out of their hands just five games into the new season, having already lost three games, but they have a chance to prove their worth in the Champions League.
The 19 - year - old has made 14 appearances already this season having featured both in the Bundesliga and Champions League, and his impressive displays dating back to his youth days have led to the Premier League duo paying attention to the full back, according to Bild.
The 2014/15 Champions League is now four games old and a number of sides have already booked their place in the last - 16, whilst for others the challenge is still on.
It is possible that Roma would like to keep him too, but now that manager Luciano Spalletti has left the club it would appear that Szczesny has been given freedom by Arsenal to speak to other clubs, and according to a report today from Calcio Mercato the Pole has already agreed personal terms with Juventus and is keen to move to the Champions League Finalists.
They have also been beaten by Atletico Madrid and Rostov in the Champions League already, which is why they only finished second in the Qualifying Group while we finished top.
So why would Ozil move to a team that can't even get close to a Champions League place, when he is already at one of the top teams in the world working under one of the best managers in the world?
Iwobi has already been selected for the Nigeria senior team, and has been chosen for Arsenal's Premier League and Champions League squad, but father, Chuka, has announced that he wants Iwobi to go out on loan in the near future to gain some much - needed first team experience.
The 33 - year old has already made the news a few times since joining for Arsenal, with his two mistakes against West Ham condemning us to a shock defeat on the opening day and then all the furore when Arsene Wenger left him on the bench for the Champions League loss to Olympiacos, so it is nice to see something positive about him.
A defensive midfielder or centre - back may be more important to their chances of qualifying for the Champions League this season, after already signing James Milner, Danny Ings, Joe Gomez, Adam Bogdan, Nathaniel Clyne, Firmino, and Christian Benteke.
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The sad truth is, we've already achieved what the club wanted in this competition and that's just qualifying to be in the champions league.
Think Lemar will be next to come, both Lacazette and Lemar said that no Champions League isn't a show stopper and we've already got the former.
I have already written about the chances of Arsenal pulling off the incredible and finishing on top of our Champions League qualifying group.
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.
So aprat from that final Champions League game, which was already a very tall order, is this Alexis injury actually pretty good timing for Arsenal?
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