Sentences with phrase «league champions facing»

Last week's 3 - 1 defeat to Tottenham at Stamford Bridge has left the reigning Premier League champions facing what looks to be an insurmountable task to finish in the top four.

The Premier League champions face Club Brugge later this month knowing that a win will guarantee their qualification for the next round.

Not exact matches

As the unexpected success of Leicester City and Tottenham in the Premier League this season has shown, England's top clubs face an increasingly difficult job finishing high enough to secure entry to the lucrative Champions League.

Real Madrid will face its La Liga rival Atlético Madrid in the Champions League final for the second straight year thanks to Bale's tough - angle shot in the 20th minute against Manchester City.

The draw effectively ruled out CSKA's hopes of booking a place in the next round and the face that Igor Akinfeev conceded rubbed further salt in the wounds as the goalkeeper has now failed to keep a clean sheet in his last 42 Champions League games.

One of the biggest pressures Arsene Wenger will face is the fact that he's never won the Champions League and its a major honour that's missing from his legacy.

The third competition Arsenal face in this period is the Champions League, in which we travel to Germany to play Bayern Munich on February 15th and it would be great to have Cazorla's control for that game.

I am not sure if Arsene Wenger is ready to take too many risks when he sets his Arsenal team up to face Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, but as usual the Frenchman's tactical options are a little restricted because of the injury situation.

And if both Arsenal midfielders or either one is not quite ready for that game, they probably will be available for the Champions League trip to face Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

The 26 - year - old missed the defeat to Manchester City on Sunday, but Conte will undoubtedly now hope that provided he has a clean bill of health, he can return to action this weekend before facing Barcelona in their crunch Champions League tie next week.

Arsenal are NOT facing relegation, We are still in the FA Cup and the Champions League.

Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil faced colossal criticism for his uninspired performance in the embarrassing Champions League defeat to Ligue 1 outfit AS Monaco last Wednesday, but after grabbing two assists against Everton on Sunday — are the German's critics unjust?

F# @k me this has to stop, yes we need top 4 cause let's face it we ain't ManU we ain't gonna get top players with out champions league.

This Tuesday we face Barcelona FC in the Champions League and anyone but the most blind faithed wouldn't give us much hope of getting past them (especially based on our past performances in the UCL, bar one instance against them).

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Lets face it were not going to win the champions league anyway lets be honest with ourselves.

We can qualify for champions league next round then we might be out from the competition in the second round or we could face thursday night football and then field some of our young guns in the competition or we could just get knocked out from the competition (4th in our group) and then face the EPL totally...

The players will know they need to bounce back this weekend and with the Champions League trip to face Bayern Munich coming up they are playing for their places, so expect a strong response against Hull.

Arsenal are set to face arguably their biggest game of the season at the Etihad this weekend, and it is not just for us to finish above Man City and clinch the usual Champions League quaklification, but also to stave off Tottenham finishing above us for the first time in Arsene Wenger's reign at the Emirates.

Jurgen Klopp's side not only will want to push for the Premier League title, but they also return to the Champions League this season, and so more new faces will be needed to add quality and depth.

The Gunners will know this weekend could have serious repercussions on the Champions League places with Liverpool and Southampton doing battle, Man United facing a potentially difficult trip to Swansea and Spurs facing bogey team West Ham.

But they are moving on to face # 7 Team Bulwa in as close as we'll get to a game between 2011 Suburbs & Chicago League Champions..

As they continue to put their Champions League disappointment behind them, Barcelona will be fully focused on facing Celta Vigo on Tuesday night.

Chelsea will now have a relatively easy FA Cup tie with Peterborough before travelling to face PL champions Leicester in the league, and that match will be no walk in the park.

As we enter the crucial run in to the end of the season, which is the time that we traditionally up our game to reach the Champions League positions, we also have another big advantage in that all of the five teams above us are still in the Champions League and Man United, City, Tottenham and Chelsea are also still in the FA Cup, and are set to face some very tough games in the coming weeks, or maybe months if they do well.

Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed in the League Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one League game all season.

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Manchester City face Everton in the Premier League next Saturday before heading to Anfield on Wednesday, April 4 to face Liverpool in the first leg of their crucial Champions League quarter - final tie.

Atletico Madrid will now face Real Betis next Saturday, then will visit Barcelona in the Champions League the following Tuesday.

Swansea City and Everton are also interested in Campbell, who impressed for Greek side Olympiakos is last season's Champions League, which saw him face Manchester United in the first knockout round.

The report also claims that his current club are facing some financial cutbacks after failing to qualify for the Champions League and their sponsors Volkswagen's well publicised problems, so you would think that Draxler's price would be a lot more reasonable.

The month of September doesn't get any easier for Arsenal, who, following Manchester City's clash, face an away fixture against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

I know, I know, Wenger trophy and all, but if we want to keep Ozil and Sanchez, especially, we definitely need champions league football next season, and the way that the top 5 (maybe 6) teams have been playing, there will be more competition than we have faced previously.

That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before City have to play the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

Manchester United will make their return to the Champions League next season after a one - year absence, however they could face a potentially tricky two - legged qualifier to reach the group stages.

During November Arsenal are set to face Champions League opponents Ludogorets and Paris St Germain.

Arsenal were drawn with AS Monaco in the last 16 of the Champions League, a surprise tie for the Gunners who were expected to face a European giant after they, yet again, failed to secure top spot in their group.

The German midfielder is into the final year of his contract and apparently greatly interesting a host of sides, most notably Arsenal who came face to face with the player's Schalke side in Champions League competition.

To his credit, Sampaoli was professional in general when speaking about Sanchez by insisting that he hopes he can play a leading role in helping Arsenal turn their season around after a disastrous few months have seen them crash out of the Champions League and face a real battle to finish in the top four in the Premier League.

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.

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«You simply do not weaken your side when faced with a game you have to win to stand a chance of progressing in the Champions League.

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.

Mourinho, who will this season serve a Champions League touchline ban after comments made about his rivals last season, could now face further action.

The group stage of the 2014/15 Champions League kicks off on Tuesday evening, with two English teams in action — Liverpool return to the competition with a home game against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad, whilst Arsenal face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund.

While the Reds are in a strong position to finish in the top four in the Premier League, they've advanced to the last four of the Champions League where they'll face Roma.

Pochettino's men have now dropped three points adrift of their rivals at the top of the table, while they face a crucial week now with their Champions League meeting with Bayer Leverkusen coupled with the north London derby at the weekend.

Meanwhile, they also face a decisive clash against Olympiakos in the Champions League next week, as they must win in order to have any chance of advancing to the knockout stages of the competition.

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why bother fear or blame the ref if you wan na win the champions league your gonna have to face the best if not first round the second round this is not league cup or fa cup this is the champions league