Sentences with phrase «league group phase»

There will be a cartload of games coming up, now with the Champions League group phase games, and the Carling Cup rounds as well, which will give the manager plenty of time to chop and change.

Their brand new 50,000 - seater stadium has helped them to attract high - quality players such as [Salomon] Kalou and Marvin Martin, while qualification for the Champions League group phase is expected to swell the club's carefully tended coffers by around # 16 million.»

In the final ranking at the end of the season teams also qualify for the following: • Numbers 1 - 3: Qualify for the UEFA Champions League Group Phase • Number 4: Qualifies for the UEFA Champions League Play - off round for non-champions • Number 5 - 7: Qualify for UEFA Europa League * • Number 18 - 20: Relegate to the Football League Championship **

I am sure that every Arsenal fan would prefer it if Arsene Wenger and the players were heading to Stamford Bridge for our next Premier League match on Sunday to face a Chelsea side that was in disarray, but that is not the case, especially after they got their latest Champions League group phase off to a perfect start with a 6 - 0 win over Qarabag last night.

It is not a completely dead rubber after all as the Gunners do need to make sure that we don't have to play two nervy and unwanted games at the start of next season in order to secure a place in the Champions League group phase, and unlikely it may be there is still an outside chance of finishing above Tottenham in the Premier League table, which Arsene Wenger admits is only of value to us fans as bragging rights but still a worthwhile goal at that.

The 6ft 4 ″ star featured in his side's defeats to Arsenal during the recent Champions League group phase, and is said to be keen on a move to England.

Not exact matches

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

The group phase of the 2014 - 15 Europa League concluded on Thursday night, so we now know the lineup for the knockout rounds, where eight Champions League dropouts, including Liverpool, with join the party.

Tottenham Hotspur begin their quest for Europa League glory in Serbia tonight as they take on Partizan Belgrade in their opening match of the group phase.

thats what wenger says.we have the money, then come transfer time, we are negotiating until the transfer deadline.don't forget that wenger has a degree in economics.He is going to get a healthy gratuity from Arsenal.We want trophies, there no silverware for 4th place.maybe when we finish 5th and we get dumped out of the group phase of the Europa League will people realise how the once mighty have fallen.Go Arsene Please

Now the Europa League would be Arsenal's only chance to go back to the Champions League, and it will get tougher after the group phase.

True I once said it was Wenger who under used gervinho the same thing he is doing to Ozil I would prefer for wenger leaves after the champions league group stage so it then puts the next manager in a position to assess his squad for the next phase or Europa lyeague

True I once said it was Wenger who under used gervinho the same thing he is doing to Ozil I would prefer for wenger leaves after the champions league group stage so it then puts the next manager in a position to assess his squad for the next phase or Europa league

Because Sporting finished second in the Portugese league last season, they are already in the draw for the group phase and the young midfielder does not want to give that up, so that gives us even more reason, as if we need it, to beat Besiktas and book our place.

Following another tough Champions League group draw, Arsenal then got the pick of the knockout phase, with the French Ligue 1 club Monaco exactly who we would have chosen.

So in seven years with four different managers, once not qualify for Europe, twice out in the group phase and the best was the quarter final, this is football heritage and if you want to go to the Premier League, the last victory was 2012/13 and in the four consecutive seasons United finish fourth fifth, sixth and seventh.

The forward is unlikely to be fit for next week's Champions League Group F match against Olympiakos, a game Arsenal need to win by two goals to qualify for the knockout phase of the competition.

• Lazio, who have qualified for the UEFA Europa League knockout phase in each of their last five participations — after that initial lapse in 2009/10 — have lost two of their last three European fixtures outside Italy, against Zulte Waregem (2 - 3) and FCSB (0 - 1), having previously equalled a UEFA Europa League record, group stage to final, by going 11 successive away matches unbeaten (W4 D7).

• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against AC Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in London.

Manchester City, who are already through from Group F, travel to Shakhtar Donetsk — who only need a draw from the game in Khakiv to join the Premier League leaders in the knockout phase.

The qualifying round of the Copa Libertadores, the continent's Champions League equivalent, kicks off on Tuesday and 12 sides will be reduced to six in the group phase.

Then again, Sir Alex's men haven't done an awful lot of conceding in the competition so far this term, his charges having kept a staggering six clean sheets in seven and were also one match shy of becoming the first ever club in Champions League history not to concede a single goal during the group phase.

• Arsenal, the lone English representatives in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase, won four of their six autumn encounters to top Group H before knocking out European debutants Östersund in the round of 32 then winning both legs against Milan — 2 - 0 in Italy and 3 - 1 in north London.

Lionel Messi scored 10 goals in the 2016/17 Champions League group stages, the second-most in the competition's group phase after Cristiano Ronaldo's 11 last season.