Sentences with phrase «league opener as»

Paris Saint - Germain would see their Champions League opener as a lost opportunity for three points, rather than being happy at the single point they gained in front of of their fans at Parc des Princes.

It may be wise for such a key player, who is likely to play the majority of games next season, to have a longer rest over the course of the summer, but a bit of light training surely would help Wenger's cause of having as many fit players available for the Premier League opener as possible.

Not exact matches

The Liverpool starting XI to face Ligue 1 outfit Bordeaux in this evening's Europa League opener has been revealed as there is a host of changes for the Premier League giants.

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United's Premier League opener against West Ham will not be their first competitive game of the season as the Red Devils must first battle Real Madrid for the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday August 8 in Skopje, Macedonia.

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Tottenham Hotspur became the latest victims of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang's goalscoring heroics tonight as the Borussia Dortmund striker netted the opener in their Europa League clash.

Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 257 goal for the Spanish giants on Tuesday night as they waltzed past FC Basel in their Champions League opener, an astonishing goal tally to show from his 252 appearances for the club.

Cahill captained the side in the absence of John Terry during the Champions League opener against Macabbi Tel - Aviv on Wednesday night as the west London outfit returned to form with a convincing 4 - 0 victory over the Israeli side thanks to goals from Willian, Oscar, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.

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Alexis then provided an assist for Koscielny in our EPL opener and was on the scoresheet himself just over a week later as he scored the goal that put us into the Champions League group stage.

Sanchez will miss the Premier League opener against Leicester City on Friday night, but he'll be looking to be equally as influential as last season when he bagged 30 goals and 19 assists in 51 appearances in all competitions.

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# 36million signing Anthony Martial was handed the task of leading the line in Holland but failed to replicate the immediate impact he had against Liverpool last Saturday evening as United crashed to a 2 - 1 defeat in their Champions League opener.

Mata and his teammates are back in action on Tuesday night as they face Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven in their UEFA Champions League group stage opener.

It might be a bit of a stretch to say that Theo Walcott is a secret weapon for Arsenal, as the England international flyer has already showed us some great form in pre-season to back up the brilliant way he signed off at the end of last season, with a stunning hat - trick in our final Premier League game and the FA cup final opener at Wembley against Aston Villa.

It seems as though most people are naming Alexis Sanchez as their Man of the Match after Arsenal beat Middlesborough to end the dreadful run of away defeats in the Premier League, but I thought the Chilean had a pretty poor night in general, even though he did score the opener with a nice free kick and played a part in the winner.

However, the club received a boost when news came of Kompany's quick recovery after Pellegrini feared that he would be missing for the side's Champions League opener next month, as well as the game with Manchester United on September 22nd.

Maribor and Spartak Moscow played out a 1 - 1 draw in their Champions League Group E opener as a referee narrowly escaped being hit by a flare.

But Conte says it's all about passion as the Blues continue their preparation ahead of next week's Premier League opener.

It was a tough return to the Premier League for Burnley as they lost their opener at home against Swansea, punters having thrown plenty of backing at the Clarets to have taken that one.

Throw in the fact that Jose Mourinho has never, as a manager, lost a season opener or lost a home league match on a Sunday then the omens do not look very promosing.

Manchester United endured their second defeat in less than a week tonight as they went down 1 - 0 to Feyenoord in their Europa League opener.

After missing out on Champions League football last season, Chelsea are back and they have a comfortable home opener as they take on debutants Karabakh.

Everton produced another hugely disappointing display as they were beaten 3 - 0 by Atalanta in their Europa League Group E opener.

-- Last season's St James» Park encounter finished goalless despite Man Utd dominating possession and creating more scoring opportunities, while their first league meeting of this season, at Old Trafford, also finished as a draw, 1 - 1, with Demba Ba converting a dubious penalty to cancel out Javier Hernandez's opener for Man Utd.

Even so, the chances of Brazil actually missing out on the knockout rounds are slim so they're likely to take part in the quarter finals, which fall on the same weekend as the opener in the Premier League.

Chelsea Shocked, Liverpool Held While Man City Victorious in Premier League Opener Three different results were earned by top Premier League teams in their opening fixture this Saturday as defending champions, Chelsea fell into a 3 - 2 defeat while Liverpool held in a thrilling draw and Manchester City got themselves all three points.

Victor scored nine goals in that campaign including the opener against Barcelona in a famous 2 - 1 win in the Champions League at Parkhead, as they went on to advance to the knockout stages.

The league opener against Crystal Palace this weekend will be another opportunity for Giroud to create a fine partnership with Sanchez as the Frenchman seeks to build on from where he left off last season.

The Spanish striker hit a 12 - minute second half treble, Heung - Min Son netted a brace of his own and Academy graduate Kyle Walker - Peters scored his first professional goal as we turned on the style after the interval, having seen two goals disallowed - the first one by the Video Assistant Referee - in the first period and our League One visitors draw level after Son's opener.

In other news, Robert Pires has taken a liking to the skililfull Montpellier winger Remy Cabella, who impressed me as well, with his trickery over a month back, in the Champions League opener.

How will they fare in their league opener on Sunday evening as they take on Betis?

The Premier League pair makes the night so much worse for the fans — as no side has ever won the Champions League after losing their opener.

Manchester City are running as one of the outright favourites to go all the way and lift the Champions League trophy this season, they will want to make a confident start to the knockout stages in this opener.