Sentences with phrase «league qualification at»

A draw might not be the first result that comes to mind, but our trip to Stamford Bridge had a bit of everything with Champions League qualification at stake.

Manchester City almost wrapped up Champions League qualification at Goodison on Saturday.

Consequently, the Gunners MUST nullify the Reds ambition to enhance their Champions League qualification at the Emirates stadium by hammering them in the manner of, AFC 5 - 0 LFC.

Not exact matches

When Harry Redknapp's Spurs finished fourth in the 2011 - 12 Premier League, only to lose out on Champions League qualification because of Chelsea's form - defying victory over Bayern Munich, the mood at White Hart Lane was ultimately one of frustration.

Champions League qualification remains a priority for the hierarchy at Spurs, especially with the additional funds needed for the new stadium.

Diaby arrives at one of the genuine giants of the French game, but he joins a side in transition; Marcelo Bielsa's outfit missed out on Champions League qualification last term, and have since lost many of their key players.

But Gerrard — who will leave the club for LA Galaxy at the end of the season — has not been overly missed it seems, as Rodgers's side have extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League, which started in mid-December, and have moved into Champions League qualification contention after Sunday's victory over Manchester City.

The Pensioners sit a whopping 14 points off Tottenham Hotspur in fourth and the Champions League places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will guarantee qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their league fLeague places, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to see how the west Londoners will guarantee qualification for Europe's top table next season... at least not via their league fleague finish.

As AS Monaco are fifth in Ligue 1 at present, UEFA Champions League qualification looks far from certain, and this may be a contributing factor to their decision to allow one of their greatest goal threats to move on.

The Red Devils were in FA Cup action prior to the international break so have a game in hand on some of their rivals at the top of the table, but the race is on to secure qualification for the Champions League next year.

Nevertheless, United remain five points adrift of the Champions League qualification places, and will be desperate to pick up from where they left off in midweek when they face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

I keep hearing we should forgo the money, because keeping Sanchez gives us a great chance at winning the league, or CL qualification (which is Wenger's number one target), but everyone keeps forgetting he just had the best season of his entire career, and yet we still finished fifth, and were utterly humiliated in Europe.

I have example to Back my Statement... In 2003 Real Madrid bought Beckham from Man Utd for 25M which highest transfer amount that time and now if look at the transfer then average player also cost for 30 to 35M easily... So it very difficult to know how much we have earned from every year making Champions League but yes certainly we must have earned lot because we were 500M debt ridden club when we moved to Emirates Stadium and now we are debt free entity so there is good possibility that we have earn lot from Champions League qualifications and also from Highbury real estate projects as well....

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Fans want genuine title fights till the end but the board hve set the bar at champions league qualification.

Sadly that didn't go as planned for City and now they are in a straight fight with Arsenal for automatic qualification to next seasons Champions League, and if they beat the Gunners this weekend they will leapfrog Arsenal into third on goal difference with just one game to play, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to get at least a point to keep us in the driving seat.

The 29 year - old also admitted his frustration at having to sit out the Europa League campaign, which could well be his best shot at qualification for the Champions League next term, and with Alexandre Lacazette also out with injury their chances of winning the competition remain strongly in doubt.

The Gunners go head to head with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday in a race for automatic Champions League qualification.

Everton look set for qualification from the group stages of the Europa League as they overwhelm Lille at Goodison Park, with some dreadful defending allowing Phil Jagielka to head home from the corner.

With Danny Ings set to officially join the club on July 1, the Reds are still in need of at least another forward if they are to challenge for Champions League qualification next season.

At least there, the title is still possible, which would give the Gunners Champions League qualification.

On close analysis of how things stand, Arsenal can all but ensure automatic qualification for next season's Champions League if we beat Swansea at the Emirates, irrespective of Manchester United's result at Crystal Palace.

Although Wenger is the master at Champions League qualification, this could finally be the season he doesn't achieve his number one target.

He should rather stay and remedy the situation instead of abandoning the am at this stage for non qualification for champions league.

Both games could potentially win us two Wenger trophies: Champions league qualification which Wenger has delivered without fail all his time at Arsenal and the FA cup, which he has won a record equaling 6 times.

The Gunners, who can reclaim fifth spot and close the gap on fourth place Manchester City with a victory at Crystal Palace, are also looking to seal Champions League qualification for the 19th consecutive season.

Arsenal spent vast sums of money over the past eight months, which suggests that the ambition at the club no longer revolves around qualification for the Champions League each year.

Some of us could say; Arsenal must be near the top of the PL every year, winning it maybe at least once every 5 - 6 years, never missing Champions League qualification, and every year we must be at least one of the final 16 teams in the Champions League.

From our point this is the perfect season for Spurs to finish above us because they thought they were gonna win the league so they can't appreciate it properly whilst we laugh at them and at the same time 2nd and 3rd achieve exactly the same thing with CL qualification.

Coleman is following the example of his manager, Martinez, who also signed a five - year extension to his deal this month after a fine first season at Goodison Park saw the Toffees in contention for Champions League qualification for much of the season.

The Toffees followed up that success with a creditable 0 - 0 draw away at Lille in the Europa League on Thursday night, putting them in pole position for qualification from the group, and have also been boosted by the return of Ross Barkley from injury ahead of schedule.

In turn, their hopes of finishing in the top four and securing qualification for the Champions League are at real risk and coupled with Wenger's future still being uncertain, it has led to criticism from supporters and protests against him staying on beyond this season.

The majority of fans that go to the Emirates now never went to Highbury (at a guess, I'd say five to eight thousand) and only know reasonable success, ie, FA Cup wins and continuous Champions League qualification and only read about the «Invincibles», you can tell by the fact they never chant «come on you reds» which was a regular, extremely loud chant in the Highbury days and as ThirdMan pointed out are the prawn sandwich brigade mixed with the tourist support and there you have the empty seats.

When the third round of Champions League qualification starts later today for Arsenal, there's a good chance that if you take a look at manager Arsene Wenger on the sidelines, you might see him perspiring a bit more than usual.

How did it get to this stage again??? With the current state, Europa league qualification is best we can hope for at end of season

After bringing in 11 new players, expectations were sky - high at the San Siro with Vincenzo Montella tasked with building on their qualification for the Europa League last season.

After the 2006 CL finale, we should have had at 2 more leagues, few domestic cups and at least 2 CL trophies... We have NOTHING to show (Oh yes CL qualifications / season = more cash in the bank).

Stranded in fifth position, seven points behind bitter rivals Manchester United with only four games remaining, Rodgers and co. are almost certain to miss out on Champions League qualification, in stark contrast to this time last year when they were still on course for their first title of the Premier League era, only to miss out to Man City at the death.

If Bradford City overcome Premier League Swansea City at Wembley and subsequently turn down the European qualification, the place will automatically go back to the Premier League meaning the team finishing eighth could earned a Europe League spot.

BRIGHTON, England (AP) Arsenal completed a dreadful week by losing 2 - 1 at Brighton in the Premier League on Sunday to slip 13 points off the Champions League qualification positions and pile more pressure on manager Arsene Wenger.

One can argue that, even if finances have been an issue, a team that regularly qualifies for Champions» League qualification has perhaps only needed minor tweaks to get to be at par or do better than such teams.

With automatic qualification for next season's Champions League all but secured despite the rather disappointing draw against Sunderland, Arsenal must now focus their attention on the FA Cup final against Aston Villa, and the Gunners midfielder Jack Wilshere has warned that the North London side must put things right in regards to form before the big game at Wembley.

The Citizens face West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium this Sunday with their Champions League qualification prospects looking questionable at best, following a run of results which put an end to a possible title challenge.

With Arsenal having a largely disappointing season after failing to achieve the bare minimun of Champions League qualification, there is certainly no shortage of football pundits with strong opinions on what is going wrong at the club, the latest of whom is Emmanuel Petit.

While the likes of Spurs and Liverpool have thrown millions at transfers over the years just to have the occasional flirt with the Champions League, Wenger guarantees qualification with a modest nett spend.

Arsenal's disappointment at losing out on a Champions League qualification spot masked a decent run of wins at the end of the season — mirroring Chelsea's results across the last five games.

All of the fossil lovers have gone quiet... Mark my word though when we qualify... and we will... they will be back with their drug induced football logic and half baked histories to remind us that we still have a shot at CL qualification 4th place and the league cup under the greatest manager who has ever lived... Sad bunch of so called fans

There was far more than just bragging rights at stake this evening, both sides are right in the midst of the fight for Champions League qualification.

Brendan Rodgers is prepared to recall Jordan Ibe from his season long loan at Derby County to help ensure Liverpool's Champions League qualification next season.

20) Rafael Benitez (Napoli)-- The former Liverpool boss has done well at Napoli, lifting the Italian Cup last season and making Champions League qualification a regular occurrence.