In Leicester City's case, this is their third all Premier
League tie following the wins over Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in the last round.
Not exact matches
Daniel Sturridge gave Jurgen Klopp's side the tangible advantage in the
tie when he finished in the 63rd minute
following Roberto Firmino's fine assist, but it was Lallana who added the icing on the cake and took the Reds to their fourth Europa
League final.
Burnley, now playing their
league football in The Championship
following last season's relegation, were broken down inside 19 minutes of today's FA Cup
tie at Emirates Stadium as Chambers beat goalkeeper Tom Heaton with a brilliant outside - of - the - boot effort.
The
following weekend we are at Old Trafford, where our record is less than good, and then we have the crucial Champions
League tie with PSG to decide who tops the Group.
Not only is this a real boost for the Gunners in a difficult week, with a home
tie in the Champions
League against Galatasaray
followed by a crucial Premier
League away day at Chelsea, but it could be seen as the end of Wilshere's terrible run of bad luck with injuries.
The two clashed in their Champions
League tie this week, with the Spanish giants advancing to the quarter - finals stage of the competition
following a 2 - 1 win in Paris, which saw them progress 5 - 2 on aggregate.
It could still be a tricky
tie for Arsenal as the Owls did just knock Premier
League Newcastle out, but after getting through the north London derby when we were on for three defeats in a row, everyone who
follows Arsenal will be feeling a huge sense of relief and some renewed optimism for the weeks ahead.
Following his magnificent brace against LOSC Lille, Saint - Etienne's Max Gradel is
tied with Manchester City's Wilfried Bony as the top - scoring Ivorian player in a major European
league.
Aaron Ramsey is set to miss Arsenal's crucial Champions
League tie with AS Monaco
following a hamstring injury suffered against Leicester City.
Man City and Man Utd are
tied at the top of the
league with 16 points apiece,
followed by Chelsea (13), Tottenham (11), Liverpool (11), Watford (11), and Arsenal (10).
Following a 26 - point loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, the Bears are
tied for the
league's worst ATS record at 2 - 7.
Unfortunately, his West Ham career had peaked very early as a double break to the leg,
following a bad tackle in a
League Cup
tie against Bristol Rovers, kept him out for the remainder of the season.
Their next assignment is the FA Cup
tie against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, 17th February 2018
followed by Champions
League round of 16 first leg against Sevilla on Wednesday, 21 February.
Southampton and Aston Villa are
tied for the youngest side in the Barclay's Premier
League, at 24.7,
followed by Tottenham (25.6), and Cardiff (26.0).
After Van Gaal took charge in 2014, Rafael started six straight Premier
League games between September and October, but
following an injury that kept him out for two months, he would make Van Gaal's starting lineup just once more, for an FA Cup
tie at Yeovil the
following January.
The Portuguese coach has come under a lot of stick this past week
following his side's ultra-defensive performance in Wednesday's 0 - 0 draw at Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions
League second round
tie.
UEFA, meanwhile, will wait for the complete report of the match delegate for the Champions
League Group D
tie at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night before deciding what course of action to
follow.
Tottenham remain the youngest team in the Barclay's Premier
League at 25.2,
followed by a very close
tie for second
Only four second year scholars featured last week against Watford and with the under - 23s in action on Monday,
followed by the
League Cup
tie at Blackburn on Wednesday, it is very likely they will again be calling on some of the youth team players.
The West Ham fixture list of death rolls onto Old Trafford today for the first of two games in a week against Manchester United; a Premier
League clash
followed by the
League Cup quarter final
tie on Wednesday.
Edinson Cavani leads Europe's top five
leagues with 27 goals,
followed by Messi (23), Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang and Andrea Belotti who are all
tied in third with 22.
A loss to Milan in the Coppa quarters
followed by
ties with Lazio, Fiorentina, Roma, SPAL, Crotone and Napoli and a loss to Genoa saw Inter drop to below Champions
League placement, despite wins over Benevento and Bologna.
His side have won just five of their last 16 Premier
League games, and are also on the verge of elimination from the Europa
League, as United are 2 - 0 down against Liverpool
following the first leg of their Round of 16
tie.
«A little muscle issue» is likely to preclude Nathaniel Clyne from the trip but the manager intends to select a strong line - up that is not influenced by the Champions
League tie with AS Roma to
follow.
Devils in the Detail
Following a run of games which saw Liverpool regularly playing twice a week, the week break between the two Europa
League ties against Augsburg, and now Manchester United, gives the manager a rare chance to work with his players in more detail.
First up is a two - legged Champions
League semi-final
tie against Wolfsburg,
followed by the Women's FA Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley.
KEY FACT: No team has ever progressed to the next round
following a 4 - 0 home defeat in the first leg of a Champions
League knockout
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Marseille will have to come back to win a European
tie following a first - leg defeat for the first time in 13 years if they are to reach the UEFA Europa
League semi-finals at the expense of European debutants RB Leipzig, 1 - 0 winners of the first encounter in Germany.
In an interview with the Blackburn Rovers official website, Steve Kean, who recently signed on the dotted line in a deal which will keep him at the helm until 2013, believes his team will head over to Villa Park for their Fourth Round FA Cup
tie with Aston Villa full of beans
following their impressive win over West Bromwich Albion in the
league last Sunday.
KEY FACT: These two have met twice in the
League Cup with Sunderland winning both
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The Rossoneri are in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia, while they also boast a 3 - 0 lead over Ludogorets
following the opening leg of their Europa
League last - 32
tie.
The Argentine international, not seen in a Spurs shirt since a
League Cup
tie at Liverpool on October 25 last year, took another step on his road to recovery
following hip problems with a good shift in a Premier
League 2 London derby at Hotspur Way that saw both sides have spells in the ascendency before reaching a crescendo with two dramatic goals in stoppage time.
UEFA are to take action against Manchester United and Liverpool
following last night's Europa
League tie, a summary of which is detailed below.