Sentences with phrase «top champions league»

Leicester can top their Champions League group after easing to a debut win over Club Brugge, says Sky Sports pundit Matt Le Tissier.

1:52 Mauricio Pochettino praised the team's mentality and the way the players responded to the derby defeat with a magnificent win at Borussia Dortmund to top Champions League Group H.

Still lots of work to do to become a top Champions League team but heading in the right direction.

Those results helped them top their Champions League group, and Carlo Ancelotti ended 2009 in a commanding position in his first season at the club.

The Mexican has proved himself to be a deadly finisher in front of goal, despite his lack of match - minutes in recent years, and I still believe he deserves to lead a top Champions League side such as ourselves.

Loic Remy has the necessary pace, but perhaps not the ability to lead the line alone against top Champions League sides.

Meanwhile, they also top their Champions League group having won both their games thus far, and so all seems to be on track for Guardiola and his men this season.

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I'm still trying to figure out why Lucas Perez can't get a look in for a league game after scoring a hattrick and allowing us to top our champions league group in years.

We have also blown another great chance of topping our Champions League group and so must wait and hope for an unlikely slip by PSG in the final group game or a favourable draw.

Seaman may be feeling so confident as we are still unbeaten since the opening day of the season, but also we have the added confidence of topping our Champions League Group as well, also without any defeats.

A Metro report reveals that Hummels has suggested that there is no point in trying to sign him at the minute, as he takes his club loyalties seriously and he intends to help his Bundesliga club recover from a shocking first half of the season that sees them languishing in the relegation zone despite topping the Champions League group ahead of us.

While things are looking pretty flippin» good from an Arsenal point of view right now, with a decent draw against Reading at home for the next round of the EFL cup as well as a good chance of topping our Champions League group and winning the last four Premier League games in a row, the Gunners are still faced with the worrying fact that we are still five points behind the current league leaders.

Arsenal fans will be hoping for a morale boosting win against Borussia Dortmund tomorrow, which would make us all feel a lot better as well as keeping alive our faint hopes of topping the Champions League group.

Monaco are currently fourth in Ligue 1 and topped their Champions League group over Bayer Leverkusen, Zenit St Petersburg and Benfica.

The first ever competitive meeting between these two went rather well for Chelsea, who ran out 4 - 0 winners and topped their Champions League group, finishing 11 points ahead of third placed Atletico.

With Arsenal sat at second in the table and recently topping their Champions League group, it sounds a bit odd to still be discussing issues in the squad.

Ronaldo topped the Champions League goalscoring charts last season with an incredible 17 goals.

Not exact matches

We won the Champions League and LaLiga and, on a personal level, I was a top scorer in the Champions League.

In May he became the all - time top - scorer in the top five European leagues, and his 42 goals in competition helped to lead Real Madrid to their first La Liga title since 2012 and become the first team to win back - to - back titles in Champions League history.

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.

While competing in the Champions League is hugely profitable to the top clubs, participation is dependent on finishing in a certain position in their domestic leagues, meaning that a poor season can see teams miss out.

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Yeah there's zero truth in that and anyway why would Lewandowski and Griezmann leave their clubs who they can actually win titles with because we all know Atletico and Bayern are aiming for the champions league not just top 4 like Arsenal!

I understand your premise but we must realise that for years Wenger was confined by financial constraints, and I honestly don't think many other managers could have kept the club in the champions league, look at Liverpool and Man United, even with there inflated budgets they failed to achieve a top four finish in recent years.

It had been feared he could be missing for a number of weeks but has returned as Arsenal prepare for a crucial few weeks in the season that could have serious repercussions on their Top Four, Champions League and FA Cup ambitions.

Anyway, the past 2 games saved our Champions League campaign, and we are top of the league, even if it stays just foLeague campaign, and we are top of the league, even if it stays just foleague, even if it stays just for day!

Whether such big - money signings are necessary is up for debate given the level that Ernesto Valverde has his side playing at right now, as they lead the way in La Liga with a four - point gap to their nearest rivals and they sit top of their Champions League group.

But seriously, we can't seriously believe that we are more interested in the top four than we are in the title, but staying in the Champions League places obviously remains the minimum for us.

In fact our only Champions League game that topped this one in the past five years was our 2 - 1 win against Barcelona at the Emirates.

We are used to being able to secure our top four spot without too much hassle, with Arsene Wenger managing to somehow maintain our place in the Champions League year - on - year despite the changes made to the squad, but this year will not be so easy.

What will surely help is Arsenal's return to the top four this past weekend, and they'll look to stay there between now and the end of the campaign to secure a return to the Champions League.

Further, with the struggles of their rivals around them, there was certainly an opportunity to compete for the Premier League title or at least a top - three finish instead of a frantic scramble to qualify for the Champions League, which arguably looks unlikely at this stage.

This being said, Arsenal have supposedly had a long standing interest in the Lille striker and have been scouting the Moroccan forward since January, and are the only top Premier League side that could guarantee Boufal Champions League football, plus a position as first choice striker.

From what I can see, the last real links with us signing the Turkish international came over six months ago, and he has not had the best season with Bayer Leverkusen statistically, but has been a key player in the side which finished third in the German top division, helping them to earn a Champions League place for next year.

Yeah but the reality is the to thing are closely related, If Wenger stays we won't win the league or the champions league any time soon.For us to win these type of trophies a top coach must come in, there aren't many who can achieve this but i believe 2 good candidates are out of work Ancelotti and Klopp, Wengrs contract should be finished by the 2016/17 season god willing.I say God willing because Wengers been talking about how he doesn't want to retire, obvious signs that he wants an extension to his contrct, i am one Arsenal fan who doesn't want to see an extension

The Merseyside club secured their third successive season without Champions League football last term, leading to the sacking of manager Kenny Dalglish, and his Northern Irish replacement has been charged with the responsibility of improving his playing staff in the pursuit of closing the 17 point gap between their eight place finish and a top four finish.

That sounds like all the boxes were ticked, but yet it is still being said we need two more top class arrivals to make sure of being crowned Premier League Champions.

The top four in the table increased their hold on their Champions League spots this weekend with wins, but some people are still discrediting Arsenal as serious challengers for top spot.

Away against a top side in the Champions League you have to take your chances...

Sadly, with Wenger in charge we will never progress beyond a top four finish, the odd domestic cup success and a last sixteen exit in the Champions League.

Arsenal should already be through to the Champions League knockout stage as well and have a chance to top the group, because Anderlecht's goal was clearly offside.

I quite agree sell all the deadwoods but which player in his right mind would want to come to arsenal at the moment, remember people man u was in the same situation under moyes but we're able to attract better player's even when not playing champions league, the selling point from arsenal point of view is to tell players which they are trying to get what the plan is of getting back to top flight football by going for the Europa league over the FA cup and finishing in the top six otherwise if they go for wishy - washy arsene wenger stupid attitude of we've got quality all the squad we are competing for everything then I'm afraid We will end up with nothing

Once all the EPL games are over the focus will switch to the FA cup final at Wembley where Arsenal will fact the league champions Chelsea, and I feel that the goals could be intrinsically linked, with an unlikely top four spot likely to give us a great boost and help us get to Wembley full of form and confidence.

Despite a lack of Champions League football, I firmly believe that Arsenal still has been the reputation and financial stability to compete for top - quality talent, but it appears as though Wenger has started with his Europa League - level recruitment.

To get top players he needs to spend big, without champions league they will be reluctant to come.

What will it profit Arsenal to top their group, play away game first and still exit from the champions league?

That will be a huge source of frustration for supporters who continue to see the club fall short in their pursuit of major trophies, now seemingly settling for a battle to make the top four and qualify for the Champions League instead.

Having finished outside of the top four, it remains to be seen whether or not the lack of Champions League football next season costs them in their transfer work this summer, while they will have to balance out their spending with sales too.

There is pressure of finishing top 4 Financial pressure and getting into Champions League next season