Sentences with phrase «against the champions away»

So if we draw against the champions away from home Wenger should resign?

My guess Wenger took him out tactically to accommodate for Chambers... that's AW style, take out your DM when you down to 10 Men against the Champions away from home with the score still deadlocked.

Not exact matches

Winks may only have one England cap under his belt to date, having been named man of the match on debut against Lithuania, but his superb displays home and away against back - to - back European champions Real suggest he is more than ready to shine in Russia.

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

Whether Arsene Wenger chooses to rest a few first team players for the Champions League away game against Barcelona on Wednesday night remains to be seen, but judging from his comments in the press conference today reported by The Mirror, I would not be at all surprised.

A 2 - 2 draw for PSG against Ludogorets was enough to see Arsenal top the group ahead of the French champions, following the Gunners impressive 4 - 1 win away to FC Basel.

I appreciate the talent of Bellerin as much as the next man but let's not forget this is an away match in the Champions League against the next best team in the group.

Lacazette brace against the world champions tonight, and away from home... he's definitely getting benched against Spurs then!

Barcelona put one foot in the quarter - finals of the Champions League after they took a 2 - 1 victory away from the Etihad Stadium in their last - 16 tie against Manchester City.

This pattern went on until Arsenal pulled some pretty powerful performances in the UEFA champion League in 2006 especially, coming to just 15 minutes away from a famous win against Barcelona.

Arsene Wenger will hopefully not have to look for any reasons why Arsenal do not win away against relegation threatened Sunderland tomorrow, as we really need a good performance and the right result from the lads to go back above Man City and take a step closer to ensuring that we have a place in the Champions League next season and do not have the stress and inconvenience of a play off.

After all, a point away from home against the champions would not be a bad result by any means, whereas yet another defeat, even if it is a narrow one, would inflict further damage on the confidence and self - belief of the Arsenal players.

The month of September doesn't get any easier for Arsenal, who, following Manchester City's clash, face an away fixture against Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

If Arsenal are to have any hope of coming away with a result against the Premier League champions they will no doubt have to be at their best.

The five - time defending champion Bison are coming off a big win over South Dakota State, and can place themselves only one win away from an unprecedented sixth - straight title with a win here against the Dukes.

Having to score three goals is a tough task against any team, let alone in the champions league, in the last 16, away from home, against the team with the best defensive record in the competition, on a narrow pitch with little space to create chances...

The goal completely changes the complexion of the tie... Chelsea have got an all important away goal in their Champions League Last 16 tie against Paris Saint - Germain, as they now have something to defend it is likely we could see Jose Mourinho's side defend what they have for the remainder of the game.

Chelsea drew 1 - 1 against Paris Saint - Germain in the first - leg of the Champions League last 16, as they grabbed that crucial away goal through defender turned striker Branislav Ivanovic.

Ahead of a tough Champions League game this was a good away performance today against a good Crystal Palace side.

Mesut playing the way he has in our last three games is not going to be much help in the massive Champions League away game at Bayern Munich, but an in form Ozil could help Arsenal to upset the odds and reach the quarter - finals, and I think that this draw against the German champions could be just what the doctorChampions League away game at Bayern Munich, but an in form Ozil could help Arsenal to upset the odds and reach the quarter - finals, and I think that this draw against the German champions could be just what the doctorchampions could be just what the doctor ordered.

After all, Arsenal are still unbeaten this season and have faced an away trip to Everton, the visit of the Premier League champions and two very tough games against Besiktas with 10 men.

Going up against the offensive juggernaut of Barcelona, Juventus will need its best showing of the UEFA Champions League on defense to come away with an upset win.

We lost mid week in the Champions League, away to a team that hasn't lost in 40 + games and we were resting a few first teamers for the game against Chelsea this Saturday.

«If we did pick up a few points away from home against the top four teams last season then I think we may have been champions, but that wasn't to be.

Even then, Everton away is definitely one of the hardest games of the season and we Wenger will have to manage the team so that we can get the result against Everton as well as having enough energy to beat Besiktas at home to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.

Prior to that away draw at Goodison Park, the Gunners had got off to an optimistic start to the season, which saw them win the FA Community Shield against Manchester City and get off to winning start in the Premier League against Crystal Palace, and come away with a clean sheet in the first leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Besiktas.

Tonight's Champions League fixture against Anderlecht will be a test of Arsenal's «big boys» credentials, as they will be playing away in this competition for the first time since the 0 - 2 defeat at the Westfalenstadion on Matchday 1.

I could also argue that if Arsenal had not conceded one goal more goal against Hull City, One at home against Tottenham, one away to Leisceter, one away to man united, one more at home against Man City, and two away to Swansea (a total of seven goals), Arsenal could have become champions last season.

I know that Arsene Wenger has a well deserved reputation for backing his players and that certainly goes down well in the Arsenal dressing room, but with the Gunners all but mathematically out of the race for the Premier League title, our Champions League exploits are more important than ever and with Mesut Ozil in poor form and suffering a crisis of confidence, an away match against Bayern Munich is not the right time for the manager to stick with him.

Philippe Coutinho scored a superb, well - worked team goal for the Reds this evening to draw the away side level in the Champions League tie against Spartak Moscow.

Next up would be Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and although an away clash with the reigning EPL champions does not sound appetising we should remember that Arsenal have well and truly put to one side the awful record we had against them for years.

It has been, somewhat gleefully, pointed out that Arsenal have lost ball three of our previous away games against Olympiacos in the Champions League and so we might as well forget qualifying for the knockout stage.

After successfully scouting the Dortmund midfielder in there arm chair during the champions league home and away matches against us!!

Real Madrid took a giant step to the quarter - finals of the Champions League after taking a 2 - 0 away lead in their last - 16 tie against Schalke.

Elneny could have arrived at a perfect point in the club's history, with us at the summit of the Premier League, aiming for our third FA Cup in a row, and just a couple of games against Barcelona away from the last 16 in the Champions League.

The key test for Balotelli now though is to add consistency, as it's all well and good producing in a big game against the Italian champions, but can he repeat the trick and play a decisive role for his team away at Sampdoria on Sunday?

The Chilean was left out of the starting line - up against Chelsea last weekend, and our side earned a hard - fought 0 - 0 draw away to the champions, and were in fact unlucky not to have come away with more than one point.

It was clear from the way Arsenal started this away game against the current Premier League champions, as well as the starting line - up selected by Arsene Wenger, that the Gunners had learned some painful lessons in recent years and were determined not to be too open.

As for Arsenal, defeat in the north London derby against Tottenham last time out — their fifth in six league away games — means they are six points adrift of the Champions League places with a game in hand.

After conceding the fewest goals in the group stages of the World Cup finals last summer, the 26 - year has conceded no goals in his three Premier League games, no goals from his one FA cup game, one penalty given away by Szczesny in the Champions League and the two in his debut against Southampton in the League cup.

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.

As for Mustafi, it was never his fault entirely that we conceded 5 goals home and away against Bayern Munich in the Champions league.

Messi's Barcelona side will travel to the Etihad on Tuesday to play against Manchester City in their Champions League last 16 tie, and Scholes has warned Manuel Pellegrini's side that the playmaker has the ability to take the game away from City before the second leg at the Nou Camp.

tbf the tactics weren't all that new if you look at the champions league away games against bayern.

I think the Boss has given 4 back to back game run to Campbell that included a Champions League away outing against Bayern Munich.

With West Ham still down in the relegation zone despite beating the Champions Chelsea at the weekend, Bennett is hopeful that David Moyes will conjure up another miracle, but given the Gunners record against his team he would be happy to come away with a point.

After he missed the last half hour of Arsenal's last Champions League game against Anderlecht and then the away defeat by Swansea City in the Premier League, Mikel Arteta can be absolved from blame for the way the Gunners have thrown away two winning positions in a row.

Were YOU.I believe on your PLANET NUTCASE you still believe we have Herbert Chapman as the Manager.No mate this is wrong.Hes been dead for a while now and at the moment we have an aging Frenchman who is paid more per season than most people will earn in several lifetimes.He is taking this Club backwards.We are falling behind Clubs who we used to dominate as rivals.He has the majority of the fan base against him and his tired and outdated methods.We now ger beaten away from home by all the clubs facing relegation.We are no longer in the Champions League.We have a 60,000 seater stadium that is now embarrassingly full of empty seats.This is all down to Wenger.

The only two away games the Gunners have lost since the turn of the year were at Man United in the Premier League, where we seem to have something of a curse or mental blockage and against a brilliant Barcelona in the Champions League.

Ivanovic has not only been part of one of the league's strongest defences, he has also contributed at the other end of the pitch, scoring three in his last five Premier League appearances, as well as Chelsea's vital away goal against PSG in the Champions League