Sentences with phrase «away in the first leg»

We've become so bad in Europe, I actually find it quite humorous how we always manage to throw the tie away in the first leg.

Produce a very good away performance in the Champions League but still get knocked out, having thrown it away in the first leg.

We'll qualify from an easy group, people will wax lyrical about Wenger's fantastic record in the group stages, and we'll then crash out in the last 16, irrespective of the opponent, throwing the tie away in the first leg.

They have never previously lost 4 - 2 away in the first leg, but on the four occasions that the margin of defeat has been by two goals, they have prevailed only once, recovering to win 3 - 0 at home against Sporting CP in the third round of the 1993/94 UEFA Cup — they went on to finish as runners - up in the competition.

The only previous time they lost 3 - 1 away in the first leg of a tie, was actually against Real Madrid also back in the 12992 / 93 UEFA Cup and PSG won 4 - 1 back on home soil.

• Marseille have won three and lost four of the seven UEFA competition ties in which they were defeated away in the first leg, their most recent success being against Deportivo La Coruña in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup final when they recovered from a 2 - 0 defeat in Spain to win the return 5 - 1 in France.

Not exact matches

Celtic were already facing an uphill battle against Inter Milan in this Europa League second leg, with the Italian side netting three precious away goals in the first leg.

In the first leg, the same team went out there and fought hard, once again, they just did not put away their chances, plus they defended poorly.

We always throw away the tie in the first leg, and last night we kept that run going.

Chelsea are in a poor run of form right now and look unlikely to have what it takes to get past Barcelona, who have an away goal advantage from their first leg tie that finished 1 - 1 at Stamford Bridge.

After taking a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg last week in Mexico, they hold the advantage on away goals — and with Mexican sides often struggling to play their best football in the unfamiliar Canadian winters, they could be a surprise in store.

That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before City have to play the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

This latest was hardly the pick of the bunch as he rather bundled it in, but he won't care and neither will the travelling Liverpool fans who have seen their side go 2 - 0 up at half time in what looked like being a difficult first leg away from home against Porto.

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.

The two sides met in the UEFA Champions League quarter finals last year, with PSG winning the first leg 3 - 1 before Chelsea overcame them on away goals with a dramatic 2 - 0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Yes, the sequence of away and home legs in this playoff tie can be a bit tricky, more so if you don't score in the first leg of the tie, which, in Arsenal's case, would be away.

Bayern are the favourites to progress after scoring two away goals in the game's first leg, with Jesus Navas scoring an own goal before Thiago Alcantara scored a deflected second.

Let us look at it this way; we conceded five goals away to Bayern Munich in the first leg after the boss was substituted.

Norwich City will be satisfied to come out of the first leg of their playoff tie against rivals Ipswich Town with a draw, but there's everything left to play for after their 1 - 1 deadlock, especially now that away goals are no longer a tiebreaker in the promotion playoffs.

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.

Although almost every Arsenal fans has already accepted that the Gunners will not be going through to the next stage of the Champions League after losing 5 - 1 in the first leg away to Bayern Munich, it would be nice for Arsenal to get something out of the return leg at the Emirates tomorrow, if only to build up a bit of the confidence that the hammering in Germany took away.

The last - 16 tie is finely poised after the two sides played out a 1 - 1 draw at Stamford Bridge in the first leg, with Messi's equaliser wiping out Willian's opener, which could yet prove to be a crucial away goal.

Our recent record in the ucl is a shame, we loose the first leg and play for pride in the second leg, but now we can't get a draw home and away in the last 2 years

Fernando Torres» first - leg away goal was crucial in setting the scene for Wednesday night, and his red card ultimately didn't prove to be costly as Atletico now advance to Friday's semi-finals draw.

Pogba has come under fire in recent weeks for his poor form, having been substituted off in away defeats to Tottenham and Newcastle United, while he was also left on the bench for the first leg clash with Sevilla in the Champions League.

Our slump in away games needs to change quickly, as Arsenal have to travel to Milan for the first leg of our Europa League tie just four days after Brighton, but Wenger will have to decide whether to rest some of his stars to keep them fresh for the only trophy we still have a chance of winning, but the Boss didn't sound keen on taking any chances.

United claimed a precious away goal in the 1 - 1 first - leg draw in Madrid three weeks ago, but Mourinho says it is impossible to pinpoint the factors that will decide the outcome of the tie.

Three second half goals ended with Sevilla getting their first away win in the Europa League or La Liga this season, taking two important goals into the upcoming home leg against Athletic Bilbao.

The first leg of this semi-final also ended in a 0 - 0 stalemate (in our first away game in this year's competition) and now we will finally get a result on Wednesday whether it is in extra time or penalties yet again.

After Arsenal were beaten heavily away to Bayern Munich in Germany a few weeks ago our manager looked a beaten man but the very next day he was looking more positive and was even saying that the tie was not over despite the 5 - 1 scoreline from the first leg, but I do not think there are many Arsenal fans who agree with Arsene Wenger on that idea.

Los Blancos looked set to cruise into the semi-finals of the competition having secured a 3 - 0 away win at Juventus in the first leg in Turin last week.

After exits from the competition at this stage in their previous four seasons against the likes of Barcelona, AC Milan and Bayern Munich and with the disadvantage of playing away in the second leg the pressure is on the London club to make it to the quarter - finals for the first time in five years.

Our away fixture against Beskitas will provide an early opportunity to give it a try as their only chance in qualification is to use the home crowd and our jet - lag to their advantage and put in a convincing first - leg.

The Red Devils come into the match on the back of a crucial 1 - 0 away win in the first - leg of the Europa League semi-final on Thursday, a tie which is claimed to have been prioritised over today's encounter.

The first leg away in Sweden didn't go well as they will have to overturn a 1 - 0 deficit when the two sides meet at the San Siro next week, but on the basis of what we've seen in qualification overall, you wouldn't put your money on the Azzurri to do it.

Tottenham had taken a 1 - 0 lead and had the benefit of two away goals from the first leg in Turin, but Dybala's lethal finishing sent them crashing out of Europe this evening.

Several horses have claimed the first two legs of the Triple Crown in recent years, but were unable to come away with victories at Belmont.

The Gunners were cruising to a comfortable 3 - 0 win away from home in the first leg to put themselves in a commanding position, but there was late work for the Colombian international to take care of.

He subs Le Coq with no reason to bring in Flamini and the first touch he aimed at Mesi's leg and give away penalty.

Ospina made three riks last week against Milan in the first leg, the first one, diving at the Italian player's feet and missing the ball, the player stayed on his feet, Ospina got away with it.

Nathaniel Clyne is likely to start at right - back in a 4 -3-3 formation, despite Trent Alexander - Arnold's heroic free kick strike in the Champions League play - off first leg away at Hoffenheim.

Vasco da Gama were on the end of a shock result in the Round of 16 first leg tie away to Bolivian side Aurora.

We will f*ck up our group again and come second and get drawn against Bayern again or someone of that calibre and then get f*cked in the first leg and Wenger will say, «we are now going to try to make the impossible possible» like he always says when we try and get something away at Bayern when we're 2 - 3 down on aggregate...

Good game from the lads and good away win, Monaco qualified in the first leg, a come back was always going to be miracle... now lets focus on the next game and keep the results coming.

From the Arsenal team selected by Arsene Wenger for the away leg of our Champions League tie with Barcelona, it looks liike Arsene Wenger was torn between giving it as good a go as possible in the Nou Camp and accepting that our chances are negligible and keeping some first team players fresh for the trip to Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.

On a Wednesday evening in December the first leg was away in the Potteries and we won the game 2 - 1 with goals from Best and a Geoff Hurst penalty.

Manchester United scored an important away goal as they earned a 1 - 1 draw against FC Rostov in their Europa League round - of - 16 first leg.

Manchester United's Champions League campaign resume with the first leg of Champions League round of 16 tie this Wednesday night in what will be a tricky away fixture against Sevilla.

Bartomeu: «I am sorry for Barça fans» FC Barcelona FC Barcelona fell to a 3 - 0 defeat in the second leg of their Champions League quarter - final against AS Roma to be eliminated from the competition on away goals thanks to the Italians» goal in the 4 - 1 defeat in the first leg at Camp Nou.

The Gunners produced arguably their best away performance of the entire season to land themselves a 2 - 0 win at the San Siro in the first leg of this round of sixteen tie.