Sentences with phrase «away side in the league»

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

Barcelona were expected to cruise through to a second Champions League semi-final appearance in six years, however, they were knocked out to Roma on the away goals rule after the Serie A side mounted an incredible comeback.

The Portuguese tactician has claimed to be prioritising the Europa League competition, where his side are three matches away from lifting the trophy, which would in - turn earn them a place in the elite European competition.

Darren Bent has notched up in 99 goals in eight Premier League seasons and is the kind of consistent performer that Dalglish may feel he needs to bring in to partner Suarez up front in order to push his Anfield side back into the top four after three lean seasons away from the top table.

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.

Spurs home form, rather than their away, has been the reason the North London side only find themselves seventh in the league, at the moment.

His 13 league goals have seen the side open up a ten point lead at the top of the table and they are two victories away from being crowned Premier League champions, which would be Hazard's first since his arrival in the summer ofleague goals have seen the side open up a ten point lead at the top of the table and they are two victories away from being crowned Premier League champions, which would be Hazard's first since his arrival in the summer ofLeague champions, which would be Hazard's first since his arrival in the summer of 2012.

We start our campaign in three weeks away to Dinamo, the Croatian league winners who stayed unbeaten as they went onto win the title by 13 points, a feat only our beloved club can boast in England, but a major feat for any top tier side.

The Bluebirds have the second best away record in the Championship so far this campaign and are unbeaten in their last four league matches, with Neil Warnock's side suddenly emerging as potential promotion candidates.

So Arsene Wenger's name is being cheered again, Arsenal look good for a UCL quarter - final place and we seem to be on the up in the Premier League as well, heading for an away game with a Liverpool side about as far removed from the confident, dangerous and in form outfit that took us apart at Anfield last season.

Despite seeming to get the best out of Christian Benteke, who had misfired for the majority of the season under former manager Paul Lambert, Sherwood has been unable to lift his side away from the dreaded bottom three in the league, as they look to avoid relegation to the Championship.

Manchester City have jumped ahead of Premier League rivals Manchester United and Chelsea in the race for Poland and Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, with the player looking to secure a move away from the Bundesliga side in January, according to the Daily Star.

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In 1967 these two sides met in Lisbon to slug it out for the European Cup in what would go on to be Celtic's first triumph away from their domestic leaguIn 1967 these two sides met in Lisbon to slug it out for the European Cup in what would go on to be Celtic's first triumph away from their domestic leaguin Lisbon to slug it out for the European Cup in what would go on to be Celtic's first triumph away from their domestic leaguin what would go on to be Celtic's first triumph away from their domestic league.

Roberto Martinez is hoping to pull his Latics side away from the drop zone and clearly he feels that the best way to do that is to bring in a player who may be able to boost and attack that has managed just 19 goals in 22 Premier League matches thus far this season.

It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.

Into his first season as United boss, Louis van Gaal can make a major statement here if his side condemn the visitors to yet another defeat in this awful recent run of theirs which has seen the title and even an automatic Champions League spot slip away from them.

United are currently 2 - 1 up against the Foxes in the Premier League, however the away side could be two goals to the good should Lingard not have missed this golden chance.

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.

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.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

Arsenal lost two away games in a row to go nine points behind the league leaders Chelsea as they were beaten by the gallant Manchester City side who rallied from behind to beat Arsenal 2 - 1 in the match.

Mourinho also added that the 1 - 1 draw this weekend, felt like he'd finally been beaten by Arsene Wenger in the league, after seeing his side disappointingly throw away a harshly contested win against the Gunners.

In - between the two Champions League Qualifiers Arsenal had a tricky away game to an Everton side that had gained many plaudits the season prior for their exciting, attacking football.

The teams meet for the fifth time in the Champions League, however, the Italian side have won just one of their last 13 away games in the competition.

Further, Juventus looked a shadow of the side that was on display last season in the Champions League after suffering a 3 - 0 away defeat to Barcelona in this season's group stage.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has hailed his side's performance to win 2 - 0 away at Manchester City in January, hinting that it is a statement about their Premier League title credentials this season.

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.

It was another disappointing weekend in the Premier League for arsenal and the other sides hoping to chase down the current league leaders and pip them to the title, as Chelsea won quite comfortably away to the reigning Champions Leciester City, and that was despite our hopes that the row between Costa and Conte that kept their main striker out of the squad might have a negative iLeague for arsenal and the other sides hoping to chase down the current league leaders and pip them to the title, as Chelsea won quite comfortably away to the reigning Champions Leciester City, and that was despite our hopes that the row between Costa and Conte that kept their main striker out of the squad might have a negative ileague leaders and pip them to the title, as Chelsea won quite comfortably away to the reigning Champions Leciester City, and that was despite our hopes that the row between Costa and Conte that kept their main striker out of the squad might have a negative impact.

Arsene Wenbger named an unchanged Arsenal side from the one that won away at Sunderland last weekend, hoping to finally get some momentum going in the Premier League this season.

defense should be ok just the attacking side needs changing more pace and direct running in behind gets us a BIG NAME C / F that can do it all up front on his own we are at least 2 more big attacking names away from a least making c / l semis, but once again well done for winning on the night just shame we could get the third and make c / l history on wars and upwards in the league and f.a cup coyg

Arsenal got back to winning ways in the Premier League with a hard - fought 1 - 0 win away to struggling West Bromwich Albion, and here's how Arsene Wenger's side rated at the Hawthorns...

The Dutchman missed Southampton's first four league games of the season as he recovered from a ligament injury he suffered in January but came on as a substitute in the side's 1 - 0 win away at Crystal Palace to make his first appearance of the new campaign.

Arsenal have lost their last two away league games, and they were games they'd be expected to win against two sides (Bournemouth and Swansea) involved in the tight battle to avoid the drop this season.

Arsene Wenger's side might be in good scoring form at home at the moment, before and after the arrival of the former Dortmund stars, but their recent away Premier League form has been poor with two defeats and a draw, which has led to them losing ground on Spurs.

By selecting the best players which excludes the likes of Czech and Mustafi.They are the common denominators in virtually all the away defeats to sides below Arsenal in the league.I am not a lover of stats but these are the facts which Wenger chooses to ignore.There is absolutely no point in strengthening other parts of the team for example by replacing Wilsh ere and continuing to play Czech and Mustafi.A team is only as good as it's poorest player and in Czech and Mustafi we have two of the poorest exponents in their positions in the Premier League.

After the shock of Arsenal losing to West Ham in the first Premier League game, the Gunners did well to bounce back with an away win over a determined and well drilled Crystal Palace side at the weekend.

We can complain too much about the clinical side of the game from Arsenal this weekend, as the equalising goal headed in by Olivier Giroud just before injury time came from our one and only shot on target from the Premier League away game against Manchester United.

Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea side travel to Villa Park to take on Aston Villa in the Premier League this Saturday at 3 pm and will be hoping to take advantage of Villa's recent poor form to record an away win.

The custodian kept his fifth league clean sheet of the season as he helped his side move up to third in the Premier League thanks to Chelsea's 2 - 1 loss away at Crystal Pleague clean sheet of the season as he helped his side move up to third in the Premier League thanks to Chelsea's 2 - 1 loss away at Crystal PLeague thanks to Chelsea's 2 - 1 loss away at Crystal Palace.

In Arsenal's last away League game we managed to score five past a previously unbeaten Leicester side, but our trip up to Watford could prove to be even more difficult.

After a tough week which saw Arsene Wenger pick a strong Arsenal side to face Basel in Switzerland on Wednesday and with a Premier League match away to Everton coming up on Tuesday, the boss could hardly have asked for a better fixture for this weekend.

No side playing the second leg away from home has ever been able to overturn a two - goal deficit in the Champions League and given Monaco's impressive defensive record in the competition, the former Porto man is confident they have the ability to progress.

Just like in years past, Liverpool have once again found it difficult to put away clubs sitting on the south side of the Premier League table.

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.

17 of the 41 league goals (41 %) conceded by Arsenal last season came in defeats away to the three sides that finished above them — at Manchester City (6 - 3), Liverpool (5 - 1) and Chelsea (6 - 0).

The duo current sit in second and fifth in the PL table, A draw would most likely be ideal in our hunt to secure a Champìons League place for next season, but with the Reds seemingly like they need the win more, they may well give the advantage to the away side.

Arsenal have won just two of their last SEVEN away League games, a record which needs to improve considering that Arsene Wenger's side face away fixtures against the likes of Manchester United, Spurs, Everton, West Ham and Manchester City in the run - up to the title.

Even though Arsene Wenger made a complete change to the Arsenal starting line from the weekend draw away to Chelsea in the Premier League, he was still not willing to take too many chances in this Carabao cup game at home to Doncaster, so the visitors were facing a strong Gunners side including Walcott, Giroud and Alexis Sanchez up front.

The two League One sides remaining in the competition have both been given away ties.