Sentences with phrase «champions league this year»

The Gunners have qualified for the Champions League every year for the last two decades, but are amidst their biggest battle of my memory to continue that run of consecutive entries.

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.

But our performance in the Champions League this year takes the cake.

After a stop - start first two - thirds of the season, Juventus have finally rounded into form at a crucial time, retaking first place in Serie A and coming back in wildly dramatic fashion to beat a Tottenham Hotspur side in the round of 16 that many believed had what it took to make a deep run in the Champions League this year.

The Rossoneri missed out on Champions League this year after a woeful last season.

After a bit, the radio guys began taking calls with answers to the makeshift question of the day: If you could choose for City to win either the Premier League or the Champions League this year, which one would it be?

A club of arsenals» stature is meant to be in the champions league year in and year out (imo).

Let's be honest, our team did not have enough quality to win the Champions League this year, atleast given the way the coach ran the players to the ground playing them match after meaningless match.

It was a fine run in the Champions League this year for Manuel Pellegrini's men before they were controversially knocked out in the quarter finals by Borussia Dortmund.

When we finished second to Barcelona in the Champions League some years ago, the ambition should naturally have been to catch them.

We took for granted a place in the Champions League every year even when we knew there was little or no money to spend and we expect our manager to get everything right, all the time.

I'll probably get loads of thumbs down because of my comments but until I see some major changes in the way we line up and go about our footballing business, I'll never expect anything more than just being a top four premiership side which turns up for the champions league every year that has no hope of winning either.

Not being in the champions league this year just provides less disappointment when we get knocked out in the last 16 again.

The point is that thanks to this we are now in a better position, instead of being left for dead completely by Man City and Chelsea and their unlimited resources we will now be able to buy players commanding transfer fees like Sanchez or Ozil every season or two, we achieved this while staying in the Champions League year after year.

Arsenal fans are by no means asking we give up on FA Cup — God knows we'll need it as I cant see us ever winning anything else under Wenger — but its the same as saying: Arsenal fans should appreciate reaching Champions League round of 16 those may years in a row as no other club has been that consistent — or — Arsenal fans please appreciate being in the champions league every year as you are the only English team to maintain that consistency....

Bayern, meanwhile, have looked distinctly average at times in the Champions League this year, losing to Atletico Madrid and Rostov on their way to finishing second in Group D. Still yet to truly settle under new manager Carlo Ancelotti this season, the German giants aren't as intimidating as they were under Pep Guardiola.

I don't know whether they will be in the Champions League this year.»

Arsenal spent vast sums of money over the past eight months, which suggests that the ambition at the club no longer revolves around qualification for the Champions League each year.

Wengers could've signed 11 would win the league and champions league every year.

It has cost Kroenke and other owners more than 50mil, not being in the Champions League this year.

The Monaco star impressed as his side knocked us out of the Champions League this year, and looks to be the perfect mould for our squad.

He created a style of play that was a joy to watch, both for fans and neutrals, and that Arsenal is now identified with, and he oversaw our move to a bigger stadium while getting us to the champions league year after year.

Manchester United: Last year the transition from legend Sir Alex Ferguson to David Moyes did not go as planned, and United even missed out on making the Champions League this year (meaning they lost out on lots of additional money).

So for me, not making 80 points, in how many years now, including the 7 years failing to make it past the round of 16 in the Champions league, plus completely missing the champions league this year, plus the 10 - 2 humiliation at Bayern, plus the way we sleepwalked through 5 away defeats, throwing away games that were in our complete control like Everton away for example, and so and so on, is nothing short of failure.

Arsene Wenger has already said that his team are facing the best team in the world at this moment, but he also reminded us that we have beaten them at the Allianz arena in recent years and the boss suggested that team was arguably better than the current version and the fact that they went on to win the Champions League that year and smashed Barcelona 7 - 0 on aggregate would certainly add weight to his comments.

Three English clubs have qualified for the knockout rounds of the Champions League this year, with only Liverpool missing out on on the next stage of the competition.

put us in the champions league year after year so the club makes money.

Broken record to see us lose at home again to Southampton in the EFL Cup at this stage at home, it's like seeing us get embarrassed by either Barcelona or Bayern in the round of 16 of the Champions League every year.

And would Ozil really want to stay at a club with little ambition above getting into the Champions League every year?

We were then lampooned for not winning anything even though we qualified for the champions league every year (this now seems to be a wonderful achievement since we failed last year) and have won the FA cup three times in the last four years.

He will be happy with # 30k - 50k more per week, live and playing in London, Champions league every year, Leicester wont maintain winning ways, loyalty does nt exist in football with players

Monaco have been a cash cow in the Champions League this year, and bettors seem to finally be catching on.

I'm grateful to Wenger for all the trophies and getting us in Champions League every year, but Wenger is the most stubborn predictable manager there is.

However, I have a sneaky suspicion that Arsenal are going to go all the way in the Champions League this year.

@ Shambo, you mean we will not win the EPL or the champions league this year?!

Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League every year under Arsene Wenger — the only team to have done so in the Premier League.

His side ultimately won the league despite strong competition from Marseille, although the side did fail to make any sort of impact on the Champions League this year.

Last season they got lucky to win the Champions League this year all other major European teams have strengthen their squads.

If you're satisfied with the champions league every year, (which we have not won) 3 titles in fifteen years, then that's you, but am not, especially when better can be done.

Lukaku should be United's main striker now and with them also competing in the Champions League this year he will have plenty of opportunities to score goals.

Sometimes you wonder if manager Arsene Wenger is no longer bored of this circus of safety of just qualifying for the UEFA Champions League year in, year out.

We saw this against the top 5 sides last season and we'll see it in the Champions league this year.

Cristiano Ronaldo has acknowledged that Real Madrid are favourites to win the Champions League this year, but has insited that the fans don'tget carried away with the results!

«Playing in the Champions League year in, year out was one of our goals when I arrived at this football club four years ago and if we achieve it again that will mean a third straight season in the competition.

Almunia — let's not even go there!As for «kids» and «young team» and «team in development» — I don't want to hear any more of that because it's just not true any more.If we're content to fight for a top 4 place and qualify for the Champions League every year then I think we've probably got that — but that's not good enough for me and it shouldn't be good enough for ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB - and it shouldn't be good enough for Arsene Wenger!!

He has also led the side to the round of 16 of the Champions League this year.

With the reduced revenue we won't have the money to buy big players in any case, so it is a vicious cycle as we spiral down without big players further and further away from the Champions League every year.

French youngster Corentin Tolisso scored twice as Bayern Munich handed Paris Saint - Germain their first defeat in the Champions League this year with a 3 - 1 triumph at the Allianz Arena.

So all in all, it's a lazy update then and, unless you really want to play the Champions League this year or are fussed about player updates, it's not really worth the upgrade for those who purchased a copy of last year's edition.

Not exact matches

The 45 - year - old is, of course, referring to the jaw - dropping volley he scored against Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 Champions League final at Hampden Park in Scotland.