Sentences with phrase «crucial second leg»

President Buhari, while noting that with the exhilarating victory, Nigeria is on the verge of qualification for the World Cup in Russia 2018, urged the players to sustain the momentum as they approach the crucial second leg of the tie in Yaounde, on Monday.

Juventus go into a crucial second leg Champions League fixture tomorrow at Tottenham with Mario Mandzukic out and fitness - related question marks in multiple positions.

He answered that question in the build up to Liverpool's crucial second leg quarterfinal fixture against Manchester City on Tuesday.

Arsenal won an eventful tie against Southampton yesterday with Arsene Wenger rotating his squad heavily ahead of the crucial second leg Europa League tie against CSKA Moscow.

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Playing home second leg could be crucial.

Despite the praise, the Portuguese manager believes that using him more extensively at this point in Chelsea's season, as they sit five points clear in the Premier League — following last night's 1 - 0 victory over West Ham — and have a crucial Champions League second leg with Paris Saint - Germain on the horizon, could prove to be detrimental to the youngster's development.

Keeping it tight at the back will be crucial, not to conceed any away goals from monaco, this would give them belief and momentum going into the second leg in front!

He also has more in his locker, defensively, than any of our other options and this could be crucial at Old Trafford and then again in Monaco for the second leg of the Champions League.

Aurier, who joined the club in the summer for # 23M as per the Guardian, not being part of the second leg will be a blow for Pochettino's side, as they're now going to be without one of their better players in a match where the way they defend is going to play a crucial part in deciding who advances into the next round.

The Spaniards took the lead in the reverse leg in Germany, but a spirited fightback by the home side saw Leverkusen grab three crucial points to propel them to second place in the group, four points clear of Valencia.

With this clash sandwiched between league matches and just a week before a crucial EFL Cup semi-final second leg match, it's obviously going to take a back seat in terms of priorities for the Blues.

However, shortly into the second half and the goal scorer from the first - leg, Antoine Griezmann superbly raced free from the halfway line when he was played through by Fernando Torres before comfortably slotting the ball past Manuel Neuer to gain the crucial away goal.

It was a timely break for Liverpool ahead of a crucial week — they have the last - 32 Europa League second leg with Augsburg and the Capital One Cup final — meaning Klopp gave his side some much - needed time off.

Having converted penalties against Napoli and Benfica he played the full 90 minutes in both legs of the UEFA Champions League semi-final against Barcelona — making crucial contributions for goals from Didier Drogba in the 1st leg and Ramires in the second — before playing the full 120 minutes and scoring in the penalty shoot - out as Chelsea won the competition for the first time against Bayern Munich.

Son of Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas caressed the ball into the path of Samir Nasri who hared down the right wing and teased the ball into the centre where it was met by Andrey Arshavin who put months of frustration and bad form into his right foot and smashed it home to give the Gunners a crucial advantage going into the second leg on March 8.

And having analysed City's sole defeat this season, when the Premier League pacesetters lost 4 - 3 against Liverpool, he believes fan - power can be crucial as his team seek to overhaul a 2 - 1 deficit in their semi-final second leg.

Hugo Lloris made a crucial block with his legs to prevent substitute Andre Ayew from snatching the points for West Ham but, despite a late volley of shots in a manic 30 - second spell that saw us try to force the issue, it ended 1 - 1, making for something of a subdued feeling at full - time.

The Switch is having an insanely amazing first year, but as Nintendo has said, the second year is absolutely crucial to the system's long legs.