Sentences with phrase «final first leg away»

But the Blues will go into this game — with a bit of concern after their momentum was brought to a crushing halt by a heavy defeat in the Champions League Quarter - final first leg away from home against Liverpool.

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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.

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.

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.

THE Gunners have not had it too tough so far with wins against Nottm Forest and Reading, and another home win tonight will mean we are just two more semi-final legs away from making the Final, and Martinez is determined that Arsenal will be there for the first trophy of the season.

Having drawn the first leg 2 - 2 away we certainly sealed the deal tonight and booked a two - legged Final with the highly rated Chelsea youngsters.

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.

That season's League Cup was the first to culminate in a Wembley final, as previously the final was held over home and away legs, and it appeared that we were keen to get there, especially as we had reached the final the season before, but lost out to West Brom in the two - legged final.

The circumstances facing the Socceroos in the first away leg of the Inter-Confederations final play off v Honduras are almost as...

The circumstances facing the Socceroos in the first away leg of the Inter-Confederations final play off...

• Porto have won only one of the seven UEFA competition ties in which they lost the home first leg — against Panathinaikos in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup quarter - finals (0 - 1 home, 2 - 0 away).

In a game that promised goals after a fascinating first leg, Monaco and Manchester city produced another four goals, as the French side won 3 - 1 on the night, progressing through to the quarter finals of the Champions League on away goals, after a 6 - 6 aggregate scoreline.

The first leg in Galicia last week ended in a 1 - 1 draw with the away goal putting Barça in the driving seat in the battle to claim a place in the quarter - finals.

A first leg 3 - 2 defeat against Mauricio Pochettino's Espanyol gave them every chance of progression to the semi finals thanks to the 2 away goals they scored at Cornellà - El Prat, a feat that the mighty Barca couldn't achieve when dropping two points there in a League visit just a couple of week before.

• 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.

Benfica may already grab a 3 - 1 lead in their Europa League quarter final first leg encounter last midweek but the Portuguese side's head coach Jorge Jesus warned his players that the tie is far from over as Newcastle with their one away goal will try to do their best in turning things around.

• Heaviest away defeat 6 - 2: FC København v Bayern 22/10/91, UEFA Cup second round first leg 5 - 1: Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern 22/04/80, UEFA Cup semi-finals first leg 4 - 0 on four occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona 08/04/09, UEFA Champions League quarter - finals first leg

Cristian Tello grabbed a hat - trick as Barcelona romped to a 4 - 1 away victory over Levante in last night's Copa Del Rey quarter final first leg.

Having won the first leg 1 - 0 away, United go into the game heavy favourites to qualify for the final however the defeat against Arsenal means this game becomes even bigger than it already was which means more pressure on the team.

With the 2 - 0 triumph of Barcelona in yesterday's heated El Clasico encounter, it seems all but certain that Pepe Guardiola's men will make next month's Champions League final, most likely to face fellow semi-finalists Man United as they themselves were 2 - 0 victors away at Schalke in their first - leg clash on Tuesday.

• Heaviest away defeat 6 - 1: FC Bayern München v Porto 21/04/15, UEFA Champions League quarter - final second leg 6 - 1: AEK Athens FC v Porto 13/09/78, European Champion Clubs» Cup first round first leg 5 - 0: twice, most recently v Arsenal FC 09/03/10, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg

Hosts because conceded goal quite move them away from the finals, and yet the visitors or Valencia hopes to get good result from the first leg match and decide a winner on home ground.

The only two times that they failed to qualify following first - leg victories in north London came after 2 - 1 scorelines, Valencia beating them 1 - 0 in the return of the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League quarter - final to go through on away goals and another Spanish club, Barcelona, recovering to win 3 - 1 in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez will miss holders Barcelona's first - leg Copa del Rey quarter - final away to Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday and are absent from Luis Enrique's 18 - man squad.