Sentences with phrase «first league cup»

Saints marched on to their first League Cup final since 1979 when they defeated Liverpool on Wednesday night at Anfield.

Darmian spoke about that match, his first league cup final for United, but not his first cup final, the Emirates FA Cup being his first, saying:

A first League Cup triumph in 1987 thanks to champagne Charlie, the Cup double in 93, and the second double winning Final against Newcastle that provided Arsene with his first experience of the national stadium.

A ruthless display from Manchester City ended our hopes of lifting the first League Cup of Arsene Wenger's reign on Sunday.

Liverpool stepped up the pressure in response and goals by Dalglish and Hansen were enough to secure a first League Cup success for the Merseysiders.

Arsene Wenger is hoping to win his first League Cup in charge of The Gunners while Pep Guardiola is bidding for the first trophy of his management of the Citizens.

And to add a little bit of spice, our first League cup game is on the Tuesday or Wednesday after we go to Stamford Bridge.

Not exact matches

The club clearly have faith in him, as they handed him a first team debut in the League cup earlier this season.

Since sensationally beating the League leaders Leicester, Arsenal have drawn with Hull in the first FA Cup game, lost to Barcelona in the Champions League and succumbed to both Man United and Swansea before yesterday's fight - back to draw at Tottenham.

It isn't enough to simply get Under 21 games and a few cup matches with the first team, because those fixtures don't necessarily offer players the true physicality, feel and experience of playing in the Premier League.

As we know all too well, the first half of the season was not the best for Arsenal, but apart from an early exit from the League cup at the hands of Southampton, it has not hurt us too badly.

He only started 16 Serie A games & finished with 7 goals & 7 assists in a tight Serie A. He's a big game player - scored in the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2014/15 & both legs of the semis against Real, & the recent Italian Cup final this season with his first touch.

He also lifted the Champions League three times, winning his first title in 2000, while also playing his part in the club's tenth European Cup triumph — the «Decima» success of 2014.

Celta Vigo shocked them 4 - 1 in the league and Atletic Bilbao beat them 4 - 0 in the first leg of the Spanish super cup.

And of course, Nelson could first be tried in the League Cup as a wingback in a back three or right winger in a back four to see how far he can competively coped.

aurier was in team of the year in ligue 1 an good in world cup m» vila have standout games for france first team and was also in team of the year for rennes in ligue 1 berahino has proven himself this year in the prmeier league,

Even though Arsene Wenger put out a fairly strong Arsenal side for the trip to lower league Preston North End in the FA cup, it may have been stronger with the addition of some regular first team players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

After winning the Capital One Cup and claiming the Premier League title for the first time in five seasons, confidence is high at Stamford Bridge and Jose Mourinho will be expecting to add to his trophy cabinet in the 2015 - 16 campaign.

SEE MORE CONCACAF Champions League semi-final preview: Club America vs Herediano — Mexican giants aim to overcome first leg deficit CONCACAF Champions League semi-final preview: Alajuelense vs Montreal Impact — Visitors aim to become first MLS champions USA could bid to host 2026 World Cup, says head of Concacaf

I would be happy for the lad to get 15 - 20 first team starts mainly in cup games including the Europa league.

Williams won his first Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP by producing nine goals and 16 assists in L.A.'s 26 postseason games, including a league - leading seven points in their five - game Cup final vs. the New York Rangers.

In his first two seasons, he won the Champions League and FA Cup.

There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two games in the Champions League, especially the second game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal cup games.

We are out of the FA cup — A first for Wenger, 6th in the league and the only thing that looks to be going for Arsenal is the League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first placup — A first for Wenger, 6th in the league and the only thing that looks to be going for Arsenal is the League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first league and the only thing that looks to be going for Arsenal is the League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first League Cup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first plaCup (possibly) and the Europa League which we did not even want to be part of in the first League which we did not even want to be part of in the first place.

The 22 - year - old England international, who will miss this summer's World Cup due to an ankle injury, witnessed Raymond van Barneveld beat fellow Dutchman Michael van Gerwen 10 - 6 to claim his first ever Premier League crown.

Kenny Dalglish's team have already won their first trophy in six years, by beating Championship side Cardiff on penalties in the League Cup final.

Ainsley has been an ever - present in our Europa League and Carabao Cup sides, and has now started twice for the first team, although for some reason Wenger keeps playing him in different positions for him to learn his trade.

The ban means that he will not only miss this weekend's FA CUP FINAL match against Chelsea, but the first two games of the Premier League 2017/18 season.

The match was Coutinho's first appearance for Liverpool since a January League Cup match with Stoke City.

Liverpool downed Stoke in the first leg of the League Cup tonight thanks to a first - half winner from Jordon Ibe.

The FA Cup at around 150 years old is the oldest knockout competition in the world, whereas the League Cup, first played for in 1960's has nowhere near the credence.

First Tottenham reached the final of League Cup last season.

It is only halfway through the season for Arsenal, but Arsene wenger has already seen his team descend to 23 points behind the League leaders Man City and crash out of the FA Cup in the Third Round for the first time in his 21 years at Arsenal.

Pellegrini has spent an incredible # 172m on just eleven players since taking over at the Etihad Stadium, and although he won the Premier League and Capital One Cup double in his first campaign with the club, he looks set to finish trophyless this term and possibly even out of the top four after a surprisingly poor recent run of form.

Last year was Jose Mourinho's first season at Man United and he started by winning the League Cup, but when he saw the Top Four teams pulling away from the Red Devils in the League he put all his energy and resources into winning the Europa League as well to get a wild card entry into the Champions League.

Arsenal have had lots of talented youngsters coming through the Hale End Academy, and the whole point of staying with us is because Arsene wenger had a big reputation for blooding youngsters in the first team, usually via playing in the League Cup.

if during their first year in the league, the golden knights won more stanley cups than the blues or any nhl hockey team from the state of minnesota were able to win in 95 total seasons of existence

Arsenal have come through the gruelling Christmas schedule with flying colours and have moved to the top of the Premier League, but it is also important that we now concentrate on our next game which is the first in our defence of our FA Cup trophy.

The 19 year - old has not yet played a League match for Leicester's first team but won the Academy Player of the Year last season and played a full 90 minutes against Hull in the League Cup this season.

After a gruelling run of Premier League games, Arsene Wenger can at last give some Arsenal first team players a much - needed rest as we travel to the City ground to take on Nottingham Forest in the Third Round of the FA Cup.

In his first full season at the club, 1997/98, the Gunners won the League and beat Newcastle 2 - 0 in the FA Cup Final.

The Gunners take on Manchester City this weekend as they look to win the League Cup for the first time under Arsene Wenger, but will have an uphill task given the season their opponents are having.

So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents in the Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and League Cups.

They were fortunate enough to get a BYE in the first round of the cup but they will hope to continue their form into the cup and push for the league cup double!

A treble in his first season at Barcelona and another Champions League in just his first three seasons in management was a remarkable achievement, no question, and if anything his struggles at Bayern show that one can not simply inherit a good set of players and let them do the rest, but while he revolutionised the game in 2009, he is now being found out and it is something of a surprise that he has no other European Cup to his name since 2011 given the quality of teams he's had at his disposal since then.

The magic of the cup is clearly alive and well, the fifth round seeing League One Bradford City progress to the quarter finals for the first time in 39 years, while there were also wins for Liverpool and Arsenal.

Liverpool beat Burton 5 - 0 in the League Cup at the Pirelli Stadium keeping their first clean sheet of the season in the process.

The only real negativity to Ozil's return has been his failure to stand up in the big games against Manchester United in the FA Cup and AS Monaco in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League at the Emirates.

A member of Chelsea's first - ever Premier League lineup, Wise won several major cups but fell short of winning the league League lineup, Wise won several major cups but fell short of winning the league league title.

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 league.