Sentences with phrase «first league trip»

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It was, after all, Real Madrid's first - ever trip to Girona, a side making its debut appearance in La Liga — the Spanish equivalent of the Premier 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.

Dodgers utility man Kiké Hernandez had the game of his life Thursday night, hitting three home runs and driving in seven runs to lead his team to an 11 - 1 win over the Cubs to clinch the National League pennant and the franchise's first World Series trip in nearly three decades.

Liverpool FC's latest bid to win their first Premier League title will begin with a trip to Watford, it was revealed this morning.

Tottenham Hotspur make the daunting trip to Borussia Dortmund on Thursday evening, for the first leg of their blockbuster Europa League round - of - 16 tie with the Bundesliga giants.

Maybe Arsenal should think about getting a flu jab for our German international star next season, if he decides to sign a new contract and stay in north London that is, because Mesut Ozil is out of action for the trip to face Liverpool in the Premier League today and it is not the first time that the attacking midfielder has been unavailable due to illness.

That same sort of idea about the way Arsenal play was evident from the Germany international keeper Manuel Neuer this week, as the Daily Mail reported his pre-match comments ahead of the Gunners trip to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie.

Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League title bandwagon rolls on to Upton Park on Wednesday, for a tricky trip to West Ham United in the first of a huge London derby double header.

The Citizens are enjoying their first - ever trip to the Champions League semi-finals.

every fan of every team in the epl wants them to win every game they play that is what being a fan is but getting back to planet earth i do nt think anyone believes we have a first 11 or squad depth to win the league even the 4th place junkies on this site do nt expect it but are just so high on wenger juice that they can trip their way to any thing before cold turkey hits them... the disappointment comes from the absurdity of another wasted transfer window

After capping a fantastic Champions League performance with his first ever Arsenal hat - trick against Olympiacos and following that up with the opening goal in our Premier League trip to Aston Villa, Olivier Giroud will already have been feeling pretty pleased with himself.

Sead would be a huge loss if he was to miss the anticipated trip to Manchester City next weekend, where we will be hoping to bless the Premier League leaders with their first loss of the Premier League campaign.

In the league's first trip to Livermore, they opened the tournament with back - to - back losses before salvaging a win in a consolation game against Latin America.

And just in case the first team players that are likely to be in the starting line - up to face West Brom on Monday were thinking it might be an easy game after the tough trip to face the reigning Premier League champions Chelsea last time out, Arsene Wenger can get them to watch the Carabao Cup game between the Baggies and Man City.

Unless Dickey suddenly jacks up his asking price to an astronomical level, the Blue Jays better jump on the possibility of getting three years of Dickey's unhittable stuff — imagine his first trip through a new league — for roughly $ 11 million per year.

Tottenham Hotspur resume their Europa League campaign with a trip to Fiorentina — who knocked them out of last year's competition — for the first leg of their last - 32 tie.

Virginia had rolled through its non-conference schedule and its first eight ACC games without much fuss, but a Jan. 27 trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium figured to offer a good gauge of its standing in the league.

Arsenal followed up their late win over Crystal Palace last weekend by labouring to a goalless draw in Istanbul in their Champions League qualifier first leg and now face a tough trip to Goodison Park on Saturday evening.

But in the statement reported by Arsenal.com it sounded to me like the manager was really preparing the Arsenal fans to see him field a much changed and weakened Arsenal team in the following game, our trip to Monaco to attempt to put right that horrendous defeat in the Champions League first leg.

Before Arsenal made the short trip across London to face Premier League rivals Chelsea, most of the talk was about the former captain of the Gunners, Cesc Fabregas, and his first game against the man he credited with turning him into a star, Arsene Wenger.

From the Arsenal team selected by Arsene Wenger for the away leg of our Champions League tie with Barcelona, it looks liike Arsene Wenger was torn between giving it as good a go as possible in the Nou Camp and accepting that our chances are negligible and keeping some first team players fresh for the trip to Everton in the Premier League on Saturday.

The last time Liverpool were in the Champions League they limped out in the first round, at least partly after Brendan Rodgers rested key men for the big away trip to Real Madrid.

The players and coaching staff of Real Madrid knew that an awat trip to face Galatasaray in Istanbul was going to be a challenging experience, but a 3 - 0 victory in the first leg at the Bernabeu last week meant that progression to the semi-finals of the Champions League was almost a formality.

BoyleSports made Barcelona as short as 1 - 1,000 to make the semi-finals ahead of their trip to Rome but the Italian outfit became only the third team in Champions League history to overturn a first - leg defeat of three goals or more.

The Reds faced a long trip to Moscow in matchday 3 of their 09/10 Champions League campaign hoping for a first ever win against Russian opposition.

The guys then switch gears to preview Thursday night's trip to Lisbon, where Atlético will take on Sporting Clube de Portugal (and quite possibly members of their first team) in the second leg of their Europa League quarterfinal.

Iniesta joins in with part of Monday training routine FC Barcelona Following a welcome day off on Sunday to recover strength following the victorious trip to Malaga, the Barça first team were back at the training ground on a sunny but very windy Monday morning to start focusing 100 % on the Champions League visit of Chelsea on Wednesday.

And before that away trip to Roma there's the matter of the first leg, set for Anfield next Tuesday following a league outing against West Bromwich Albion — dead last in the league but coming off an invigorating upset of Manchester United last week.

As a result of the Anfield club requesting a fixture switch to complete stadium improvements, this is the Lancastrians» first away trip of the league season.

Title favourites Manchester City face a tough looking trip to newly promoted Brighton as the AMEX hosts its first Premier League match.

Nice face a trip to Amsterdam to take on Ajax in the Champions League qualifying second leg on Wednesday in their first ever participation in Europe's premier competition.

Real Madrid had the chance to make up some ground on Barcelona in La Liga, after the Catalan club rested a number of first team players ahead of their Champions League trip to Paris Saint - Germain on Tuesday.

• After rejecting Arsenal's offer of a new contract, he crossed the north London divide to play for Tottenham, becoming the first player to appear for Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham; was made captain for the league trip to Arsenal on 20 November 2010 (3 - 2).

First up is a trip to Swansea City in the Premier League on Tuesday evening, with the Swans having just appointed ex-Sheffield Wednesday chief Carlos Carvalhal as their new manager.

After starting Arsenal's first three Premier League games of the season, Olivier Giroud was dropped for the trip to Newcastle United.

Martinez and Everton have since been back in training to prepare for this weekend's trip to Stoke which will see them attempt to win back - t0 - back games in the Premier League for the first time this season.

Arsenal could be without seven first team players for their trip to Watford in the Premier League this weekend following the international break

After scoring twice away at West Brom on Tuesday, his first league goals since 11th September, Croatian forward Nikola Kalinic will sit out Saturday's trip to Sunderland through suspension.

Manchester United will begin their much - anticipated Champions League campaign at Old Trafford in the first midweek after the international break — sandwiched between a difficult trip to the Bet365 stadium and a home game against Wayne Rooney's Everton.

Ominously, though, United must beat the worst team in the top flight, Blackburn, the side with the second-most porous defence, by a minimum of five goals if they're to enhance their claims of ending the first day of 2012 atop of the Premier League − as Man City are expected to take home maximum points from their trip to Sunderland on New Year's Day.

The Premier League has a reputation for springing surprises, the 2010 - 2011 season was full of them, so what are the chances of Mick McCarthy's taking maximum points from a trip to Ewood Park for the first time since 1992?

This was the Terps» first friendly against a Premier League farm team during their spring break trip; they were slated to play a similar group from Stoke City on Monday, but that match was canceled due to poor pitch conditions.

Salah or Firmino were now both on course to score Liverpool's first Champions League hat - trick away from home since Michael Owen collected the match ball from a trip to Spartak in October 2002, but with Sunday's trip to Tottenham Hotspur in mind, Klopp withdrew both, replacing them with Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain and Daniel Sturridge.

Dabo and Miazga retained their places for the league trip back to the Dutch capital on Sunday to face Ajax, where the odds were upset again as Vitesse won 2 - 1 to record a league win there for the first time since 2013.

Toby Alderweireld was not included, perhaps left to work on his fitness ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to Juventus, while January signing Lucas Moura made the squad for the first time.

A draw might not be the first result that comes to mind, but our trip to Stamford Bridge had a bit of everything with Champions League qualification at stake.

A trip to Birmingham isn't what the team really need right now, in search of a morale boosting win, their first of the campaign, against a Birmingham side who haven't lost a home fixture in the league for 18 games — You can't make this stuff up.

On a personal level, Joe was pleased to have scored his first Premier League goal for Huddersfield Town whilst making amends for the Hammers» opener; and stressed that Town need to move on quickly ahead of next week's trip to Stoke.

Spurs were handed a generous tie in the FA Cup first time out, with former Premier League side Charlton Athletic making the daunting trip to White Hart Lane, where Spurs have been beaten only twice in all competitions this season.

The Tangerines will be playing in their very first Premier League game on Saturday when they make the long, energy sapping trip up to Wigan to take on Manchester's third best side, Wigan Athletic.