Sentences with phrase «first league triumph»

Despite finding themselves in second place with six games left, Lille manager Rudi Garcia insists his men will be fighting hard to secure their first league triumph since 1954.

Away from home, they are still looking for their first league triumph of the season having picked up just the one point in their six road games.

The victory was also Javier Gracia's first at the helm at Watford, and this clinched their first league triumph since Boxing Day.

Not exact matches

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.

Guardiola first made a name for himself at Barcelona, winning the treble in his first season in charge and going on to enjoy even more success with further La Liga title wins and another Champions League triumph in 2011.

Only Carlo Ancelotti's first and last Champions League triumphs are spaced further apart, winning it first in 2003 and again in 2014.

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.

Another FA cup winners trophy this season would certainly be a big help, as would a first triumph in the Champions League of course, although a decent run would be a bonus as well.

Barcelona triumphed over Manchester City in the first - leg of the last 16 Champions League clash, yet Dani Alves did not leave the pitch with a smile on his face.

The former England captain has been Chelsea's Mr Reliable for a long time now, so it was only fitting that Terry would be the one to seal Chelsea's first Champions League triumph in Moscow in 2008.

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The more recent years have seen increased investment in the team, with the likes of Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez and Petr Cech coming in, while three FA Cup triumphs and a top two finish in the League for the first time in over a decade, has constituted into small steps of improvement again.

The Europa League triumph saw Chelsea become the first English club to win all three major UEFA competitions, and the first club ever to hold both the Champions League and Europa League at the same time.

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.

However, although the Foxes incredibly secured a first - ever Premier League title, Inler had to make do with a bit - part role in their triumph, which meant he slipped out of Vladimir Petkovic's squad entirely.

His newly - promoted side (post-Joey Barton, pre-Steven Defour) suffered their first league defeat since Boxing Day against Swansea, then savoured a tactical triumph against the Reds.

Ironically, in their AFC Champions League triumph in 2007 they also drew the first leg away from home 1 - 1, on that occasion to Iran's Sepahan, before finishing the job at home 2 - 0 to win 3 - 1 on aggregate.

The Legendary striker, who joined the Blues from Marseille in 2004 — has scored 157 goals in 341 games in his first spell at Stamford Bridge, winning three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups and a Champions League triumph during his stay at the west London club.

Arsenal returned to winning ways on Thursday night as they secured a 2 - 0 triumph over AC Milan in the Europa League round of 16 first - leg at San Siro.

Luciano Narsingh and Hector Moreno found the net as the Dutch champions recorded a narrow triumph over United on their first Champions League match in 17 months.

When asked about Juventus completing the double double, the first time in Italian history that a club has won the double with the League and Coppa triumphs in two consecutive seasons, Allegri had this to say -

Gareth Bale was left on the bench despite scoring with his first touch as a substitute against Al Jazira on Wednesday to book Madrid's place in the final, as Zinedine Zidane kept faith with the same side that started Real's Champions League final triumph over Juventus back in June.

Spurs will be desperate to add to their collection and secure their first piece of silverware since their League Cup triumph in 2008 as Mauricio Pochettino looks to restore the glory days at White Hart Lane.

Their boost in confidence stems from recent back - to - back derby victories over Wolves and Aston Villa − the latter ending their 39 - year wait a Villa Park win − while the belief comes from their 2 - 1 triumph in last season's corresponding fixture, as the Baggies recorded their first win over the Reds in the Premier League era at the tenth attempt.

Villa have only won once away to Arsenal in the league in 18 - years, though that specific triumph was only two seasons ago — it was actually the first time the Gunners had lost at their ten brand - spanking - new Emirates Stadium — while I think it's fair to say that Arsene Wenger's men are most certainly prime for the taking.

• The Biancocelesti have never previously recorded a 4 - 2 first - leg win in Rome, but when they have triumphed at home by a two - goal margin they have gone on to win the tie two times out of three, most recently against Benfica (3 - 1 home, 1 - 0 away) in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Many expected Torres to go onto greater things but despite winning the FA Cup and Premier League in his first season, followed by a UEFA Champions League triumph the following season, Torres had an unhappy time in London.

The momentum picked up from the Champions League semifinal triumph over Monaco petered out following the loss against Luciano Spalletti's side, but Juventus have the wind back in their sails again after picking up the first trophy of the year.

Arsenal are currently third in the Premier League table, 13 points behind leaders Leicester City, and all but mathematically out of the title race in a campaign that once looked like it might end with their first title triumph since 2004.

The four - time Champions League winner is currently serving a five - match domestic ban after he shoved referee Ricardo de Burgos during the first leg of Real Madrid's Spanish Super Cup triumph over Barcelona.

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.

He netted three times across Madrid's two - legged triumph over Paris Saint - Germain in the Champions League last - 16, before bagging a stunning brace in Tuesday's quarter - final first - leg win at Juventus.

Then there was the 1992 - 93 triumph of the first ever Premier League in which he was ever present and weighed in with 5 goals.

In fact, the last team to have won a game at Old Trafford were Carlo Ancelotti's now ailing Blues, when goals from Joe Cole and Didier Drogba sealed a 2 - 1 triumph nearly twelve months to the day ago, which, at the time, paved the way for Chelsea to end United's Premier League dominance and bring home the league title for the first time in four - League dominance and bring home the league title for the first time in four - league title for the first time in four - years.

The Serie A side pulled off one of the greatest escapes in Champions League history on Tuesday, securing a memorable 3 - 0 triumph to wipe out Barca's 4 - 1 win in the first leg and book a semi-final berth.

The remarkable feat was a personal triumph for Leicester's highly likeable and much - travelled Italian manager Claudio Ranieri who secured his own first league title in a 30 - year career that has taken him across Europe and beyond.

Furthermore, the Potters, while they were victorious in their most recent home fixture — Kenwyn Jones on target in a 2 - 0 triumph over Everton; Jones registering his first league goal in seven matches — have won only one of their last four at the Brittania, and two of those were defeats to sides currently situated in the lower half of the table in Blackpool 0 - 1 & Fulham 0 - 2, the latter against a side who had not won away from in 28 attempts.

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.

Like Whedon's first «Avengers» movie, Snyder's «Justice League» falls into three parts: the assembling of the team, the team's faltering early battles and internal squabbling, and the slam - bang finish in which — spoiler alert — good triumphs over evil.