Sentences with phrase «first leg encounter»

Arsene Wenger: Barcelona punished «impatient» Arsenal Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his «impatient» side were punished by Barcelona in the Champions League Round of 16 first leg encounter on Tuesday night.

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.

Arsenal held their final training session this morning prior to tomorrow night's eagerly - anticipated Champions League Last 16 first leg encounter with Barcelona at Emirates Stadium.

The Reds may even be slight favourites at least for this first leg encounter after their superb recent performances, with Mohamed Salah in particularly inspired form up front.

The French side are likely to be without Jeremy Toulalan and Ricardo Carvalho for the first leg encounter, weakening their now famous defence.

It's now 3 - 1 to Arsenal on aggregate, and Arsene Wenger's side have the added advantage of the two away goals at the San Siro from the first leg encounter.

If one takes a look at the first leg encounter one would see that Ostersund team consists of speedy players who were only unlucky not to score at home in the first leg.

Musa of CSKA gave him a torrid time in the first leg encounter.

Diego Simeone rested players in this first leg encounter, but his side were still hot favourites to take a convincing lead over Athletic.