Sentences with phrase «first leg of the tie»

The quarter - final first leg of this tie was the first time that Liverpool and Man City hade met in Europe.

But more than that, it's the first leg of a tie between two teams that haven't quite enjoyed the season they wanted to so far.

One of the two best ties in the 2018 Champions League quarter - final round, Juventus hosts Real Madrid in the first leg of a tie between two of the best teams in Europe over the past decade.

Yes, the sequence of away and home legs in this playoff tie can be a bit tricky, more so if you don't score in the first leg of the tie, which, in Arsenal's case, would be away.

The first leg of their tie for a place in the final at Wembley starts at Stamford Bridge, and Antonio Conte and company will be hoping to use that early home field advantage to build an lead in the semifinals while Arsenal are reeling.

The Gunners need to score at least three goals against the French side after losing the first leg of the tie 1 - 3 at the Emirates.

More importantly, Ramsey's suspension from the first leg of the tie meant that Cazorla filled in for the Welshman, alongside Wilshere, in the middle of the park.

The first legs of each tie will be played on April 5, with the return fixture a week later on April 12 as the fixture schedule will also start to get busy for all concerned in the business end of the campaign.

To make matters worse, the Gunners prepare to take on Chelsea in the League Cup on Wednesday night, and another setback in the first leg of that tie would ramp up the pressure on both Arsene Wenger and his players.

Tottenham Hotspur gave themselves a big boost in the Champions League Round of 16 when they earned a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg of their tie against Juventus.

The Champions League Round of 16 brings us a high - stakes matchup between two of the best teams in Europe as Chelsea host Barcelona in the first leg of the tie — but with both teams in rather strange form of late, it's difficult to get a read on just what's going to happen.

Tez misses out and Gooner Gimli is still struggling with connectivity issues so its just Tony and Schwinn as they discuss the brilliant performance against CSKA in the first leg of the tie and preview Southampton.

The first leg of that tie will take place at Anfield, where Liverpool destroyed Manchester City 3 - 0 in their last Champions League home game.

The First Leg In the first leg of the tie, Liverpool produced a good performance, soaking up sustained periods of pressure from the home side before offering a threat on the counter attack.

Both the sides managed to grab an indomitable lead during the first legs of their ties and are now the runaway favorites to progress.

If the speedster continues where you left off in the first leg of the tie, the likes of Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti will certainly have something to think about at Camp Nou.

Since then, they have been knocked out of the Champions League to Atletico Madrid and their last win was in the first leg of the tie before getting beat at the Vicente Calderon to be eliminated from the competition.

The only previous time they lost 3 - 1 away in the first leg of a tie, was actually against Real Madrid also back in the 12992 / 93 UEFA Cup and PSG won 4 - 1 back on home soil.

• The clubs had never met in UEFA competition until the first leg of this tie, although Marseille had previously faced another team from the same city, defeating Lokomotive Leipzig (then representing East Germany) 1 - 0 on aggregate (0 - 0 away, 1 - 0 home) in the 1987/88 European Cup Winners» Cup.

Arsenal triumphed in the first leg of this tie just two weeks ago thanks to goals from Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin.

The first leg of the tie will be played at Anfield on Tuesday April 24, with the second match taking place at Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday May 2.

Indeed, the 1 - 0 win in the first leg of this tie was the club's first European clean sheet, home and away, in their 12th match.

Having lost narrowly in the first leg of their tie against PSG, this is a huge follow up for the champions.

The first leg of the tie is set for April 5 at the Emirates Stadium, with the second leg on April 12.

The Germans are making their debut European campaign and they are 2 - 1 down from the first leg of the tie.

For this first leg of the tie, over 2.5 goals at Betfair for 4/5 odds * (betting odds taken on January 13th at 6:32 p.m.) is a good place to start and overall in the tie, Villarreal are likely to shade things, especially with the second leg advantage back on home soil.

The first leg of the tie is expected to be played to be played on the weekend of 20 - 22 of May with Nigeria playing away from home before returning home for the second leg on the weekend of June 10 - 12.

In the first leg of their tie at Lyon, APOEL played in a compact 4 -1-4-1 formation and placed so much emphasis on defending their penalty area that they did not muster a single shot at goal until Gustavo Manduca tested Hugo Lloris with a rising drive in the 88th minute.