Sentences with phrase «first leg performance»

Olivier Giroud has been the example of how bizarre that first leg performance was, with his subsequent performances making a big difference to the team.

Nor are they letting Madrid's desperately bad first leg performance stop them — not least because deep down, they still don't think Wolfsburg are that good.

Juanfran (8): Following his sensational first leg performance, Juanfran had a long shot tipped onto the bar on 35 minutes and was his vintage active self down the right wing.

The Reds secure advancement to the Champions League quarter finals with a spectacular first leg performance in Portugal.

Rodgers will be hoping that his team can take advantage of a good first leg performance against the Stamford Bridge outfit on Tuesday night.

If they even just duplicate their first leg performance, (with a pinch of better luck) they'll probably win by multiple goals.

Where the questions need to be asked is fathoming the first leg performance, as BFG alluded to in his interview.

Not exact matches

The first leg was actually a disgraceful performance and I blame the players and Wenger for that awful show: the players because, as professionals, they should have been able to control their emotion once they conceded the first goal and not throw curssion to the wind in porsuit of equalizer.

I know that I am right at the highly optimistic end of the scale of Arsenal fans and I know that the team's hopes of making it to a first Champions League quarter - final in four years are hanging by a thread by the shocking performance against Monaco at the Emirates in the first leg.

Real have of course enjoyed success in the Champions League this week after a stunning first - leg performance against Juventus in Turin.

It was a strong Monaco performance in which they not only pulled back a two goal deficit from the first leg, but they then hit back at City when the Blues scored late on in the game.

He also claimed that Wenger did not give Monaco due credit for their performance after that first leg, but our manager did actually acknowledge their performance as the Sky Sports report of that game proves.

The 35 - year - old was superb in Juve's first - leg victory over Spanish giants Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final last week, and his performance has proven his ability to continue to play at the highest level.

Divock Origi produced a tireless performance in midweek, and he could be handed a rest with a view of starting against Dortmund on Thursday as he hopes to add to his first - leg goal.

Produce a very good away performance in the Champions League but still get knocked out, having thrown it away in the first leg.

Its been better with performances recently just like most recent seasons but its still the same glorious failure... we aren't going to win the EPL and in the CL we make sure we lose heavily in the first leg so that in the other leg we play our hearts out and still lose so that we can get some sympathy and make it look like we tried.

Rafa Benitez's unfancied Liverpool side produced a disciplined performance to hold on against Juventus and protect their 2 - 1 lead from the first leg at Anfield.

Wenger said on Arsenal.com: «I felt we had a complete performance in the first half as long as we had the legs to sustain what we wanted to do.

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.

Paris Saint - Germain will equal their best ever performance in the Champions League on Tuesday if they capitalize on a 3 - 1 win in the first leg and knock Chelsea out of the competition.

The Reds move on to the quarter - finals as they capitalise on their first - leg heroics with a controlled performance at Anfield.

The Gunners produced arguably their best away performance of the entire season to land themselves a 2 - 0 win at the San Siro in the first leg of this round of sixteen tie.

The Portuguese coach has come under a lot of stick this past week following his side's ultra-defensive performance in Wednesday's 0 - 0 draw at Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie.

A 3 - 0 first - leg win in Spain has left two - time UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid in sight of the quarter - finals; Lokomotiv will need a big performance in Moscow.

The blue - white - sky blues lost the first leg 2 - 1 in Leipzig, and while the result was decent, the performance was rather dissapointing.

Zenit St Petersburg defender Branislav Ivanovic has admitted that he was «surprised» by the performance levels of Celtic during the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 tie.

Green's fantastic performance seemed to spur QPR on to find their legs as the first half continued.

The first leg will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich and Besiktas will be hoping to build on their incredible group stage performances where they became the first turkish side to win their group.

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After a devastating performance in the first leg, Liverpool are within touching distance of a spot in the Champions League semifinals.

Last season one of our best performances came against Milan at the Camp Nou, but then the first leg exposed all our weaknesses also.

There was little wrong with Tottenham's performance against the Belgian side, even after Dele Alli's rush of blood saw him sent off, but manager Mauricio Pochettino was right in saying the damage was done in the first leg in Belgium — a 1 - 0 defeat where Spurs were complacent and disinterested.

A goal against Newport County ensured Spurs progress in the FA Cup fourth - round replay tie, the impressive performance led to another surprise start in the Champions League against Juventus in the first leg of the Round of 16 in Turin.

Celta's performance was a far cry from their meek display on home soil, attacking with vim and vigour from the outset as they looked to cancel out United's 1 - 0 first - leg advantage.

Barcelona had not done great in the first leg but in the second leg they produced a brilliant performance, with four goals from Messi.

Zinedine Zidane's defending Champions put in a superb performance to come back from a goal down to beat a tenacious Napoli side 3 - 1 in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16.

Arguably the Irish can't match the scoring power that the Bosnians have so they will have to rely on a strong defensive, disciplined performance on Friday night in the first leg of the Euro 2016 qualification play off.

The Blues are due to host the Catalan giants in the first - leg and Hazard is relishing the prospect of putting in a strong performance to help his side progress further in the competition.

Zenit St. Petersburg were in a similar situation exactly one year ago, when they lost the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 away to Anderlecht after a terrible performance.

The significance of Chivas» performance in their 2 - 1 win over Toronto FC in the CONCACAF Champions League first leg at BMO Field is directly related to the MLS side recording victories against both Tigres and Club America on the way to the final.

He gave a world class performance away at Real Madrid in the group stages, but was poor against Barcelona last season in the quarterfinal first leg, losing a ball that led to Neymar's goal after just 18 minutes.

Despite a spirited performance, Sporting lost 2 - 0 to Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Europa League quarter - final last night in the Spanish capital.

Monaco's Leonardo Jardim and Djibril Sidibé: «A repeat of our first - leg performance won't be enough, we have to do better here in Turin»

Roma are also alive in the Champions League despite a 2 - 1 defeat on the road to Shakhtar Donetsk in the round of 16 first - leg, and Totti is hoping for a stronger performance at the San Siro in order to assure the club's progress into the quarter - finals of the tournament.

The FC crew are tempering their expectations following Man United's uninspiring performance in their UCL first leg against Sevilla.

The hurt of the undeserved elimination will sting for a while, as the sluggish first - leg performance will creep into the Juventini minds even more so after their heroics in the return contest.

For the second year in a row, Arsenal have gone out of the Champions League in the round of 16 against Bayern Munich, and a spirited second leg performance wasn't enough to make up for the two - goal first leg defeat.

Up front, Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez will once again play with Gerard Deulofeu, who had a poor performance in the first leg but will get another chance to prove himself in El Clásico.

He had a couple standout performances, most notably when he came on against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League round of sixteen and added much needed energy and scored the equalising goal.

After one of the worst performances and also one of best and most improbable results of the season against Sevilla, Barcelona will turn their attention to the Champions League quarterfinals against Roma, with the first leg taking place at Camp Nou on Wednesday night.