Sentences with phrase «getting first leg lead»

Porto may well get a first leg lead, but Liverpool are more than capable of turning that around back at Anfield.

Not exact matches

Vardy didn't get on the scoresheet as the Foxes beat Sevilla 2 - 0 to overcome a 2 - 1 first - leg deficit, but he led the line with superb energy and used his wind - up antics to great effect.
We should not take monaco for granted, we should go with a strong squad and get the job done in the first leg at the emirates, get a commanding lead of 3 or 4 goals and take it back to france, finishing off the job there!
We should hope they beat Liverpool or at least hold on to the 1 - 0 first leg lead to get to the final as I reckon they will be less focused on the FA cup if they do.
The one thing that I can see that could give us an advantage is the fact that we are definite underdogs, which normally means that you can play without fear as there is less pressure on us, while Bayern will be desperate to get a big lead in the first leg.
Going out of a European competition has become the norm for us and we Gooners have gotten painfully accustomed to our team messing things up in the knockout stages, but not many expected it from the mighty Barcelona, especially with a big lead from the first leg.
His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down
In the centre of the field is where this battle will be won or lost and one expects Klopp to get his midfield players to not sit on their lead from the first leg, but rather look to kill the tie off early.
Enjoying a comfortable lead from their first leg, Genk got a goal from Timothy Castagne — shooting from a tight angle on 20 minutes — to seal their quarterfinal place despite Louis Verstraete finding a late goal to earn Gent a draw on the night.
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