Sentences with phrase «group stage games so»

The former Leicester loanee has scored five Champions League goals in just two group stage games so far, which makes his the current top scorer in the competition.

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Martinez played Porto «s Champions League qualification games so he is eligbe to represent Arsenal in group stage...

Even then, Everton away is definitely one of the hardest games of the season and we Wenger will have to manage the team so that we can get the result against Everton as well as having enough energy to beat Besiktas at home to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League.

Arsenal was given one of the weakest team in this CL competition.Everybody expected a win, like by big margin but the whole match there was no fight and desire.The game was so poor at all front last night.City and Man Utd played their hearts out even though they were defeated.Man Utd players witnessed a horrific injury to their team mate, that will affect their focus and rhythm but they fought with desire to win the game till the end.City were the better team than Juventus, they played really good.I have even read an article on Sky that states even though Man utd and City is defeated they still can qualify the group stage, thats how their performance were reassuring.But Arsenal were really poor from starting the game till end.Zagreb got their first win in CL since 1999, that says it all.

Following a dramatic and exciting last day of group games at Euro 2016, we all have a few days without football before the serious business of the knockout stage begins, so I thought it might be worth a look back over the tournament so far, with a firm eye on how the various Arsenal players have done so far.

Interestingly enough we scored in each of our group stage games and won all our games where we didn't concede, so if we deploy Cech on goal and make it tight at the back, we'll be up for it against any side!

As long as the Gunners can avoid defeat against Man United tomorrow, we will also avoid those two pesky play off games and go directly into the Champions League group stage, so an off colour De Gea would be a big bonus for us.

United's away from has been not the best this season and they have relied heavily on their home form so far while Sevilla also have had similar issues losing 8 away games in the league and failing to win any of their away matches in group stages.

We've also effectively ceded top spot on goal difference because of last night's draw, because there's no way PSG aren't battering Ludogorets on the final group stage game, so that's another slight disappointment.

Its a big game for Jose Mourinho and his men still have not qualified for knockout stages however sit comfortably with 12 points and even with a defeat they can make it to the knockout stages as group winners so we can expect Mourinho to start with some fringe players and we might see Ibrahimovic and Rashford starting upfront with Fellaini, Pogba and Mkhytaryan playing central midfield roles.

Ludogorets Razgrad, only founded in 2001, dramatically beat Steaua Bucharest on penalties in the last game of the play - off round to finish and so booked their place in the group stages for the first time.

Cristiano Ronaldo goes into Real Madrid's home encounter with Dortmund top of the group stage scorers rankings with eight goals from his five games; with a hat - trick he would match his record tally of 11 from 2015/16, but if he fails to score, a treble would move Spurs» Harry Kane, Atlético's Wissam Ben Yedder or Paris pair Edinson Cavani and Neymar (who has scored on all five matchdays so far) into the No1 spot.

Ospina proved himself how hard it can be for a goalkeeper to come into games of this magnitude from the cold with his performances in the group stage last season, so to put on a stellar showing was a great effort from the keeper.

A promising, but so too a very much frustrating match, Liverpool's long - awaited return to the Champions League group stage was disappointing, as from doing the hard work — having to come from a goal down — to then dominating the game, the team once again threw away what should have been three points, instead taking just the one.

They have won all four of their group stage matches so far and have qualified for the next round with two games to spare.

Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid drew both of their group stage meetings last season and the Germans have lost just two of their last eight Champions League games against Madrid (W3 D3 L2) so are no pushovers.