Sentences with phrase «group stages of the competition»

In 2000/1, Arsenal drew 2 - 2 at Highbury and lost 1 - 0 away in the second group stage of the competition, whilst most recently in 2005 in the round of 16, we lost 3 - 1 in Munich, and won 1 - 0 at home, resulting in an Arsenal exit 3 - 2 on aggregate.

Arsene Wenger's side have never failed to make it past the first group stage of this competition this millennium but face an uphill battle if they're to keep that run going this season.

Arsenal took on Besiktas in the 2nd leg of their Champions League playoff tie against Besiktas last night, needing an outright win to progress through to the group stages of the competition for the 17th year running.

CaughtOffside takes a look at the key stats of each side during the group stage of the competition:

The group stage of the competition does not work at all and needs to be scrapped.

With the UEFA zone losing some financial grounds due to the inability of heavyweights like Chelsea, Liverpool and AC Milan to make it to the group stages of the competition, the confederation will seek to pitch two top sides in the draw to generate massive revenue for the game.

This evening, Neville will become only the fifth Englishman to manage a side in the group stage of the competition, as per Sky Sports.

Call it «bad luck», destiny or whatever; Giroud's injury couldn't have come at a more inappropriate juncture for Arsenal and Wenger, who were, crucially, looking to see off Besiktas in their Champions League playoff tie, and march into the group stage of the competition.

Several newspapers and other sources are reporting this news, including the Independent, who claim that Rodgers will meet with the club's owners Fenway Sports Group to review the side's season, and the manager will need answers to explain why the side missed out on Champions League qualification, failed to make it out of the group stage of the competition this term and missed out on silverware.

Cheikhou Kouyate scored twice and new signing Sofiane Feghouli opened his account as the Hammers, who left Upton Park at the end of last season, secured a 4 - 2 aggregate win to reach the play - offs for the group stages of the competition.

We lost out to the Ligue 1 club's youth team at home and away in the group stage of the competition last year, but will be more confident this time around in the lunchtime kick - off, having enjoyed a tremendous European campaign in which, like the first team in the UEFA Champions League, we saw off Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and APOEL to top our group.

This earned them a direct entry into the group stage of the competition.

Striker Alvaro Morata will be hoping to score as often as possible in the group stages of the competition.

I would assume that actually we would have held off spending money like # 28m on Lukaku until we knew we were in the group stages of the competition, and not being seeded that would have been very difficult indeed.

That should be a good enough lead for them to hold on and make it through to the group stage of the competition.

Sanches wasn't favored in the group stages of the competition, but his performances in the knockout stages will no doubt guarantee him a starting place on Wednesday.

Tottenham got themselves a tough draw but they won't have anything to fear really after having taken down Real Madrid comfortably in the group stage of the competition.

The Norwegian side only made it through to the group stages of the competition because the team they lost to in the play - off stages - Besiktas - were disqualified for match fixing.

That is because the clubs dropping down from the UEFA Champions League will make their starts and it means that front - runner from the group stage of the competition, such as Arsenal and AC Milan may not ultimately look quite as strong now with the addition of more tough opponents joining the fray.

So now will they be a little better prepared to make a run at reaching the group stage of the competition this term?

Third activity looks at the size of Russia and maps the distance between venues, students are asked to calculate which team has the greatest distance to travel during the group stage of the competition.