And that is just what I expect Arsene Wenger to do tomorrow night as the boss tries to get us into the quarter - finals of the Champions League — despite losing to Monaco 3 - 1 at
home in the first leg.
Our water weight midfield was the reason we lost at
home in the first leg.
The Gunners were cruising to a comfortable 3 - 0 win away from
home in the first leg to put themselves in a commanding position, but there was late work for the Colombian international to take care of.
If one takes a look at the first leg encounter one would see that Ostersund team consists of speedy players who were only unlucky not to score at
home in the first leg.
The Catalan club came into the game with a 3 - 1 aggregate lead, with PSG struggling at
home in the first leg.
Atletico had won 2 - 0 at
home in the first leg, before sweating it out a bit in the second.
Liverpool reached the semifinals for the first time in 10 years with a 5 - 1 aggregate victory over runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City — including a 3 - 0 win at
home in the first leg.
After drawing 1 - 1 at
home in the first leg they were soundly beaten 3 - 0 in Denmark, and as a result stepped down to play in the Europa League.
Drawing 1 - 1 away from
home in the first leg, Roma looked confident in grabbing that group stage ticket, but they fell short after finding themselves finishing that match with...
Four - time European champions Bayern Munich were drawn against Swiss league runners - up FC Zurich, with the German outfit at
home in the first leg.
Inverness will have to overturn a 1 - 0 deficit against FC Astra of Romania after losing at
home in the first leg.
• Lazio have won at
home in the first leg of a UEFA competition tie on 16 occasions and have gone on to qualify from 11 of them.
PSG fell to Barcelona in that epic comeback from the Catalans, losing 6 - 1 at the Nou Camp in the second leg of their round of 16 tie after having won 4 - 0 at
home in the first leg against them.
If CSKA are to progress, a good result at
home in the first leg and a lead to take to France for the second leg are absolute must's.
However it was Madrid who went through thanks to 3 - 0 win at
home in the first leg.
In the quarter - finals both are at
home in the first leg, with Real Madrid travelling to Turin on 3 April, and Roma at Barcelona the following night.
Arsenal are W3 D1 against Swedish sides and even though they could have their hands full here away from
home in the first leg, their experience in Europe is more than likely to see them win out in the tie overall.
Not exact matches
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So as long as we avoid disaster
in the
first leg at
home and Monaco need to score
in France, it should be the quarter - finals here we come.
I mean look at carzola, he says outright without hiding that we need a striker... about finishing strongly, we did that last season and the season after and the other after after a
first leg screw - up... maybe ramsey loves his friends
in the dressing room but saying that we need a few quality wouldn't have hurt anyone... we weren't able to beat the chelsea that hez talking about at
home even with a full squad so i don't get his reference plus other teams are strengthening strongly and will only get better... man utd with a mediocre team played us like we were some kids FH at OT and we had no injuries... IF WE DO NT SIGN STRIKER we are doomed cz it» l be harder to beat even the small teams
Wenger's men, however, have to guard against any naivety that they have exhibited on a fair few occasions this season, when they have over-attacked and committed too many men forward while trailing at
home to Manchester United
in the league and
in the
first leg of this champions league tie.
After suffering a bitter 2 - 0 defeat to Shakhtar
in the
first leg, Tottenham now return
home to White Hart Lane with a large task before them.
Armored personnel carriers had to be used to protect representatives of Malaysia's national soccer team before a game
in Jakarta after the team's fans were accused of using laser pens to distract the opposing Indonesian team during the
first leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup
home - and -
home series.
This latest was hardly the pick of the bunch as he rather bundled it
in, but he won't care and neither will the travelling Liverpool fans who have seen their side go 2 - 0 up at half time
in what looked like being a difficult
first leg away from
home against Porto.
Well
in order to get to that final, with the
first step coming up this week as we try to beat CSKA Moscow
in the
home leg of the quarter = final.
Arsenal should not expect it be attack against defence though, because
in the
first leg at
home the Saints were the better side and created a lot of chances, so we must be ready.
Playing them
in the
first leg as well as at Everton would leave them knackered by the time we play the
home leg, not to mention the Leicester game on that weekend.
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.
Our recent record
in the ucl is a shame, we loose the
first leg and play for pride
in the second
leg, but now we can't get a draw
home and away
in the last 2 years
I hope we don't try to play the defensive game because they are dangerous
in and around our box, they were unlucky not to score one or two more goals
in the
first leg at Emirates and if they find their confidence with
home advantage and their fans getting behind them it could be curtains for us, i don't think they will allow us the same space as they did last week so lets take the game to them early and keep the ball
in their half with high possession,
Barcelona host Manchester City at the Camp Nou, after taking
home a narrow 2 - 1 lead over the Premier League champions
in the
first -
leg of the last 16 Champions League tie, and the Spanish giants are
in tip - top form.
One of several Champions League Round of 16 ties that was essentially over after the
first leg, Manchester City come back
home to the Etihad Stadium with a 4 - 0 lead
in hand over FC Basel, brimming with confidence and looking to pad that lead en route to a berth
in the quarterfinals.
Did you see him
in the two games against Man City, hardly had a sniff
in the
first leg, and may well have stayed at
home for the second
leg, is that what happens when he's up against a decent team.
Real Madrid have only advanced once
in the Champions League after recording a
home draw
in the
first leg, but that was against Manchester United
in 1999 - 2000
Three second half goals ended with Sevilla getting their
first away win
in the Europa League or La Liga this season, taking two important goals into the upcoming
home leg against Athletic Bilbao.
Arsenal's last
home Europa League game was dire after taking a win over Ostersunds for granted, but Ramsey knows that we can't do the same tomorrow, despite our lead from the
first leg in Milan.
Liga are a side that like to play attractive, attacking football and will look to make the most of their
home advantage
in the
first leg.
A tightly contested
first leg left little room for error
in the return
leg at
home in a weeks» time, sandwiched
in between the tie at Everton where Giroud rescued the
first loss of the season with a late equalizer.
Monaco have never lost a tie after leading from the
first leg either (W9), and Arsenal have never won after losing at
home before, but conversely Arsenal have never lost to a Ligue 1 side
in France ever (W7 D3).
Our away fixture against Beskitas will provide an early opportunity to give it a try as their only chance
in qualification is to use the
home crowd and our jet - lag to their advantage and put
in a convincing
first -
leg.
First up will be the next step of our defence of the FA cup won in a dramatic Wembley final in May and just 10 days later comes the home leg of the first knockout round of the Champions Le
First up will be the next step of our defence of the FA cup won
in a dramatic Wembley final
in May and just 10 days later comes the
home leg of the
first knockout round of the Champions Le
first knockout round of the Champions League.
I listened to the media narrative after the two Monaco games — the general consensus appeared to be we didn't perform
in the
first home game because of the pressure but being «typically Arsenal» we reacted
in the return
leg when the pressure was allegedly off.
At Chelsea (
home) last year he squandered 3 absolute sitters and i am not even going to bring up Monaco where he could have scored 5
in the
first leg.
Spurs added an insurance goal
in the
first leg at
home, but collapsed
in the second half.
we struggled for a win against koln
in the
first leg with a full strength side at
home.
Last season against Real Madrid his Bayern side lost the semi-final
first leg 1 - 0 at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humiliated
in the return
leg to eventually lose the tie 5 - 0 on aggregate, further highlighting that he can't always rely on the
home tie to bail his teams out of jail.
After a 4 - 1 defeat
in Poland
in the
first leg, the Bhoys lost 2 - 0 at
home last night at Parkhead, and were eliminated 6 - 1 on aggregate.
Daniele de Rossi — whose own goal
in the
first leg was a thing of absolute wonder — has tonked
home a penalty.
I see us getting an unassailable advantage at
home against them, like
in previous
first legs in the knockout rounds.
Tim Sherwood's prospects of remaining
in the Tottenham Hotspur manager's job long - term were not helped as his side lost 3 - 1 at
home to Benfica
in their Europa League last 16,
first leg on Thursday.