Sentences with phrase «into champions league spot»

They are doing thier business early and are prepared to get into Champions league spot next season.

Tottenham consider the 17 goal Sevilla man as capable of firing the club into a Champions League spot, but will have to part with a sizeable fee.

His surge of good form last term helped push Tottenham into the Champions League spots and 10 goals in 12 starts in all competitions is a pretty damn good strike rate.

Kroenke does not care about trophies or the spuds, all he cares about is making money, which means getting into champions league spots.

Midfield is a key area for the Gunners next season, especially if Wenger wishes to persevere with his favoured 3 -5-2 formation and Mohamed Elneny could be pivotal in helping guide his side back into the Champions League spots.

If he is to sign a new deal, you would have to hope that reports prove to be true that Kroenke persuaded him to stay in order to rehaul the squad, which would hopefully see us progress into a title challenging side, as opposed to scraping into the Champions League spots as we have done on a number of occasions.

Sundays match is a must win match for both sides, especially Arsenal, as we try to propel ourselves into the Champions League spots and close the gap on Spurs.

Real Sociedad temporarily moved into the Champions League spots as their brilliant season continued, when they beat Espanyol on Friday night.

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A win was thought to ensure Arsenal a third place spot in the Premier League, and therefore entry into next season's Champions League.

Despite an influx of stars incorporated into the squad, Man United still find themselves fighting for a Champions League spot which is a bare minimum for the club.

While Gattuso had his troubles early on, he has now guided Milan to a 10 - game unbeaten run in Serie A, winning their last five in a row and in turn dragging them back into the race for a Champions League qualification spot.

Into his first season as United boss, Louis van Gaal can make a major statement here if his side condemn the visitors to yet another defeat in this awful recent run of theirs which has seen the title and even an automatic Champions League spot slip away from them.

The 24 year - old has been virtually ever present for a Villarreal team that have been unbeaten since November and are looking like contenders to challenge for the wide open final Champions League spot in La Liga, and he has settled into Spanish football superbly since joining from Brazilian outfit Vitoria in 2013.

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Our side has been on the look - out for an experienced defender to add to the ranks, and Luiz would certainly fit into that category, having won numerous trophies with Paris Saint - Germain and Chelsea, as well as having played a key role in helping the Blues to win the Champions League, and would be a huge boost to our team as we look to secure a spot in the top four, whilst also being available for the Europa League.

However, it's essential that they do so for their own hopes of breaking into the top four and securing a qualification spot for the Champions League.

The Stephanois have been in superb form this season, and while the club have long looked on course for a Europa League spot, their victory over MHSC moves them into the Champions League positions.

Since that Chelsea game, our players have gone into chill mode — probably because we've secured our Champions League spot and the PL title is outta reach.

With seven points now between the Reds and the final Champions League qualification spot, their manager Brendan Rodgers admitted that it would now be tough to get into the top four.

Arsenal should have won comfortably to leapfrog Manchester City into third but instead they remain fourth in a nervy race for a Champions League spot.

Biglia has been in good form this season, making twenty league appearances — with a decent return of two goals for the defensive midfielder — and helping Lazio into a Champions League qualification spot with not long left in the current camleague appearances — with a decent return of two goals for the defensive midfielder — and helping Lazio into a Champions League qualification spot with not long left in the current camLeague qualification spot with not long left in the current campaign.

Hiddink will be desperate for Pato — who scored 19 goals in 59 showings for Sao Paulo on loan since 2014 — to help fire Chelsea into unlikely contention for a European spot, while there may well be expectations that the Brazil forward could flourish in the Champions League.

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Man United's defeat at Swansea City over the weekend saw Arsenal leapfrog them into third spot and the club's push for a Champions League berth looks far from plain sailing.

This time around, the Nerazzurri desperately need points to climb back up into a Champions League position as they sit one point back of both Roma and Lazio for the fourth and final spot.

But, remember sports fans, this will all be for naught if Inter fails to qualify for the Champions League — of which they are one spot back and a point off of Roma heading into this weekend's matchup with Atalanta.

The only outfield player to play every minute of this Premier League season, Baines set up a near - telepathic understanding with Steven Pienaar down Everton's left flank and helped the Toffees maintain their push for a Champions League spot into the final weeks of the season.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City secured their spots into the knock out stages of Champions League this season following their big victories on Wednesday.

Gianluigi Buffon, on perhaps his final Champions League appearance before retirement, was sent off for his protests but Ronaldo stayed calm and slammed the spot - kick past substitute goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny into the top corner.

A win Wednesday puts us over Roma and into third, but by no means secures a spot in the Champions League.

Ahead of the clash with Manchester United Trev Downey puts Jan Molby on the spot about the Reds» prospects at Old Trafford, the recent victory against Newcastle and the progress into the quarter - finals of the Champions League.

Victory against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Thursday would take them to within five points of last season's champions and lift the Clarets above Arsenal into sixth spot — within reach of securing qualification for the Europa League, which would be a remarkable feat for a club from a town of just 70,000 inhabitants.

What's more, the Rome outfit are in a fierce three - into - two fight with Roma and Inter for the remaining Champions League spots, so every game — and every goal from Immobile — will be huge.

United did return to second in the league after beating the reigning Premier League champions, but after Liverpool beat Newcastle United on Saturday, Jose Mourinho's side slipped back into third place this weekend, which could see Liverpool occupying the second spot for more than 48 hours, which is something they will probably celeleague after beating the reigning Premier League champions, but after Liverpool beat Newcastle United on Saturday, Jose Mourinho's side slipped back into third place this weekend, which could see Liverpool occupying the second spot for more than 48 hours, which is something they will probably celeLeague champions, but after Liverpool beat Newcastle United on Saturday, Jose Mourinho's side slipped back into third place this weekend, which could see Liverpool occupying the second spot for more than 48 hours, which is something they will probably celebrate.

With a week into the January transfer window, Inter Milan supporters patiently wait for what the club can add to solidify the squad for the second half of the season; however, it appears as the help isn't on the way, thus Luciano Spalletti's challenge is to keep Inter in the top three of Serie A with spot in next season's Champions League at stake.

Heading into Saturday, Inter sit in fifth place — one point back of Roma and Lazio for the final Champions League spots.

Fifth placed Tottenham went into the weekend just four points behind Man United, with the remaining three Champions League spots seemingly being contested by the four sides sandwiched between City and Arsenal.

Sitting astute in 5th place is Rudi Garcia's lacklustre AS Roma side, out of form and dangerously close to missing out on a Champions League spot, if their recent fortunes venture on into the new year.

But Ronaldo was the coolest man in a boiling Bernabeu, and he hammered the spot kick into the top corner — keeping his run of scoring in all 10 Champions League games this season going — and sending the holders through to the last four.

Meanwhile, that defeat dropped Leverkusen into sixth place, but still very much in the running for Champions League spot.

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The big news in Russian football over the last six months, was the award of an extra Champions League spot to come into action for this current season.

In May 2006, Henry scored a hat - trick in the final game at Arsenal's old stadium, Highbury to help his side leap - frog arch-rivals Tottenham into the fourth and final Champions League spot.

One is pretty familiar to the players; it is the path of implosion — the time of the season when the club reaches saturation point and goes into a downward spiral following a morale crushing result, culminating in a situation where the Gooners have to be content with a Champions League spot and the same old adage «there's always next season».

It was Liverpool who gained the advantage though, as all three points moved them back into a Champions League qualification spot...

Newcastle United Vs Arsenal Highlights: A solo goal from Koscielny allows Arsenal on classifying into the upcoming Champions League by just edging their way into the 4th place spot with 1 more point than their nearest rivals Tottenham.

Nacer Chadli this week described our final 8 games as «8 finals» and although a Champions League spot looks next to impossible, a strong finish to the season for Spurs can only do us good going into the next campaign.

They remain in the bottom half of the table and are 17 points off a Champions League spot and Courtois told the official club website, «Obviously every time we don't win in the league, and there is one game less, there is less chance to get into the top four&rLeague spot and Courtois told the official club website, «Obviously every time we don't win in the league, and there is one game less, there is less chance to get into the top four&rleague, and there is one game less, there is less chance to get into the top four».

Ceferin said he would look into reforms that guaranteed Europe's top leagues four confirmed spots in the group stages of the Champions League from 2018 - 19 onwards

A stunning comeback at the Emirates, coming from 2 - 0 down to win 3 - 2 in an extraordinary affair, was to be the first of three sensational results which would turn Spurs into a dark horse in the Champions League, after sailing through to the knock - outs and on the verge of nailing top spot in their group, as well as enhancing their claims for a serious title challenge with a hard - fought win over Liverpool at White Hart Lane.