Sentences with phrase «knock over the champions»

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Our chances of doing it have been handed a double boost this week as the Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and their first choice centre back Toby Alderweireld picked up knocks during their Champions League win over Real Madrid.

Chelsea drew 2 - 2 with PSG on Wednesday night, knocking them out of the Champions League on away goal over the two legs.

Having been Chelsea's main challengers for most of the season, just two wins in eight games in all competitions has seen them knocked out of the Champions League, and overtaken by Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League, whilst Liverpool's win over Newcastle has brought them right back into the equation.

In the press conference ahead of the Arsenal home game against Premier League strugglers Middlesborough this weekend, reported on the Arsenal website, Arsene Wenger revealed that there is still a little doubt over whether Santi Cazorla will be available after the Spaniard picked up a knock in the Champions League win over Ludogorets Razgrad on Wednesday.

The Express claim that both players picked up knocks during Tuesday night's Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb, and that Sanchez is nursing his hamstring, while Campbell has a calf problem.

He also guided the club to a shock 2 - 1 victory over Barcelona in the 2012 - 13 Champions League, where his team were eventually knocked out by Italian giants Juventus.

Ramires returns after being suspended for Tuesday's Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen, while goalkeeping understudies Hilario and Ross Turnbull are both carrying knocks, although one will be on the bench.

He scored Monaco's second goal in both 2 - 1 victories over Spurs in last season's Champions» League group meetings and it was made sweeter that his winning goal in November that knocked Tottenham out of the competition.

Group B was always going to be an interesting group, but it is all over with two matches to play as Chile and Holland won both of their games so far, which has led to world champions Spain getting knocked out.

Real Madrid got an advantage over their opponent, Paris Saint - Germain in the first leg of their Champions League knock out stage battle at Santiago Bernebau.

The hopes of Barca fans the world over were smashed like a glass dropped from a skyscraper last week as the overwhelming favourites went down without a fight against Roma in Italy and were subsequently knocked out of the Champions League.

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.

Ukraine champion, Shakhtar Donetsk maintained their hope in qualifying into the knock out stages of Champions League as they grabbed an important home win over Real Sociedad on Wednesday.

Atletico Madrid knocked out Bayern Munich last season in the semifinal of champions league in what was a superb performance over two legs.