Sentences with phrase «knockout games in»

Lionel Messi, for example, has hardly missed a minute in the league and was also present for five of the gruelling run of Copa del Rey knockout games in January and February.

Arsenal has won knockout games in that period against Milan, Barcelona, Bayern and Monaco.

We were 5 yards slower than Olympiacos — a team that has never won a knockout game in this competition until tonight; another record for Moyes to add to his collection.

Not exact matches

The two of them come together in the kitchen for some knockout recipes and come together around a trivia game for some serious competition.

Why everybody in here always find a scapegoat today??? We are win, we plays a great game, nice subs by wenger, but we are knockout today coz we didn't score 3.

Play Cech in my the knockout stages and compensate Ospina with an equal number of games against the smaller teams in the EPL.

We will beat Galastaraay twice, Dortmund at home, beat Anderlecht away then lose the last game 2 finish second in our group and get Real Madrid in the knockout round, lose 8 - 1 at the Emirates and beat em at the Bernabeu 7 - 0, lose on away goals and Flamini will get sent off for a crunching tackle, Wenger complains and gets a 3 match touchline ban.

And those goals all came in four of the games, as we failed to score against Stoke City, Chelsea, Southampton, Hull City and Barcelona, so it is not too hard to see why we have slipped off the top of the Premier League and are looking at another Champions League exit at the first knockout stage.

«Obviously it is pleasing, first of all to be able to help the team with important goals in a Champions League knockout game [and] of course to come back to England and [win] against a team you're always motivated to play against,» Suarez told UEFA.com (via Daily Mail).

According to Petr, the final Group game in Athens is already a knockout game.

And then he picked up that ankle injury and did not feature in Europe again until the end of the group stage and was injured again before the knockout games against his fellow Frenchmen from Ligue 1 club Monaco.

Boring game, lets hope things improve in the knockout stages.

The team followed that up with a knockout round win over Northern Ireland before heading into last week's game against Belgium as a +460 underdog to win in regulation.

Did you see Messi in the world cup knockout games when he was not getting service?

It is not really going too far to say that Arsenal v Galatasaray on Wednesday night is a must win game for the Gunners, at least if we are to keep our hopes alive of actually winning our UCL group this time and avoiding the likes of Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the first knockout stage.

When was the last time Arsenal won a home game in a knockout tie in Europe... 5/6 years ago!

«I can only imagine his head is not in the right place at the moment because if you go to Shakhtar in a knockout game he's the only recognised striker in the team and you sit on the bench.

Debuchy is not what we need, he is at best useful for EFL cup games against lesser division teams and Europa league groupstage games, not in d Knockout round where we might face Dortmund, ATM, Celtic etc.....

It has been, somewhat gleefully, pointed out that Arsenal have lost ball three of our previous away games against Olympiacos in the Champions League and so we might as well forget qualifying for the knockout stage.

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I think it'll be kind of rude and Ulreich's confidence might take a hit if we say «You're not playing in knockout games, because those are live or die».

Zlatan has never won the champions league because he's only scored once in the knockout stages that was for AC Milan against Arsenal apart from that he never shows up in big champions league games whether it's for Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, Milan or PSG

It's a similar story in the Conference Cup for the team, earning their place in the quarter finals in February after their game against Chester on Wednesday 25th November went to knockout stages, with our team winning 2 — 0.

They now top the Group after England and Russia drew in the later game, and now a win against the Three Lions will ensure their passage to the knockout stages.

The team we support is playing in the fa cup semifinal which is a knockout game and your focused on a Chelsea game no offence mate but you need to get your priorities straight I get the game has significant consequence on our league position both sat and the end of the season but weather you watch it or not it wont change the outcome of there match so focus everything on our game and watch arsenal and then if you care that much watch the repeat later

Like Florida State's 2014 team, the Tigers returned most of their stars from their run to the title game, but in taking everybody's attempted knockout blow, they ended up playing in a ton of close games — eight decided by one possession, in fact.

I agree about Mustafi and the Cazorla link helped him out and sometimes Granit does put the CBs under pressure because he can't find a forward pass or is too scared too, but facts are facts Mustafi made 1 start at the 2014 WC & 2 sub appearances making a total of 132 minutes only in the group before he got injured, I disagree he «helped» Germany win the WC as he simply didn't play enough and didn't play any knockout games so was only a squad player who played 1.5 games in total, he can play well but tends to panick and finds himself out of position ALL the time, he is a liability diving into tackles and trying to make interceptions he has no.

You've got a wonderful opportunity to score your first Barcelona goal, in the process almost certainly killing a two - legged Champions League knockout game, and you want to — stop me if I'm wrong here — smack it as hard as you can?

Because as relevant as that friendly seems like it should be to Wednesday's game, Spain haven't conceded in the knockout stages of the last two major finals.

Neither of these sides enjoyed a smooth passage to the knockouts, with Bolivia reliant on a goalless draw with Mexico and a wild 3 - 2 victory over Ecuador to squeeze through in second place — they were smashed 5 - 0 by hosts Chile in their final group game.

That's despite being top of the Premier League table with an eight - point lead along with a place in the Champions League knockout stage, all while scoring 38 goals in 11 league games and 12 in four in Europe.

For Argentina, they have yet to look dominant in any game but have done enough to win every one, including Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands in the knockout stages.

Arsenal have certainly been impressive in the first leg of each of their knockout ties, beating Ostersunds and Milan without conceding a goal to take the pressure off heading into the second game and they will hope for similar fortunes against Atletico if they are going to progress to the Final

But we have our own injury and squad problems and if Dortmund get some confidence and results in the next two games, we may as well rest some key players and hope for a btter draw in the knockout phase.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

And if England haven't found three more world - class strikers by the time Russia 2018 rolls around, he might be just the man to come on late in a crucial knockout game.

... meanwhile since they ain't in d Knockout stage they MUST still play 5more games.

In the knockout game against Columbus Crew SC that went the distance to penalty kicks, Atlanta lost.

Later in the game, Gardner almost got him killed again by leading him into another hit, but Funchess was able to adjust his body while catching the ball so that he made the defender miss the knockout hit.

United put in a solid display to beat the Portuguese giants 2 - 0, all but ensuring their place in the knockout round of the Champions League as they need just one more point from their next two group games.

Swann collapsed with a serious concussion — the second Atkinson - inflicted knockout he'd incurred in a stretch of three games.

I agree it was a close game but in the knockout stages of the UCL quality makes the difference and our striking options are not world - class.

Since then the postseason has been expanded three times: The LCS was stretched to best - of - seven in 1985, the Division Series round was added in 1995, and now the wild - card knockout games.

They now face a knockout game against an impressive looking Italy, so will the Arsenal defender soon be joining Cech in leaving France?

Going back to the Champions League, Arsenal fans are annoyed that we are ONLY second in our Group, but Man City may not even progress if they win their last two games, but we are certain to qualify for the knockout rounds.

The extra rounds of playoffs — a new fourth layer this year will have two wild - card teams in each league squaring off in knockout games on Friday — have created a tournament flavor in which the hot team trumps the better team.

We need to treat every game in this tournament for what it is — knockout.

They couldnt quite make it into the Knockout Rounds after dropping a play - in game to eventual Runners - Up Team Berzon.

The projected three month absence will, if accurate, see Wilshere miss away games against Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as the first knockout stage of the Champions League, should Arsenal progress, though he would be back in time for any quarter - final.

Bayern have required emphatic victories in the second legs of both their knockout games already this season against Shakthar Donetsk and Porto, but they simply can't afford have a repeat of the game in Portugal against the Catalans, as another 3 - 1 defeat will almost certainly leave them with too much do against a strike force of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.