Sentences with phrase «knockout stage with»

Ten - man Bayern Munich secured their place in the Champions League knockout stage with a comfortable win over Group F rivals Olympiakos.

But the Germans have won every single competitive game so far this season and will also be looking to practically ensure qualification for the knockout stages with another win tonight.

Tigres have already qualified for the knockout stages with two games to spare, having amassed ten points from their four matches so far.

Charlie's former club Arsenal can book their place in the knockout stages with a victory over Red Star Belgrade, having collected maximum points to sit top of Group H.

Elsewhere Bayern Munich ensured their safe passage as winners of Group F by beating BATE Borisov 4 - 1, while Valencia joined them in the knockout stages with a 1 - 0 win at Lille.

The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stages with the four best third place finishers also progressing.

Embed from Getty Images Forgetting the opening day of the season, it's been so far, so good for the 67 - year - old, who made it to the Champions League knockout stages with two games...

Real Madrid are set to take on Tottenham Hotspurs on Wednesday night, 01 November 2017 at the Wembley Stadium in front of 90,000 fans in what should be a cracking game in the Group stages where both teams will be looking to ensure their passage to knockout stages with a win.

Having won the opening two group games, barcelona can virtually ensure their passage to knockout stages with a win over Olympiacos who has yet to win a point in the -LSB-...]

Champions Spain cruised into the knockout stages with a thrilling display in Nice, sweeping aside Turkey in a smooth 3 - 0 win.

Feyenoord who are currently top of the table with 7 points can book their place in knockout stages with a win and having already beaten United earlier in the season they will be confident of atleast getting a point at Old Trafford.

Arsenal would seal qualification to the knockout stages with a win, as long as Paris Saint - Germain avoided defeat against Basel at the same time.

Real Madrid took Sporing Lisbon in the Champions League 2016 - 17 group stage game and they booked their place in the knockout stages with a win.

Not exact matches

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

Now he wants to try and emulate that success with this Arsenal side, but first of all we have to reach the knockout stages.

Unluckily PSG also scored a late winner to guarantee both sides entry to the knockout stages but we are neck and neck with the French Champions with two games to go.

To the positives then, and the main one is that we have actually made it to the UCL knockout stage, unlike some clubs I could mention (cough, spuds, cough) and the fact is that the two groups seem more even this year with the big names spread around more.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players begin their latest Champions League campaign next week and everyone connected with the club is hoping that this season sees the Gunners go at least one better than recent years which have seen us finish second in the group and then exit the competition at the first knockout stage.

The Dark Blue ladies dominated the group stages with 5 wins and 0 losses before shutting out their opponents in the knockout stages to be crowned National Champions (an outstanding record of 7 wins, 0 losses, 20 goals for, and 0 against.)

Right up until the dying minutes of the group stage it was looking like England would face Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in the knockout phase but the amazing story of the smallest country ever to qualify for the Euros went on with a last minute Iceland winner.

Another titanic battle on the cards with both sides needing a victory to qualify for the knockout stages.

With Arsenal drawing a weak Monaco side in the first knockout round stage, it could create the momentum for Arsenal to force a challenge in Europe.

Offensively, however, his lineup is far from weak — includes WC winner and best finisher in the EPL, Little Mozart Czech team captain, standout from WC knockout stage Costa Rica, Ox who is proven already at club and country, and Diaby who has shown he can play with anyone as long as he is healthy.

With qualification for the knockout stages secured, Wenger can finally give his Chilean star a very well - deserved breather.

The Chilean is now forced to remain at the Emirates with his contract expiring at the end of the season, but the fact is that if Man City go through to the knockout stages of the Champions League, then Alexis will still be able to play for them as Arsenal are not in the competition, giving Pep Guardiola even more reason to push for the sale.

The point was enough to allow Arsenal to progress through to the knockout stages of the Europa League with two games to spare but the performance from the Gunners was less than impressive.

But I have a strong hunch that tells me Arsenal will beat Olympiakos with the necessary & needed enough goals to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League as they have always done for the past 16 seasons without a break.

The group stage runs from June 14 to June 28, with the final round of fixtures being played simultaneously to determine who advances through to the knockout stage.

The group stage itself could be expanded in terms of numbers of groups, with an extra knockout round before the last 16, allowing 32 more teams into the group stage.

Euro 2016 was a perfect example of that as they were dumped out by Iceland, but it seems some haven't learnt their lesson with a few comments below looking at who England could face deep into the knockout stages.

With his club doing well in the Bundesliga and looking strong favourites to make it into the Champions League knockout stages, it is unlikely that Bellarabi will be sold in the January transfer window.

With the perceptions brewing among the football sector there are some feelings that Arsenal may draw the Los Blancos in the knockout stages.

All knockout stage series will be best - of - five, single elimination, with the finals taking place May 15.

If Arsenal draws Real Madrid in the knockout stages it will be good to see how the Bernabeu crowd reacts to the touch of the ball from their rival Alexis Sanchez as rivalry between both heavy weights is as strong as ever with Messi and Ronaldo in sight.

The visitors were looking to take a step towards ending their poor history against Italian sides in the knockout stages of European competition, and although they didn't particularly impress, they will be delighted with their efforts in the Italian capital.

The Gunners were pitched against Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League enroute to Arsenal's run to the Final with Barcelona.

Fair enough but the fact that the players from all the other leagues in Europe have had a nice rest can not be helping the English clubs in the knockout stage of the Champions League and our problems in Europe and with the UEFA coefficient have been the talk of the football media for a few years now.

With a key game against Spartak Moscow next week to seal qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League, followed by a busy lead - up to the festive period which includes the Merseyside derby next weekend, the last thing Klopp wants is to see Matip out for an extended period of time.

And you're going to be happy with a fourth place in the league and a secure exit in the first round of the knockout stages in CL?

Although it is pretty hard to take the fact that along with Arsenal being knocked out of the Champions League at the first knockout stage yet again, making it seven years in a row, we did so with a record breaking aggregate scoreline of 10 - 2, it has not been all doom and gloom for the Gunners this week.

Mitroglou has put himself in the shop window this season with his electric performances in the Champions League that have given the Greek side a great chance at being able to progress through to the knockout stages of the competition.

Ernesto Valverde has guided his side to top spot in La Liga with a four - point gap over their nearest rivals while they sit top of Group D in the Champions League and are on the verge of qualifying for the knockout stage as they remain unbeaten in both competitions.

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.

Following a dramatic and exciting last day of group games at Euro 2016, we all have a few days without football before the serious business of the knockout stage begins, so I thought it might be worth a look back over the tournament so far, with a firm eye on how the various Arsenal players have done so far.

Tottenham Hotspur are giving their chances of heading through to the knockout stages of the Europa League this evening a huge boost, with a fine Harry Kane header putting them 2 - 0 up against Greek outfit Asteras Tripolis.

So somehow, thanks to Ludogorets draw with PSG, we finished top of the Group, and Wenger was asked if there were any possible rivals that he would prefer to avoid in the knockout stages.

It was only a week or so ago that some Arsenal fans were wringing their hands with despair and predicting a collapse of form and results that would see Arsenal slide out of the Premier League title race, exit the EFL cup and suffer the usual fate of being runners up in our Champions League group which would see us knocked out in the first knockout stage.

Barcelona came into tonight's game with little hope of making it through to the knockout stages.

The Gunners topped their group with an unbeaten run of results, and will now be eagerly awaiting the draw for the knockout stages of the competition

Larson entered the knockout race with a 29 - point cushion, but that margin vanished when an engine failure sent him to the garage four laps before the end of Stage 1.