Sentences with phrase «knockout stages however»

Its a big game for Jose Mourinho and his men still have not qualified for knockout stages however sit comfortably with 12 points and even with a defeat -LSB-...]

Its a big game for Jose Mourinho and his men still have not qualified for knockout stages however sit comfortably with 12 points and even with a defeat they can make it to the knockout stages as group winners so we can expect Mourinho to start with some fringe players and we might see Ibrahimovic and Rashford starting upfront with Fellaini, Pogba and Mkhytaryan playing central midfield roles.

Not exact matches

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.

However, the Bundesliga side too have a good record coming into the knockout rounds having reached this stage of the competition for the fourth time in five seasons.

We do however need to become invincible in the knockout stage of the champions league.

However, they've made a real statement of intent early on this season so far, as they've opened up an eight - point lead over their Premier League rivals at the top of the table and have secured their spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

However, I would like to admit that wenger needs to take the europa league seriously now especially from the knockout stages coz we are not guaranteed a place in the top 4 and (may I be proved wrong) if we miss the top 4 and wenger bottles us out of the europa league by playing our second team, certainly then he is to blame.

Vidal will be desperate to help the Italian outfit qualify for the Champions League knockout stages, however Vidal believes they face difficulty after defeat at the Bernabeu.

However, the Gunners have been struggling badly in Europe, losing their first two matches against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos, meaning that the north Londoners are find themselves last in their group and are in need of a win against the German champions in order to keep their qualification chances alive for knockout stages.

Its the glamour tie of this matchday and all eyes will be on this game however not much to play for as both teams have comfortably qualified for the knockout stages.

Roberto Mancini was quick however to highlight the Spanish side's threat, predicting the midweek encounter to be one of Zenit's toughest of the season, a match that'll probably determine the first most likely side to make it to the knockout phases even at this early stage.

However, they have been triumphant in each of their two previous knockout ties, defeating Rapid Wien in the third round of the 1997/98 UEFA Cup (3 - 0 aggregate) and Sturm Graz at the same stage of the same competition five years later (3 - 2 agg).

However, while they have been to the knockout stage in each of the last 13 seasons, they have failed to make it past the round of sixteen in any of their last six attempts.

The two teams could however be able to qualify for the first knockout stage.