Sentences with phrase «knockout stages this time»

After all Campbell is part of the reason we even made it to the knockout stages this time around, Girouds hat trick aside.

Not exact matches

So it is the first time in ten years that Arsenal have gone unbeaten in the Champions League Group Stage and finished top of the group, and will go into the knockout stages full of confidence for a change.

This is the sixth consecutive home defeat in knockout stages including defeats to Bayern multiple times, Monaco, Barcelona and now Ostersunds to this mighty list!

Although Algeria have already made history in this year's tournament by reaching the knockout stages for the first time, they are now desperate to get one over their big - name opposition after a controversial incident from the 1982 World Cup finals.

I think we'll score in the first half, and get a second late in the second half but not have enough time for the third... I don't usually see myself as a pessimist, but that result pretty much follows our record in the knockout stage in recent years: have a shocker in the first leg, then put out a good show in the second but not quite doing enough.

Then by the time the knockout stages start we should have every player back from injury and hopefully a signing or two.

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.

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.

We are of course still in the Champions League, having reached the knockout stages of the competition for the 13th consecutive term, and despite coming up against the same team who knocked us out of three previous European campaigns, we have reason to be more confident next time around.

So if, as seems likely, Arsenal do fail to make it to the UCL knockout stage for the first time in donkeys years everyone will remember that moment and blame Ospina.

Although they've had poor domestic performances, Monaco did qualify top of their group despite scoring just four goals, earning them a spot in the knockout stages in the competition for the first time in over 10 years.

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.

It will be like the 2nd leg of the 2nd round knockout matches of the past 4 seasons, just this time it will be to qualify for that stage.

We played with Sanogo and out of form Ox last time against them in the knockout stage.

It was always going to be a disappointment for Arsenal to exit the Champions League at the first knockout stage once again and the fact that our opponents Monaco were a team that most people expected us to beat made that all the harder to take this time.

The last time that Arsenal progressed from the first knockout stage into the quarter - finals of the Champions League was in 2009.

But there are also a lot of reasons to think that what the Portuguese have done for more than a decade now is simply mind blowing, and each time it finds its way back to a knockout stage, we'd do well to remember it.

February and March will be testing times with the Champions League knockout stages hopefully upon us once again and March's fixtures against Liverpool and Leicester could be even harder with the Champions League fixtures in mind.

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.

Russia, ranked 65th in the world by FIFA, will hope to avoid the fate that struck South Africa in 2010, when the host nation failed to reach the knockout stage for the first time.

In the knockout stages, if a match goes into extra time, each team will be allowed to make a fourth substitution, the first time this has been allowed in a World Cup tournament.

The timing is also questionable for those English clubs competing in Europe, with the knockout stages traditionally starting in the second week of February.

The group stage of the 2014 World Cup finals is all done and dusted, and now it is time to focus on the knockout rounds.

Pipita getting hot and in form with the Champions League knockout stages right around the corner and some incredibly important games over the next month, that's just perfect timing.

Rapid Vienna boosted their hopes of making the Europa League knockout stage as they won for the first time in Group G thanks to a 2 - 1 success at home to FC Thun.

The two clubs have been drawn together six times in the Champions League era and five in the knockout stage, with Barcelona advancing three times and Chelsea triumphing twice.

«The plan is for him to be with us at the Club World Cup, and we'll see if he can play the first game,» he said, adding that the club would appeal against the decision taken by UEFA to give defender Dani Carvajal a game's suspension for deliberately time wasting in order to force a yellow card away to APOEL Nicosia with the aim of going into the knockout stage of the Champions League free of cards.

Each team will play 3 games in group stage and top 2 times will qualify for the knockout stage.

Robbie Brady's late header sent Republic of Ireland into the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time after a 1 - 0 win over a much - changed Italy side in Lille.

Substitute Pedro Leon's was the hero tonight as his injury - time goal rescued a draw for Real Madrid at AC Milan and put the Spanish side into the knockout stages of the Champions League.

United need to draw against Zorya in Odessa in a fortnight's time to qualify for the knockout stages.

England international Ashley Young believes Manchester United are well equipped to win the Champions League after making the knockout stage of the elite competition for the first time since the 2013/14 season.

Robbie Brady's late header sent the Republic of Ireland into the knockout stages of the European Championship for the first time after a 1 - 0 win over a much - changed Italy side in Lille.

And with seven points after three games in the Champions League group stage they're in a great position to progress to the knockout rounds for the first time since 2010.

But it should put them close to reaching the knockout stages for the first time after finishing bottom of their group at tournaments in 1996, 2004 and 2008.

A 3 - 1 win booked our place in the knockout stage of the competition — something Rafa helped us achieve back in 2010 - 11 — and for the Dutchman, a reminder, if it was needed, just how much he's loved here at Spurs as Wembley rose together to sing his name at half - time.

The Red Bulls went to Tijuana and defeated Xolos 2 - 0 — the first knockout stage win on Mexican soil for an MLS team and the first time an MLS team won there by more than a goal.

the first knockout stage win on Mexican soil for an MLS team and the first time an MLS team won there by more than a goal.

In the knockout stages of a major European competition for the first time in their history, in truth Rostov have done remarkably well to get here, finishing third in their Champions League group behind Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich but ahead of PSV Eindhoven.

on team selection for the knockout stages... I will adapt every time the team to the team we face.

Roma actually eliminated Real Madrid when these two sides squared off against each other in the knockout stages of the Champions League back in 2008 and the Italians will have the belief that they can replicate the feat from eight years ago this time around as well.

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.

Jurgen Klopp's Group E leaders came into the game knowing they needed to avoid defeat to be sure of reaching the knockout stage for the first time since 2008 - 09 - and Coutinho gave them the lead with a fourth - minute penalty after Mohamed Salah was fouled by Georgi Dzhikiya.

2 — This is the first time England have reached the knockout stages in two consecutive European Championship finals.

Last time these two meet at Parc de Princes in champions league knockout stages was that impressive 3 - 1 win for Barcelona which ensured their passage to next round.