Sentences with phrase «knockout tie»

However, the key reference ahead of this game is Neymar's last Champions League knockout tie in this stadium.

The club will look for a new coach, and they will be tempted to go for a big name after the failure of the Emery experiment — the Spaniard won three Europa Leagues with Sevilla but has never won a Champions League knockout tie in six seasons of trying.

The Arsenal and France international defender Laurent Koscielny is apparently fit again and available to play in the second leg of the Champions League knockout tie with La Liga giants Barcelona and hopefully our best centre back will then stay fit for the rest of the season.

• Although Madrid also eliminated AS Roma (2 - 0 a, 2 - 0 h) in the 2015/16 round of 16, they had previously lost eight consecutive two - legged knockout ties against Italian opposition.

Having stood out in the Partenopei «s Champions League knockout tie against Real Madrid last season, Diawara showed that he is already good enough to play on the biggest stage.

Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Atletico Madrid are all a shorter price and with Juventus having a comfortable lead at the top of Serie A they can afford to rest players domestically ahead of knockout ties.

That is CSKA's sole previous knockout tie against English opposition.

Incredibly, Arsenal has won just eight knockout ties under Wenger.

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It would be terrible news if he got fourth and thus remained, only to go out of the CL in the first knockout tie next year (AS USUAL).

And if Arsene Wenger and the players go into the double - header knockout tie with any such illusions then we could be heading for our usual early exit, so I thought it was about time we had a good luck at the Monaco team that will be heading to north London for the first leg in about a month.

His record in Champions League knockout ties away from home doesn't make for great viewing as it currently stands at P: 17 W: 4 D: 8 L: 5 and some of those failures in the away leg have eventually cost him and his sides dearly in the past.

I always look for teams that are strong domestically early and haven't had much success in Europe recently, which can be kind of misleading as home - and - home knockout ties can have a pretty high variance.

Since 2012, Premier League teams have won 3 Champions League knockout ties v teams in Europe's top 5 leagues.

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The top two in each group will then progress to the knock out competition with the last 16, quarter - finals, semi-finals and final all being one off knockout ties (not home and away as in the Champions League) with extra time and penalties should they be required.

Under - 23s stopper Kingsley Latham wants his colleagues to enter Friday night's Premier League Cup knockout tie with no fear, as they entertain Leicester City at Staplewood Campus.

2 — Wales have progressed in twice as many European Championship knockout ties as England have in their history.

A game with eight goals and many twists, was the highest - scoring first - leg knockout tie in Champions League history.

Their only previous two - legged knockout tie with Russian opposition ended in an 8 - 4 aggregate defeat by Spartak Moskva in the first round of the 1982/83 UEFA Cup (2 - 3 away, 2 - 5 home).

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).

Portugal scrapped past group stages, just barely and they face Croatia in the first knockout tie a team which has impressed the most in the tournament so far.

Basel's record in two - legged knockout ties against English clubs is W1 L4 and they were knocked out of Europe last season as Arsenal beat them on match day six in the group stage.

It was one of the defining moments in the early football career of the Arsenal and England international midfielder Jack Wilshere, so it would be a fitting time for the unlucky star to return from his latest injury problem if he could make it back in time for the second leg of our Champions League knockout tie with Barcelona.

By the time that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players jump on a plane to Spain and prepare to play the away leg of our Champions League knockout tie, we will hopefully all be feeling a bit better about life and a bit more confident in the team, but even if the Gunners do win the three games before that, I feel that we would be wasting our time in putting everything we have into that game in Spain.

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Just a reminder; in the knockouts ties are decided by points, if points are equal then goal difference over the two ties is used as a tie - breaker, if this is level it moves to away goals to try to split the teams, and finally if all is level then the penalty shootout will settle it.

That same sort of idea about the way Arsenal play was evident from the Germany international keeper Manuel Neuer this week, as the Daily Mail reported his pre-match comments ahead of the Gunners trip to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie.

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

Just saw who we got in Europe, it's an easy tie, but a huge occasion, because by the time we play Ostersund, it'll be eight long years since we last won a knockout tie in Europe, EIGHT!!!

They of course went on to lift the trophy that season, beating Arsenal in the second leg of that last - 16 knockout tie, but after 90 minutes in north London Arsenal had the bragging rights over a club that had got the better of them so many times in the past.

Its a crucial game for Chelsea and Antonio Conte who take on Barcelona in midweek for the Champions League knockout tie.

City's place in the last eight was never in doubt but they went through in subdued fashion and have still never won both legs of a Champions League knockout tie.

In the other Champions League tie, Juventus travel to Monaco eager to make it 11 victories out of 11 against French teams in knockout ties.

Only one MLS side has ever beaten a Mexican team in a CONCACAF Champions League knockout tie.

They have not beaten English opposition in a knockout tie since José Mourinho's side eliminated Manchester United FC in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2 - 1 home, 1 - 1 away) en route to lifting the trophy.

So he is still yet to win a Champions League knockout tie.

Foden also started in City's first defeat of the season, away to Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League group stage, but both could benefit from the experience of pitting themselves against Basel in a knockout tie.

Last time these two meet was back in May 2017 when Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid 2 - 1 in the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie.

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Arsenal lost to Ostersunds in the second leg of their Europa League knockout tie, with the little known Swedish outfit becoming only the SECOND team to beat the Gunners at the Emirates in the current 2017/2018 season (the first being Manchester United) However, despite being the home side, Arsenal were wearing their blue away jersey -LSB-...]

All fur of these wins have been in knockout ties.

The second - leg of their Champions League knockout tie with Tottenham was just around the corner, and a last - minute winner to keep pace in a thrilling title battle was exactly what the Bianconeri required.

United last played Dortmund back in 1997 in the Champions League knockout tie and this will be the first high profile friendly between the two teams.