Sentences with phrase «lead in the first leg»

Despite the Colombians taking an early lead in the first leg in Mexico, Jaguares were not deterred and levelled the score, giving them a better chance to qualify.

The one thing that I can see that could give us an advantage is the fact that we are definite underdogs, which normally means that you can play without fear as there is less pressure on us, while Bayern will be desperate to get a big lead in the first leg.

His all important headed effort gave us the lead in the first leg, while his acrobatic finish in the second proved to be nothing more than a consolation.Regardless, Giroud is still the holder of an impressive record, despite many Arsenal fans feeling he's nowhere near good enough to be playing for the club.Few strikers get the better of Manuel Neuer — a player widely regarded as the best goalkeeeper in the game — and even fewer score against him with regularity condolence to the families affected by the Paris terror attack - the whole world let's pray that no more life goes down

We held a comfortable 2 - 0 lead in the first leg when it all went wrong and they pulled back to 2 - 2.

So by leading in the first leg, 2nd leg considerable easier for the Spanish team though it was hosted at Parc Des Princes.

After his hat - trick helped Real Madrid secure a 3 - 0 lead in the first leg of the semi-final with Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo claimed that he is only grateful to be scoring the number of goals.

Comfortable lead to take to the Etihad When teams play in the knockout stages of the Champions League, there are two things that are particularly important, the first one is to take a healthy lead in the first leg more or if you are playing at home and the second one is to avoid conceding the away goal.

Spurs fell to a shock defeat over two legs at the hands of KAA Gent, who arrived at Wembley as massive underdogs despite taking a 1 - 0 lead in the first leg in Belgium.

Godin Obaje's 85th minute penalty wasn't enough for the holders, who threw away a two - goal lead in the first leg in Lokoja.

Mourinho will be hoping to take a commanding lead in the first leg to make things lets difficult for the second leg which takes place on Wednesday next week.

Sevilla's best chance is going to be running up a good lead in the first leg, but still, it's not likely to happen for them.

Not exact matches

Rock is in Denver on an early leg of his Total Blackout tour that will lead to the taping of the first special, in December.

The first of this two - legged playoff tie at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium culminated in a 0 - 0 draw, with both teams not doing enough to go into the lead, ahead of the second leg at the Emirates next week.

We can't win The Champions League or EPL with Giroud leading the line, he only has 14 league goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed sitters!

The U take a valuable first leg lead back to Santiago before the next leg in two weeks as they look to secure a spot in the semi-finals.

The first leg was held at the Camp Nou and though Juventus took the lead in farcical fashion, Pierluigi Casiraghi took advantage of a miserable backpass, a brace from Hristo Stoichkov and a third from Andoni Goikoetxea — which was enough to give Barcelona the win and, crucially, a margin to take to Italy.

We should not take monaco for granted, we should go with a strong squad and get the job done in the first leg at the emirates, get a commanding lead of 3 or 4 goals and take it back to france, finishing off the job there!

These two sides have had some memorable meetings in this competition over the years, but now Conte and Ernesto Valverde will do battle hoping to secure a first - leg lead.

The Reds brought a 1 - 1 first - leg draw with them back to Merseyside, but Dortmund stormed into a two - goal lead after nine minutes, and then again early in the second half after Divock Origi's reply.

Lucas Vazquez was adjudged to have been brought down by Mehdi Benatia in the box, and Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up and scored to secure a 4 - 3 aggregate win for Los Blancos, after they had spurned a three - goal lead from the first leg in an incredible game in the Spanish capital.

Barcelona host Manchester City at the Camp Nou, after taking home a narrow 2 - 1 lead over the Premier League champions in the first - leg of the last 16 Champions League tie, and the Spanish giants are in tip - top form.

One of several Champions League Round of 16 ties that was essentially over after the first leg, Manchester City come back home to the Etihad Stadium with a 4 - 0 lead in hand over FC Basel, brimming with confidence and looking to pad that lead en route to a berth in the quarterfinals.

With Bayern holding a 2 - 0 first - leg lead for Tuesday's first leg in Munich, they travel to Turin for the return leg against Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League and Sammer said the side are hungry for silverware.

Arsenal's last home Europa League game was dire after taking a win over Ostersunds for granted, but Ramsey knows that we can't do the same tomorrow, despite our lead from the first leg in Milan.

A two - legged tie against the French Principality side promises to be an intriguing spectacle, but while Arsenal will be considered strong favourites to progress, they would be unwise to under - estimate their Ligue 1 opponents, despite them not being in the best of form leading up to the first leg at the Emirates.

Jose Mourinho's side brought in a two - goal lead into tonight's game after goals from Marouane Fellaini and Juan Mata handed them an advantage in the first - leg.

Wenger's current contract with Arsenal expires in June, while Emery now finds himself under pressure after PSG blew a 4 - 0 first - leg lead against Barcelona when they lost 6 - 1 in the Camp Nou on Wednesday night.

Monaco have never lost a tie after leading from the first leg either (W9), and Arsenal have never won after losing at home before, but conversely Arsenal have never lost to a Ligue 1 side in France ever (W7 D3).

Tottenham had taken a 1 - 0 lead and had the benefit of two away goals from the first leg in Turin, but Dybala's lethal finishing sent them crashing out of Europe this evening.

Chelsea defended well in the first leg of the round of 16 tie between the teams, and took a 62nd minute lead.

Going out of a European competition has become the norm for us and we Gooners have gotten painfully accustomed to our team messing things up in the knockout stages, but not many expected it from the mighty Barcelona, especially with a big lead from the first leg.

And that leads to the second origin of Guardiola's unease: the fact that his Bayern side lost three times in the Champions League semifinals, and that his City followed up last season's last - 16 exit Monaco with Wednesday's quarterfinal first - leg defeat to Liverpool.

Put alongside the constant collapses in the first leg of Champions league knock out stages, the constant hammerings by big teams, most notably a season - ending run that led to us shipping 20 goals virtually without reply in just four matches against Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and the Toffees.

The Catalan club came into the game with a 3 - 1 aggregate lead, with PSG struggling at home in the first leg.

The Gunners had what looked a comfortable 3 - 0 lead from the first leg win in Sweden going into tonight's game at the Emirates Stadium, but were stunned by two quickfire goals in the first half.

How come in the first leg against everton we weren't flowing till he came on as Alexis led the line.

Verratti is not enjoying his best season for Paris, having had a 4 - 0 first - leg lead overturned by Barca in the Champions League, as well as struggling to chase down Monaco in the league thanks to a shaky start to life under new manager Unai Emery.

After the goalless first leg in Copenhagen, the Republic of Ireland took the lead early on at the Aviva Stadium, but a Cyrus Christie own goal soon levelled things up.

PSG looked to be cruising into the Champions League quarter - finals in March when they led Barcelona 4 - 0 after the first leg and then 5 - 3 on aggregate at the Nou Camp with two minutes of normal time remaining.

After some dramatic results in Europe, it was our turn in europa league & we also had a 3 goal lead from the first leg like all the other dramatic fixtures.

Atlético have a comfortable 3 - 0 aggregate lead from last week's first leg at A Stadium Called Wanda and are a virtual lock to be in a Europa League quarterfinal for the first time since 2012.

United fielded a side with seven changes from their previous game at Old Trafford, with one eye on the second leg in France — despite their more than sufficient three goal lead on aggregate gained from the first leg in Manchester.

Although the Merseysiders were held midweek by Porto in the Champions League, there wasn't much of a contest to be concerned with as the Reds» 5 - 0 lead from the first leg meant they could relax at Anfield and progress to the last eight without any real fuss.

United fielded a side with seven changes from their previous game at Old Trafford, with one eye on the second leg in France - despite their more than sufficient three goal lead on aggregate gained from the first leg in Manchester.

Real Madrid, who hold a 3 - 0 first - leg lead over Juventus, have replaced compatriots Barca at the head of the market and are now best - priced 13 - 8 to win their fourth European crown in five years.

Atlético are in Lisbon for a Thursday night showdown with Sporting Clube de Portugal and have a 2 - 0 lead from the first leg in Madrid.

Roma won 3 - 0 to overturn a three - goal deficit and advance on away goals, having entered the game in Rome as massive underdogs after losing the first leg of their quarterfinal 4 - 1 against a Lionel Messi - led team that was one of the big favorites to win the competition.

Diego Simeone rested players in this first leg encounter, but his side were still hot favourites to take a convincing lead over Athletic.

Bayern Munich took a comfortable lead of 2 - 0 after their first clash with FC Zurich from first leg play off in the Champions League.

Marseille, who were beaten by Athletic in the round of 32 two years ago, are well placed to turn the tables this time round as they travel to Spain with a 3 - 1 first - leg lead.