Sentences with phrase «league and cup sides»

A regular in Arsenal's league and cup sides, Maitland - Niles has reaped the benefits of a season on loan at Ipswich and seems to have the physicality required to thrive in England's top tier.

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That would seem to indicate that he is not intending to take the Europa League too seriously, and judging by the amount of changes to the starting line - up he intends to make tonight it will look like one of his League Cup sides, but Wenger is still pretending that he wants to win it but admits his disappointment at not being in the major event.

Even though Arsene Wenger put out a fairly strong Arsenal side for the trip to lower league Preston North End in the FA cup, it may have been stronger with the addition of some regular first team players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

Mexican side Cruz Azul (2014 CONCACAF Champions League winners) and Argentine side San Lorenzo (2014 Copa Libertadores winners) both found out their possible route to glory as the draw was made for December's Club World Cup in Morocco.

Rooney's side take on Conference side Cambridge United in their FA Cup fourth round replay on Tuesday night, a match the Premier League side would expect to win at a canter, and the England international hopes that he can then lead Man United to Wembley in May.

A couple of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing at 8th position in the Premier League table, and have won 1 of their 2 Champions League fixtures.

Ok we won something called the FA cup where we beat some minnows and an average Man U side, but for him he is thinking bigger things like League / CL.

April 18th: at Wembley vs Reading in the FA Cup Arsenal's FA Cup semifinal opponents are languishing in 19th place in the Championship and you have to think that the currently 3rd placed Premier League side might prove too strong for their lowly opponents.

The two non-league sides were due to take each other on in their domestic league competition this weekend, only for it to be postponed by the pair reaching the unlikely heights of the FA Cup fifth round, and should an unlikely giant killing occur on Monday, they will earn the chance to take each other on for a place at Wembley.

The experienced World Cup winner has featured in all seven of Man United's Premier League fixtures this term and though the 30 - year - old has a lot to offer van Gaal as the Dutch manager looks to fight on multiple fronts and the having won the Champions League in 2013 and when questioned as to whether his side could win the showpiece trophy Schweinsteiger stated;

I would prefer wenger say right I'm giving cech the biggest games, cup finals, EPL games against the top half of the league and games in the champions league against the best 2 sides.

Ainsley has been an ever - present in our Europa League and Carabao Cup sides, and has now started twice for the first team, although for some reason Wenger keeps playing him in different positions for him to learn his trade.

Wilshere has impressed when given the chance to feature for our side, mostly in the Europa League and Carabao Cup thus far.

Three of those trophies came all at once in the 2000 - 01 campaign when the Merseyside outfit clinched a unique treble consisting of a domestic League and FA Cup double, while they triumphed over Spanish side Alaves in a dramatic UEFA Cup final.

That's the benefit of having a squad where you can boast having two players for each position, a standard for any top side (which make a mockery of Jose Mourinho's and Pep Guardiola's recent complaints about the League Cup getting in the way).

Arsenal have the bad luck to have to face the Champions - elect Man City just four days after being embarrassed in the League Cup final by Pep Guardiola's side, but Arsene Wenger is very hopeful that his team can pick themselves up to try and get revenge at the Emirates, where the Gunners have only lost one League game all season.

Then in the summer Alexandre Lacazette was brought in and Oli was pushed into our Europa League and Caraboa Cup sides and saw his chances of going to the World Cup with France receding into the distance.

Did we not win fa cups what do you mean by not a winning side would of won epl to if other big teams would of showed up against Leicester we were the only ones to beat them twice and up until last year qualified for champions league how is that not winning?

Last season the sides met three times with Arsenal winning the league and FA Cup meetings at The Emirate's Stadium and Liverpool coming out on top at Anfield 5 - 1.

A Champions League winner with both Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, and a World Cup winner with Germany, Kroos would being plenty of quality and experience to a United side that has missed out on the biggest trophies in recent times.

Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.

However, it was for Bayern that the versatile defender really shone, with Lahm leading his club side to an historic Treble of league, cup and European Cup that had never before been achieved in Germacup and European Cup that had never before been achieved in GermaCup that had never before been achieved in Germany.

As a player, Edwards was a member of the league and cup winning JDT side of 1991.

Ferguson, whose side host Norwich on Saturday, is eyeing up his second treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season, and has called on his players to stand up and be counted as the pressure mounts over the final weeks of the season.

Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho, 22, says he wants to put his friendships with fellow Brazilians Oscar, Willian, Felipe Luis and Ramires to one side as the Reds prepare to take on Chelsea in the League Cup semi-final --(Liverpool Echo)

The former Manchester United striker celebrated his side's Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup treble with a rap song, which summed up the achievements of Sir Alex Ferguson's men.

Since the player's arrival in 2013, Zidane's side have managed to win three Champions League titles, one La Liga title, one Spanish Super Cup and one Copa Del Rey, as well as three UEFA Super Cups and three Club World Cups.

Having fallen just short in the Portuguese league and Cup as well as the Europa League 12 months ago, Jorge Jesus» side are still on course to win all three competitions this time aleague and Cup as well as the Europa League 12 months ago, Jorge Jesus» side are still on course to win all three competitions this time aLeague 12 months ago, Jorge Jesus» side are still on course to win all three competitions this time around.

Chelsea are ready to make their offer now and will look to complete a deal before the 2014 World Cup finals though the La Liga side may hope to spark a bidding war for the in - form marksman, who has scored 27 goals in domestic league action alone this term.

After all, he had just masterminded the double by leading his side to Premier League and Capital One Cup glory in the previous campaign.

Only one side has ever won both the English FA Cup and Champions League / European Cup in the same season: Manchester United in 1998/99.

Not only did the Chelsea boss see his side throw away a two goal lead against Bradford City but he even forget the name of his FA Cup conquerors, mistakenly calling them their Yorkshire and League One rivals Barnsley!

Mauricio Pochettino has seen rumours and speculation ramp up since his side missed out on the Premier League title and fell at the semi-finals stage of the FA Cup.

They were also dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship side Leeds, and then drew a third league game in a row with a 1 - 1 at Norwich.

We now only have Premier League leaders Chelsea standing in our way of lifting the FA Cup trophy, and Ramsey has moved to praise his side, although in a defensive manner.

My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging year on year, before enjoying an unbeatable Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.

Mlssoccer.com reports that Keane wants to win a fourth MLS Cup and also wants to try and help LA Galaxy become the first American side to win the CONCACAF Champions League — a competition that's been won by a Mexican side for the last nine seasons since Saprissa from Costa Rica won it in 2005.

The youngster is yet to make the squad for their Under - 18 side, due to his commitments to the senior side and the Under - 23 sides instead, and after impressing and scoring against Chelsea Under - 23, was given a full 90 minutes of senior football as the Black Cats defeated Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup.

He and Ainsley Maitland - Niles have been playing as makeshift wing - backs in the Europa League and League cup this term, while Nelson has been impressing in a much more advanced role within the youth sides.

Despite enduring his fair share of criticism over his new side's playing style, Louis van Gaal had inspired United to third place in the Premier League and the quarter - finals of the FA Cup, with a Capital One Cup humbling at MK Dons the only major blot on his copy book.

Pep Guardiola doesn't exactly look in desperate need for new players after his side's remarkable season so far, with the Sky Blues 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League and booking a date in next month's Carabao Cup final with Arsenal.

That was five years ago and surprisingly he has never appeared for the Gunners senior side, not even in the League Cup.

Their manager was infuriated at his side's «no show», as he put it, against Shrewsbury in the League Cup, and definitely would want to turn things around, with the home crowd behind them.

But now we have the mouth - watering prospect of seeing our Lord and master return against Arsenal as an opponent for the first time, as he has now joined Nottingham Forest on a two - year contract and is very likely to be in their side when they play against us in the League Cup in 12 days time.

Arsenal are in fantastic form in the Premier League and FA cup and even though we had to suffer yet another disappointing early exit from the Champions League, the players did go some way to redeeming themselves by playing well and winning 2 - 0 away in Monaco, so Arsene Wenger will be hoping that we can continue our strong run and cement our place in the top four by beating a struggling Newcastle United side at St. James» Park today.

Nacho Monreal has been fantastic on the left side of a back three lately and we have either Koscielny or Mertesacker to fill the central role, with Chambers and Holding competing for the right side, so even with the Europa League games and the League cup to consider, Wenger can rotate and keep everyone fit.

Elneny has got that one goal against Barcelona but in the Premier League he has not really showed that side of his game and he actually had a bit of a shocker in front of goal during the FA cup defeat by Watford.

His time at the club as seen him win two Bundesliga titles and the German Cup, while he also guided his side to the Champions League final back in 2013.

Van Gaal has already seen his side come unstuck against League One opposition once this season, with a scratch side humiliated 4 - 0 by MK Dons in the League Cup second round, and the Dutchman hinted at their Stadium: MK nightmare when suggesting that the trip to Yeovil would prove to be far from simple:

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has admitted that the FA Cup is likely to represent his side's best route to winning silverware this season, report Goal, but the Dutchman is not taking the challenge of League One bottom club Yeovil Town lightly after being on the end of cup shocks in his previous jobs at Ajax and BarceloCup is likely to represent his side's best route to winning silverware this season, report Goal, but the Dutchman is not taking the challenge of League One bottom club Yeovil Town lightly after being on the end of cup shocks in his previous jobs at Ajax and Barcelocup shocks in his previous jobs at Ajax and Barcelona.