Sentences with phrase «league campaign finished»

With the Europa League campaign finished, UEFA have today released their official squad of the tournament — and Premier League sides Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham are all represented.

The first of many surgeries to come came shortly afterwards on a persistent shoulder injury, and his first Premier league campaign finished without a Premier league goal.

But if we gamble on the league campaign finish 40 points behind and crash out of the Europa League — that is a scenario that have all sorts of repercussions none of which will be good for him — in short, it will be game over.

Not exact matches

With another» if only» - season behind them, finishing as the runners up to surprise Champions Leicester City, Arsenal will of course be looking to take the leap in the 16/17 campaign and finally lift the Premier League trophy again.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

Last campaign, Kompany was only capable of making 13 appearances in all competitions as Man City finished fourth in the Premier League in Guardiola's first season in England.

His business has been blamed for the club's dire campaign, and this season we finished in our lowest league position since Wenger joined, and the club is keen on returning to the Champions League for the 2018 - 19 sleague position since Wenger joined, and the club is keen on returning to the Champions League for the 2018 - 19 sLeague for the 2018 - 19 season.

Kompany hasn't been able to make more than 14 league appearances in a season since the 2014/15 campaign, where he made 25 as his side finished 2nd behind Chelsea.

Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players begin their latest Champions League campaign next week and everyone connected with the club is hoping that this season sees the Gunners go at least one better than recent years which have seen us finish second in the group and then exit the competition at the first knockout stage.

Although he missed the latter stages of the season through suspension, Palacios was one of Tottenham's most important players in the 2009 - 10 campaign, which saw the North London side finish fourth in the Premier League and book a place in the Champions League.

This campaign sees the Merseyside club struggling to qualify for the Champions League after finishing second in the Premier League last time round, and Sterling has admitted both will be difficult to replace.

The Reds finished in last place in the NL Central in 2017, despite Joey Votto having another MVP - caliber campaign and the lineup, in general, being around league - average.

Pellegrini has spent an incredible # 172m on just eleven players since taking over at the Etihad Stadium, and although he won the Premier League and Capital One Cup double in his first campaign with the club, he looks set to finish trophyless this term and possibly even out of the top four after a surprisingly poor recent run of form.

In 2015 Arsenal only just pinched second place in the League by the skin of their teeth when Tottenham collapsed in the final games of the campaign, but Spurs got their revenge in style last season when they made sure of their second - place finish and ended 11 points ahead of a very disappointing Gunners side, that failed to even make the Champions League.

Due to a multitude of injury problems, Arsenal's little Spanish maestro Santi Cazorla only played 7 League games for the Gunners this season, and only played 15 in the previous campaign, so you imagine that the 32 year - old is close to finishing his career at the top.

However, he still expects full commitment from his players in the final games of this campaign, insisting he does not want to see his side finish bottom of the league.

Lots of positives but... Aside from a confidence booster for Thursday's game with Milan this was a meaningless match with no pressure as our league campaign is finished.

Though Mata finished the last two campaigns as Chelsea's Player of the Year Mourinho initially preferred to use Eden Hazard and Oscar as his creative midfield talents and when the former Valencia man has been used he has failed to hit the heights that saw him play a pivotal role in the West London club's Champions League and Europa League successes.

The first time he did it the side were undefeated in the league for the whole campaign and on the third time he smashed the Serie A record, by finishing with 102 points and 33 wins.

Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive until the last game of the season.

All eyes will be on the FA Cup and Champions League in terms of their hopes of landing silverware this year, but without January reinforcements, question marks will surely be raised over their ability to finish the campaign strongly unless their top players rediscover their best form.

Finishing above Chelsea really makes no difference to our poor premiere league campaign.

Despite a tough campaign, in which his club have endured heavy criticism and calls for the manager to leave, before earning a second - placed finish in the league on the final day of the season, Ozil has been a strong positive point amongst fans, whereas a number of his team - mates have come under fire.

Despite a somewhat disjointed performance from the Arsenal team we did at least manage to earn a point from the Premier League match against top four rivals Man City yesterday and the fans will be hoping that this can be the start of our usual strong finish to an EPL campaign.

Arsenal kick start their Premier League campaign at home to Crystal Palace, who cantered to finish 11th last season, and will prove to be a stiff test for the Gunners early on in the campaign.

The winger joined the West - London side from Barcelona 12 months ago, but will not have enjoyed the best time, with the club having fallen from winning the league one year, to finishing a lowly tenth place in his one and only campaign in England.

United's league campaign had been insipid and miserable — they finished 13th in 1989 - 90 having briefly flirted with the relegation zone — and Fergie Out sentiment was rife in the stands and the media.

Having fallen short in the Premier League title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague title race, League Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague Cup and Champions League, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the lLeague, the Portuguese tactician will be desperate to end the campaign on a high note with a trophy and a second - place finish in the leagueleague.

The girls» program has never lost a league dual meet since the campus opened in 1996, and the boys» program has not suffered a defeat after finishing second in the league standings in its inaugural campaign.

The Gunners endured their worst league campaign of Arsene Wenger's reign, and will now be forced to miss out on Champions League football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup tleague campaign of Arsene Wenger's reign, and will now be forced to miss out on Champions League football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup tLeague football for next season, but did manage to finish the season with an FA Cup trophy.

Ed Fulton, trading spokesman for Sporting Index, said: «A league finish of 73 points would not have been enough to qualify for Europe's elite competition in the recently concluded campaign and, with more teams vying for the league's top places than ever, they may continue to struggle.

Arsenal have got a lot more to do than simply catch and overtake our north London rivals Tottenham if this season is to be seen as anything but a disappointing one, and with 11 points to make up on the current Premier League leaders you would have to say that Leicester City are big favourites to finish above the Gunners and complete an amazing campaign by being crowned champions of England.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has insisted that they must not let their Europa League campaign distract them from finishing strongly in the Premier League.

Last Saturday's game against Newcastle might have come at the right time for Arsenal, who still have the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United to play in their 2014/15 Barclays Premier League campaign, and ideally need to guard against such complacency if they are to continue this 6 - match unbeaten streak and achieve a top 4 league fLeague campaign, and ideally need to guard against such complacency if they are to continue this 6 - match unbeaten streak and achieve a top 4 league fleague finish.

Fer is one of the few Queens Park Rangers players who may be in demand by Premier League sides in the summer, and despite a mixed campaign, he demonstrated his class here with some energetic midfield play and this fine finish.

Following a disappointing campaign in which the Reds finished sixth in the league and were knocked out at the semi-final stage in both the FA Cup and Capital One Cup, it appears the club are wasting no time in strengthening their squad ahead of the new season.

Young gave United the lead with a crisp near post finish following a flowing team move, that is one of the most impressive moments of any Premier League sides» pre-season campaigns so far.

Despite finishing at the top of their Champions League group for the first time since the 2011 - 12 campaign, the Gunners were struck by bad luck in the last - 16 draw.

I am really hopeful of a much stronger campaign next season and even a strong finish in the Europa league.

They are currently languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League after finishing in second at the end of the last campaign.

Carlo Ancelotti left his Stamford Bridge tenure DESPITE completing the domestic double in his first campaign and finishing second in the Premier League last term.

Tottenham were impressive in earning an unlikely draw away to Real Madrid on Tuesday Evening, while we have been banished to the Europa League for the current campaign, but to say that they have overtaken us after finishing above us ONCE is a little bit farfetched no?

Henson's finishing touch and rebounding prowess raised plenty of eyebrows during a rookie campaign that saw him rank as one of the league's most productive freshmen.

Spurs just enjoyed their best ever campaign in the Premier League era, and still finished with less trophies than our club, but some will claim that they have the better chance to challenge for the title next season.

It must have been a bit of a head scratcher for Arsene Wenger as he prepared for the first Europa League that Arsenal have had to face for 17 years, following the disappointing Premier League campaign of last season which saw us finish outside the top four by just a single point.

Chelsea had a disappointing season finishing the league in 8th place despite going into the league campaign as reigning champions.

Champions League football is on offer for the Gunners if they can win the Europa League, with a sixth or even seventh place finish their likely fate in the Premier League after a poor domestic campaign, with a defeat Newcastle last weekend the most recent setback.

Liverpool are particularly keen to add to their squad after finishing a disappointing sixth in the Premier League in the last campaign.

The more immediate focus will be on the end of this campaign, as Louis van Gaal's men remain four points adrift of a top - four finish with five games remaining as they look to secure Champions League football next season.

As it stands, this squad is fairly well positioned to compete for the Wenger Cup and make a deep run in the Europa, if and only if we play first stringers in Europe and use the bench for the League and FA Cups... that being said, and based on the fragility of the manager and the team in recent campaigns, it's more likely that Wenger will focus on a top 4 finish and the FA Cup... while the reasons for such an approach may appear logical, it would confirm a rather disturbing trend and appear counter intuitive for any team which claims to have higher aspirations... I feel that Wenger simply can't afford to put all his eggs in the Europa basket because if he fails the potential backlash could cripple any top 4 chances due to the aforementioned fragile psyche that tends to rear it's ugly head like our own personal groundhog day each and every February... furthermore, can you even imagine Wenger bringing in the necessary recruits to adequately supply top quality lineups in a Thursday / Sunday dominated schedule; based on everything I've seen in recent years, I can't see that happening... in fact, mark my words, it's more likely that we see Lacazette playing out wide in Alexis's position with Giroud at striker, than we see Wenger make the necessary moves to right this ship... god, I hope I'm wrong but is it really that far - fetched considering what we've witnessed for past several years