Sentences with phrase «league champions did»

The current Premier League champions did the double over City last season, winning 3 - 1 at the Etihad Stadium before an Eden Hazard double was enough for a 2 - 1 victory in west London.

The Premier League champions didn't even have a single shot on target in the entire match.

If the 20 time league champions did give in to Ronaldo's demands, that would almost certainly upset their other high earning stars.

Man City have Jesus and Aguero, and many other past league champions did it with 2 top - players available to go up - front.

The reigning Premier League champions did not show a great deal of ambition in an uninspiring performance at the Etihad Stadium that allowed current league leaders City to go 18 points clear at the top of the table.

It is certainly true that the last two Premier League champions did so without Champions League football to worry about, but neither Chelsea nor Leicester had Europa League games either, so is Wenger right to say that being in the lesser European competition will help Arsenal in the Premier League?

Not exact matches

«I have talked to certain people who think that it would be really easy to make a «League of Legends» AI that could beat the world champions, but I don't necessarily agree,» Churchill says.

With the football season now in full swing, BT Sport has built on the good work it did last summer raising awareness of its sports content, including Champions League and Premier League matches.

1) You hear Comments like the squad is good enough 2) The market is very slow, people are on holidays 3) there is money in the market but not quality 4) Not been in the champions league is a problem 5) We are doing signings on Final day 6) We start the season unprepared cause we don't have our targets and we have injuries

We finished 3rd and now don't have to play qualifier for the Champions league.

I honestly do nt forsee Arsene or the clubs hierarchy EVER doing this, thus the fight 4 that coveted Champions League spot and FA cup domination will sadly continue to be the clubs ambition

It's not like we don't have worse players taking up spaces in the 25 or the champions league A list.

Let's just hope that the injury problems ease up and the Gunners do not get knocked out of the FA cup and Champions League at the next stage.

Speaking to Copa90 he stated: «I realised the greatest dream you can have as a kid, but also as a footballer, I slept before the Champions League finals, but before the World Cup I didn't sleep for even a minute.»

I understand your premise but we must realise that for years Wenger was confined by financial constraints, and I honestly don't think many other managers could have kept the club in the champions league, look at Liverpool and Man United, even with there inflated budgets they failed to achieve a top four finish in recent years.

What Ambition do you mean 4th place finish last 16 in Champions League and the odd Cup.

The fact is that Wenger did manage to realise at least some of those hopes by keeping the club among the European elite by qualifying for the Champions League group stage every year without fail.

«We didn't start the season very well so it was very important to win these two games — Champions League against Maccabi Tel Aviv and the derby against Arsenal.

Q. Do you think you will ever win the Champions league.

Same points, and this time we won't get pot 1, this time we'll be playing in a much tougher group in the champions league next year so don't be so proud of 2nd spot.

Considering the fact that the young Englishman has already turned down a contract extension worth # 100k - a-week, it does not seem as though it is money he is after, he clearly wants to play Champions League football next season.

«We definitely need them because in the championship and the last stages of the Champions League, you can not do it with 11 players.

You just don't win the Champions league because you think you should be winning it.

It's a do or die game for our champions league hopes and what with Wenger's (separate) poor league records against Mo and Utd, this sure looks like being double trouble for us poor Gooners.?

Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't done much except score for the 10th consecutive Champions League match, which is a record.

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 tchampions 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 tChampions 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.

Our chances of doing it have been handed a double boost this week as the Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris and their first choice centre back Toby Alderweireld picked up knocks during their Champions League win over Real Madrid.

Giroud played champions league game so i do nt see him going anywhere.

Barca are much better than that these days and last night's five goals should just reinforce the fact that Arsenal will be leaving the Champions League very soon so we might as well save our effort for the competitions we still have a chance of winning don't you think?

I don't see anything wrong in using our full strength, no team is a push over in the champions leagues, and Zagreb has not lost a game in 11 months, winning their league.

The player has been strongly linked with a move to French champions Paris Saint - Germain, with some sources claiming that a deal was all but done, but English reports are claiming that Liverpool have made an attempt to lure him to the Premier league instead.

And then compare them to what we do at Arsenal and only then will you realise that we are not in a position to expect a champions league trophy.

Chelsea just want upgrades in CB and Striker.Liverpool needed more player as they are in Champions league this yr.Spurs don't need anyone as they have a young squad and they have almost all their places covered.

Yeah but the reality is the to thing are closely related, If Wenger stays we won't win the league or the champions league any time soon.For us to win these type of trophies a top coach must come in, there aren't many who can achieve this but i believe 2 good candidates are out of work Ancelotti and Klopp, Wengrs contract should be finished by the 2016/17 season god willing.I say God willing because Wengers been talking about how he doesn't want to retire, obvious signs that he wants an extension to his contrct, i am one Arsenal fan who doesn't want to see an extension

But he did not have to contend with the suspended Robin van Persie, who returns today and will be desperate not to become the first Arsenal captain to lose a Champions League qualifier.

Sanchez is also not cup - tied in the Champions League so could be a big boost to any club that does win the race for his signature this January.

«because it just reminds you that — especially after a defeat like we had on Wednesday night [5 - 1 Champions League defeat to Bayern Munich]-- we have not done too badly in the last month,»

The Champions League draw has finally been done, and are draw could turn out to be trickier than it looks.

In his first season in the Spanish capital Bale could do no wrong, netting in both Copa del Rey and Champions League finals, but this season he's gone off the boil and has been the subject of growing abuse from a section o the club's fan - base.

But when their team does (liverpool) it's all fine at least they're in the champions league!

The board DO NT WANT US TO WIN THE EPL as it will mean the level of fans ambition is raised to champions league glory, and this would mean spending shed loads of money and the Board do nt want that at all!DO NT WANT US TO WIN THE EPL as it will mean the level of fans ambition is raised to champions league glory, and this would mean spending shed loads of money and the Board do nt want that at all!do nt want that at all!!!

Honestly do you all really think the current squad can bring EPL and Champions League silverware to the Emirates.

No ambition from the board or Wenger And we also aren't good enough to win the league or compete in the champions league on a budget like Leicester did winning the league.

Next season, fans will genuinely expect Arsenal to challenge from Day One until the last day — and do better than round of 16 in the Champions league.

Which Jack did you see in Champions league final against Barca?

If we don't get back into Champions League, we may not get back for years to come.

Still, Mourinho is extremely pessimistic about English success this season, telling the Daily Mirror: «I don't think so because I always say the Champions League only starts in February and in February, the English teams are after December and January where we can play 20 matches over two months and the Germans, the French, the Spanish, the Italians, they all come from a winter break.

However I do think that United winning will spur them on to greater efforts in the fight for the fourth champions League spot and they are just five points behind us now.

4th place doesn't help us since we never challenge for the champions league trophy.

Not only does lifting the Europa League trophy give you an automatic place in the Champions League for the following season, it is a highly prized piece of silverware and something that Arsenal and Wenger have never won.