Sentences with phrase «leg defeat in»

But Di Maria, who sat out the entirety of the first leg defeat in Spain a fortnight ago, demonstrated all is not lost for Unai Emery's team as he broke the deadlock with a deflected right - foot strike on the stroke of half - time.

Juventus are perhaps the last team a football fan should write off after a heavy first leg defeat in a two - legged tie.

Bayern Munich restored some pride in the second leg with a 3 - 2 victory, but ultimately paid the price for the first leg defeat in Barcelona.

The French midfielder conceded a penalty within 45 seconds of his late introduction in Arsenal's 2 - 0 first - leg defeat in the Champions League.

It would be nice for Arsenal fans if our German international midfield star was right in what he says about this season's record two legged defeat in the Champions League knockout phase inflicted on us by many of his fellow countrymen.

Not exact matches

With Steven Gerrard missing there is a belief that the side aren't functioning the way they should, but this week's penalty defeat to Besiktas is the club's only loss in Gerrard's absence as they picked up wins over the Turkish giants in the first leg as well as Crystal Palace, Southampton.

What better way to start than the second - leg against Monaco — with a 3 - 1 defeat suffered in the first - leg — this would be the perfect moment for Ozil to silence his critics, and spur Arsenal on to an epic Champions League comeback.

Just as I predicted on the night of our 1st leg defeat, we put up a decent performance in the 2nd leg but it's always a case of «Close but no cigar»..

The capital club were defeated in the first leg — in Turin — after efforts from Alvaro Morata and Carlos Tevez cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo's effort.

The Gunners travel to the San Siro for this first leg tie in dire need of a strong result after four consecutive defeats in all competitions — their worst run since all the way back in 2002.

Since returning from a long spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg at the 2014 World Cup during Mexico's defeat to the Netherlands, Moreno has gone on to star in La Liga, making 20 appearances in all competitions this campaign.

After suffering a bitter 2 - 0 defeat to Shakhtar in the first leg, Tottenham now return home to White Hart Lane with a large task before them.

Sevilla defeated Fiorentina 3 - 0 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semi-final, with Aleix Vidal scoring two and assisting for Kevin Gameiro to add gloss to the scoreline late on.

Jose Mourinho's incredible record in finals surely stands Chelsea in good stead after his Blues outfit defeated Liverpool 1 - 0 in the Capital One Cup semi-final 2nd leg.

Neville also oversaw a 7 - 0 defeat at the hands of Barcelona in one leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final, and was eliminated from the Europa League by Athletic Bilbao.

It was a night to forget for Barcelona on Wednesday as they suffered a 1 - 0 defeat to rivals Espanyol in the first leg of their Copa del Rey clash.

It is also unclear whether Celtic's Champions League reprieve will affect the situation, with the SPL champions now set to play Slovenian side Maribor in the play - off round despite a 6 - 1 aggregate defeat to Legia Warsaw, with the Polish side having fielded an ineligible player in the second leg at Murrayfield.

Today is the Champions League quarter - final second leg and Messi's club, Barcelona, are in prime position to make another semi-final appearance after they defeated Roma 4 - 1 at the Nou Camp last week.

The Espanyol defender was being tracked by both Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur and was all set to spark a move to the Premier League, though it has emerged that he suffered a fractured tibia in his left leg just moments before half time in the 2 - 1 defeat, and is now in line for a five month layoff on the sidelines.

Second scenario is we suffer crushing defeat first leg and we win second leg with impressive footbal, but still out on goal difference (as usual) Third scenario we trash them both legs and than bottle it in the final.

Pogba has come under fire in recent weeks for his poor form, having been substituted off in away defeats to Tottenham and Newcastle United, while he was also left on the bench for the first leg clash with Sevilla in the Champions League.

Manchester United took a huge step towards the last 16 of the Europa League by defeating Saint - Etienne 3 - 0 in their first - leg clash.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

The attacker netted in both of his club's Champions League play - off legs against Liverpool as they slumped to a 6 - 3 aggregate defeat.

Van Gaal has seen Luke Shaw sidelined with a double leg break, suffered during Man United's defeat to PSV Eindhoven in midweek, and although Daley Blind, Marcos Rojo and Ashley Young can fill the left - back berth none of the trio are as comfortable in the position as the England international.

The two - time Ballon d'Or - winner netted a hat - trick in a 4 - 3 second - leg defeat that took Madrid into the semi-finals in 2003 and was afforded the rare privilege of a standing ovation from United's fans.

The defeat means the Gunners face a very tough road to the quarter - finals of the competitions in the away leg of the tie in two weeks time.

The Catalan giants were defeated 4 - 0 in the first - leg at the Parc des Princes, and needed to get off to a good start tonight if they were to have any hope of progressing.

I thought the 1st leg was the bottom but I was wrong.The 2nd leg was arguably worse and I don't see how coming out of such a defeat you can say that the club is «in a great shape»!

The North - London side slipped to their worst ever defeat in our new stadium last night, when Bayern Munich took full advantage of a controversial red card to beat us 5 - 1, matching the score from the first leg in Germany also.

Finally, in 2004, AC Milan had no problem defeating underdogs Deportivo LA Coruna 4 - 1 in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinals.

Mourinho was asked at his press conference whether the fact that tonight's clash coincides with the one - year anniversary of Shaw breaking his leg during a Champions League defeat at PSV Eindhoven played a role in the defender not making the trip.

The manager has found his own position under scrutiny recently, with the Premier League champions five points adrift of pacesetters Chelsea and staring another last 16 exit at the hands of Barcelona in the face, after a 2 - 1 defeat in the home leg.

He struggled in the latter role in the home - leg defeat, but his solid performances in a wide position will have encouraged Wenger and Arsenal fans.

Going back to that painful League cup final defeat to Birmingham City in the last few minutes, right up to the recent first leg disaster against the French club Monaco in the Champions League, Arsenal have come unstuck like this a few times.

Throughout his entire career, 48 - year - old Dean has only refereed one Liverpool match — a 2 - 1 first - leg defeat to Sheffield United in a 2003 League Cup semi-final.

The Spanish giants have it all to do in the second leg after falling to a 2 - 0 defeat to their German rivals in the first leg, and Wolfsburg certainly deserve plenty of credit and will be difficult to break down again.

The Wanderers slumped to its heaviest defeat in its history last Friday when they went down 4 - 1 to the Melbourne Victory, prompting Arnold to suggest Tony Popovic's side were focusing on their ACL first leg clash with Al Hilal on October 25.

The bad thing about these first leg defeats is that you have to wait three weeks to see if you can come back in the tie, and in between you will hear a lot of nonsense in the media.

They followed up that win with the two - legged defeat of Liverpool in midweek, and will be flying full of confidence ahead of tonight's upcoming game, but have decided to name a relatively inexperienced side for the encounter.

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.

Klopp's Liverpool booked their place in the draw by beating Augsburg 1 - 0 on aggregate thanks to James Milner's penalty at Anfield on Thursday night, while United overcame a 2 - 1 first - leg deficit to defeat Midtjylland to go through 6 - 3.

Bayern have required emphatic victories in the second legs of both their knockout games already this season against Shakthar Donetsk and Porto, but they simply can't afford have a repeat of the game in Portugal against the Catalans, as another 3 - 1 defeat will almost certainly leave them with too much do against a strike force of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.

Despite Manchester City and Arsenal suffering defeat in their respective first - legs this week, Owen dismissed claims of the Premier League falling behind other European leagues.

Arsene Wenger is clearly looking for an Arsenal win tonight over Sunderland, even though a point would be enough to make sure that we do not have to face the two legged Champions League play offs, barring a cricket score from Man United and a defeat at home to West Brom in our last game.

After a 4 - 1 defeat in Poland in the first leg, the Bhoys lost 2 - 0 at home last night at Parkhead, and were eliminated 6 - 1 on aggregate.

But in the statement reported by Arsenal.com it sounded to me like the manager was really preparing the Arsenal fans to see him field a much changed and weakened Arsenal team in the following game, our trip to Monaco to attempt to put right that horrendous defeat in the Champions League first leg.

Despite drawing the second leg 0 - 0 in front of their own fans, Monaco dropped out thanks to a 1 - 0 defeat in the first leg, the goal coming when Arturo Vidal scored from the penalty spot in Turin.

There were a lot of things that Arsenal needed to do right to stand a chance of overturning the home leg defeat against Barcelona when we met again in the Nou Camp tonight.

He left under a cloud after numerous training ground incidents and a half time stadium walkout in their 5 - 0 final first leg defeat.