Sentences with phrase «leg performance in»

The Reds secure advancement to the Champions League quarter finals with a spectacular first leg performance in Portugal.

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After finishing up the North American leg of the tour Simon will do a brief tour in Europe which ends July 15th with a final farewell performance in London with James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt.
He says thee has been a huge improvement in his performance - including speedier recoveries when he has fatigued legs or injuries.
Where the questions need to be asked is fathoming the first leg performance, as BFG alluded to in his interview.
NOT a great performance all the same, but, it is NOT a EPL game where you have a 1 off 3/1 or 0 outcome, this, is the qualifier for the UCL, and as such is a 2 leg affair, and 0 - 0 away in Turkey, against a team that beat Chelsea pre-season, is a good result.
The first leg was actually a disgraceful performance and I blame the players and Wenger for that awful show: the players because, as professionals, they should have been able to control their emotion once they conceded the first goal and not throw curssion to the wind in porsuit of equalizer.
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»..
Still, Guardiola isn't giving up and while he admitted it would be hard, he sent the message to his players that they can still go through if they get their performance right in the second leg.
The young Italian turned in a magnificent performance in the second leg against Chelsea as Paris Saint Germain knocked out the Premier League leaders on away goals.
Your being too harsh on flamini, I will never forget his motm performance against besiktas in the return leg.
I know that I am right at the highly optimistic end of the scale of Arsenal fans and I know that the team's hopes of making it to a first Champions League quarter - final in four years are hanging by a thread by the shocking performance against Monaco at the Emirates in the first leg.
Real have of course enjoyed success in the Champions League this week after a stunning first - leg performance against Juventus in Turin.
After a stunning defensive performance in the semi-final second leg against the defending champions at the Camp Nou, a brace in the final from Diego Milito against Bayern Munich sealed the treble for the Nerazzurri.
Their duo performance reminded me of a former Arsenal defence that was confident and not afraid to stick a leg in to challenge and to have a bit of ruff and tumble, but that they also aware of their limits and not to get them into vulnerable situations.
Over the last decade lightweight carbon fiber and improvements in the design of the prosthetic racing foot have so improved performance that some people believe a human being without legs could have an advantage over one with them.
It was a strong Monaco performance in which they not only pulled back a two goal deficit from the first leg, but they then hit back at City when the Blues scored late on in the game.
The 35 - year - old was superb in Juve's first - leg victory over Spanish giants Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final last week, and his performance has proven his ability to continue to play at the highest level.
The Red Devils take on the Spanish side at Old Trafford tomorrow evening and are not yet assured of qualification after a 0 - 0 draw and an unconvincing performance in the away leg.
Divock Origi produced a tireless performance in midweek, and he could be handed a rest with a view of starting against Dortmund on Thursday as he hopes to add to his first - leg goal.
Produce a very good away performance in the Champions League but still get knocked out, having thrown it away in the first leg.
Trips performance in the second leg of Juve was about as bad a a FB can play.
Right when you think a corner is being turned a bad performance can pop out of nowhere so Milan definitely have a chance, but we've put ourselves in a good position after 1st 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.
All in all it was a sorry excuse of a performance all round, but I wouldn't put it past our team to win 4 - 2 in the away leg and go through on away goals.
Its been better with performances recently just like most recent seasons but its still the same glorious failure... we aren't going to win the EPL and in the CL we make sure we lose heavily in the first leg so that in the other leg we play our hearts out and still lose so that we can get some sympathy and make it look like we tried.
if besiktas had scored in last few minutes no one would have said it was undeserved as they matched us over both legs... the two league performances resulted in four points could have easily been 1....
Wenger said on Arsenal.com: «I felt we had a complete performance in the first half as long as we had the legs to sustain what we wanted to do.
And while our centre forward is determined to make up for his off key performance in the home leg, Giroud is not letting it affect him as he thrives on confidence and has a strong mentality, something he believes is essential to his success on the pitch.
Tez misses out and Gooner Gimli is still struggling with connectivity issues so its just Tony and Schwinn as they discuss the brilliant performance against CSKA in the first leg of the tie and preview Southampton.
He kept a clean sheet in both legs as Peñarol beat Real Madrid 2 - 0 both home and away, earning praise from all quarters for his performance in the Bernabeu.
Paris Saint - Germain will equal their best ever performance in the Champions League on Tuesday if they capitalize on a 3 - 1 win in the first leg and knock Chelsea out of the competition.
The Gunners produced arguably their best away performance of the entire season to land themselves a 2 - 0 win at the San Siro in the first leg of this round of sixteen tie.
The Portuguese coach has come under a lot of stick this past week following his side's ultra-defensive performance in Wednesday's 0 - 0 draw at Sevilla in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie.
A 3 - 0 first - leg win in Spain has left two - time UEFA Europa League winners Atlético Madrid in sight of the quarter - finals; Lokomotiv will need a big performance in Moscow.
The blue - white - sky blues lost the first leg 2 - 1 in Leipzig, and while the result was decent, the performance was rather dissapointing.
CSKA Moscow delivered a poor performance in the opposite leg in Moscow, where they lost 1 - 0.
However, he has gradually proved his critics wrong, culminating in a man - of - the - match performance in the second leg of the semifinal against Monaco, scoring one goal and making the other.
The first leg will be played at the Allianz Arena in Munich and Besiktas will be hoping to build on their incredible group stage performances where they became the first turkish side to win their group.
The First Leg In the first leg of the tie, Liverpool produced a good performance, soaking up sustained periods of pressure from the home side before offering a threat on the counter attack.
After a devastating performance in the first leg, Liverpool are within touching distance of a spot in the Champions League semifinals.
But if you believe that our recent defensive performances are just a current phenomenon, you may like to know that in those seven two - legged semi-finals spread over fifty years we conceded 41 goals in 16 ties (6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 4, 9)!
In an interview covered by The Scotsman, the 33 - year - old, who has previously plyed his trade for Chelsea, conceded that he was astonished by the performance of Brendan Rodgers» side, but he expects Zenit to come back with a strong response of their own when they host the Hoops in the return leg at the Krestovsky Stadium next weeIn an interview covered by The Scotsman, the 33 - year - old, who has previously plyed his trade for Chelsea, conceded that he was astonished by the performance of Brendan Rodgers» side, but he expects Zenit to come back with a strong response of their own when they host the Hoops in the return leg at the Krestovsky Stadium next weein the return leg at the Krestovsky Stadium next week.
However, a combination of even more injuries and an extended run of games has allowed Alexander - Arnold to overcome his naiveté in the defensive part of his game, culminating in an emphatic two leg performance that saw the right back completely neutralize one of the best wingers in the world in Leroy Sané over the course of 180 minutes.
There was little wrong with Tottenham's performance against the Belgian side, even after Dele Alli's rush of blood saw him sent off, but manager Mauricio Pochettino was right in saying the damage was done in the first leg in Belgium — a 1 - 0 defeat where Spurs were complacent and disinterested.
A goal against Newport County ensured Spurs progress in the FA Cup fourth - round replay tie, the impressive performance led to another surprise start in the Champions League against Juventus in the first leg of the Round of 16 in Turin.
Chasing the ball will have sucked a lot out of their legs and Liverpool need to put a performance togethere here in front of their home crowd.
Barcelona had not done great in the first leg but in the second leg they produced a brilliant performance, with four goals from Messi.
Blessing Okagbare and Yenew Alamirew were among those to set meeting records while there were world leading performances from the likes of Emma Coburn and Justin Gatlin at the second leg of the Diamond League series in Shanghai on Sunday.
Zinedine Zidane's defending Champions put in a superb performance to come back from a goal down to beat a tenacious Napoli side 3 - 1 in the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16.
Arguably the Irish can't match the scoring power that the Bosnians have so they will have to rely on a strong defensive, disciplined performance on Friday night in the first leg of the Euro 2016 qualification play off.
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