The Reds secure advancement to the Champions League quarter finals with a spectacular first
leg performance in Portugal.
Not exact matches
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 wee
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 wee
in 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.