Sentences with phrase «legged tie before»

All of the African sides must get through a two - legged tie before reaching the group stage, and many of the major sides failed to gain an edge in their away legs on Friday.

Not exact matches

Manchester City face Everton in the Premier League next Saturday before heading to Anfield on Wednesday, April 4 to face Liverpool in the first leg of their crucial Champions League quarter - final tie.

That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before City have to play the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

It really doesn't sound as though there's a good atmosphere within the dressing room right now, and with a trip to Brighton on Sunday before travelling to Italy to face Milan in the first leg of their last - 16 tie, it may yet get even worse for the Gunners.

The draw for the play - off round will be made on August 7th with the first - leg tie set to take place on either August 18 / 19th, meaning United will have played two league games before turning their attentions to Europe.

Wenger will «warn» Arsenal that Hull's attack is better than MSN while Bruce will say Ramsey is better than Zidane Before the second leg Louis Enrique will say Giroud and Wellbeck are better than Henri and Ian Wright while Wenger has already said the tie is 95 % over.

If they stay in Europe and the FA cup United could have 25 more games before the end of the season, at an average of one every four days starting with the second leg of their Europa League tie tomorrow and then the EFL cup final this weekend.

The Bianconeri were left to rue what could turn out to be a decisive moment in the tie when Higuain struck the crossbar with his second penalty of the game, before Christian Eriksen's free - kick after the interval ensured that his side hold the away goal advantage heading into the second leg at Wembley next month.

The Turin giants take on AC Milan in Serie A on March 31, before quickly switching their focus to the Champions League as they host Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarter - final tie on April 3.

But the gulf in talent level was just too high, and City smothered all of Basel's attempts to find their way into the tie, leaving little doubt as to the final result even before the second leg kicks off.

Northern Ireland were outplayed — and you can't help but feel this tie is done before Sunday's second leg in Basel — but they were mightily unfortunate to find themselves on the wrong end of one of the most ludicrous refereeing decisions you'll ever see.

Messi's Barcelona side will travel to the Etihad on Tuesday to play against Manchester City in their Champions League last 16 tie, and Scholes has warned Manuel Pellegrini's side that the playmaker has the ability to take the game away from City before the second leg at the Nou Camp.

So there is just one more day to go before Arsenal's crucial first leg tie against Monaco and we are all aware of our opponents defensive capabilities.

After beating Sevilla 3 - 2 in the last 16, Leicester must face La Liga opposition once again, with the first leg taking place in Spain on either April 11 or 12, before the tie concludes at the King Power Stadium on April 18 or 19.

Monaco have never lost a tie after leading from the first leg either (W9), and Arsenal have never won after losing at home before, but conversely Arsenal have never lost to a Ligue 1 side in France ever (W7 D3).

The final 10 minutes wasn't as interesting as it would usually be with the scores tied due to the nature of playing over two legs, but at one point the referee did appear to be calling for the VAR to look at whether Chelsea deserved a penalty, but the strange part is that the incident had taken place a few moments before, and it would be interesting to know how that would work had a goal been scored in that time.

Last season against Real Madrid his Bayern side lost the semi-final first leg 1 - 0 at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humiliated in the return leg to eventually lose the tie 5 - 0 on aggregate, further highlighting that he can't always rely on the home tie to bail his teams out of jail.

The second leg of their last - 32 tie against Swedish minnows Ostersunds produced a shock 2 - 1 defeat before a 3 - 1 second - leg win sealed their progress against Milan.

Juve were 30 seconds away from winning that tie before a mistake by Patrice Evra forced the extra period — and it needs to be said that Massmiliano Allegri made big tactical mistakes in both legs as well.

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.

He played every minute of both legs of the Champions League tie, before making his MLS debut in the 2 - 1 loss at New England Revolution (3/10).

Rival Watch: Victory for Chelsea ahead of Camp Nou clash FC Barcelona Chelsea claimed victory against Crystal Palace in their final Premier League fixture before facing Barça at Camp Nou in the second leg of their last 16 Champions League tie.

Heading into the contest trailing 2 - 1 from the opening leg, Swiss outfit Sion breathed life into the tie when veteran forward Theofanis Gekas broke the deadlock after 16 minutes, latching onto Ebenezer Assifuah's cross before sending a neat backheel past Braga goalkeeper Matheus Magalhaes.

The French club ran out 4 - 2 winners in the first leg of their last 16 tie at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais with Lacazette setting up Corentin Tolisso's equaliser before he sealed the win in the dying minutes with a brilliant strike.

Ronaldo is expected to return before the two - legged Spanish Super Cup tie against their El Clasico rivals next month, and Bale may have a point to prove in the Miami friendly after the squad suffered a 4 - 1 thumping at the hands of Manchester City earlier this week.

Here's an interesting stat, PSG have not lost the first leg of a round of sixteen tie in the Champions League before, holding a W4 D1 record from their previous five.

I also watched four of Ajax's CL group stage games last season (Real Madrid and Lyon home and away) and both legs of their knockout tie with United the year before.

Trailing 4 - 0 after the first leg of our Champions League last - 16 tie in 2012, we came roaring back in the first half of the second match at the Emirates, and led 3 - 0 at the break, before failing to convert some presentable opportunities after half - time.

United go into the second - leg of their last 16 tie level at 0 - 0, but they largely had De Gea to thank for keeping them in the game as he made a string of fine saves throughout the contest, including one from point blank range just before the break.

In the semifinals against Monaco he was imperious, assisting both goals in the first leg — one on an outrageous backheel — before sealing the tie just before the half of the second leg with an incredible volleyed goal.

The only downside for Klopp - aside from Can picking up a booking which rules him out of the first leg of the last 16 tie - was the sight of Alberto Moreno hobbling off with an ankle injury just before the break.

The diagrams below depict the eight teams» tactical line - ups from the first legs of their last - 16 ties, before there were any leads to be defended or deficits to be overturned.

The schedule is relatively low - key before Juve face Tottenham in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie in the Champions League.

PSG were in decent position in the opening leg at Real Madrid, tied 1 - 1 late in the second half before conceding two goals in a 3 - 1 loss.

Juventus had wiped out Real Madrid's three - goal advantage from the first leg with Mario Mandzukic scoring twice before Blaise Matuidi levelled the tie at 3 - 3 after an hour.

Basel have been in five previous two - legged ties with English sides before and have a W1 L4 record from those.

The commotion was said to have attracted male students from their own hostel who raced to the scene and helped to further tie his hands and legs with ropes before the arrival of the school security officials.

Crafted from lightweight twill, these Paris trousers sit high on the waist with a self tie belt and are cut to be slim fitting through the legs before being neatened up by pressed centre creases.