Sentences with phrase «lifting trophy»

Though, John Terry was cheered that day while lifting the Trophy, the only talk - of - the - town was the staggering exhibit of the legendary Arsenal keeper, Pat Jennings.

But this year, Wenger feels it is a more open competition with any number of clubs standing a realistic chance of lifting the trophy in May.

A 94th - minute equaliser from Sergio Ramos was all that denied them from lifting the trophy in 2014 and after a season of rebuilding last year, Atletico are ready to challenge for the trophy again, hosting PSV in the Round of 16 tonight.

Pep Guardiola's men now need a maximum of three more wins to make sure of lifting the trophy but two will do the trick if one of them comes against cross-city rivals United.

Late injuries to key players could still upset calculations, but for this observer, there are only five teams with a realistic chance of lifting the trophy.

One of the clauses in his transfer provided Inter with an extra $ 750k for Real making it to the final and another $ 1.25 m for lifting the trophy.

Playing in that game and lifting the trophy was special.

Whilst 58 years later, they sit at 80/1 in the current FA Cup betting, few could see Blackburn lifting the trophy after 90 minutes at the old Wembley.

Bayern, back in the semifinals for the seventh time in nine seasons, are attempting to reach the final for the first time since lifting the trophy five years ago.

The truth is we would have loved to see Henderson lifting this trophy come February.

They have not beaten English opposition in a knockout tie since José Mourinho's side eliminated Manchester United FC in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2 - 1 home, 1 - 1 away) en route to lifting the trophy.

He marked that event with both goals as Spain beat France in the quarter finals, on their way to lifting the trophy again.

Though Arsenal had gone one up through a Sol Campbell header, the Catalans came back strongly, as an inspirational cameo by Swedish veteran Henrik Larsson saw the champions from Spain lifting the trophy, leaving the North Londoners disconsolate for one more time that season.

We looked at the last 10 games from each sides recent title wins, looking at just how well they did on their way to lifting the trophy.

France reached the finals of Euro 2016 on home soil before losing to Portugal, and will be hoping to go one step further and emulate the class of 98 by lifting the trophy this summer in Russia

It's difficult to believe that he's still only 29, but it warmed our cockles to see wee Philipp Lahm lifting the trophy for Bayern last night — the club he joined as an 11 - year - old back in 1995.

Across the board, the talent levels are so close that the clash of managerial personalities and playing styles won't just be the most fascinating story line of the year; it'll likely determine who's lifting the trophy come next spring.

If we can continue our free - flowing attacking form on Friday night, then we will be lifting the trophy in east London.

Without either Manchester club or Chelsea putting up much of a fight last year, they were good enough to win the league — but not good enough to guarantee they'd be lifting the trophy.

We said it in 2002, 2009 and 2014, following the Reds» best attempts at lifting the trophy since its...

It will by no means be an easy run to the final, but Atleti remain the strongest team in the competition and should be confident in lifting the trophy at the end of the season.

«I think we've always believed, it has been the people around us that weren't really convinced that we could do it,» Morgan said shortly after lifting the trophy.

Guardiola did not seem to mind winning the «second tier» Carabao Cup with Manchester City this season and Mourinho celebrated lifting that trophy and the Europa League last term as though they were the first two cups of his managerial career.

Chris Smalling has told ESPN FC that ending this season second in the Premier League table and lifting a trophy would represent a successful campaign for Manchester United — but only if they use it as a platform to win bigger prizes.

The game ended 0 - 0, with Mazurkiewicz keeping out the prolific Jimmy Greaves in what proved to be the only game where the host nation failed to score on their way to lifting the trophy.

They scraped past a limited Red Star side in the last 32, winning 1 - 0 on aggregate after a goalless first leg, and ended Lyon's dream of lifting the trophy in their own stadium with a 3 - 2 second - leg victory in France.

Club president Pepe Castro is hoping his team can end an «excellent» campaign by lifting the trophy this weekend.

Okay so Vardy just changed his header to the photo of the team lifting the trophy... Does that mean anything... #lcfc

Lowry was realistic about the slog that awaited him but unafraid to admit he could see himself lifting the trophy.

This season, as far as I am concerned is ended and our only realistic hope of lifting a trophy is the FA cup but I won't end this story without blaming everybody for another failed season.

They ended up lifting the trophy despite only managing one win inside 90 minutes, trusting extra time, penalty shootouts, and just a little good fortune to make the difference.

I know one person who will not care less if it's the Spuds or Leicester or any other team than Arsenal team lifting the trophy.

As reported by Metro the Spurs star has basically lain into his own club for a number of reasons and even suggested that he is thinking strongly about giving up on the annual under achievers because he is in danger of going through his whole career without lifting a trophy.

They are just one game away from making the final again this summer, but they have the formidable obstacle of the current World champions Germany to get past first, so the news that the Arsenal centre forward Olivier Giroud could miss the match with a knee injury is a huge blow to their hopes of lifting the trophy in Paris on Sunday.

The Gunners were celebrating retaining the FA Cup and becoming the most decorated side in the competition's history after lifting the trophy for a record 12th time as they comprehensively disposed of a very poor Villa side at Wembley.

I reeeeeeally want to see that cheeky Sanchez grin while lifting a trophy with us..

van persie on the pitch staring at giroud lifting the trophy while doing the stick your tongue out thing... rvp thinking «motherf * cker»

John Terry and Gary Cahill shared the honours of lifting the trophy with the former of course bidding farewell to Chelsea as he will move on this summer.

Arsenal have taken the competition very seriously in recent years, losing only one game in their last 17 whilst lifting the trophy twice.

Boro have not won at Arsenal since Juninho scored the only goal of a Carling Cup tie that formed part of the run that eventually culminated in Steve McClaren's side's lifting the trophy in 2004.

To put it more bluntly, the less we see of ramsey the better our chances will be of lifting the trophy.

The France pair of Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny are well aware of just how much damage their club colleague Mesut Ozil could do the host nation's chances of getting to the final and lifting the trophy, especially the big centre forward as he is the player that is usually the main recipient of Ozil's final killer pass or piece of creative magic.

Arsenal go into the new year at third position but they will feel confident about lifting a trophy this year considering they are in a decent position in all competitions and the FA Cup is yet to start for the Gunners.

As for UCL, he has managed to make a good history with Arsenal as the only manager to have consistently qualify his club for champions league without ever lifting the trophy.

Wenger has only himself to blame for not lifting the trophy.

It did seem like the other top clubs were taking turns lifting the trophy though while our players were busy taking selfies after even unconvincing wins...

Harry can see himself in the final of the Champions League and lifting the trophy at some point in the future, but Tottenham don't look like they have a squad capable of doing that.

We have won the FA cup a couple of times, so we are not strangers to lifting the trophy and Wenger has a wonderful record in the FA cup.

Sent off in the semi-final second leg win at Barcelona, John Terry was unable to take to the field for Chelsea as they faced Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena in 2012, though that famously didn't stop him lifting the trophy with his team - mates in his full kit!

There is much more expectation and pressure on them to win, especially after losing the World Cup final last year and not lifting a trophy for over 20 years.