It was two more frustrating seasons culminating in a fantastic performance that led
us out of the champions league at home against Monaco.
In the space of a week, the Blues were eliminated from the FA Cup by Everton, and were also dumped
out of the Champions League at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain, falling 2 - 1 in both legs for a 4 - 2 aggregate deficit.
His goals may well end up knocking Manuel Pellegrini's men
out of the Champions League at the last - 16 stage for the second consecutive season.
United seem to have caught wind of his dissatisfaction with how things are going at PSG, with the Ligue 1 giants dumped
out of the Champions League at the last - 16 stage for the second season in a row.
The Spaniard spoke after the Blues were beaten 3 - 0 by Barca at the Nou Camp, and 4 - 1 on aggregate to drop
out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage.
Having dropped to third in La Liga and going
out of the Champions League at the quarter - final stage last season, they will be worried that their successful era under Simeone is coming to an end.
Not won the league in 12 years, knocked
out of Champions league at the same stage in 6 going to 7 years, finished in the first 4 in 12 years — does nt that shows Wenger is consistent?
They were also knocked out of of both domestic cup competitions at the Etihad by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, then crashed
out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona in the first knockout round.
Although it is pretty hard to take the fact that along with Arsenal being knocked
out of the Champions League at the first knockout stage yet again, making it seven years in a row, we did so with a record breaking aggregate scoreline of 10 - 2, it has not been all doom and gloom for the Gunners this week.
Having crashed
out of the Champions League at the hands of Sevilla, the Red Devils will need to produce a response this weekend as they look to keep their hopes of silverware this season alive.
It might take a few days for Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players to be able to look back on last night's win in Monaco with anything approaching positivity, because no matter what the result or how well we played, the harsh truth is that Arsenal are
out of the Champions League at exactly the same stage that has been our downfall in every one of the last five seasons.
The solitary signing of an already injured Kim Kallstrom when we already had massive injury problems sent a lot of fans into meltdown and once we were put
out of the Champions League at the first knockout stage yet again, the only thing left was the FA cup and the Wenger trophy.
The Gunners are destined to be, once again,
out of the Champions League at the same stage as usual and mired in a battle for a Top Four place, just as we were last season, the season before, and so on and son.....
It is not good for the Premier League but I must admit to feeling a bit of pleasure when Chelsea crashed
out of the Champions League at the hands of French champions PSG this week.
As was the case in reality, Spurs crashed
out of the Champions League at the group stage finishing third in their group, although they impressed in the Europa League reaching the last four.
Barcelona have now gone
out of the Champions League at the quarter - final stage for the third consecutive season and for a club of their standing, and for the money they have spent, it's just not good enough.
Alonso was part of Antonio Conte's squad that crashed
out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona.
Earlier this month, the Gunners were knocked
out of the Champions League at the last - 16 stage for the seventh consecutive season.
They were also knocked
out of the Champions League at the last - 16 stage for a sixth successive year while they saw their hopes of winning a third FA Cup in a row ended by Watford at the quarter - final stage.
Pep Guardiola has criticised the refereeing decisions after Man City crashed
out of the Champions League at the hands of Liverpool.
While his Sevilla are winless in five in La Liga and were knocked
out of the Champions League at the round of 16 stage by Leicester City, they have at times looked like worthy title challengers this season, and remain on course for a first top - four finish since 2010.
Not exact matches
Let's just hope that the injury problems ease up and the Gunners do not get knocked
out of the FA cup and
Champions League at the next stage.
When Harry Redknapp's Spurs finished fourth in the 2011 - 12 Premier
League, only to lose
out on
Champions League qualification because
of Chelsea's form - defying victory over Bayern Munich, the mood
at White Hart Lane was ultimately one
of frustration.
Arsene Wenger was never going to come
out and say that Arsenal are
out of the
Champions League, as we still have the second leg against Barcelona
at the Nou Camp to play in a couple
of weeks.
A couple
of months into the new season, and nothing seems to have changed from recent seasons for the North Londoners who have already been knocked
out of the Capital One Cup by a youthful Southampton side, languishing
at 8th position in the Premier
League table, and have won 1
of their 2
Champions League fixtures.
The lineups are
out for today's crunch
Champions League round
of 16 match between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus
at the Westfalenstadion.
We have all but ruled ourselves
out of the title race following our dismal display
at Stamford Bridge this weekend which allowed our rivals to move to 12 points clear
of us, and we (for now) have to concentrate on building our own form to assure ourselves
of Champions League football, and should the Blues begin to drop points, we must be within touching distance
of them when push comes to shove.
After Wednesday the Mancunian side could be
out of the
Champions League, as they are 1 - 2 down to Barcelona going in to the second leg
at the Nou Camp.
Diaby arrives
at one
of the genuine giants
of the French game, but he joins a side in transition; Marcelo Bielsa's outfit missed
out on
Champions League qualification last term, and have since lost many
of their key players.
Should Arsenal manage to tie down all the aforementioned stars to new deals
at the Emirates, it'll be a big sign
of intent from the north London side, as they look to secure
Champions League football again this season having narrowly missed
out last season.
The 22 - year - old Frenchman has caught the eye and won admirers in this season's impressive
Champions League campaign for Monaco, attracting envious glances from Arsenal as well after they were dumped
out at the hands
of the Ligue 1 club.
This is not the first time the Spain international has got United
out of trouble, with the 27 - year - old most notably making some unbelievable stops in the 3 - 1 win
at Arsenal earlier in the season and during the 0 - 0
Champions League draw
at Sevilla.
Yet now,
at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked
out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa
League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us
of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our
Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win
of last season to enter into this letter.
From the highs
of beating Liverpool
at the weekend to the lows
of crashing
out of the
Champions League, all the space
of a few days...
As Arsene Wenger quite rightly pointed
out, there is still a little bit
of work to do before we can be guaranteed to avoid the
Champions League play off
at the beginning
of next season.
A treble in his first season
at Barcelona and another
Champions League in just his first three seasons in management was a remarkable achievement, no question, and if anything his struggles
at Bayern show that one can not simply inherit a good set
of players and let them do the rest, but while he revolutionised the game in 2009, he is now being found
out and it is something
of a surprise that he has no other European Cup to his name since 2011 given the quality
of teams he's had
at his disposal since then.
That really would be a sad turn
of events for Milan, with Silva and Calhanoglu signed to be key figures in the squad overhaul, and this would mark a complete restart with others arguably also
at risk
of being shipped
out to maintain a healthy financial position without
Champions League money.
Barcelona top La Liga and will extend their lead to four points with a win against Real Madrid, going some way to sealing another
league title at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City out of the Champions L
league title
at the Nou Camp, and will be high on confidence after comfortably knocking Manchester City
out of the
Champions LeagueLeague.
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Controversial Italian international forward Balotelli is expected to leave the Premier
League champions this month after his training ground fall -
out with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini
at the start
of the month.
Arsenal have had one crack
at a
Champions League final,
of course, and the Frenchman has a great record
of getting us into and
out of the group stage, but we need to do better than that now.
The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons
at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the
Champions League, and was also left
out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match
of the season.
Indeed, the Red Devils were dumped
out of this year's competition in the group stage, and van Gaal, showing few
of the qualities that won him two Spanish titles
at Barcelona, the
Champions League at Ajax, and the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, appears unable to help the side re-qualify for the competition this season.
Barca paid an audacious fee for the winger but he has featured sporadically recently for the side and was even left
out of Barcelona's
Champions League starting eleven against Chelsea last week
at Stamford Bridge.
Alderweireld can play
at either centre or right back and having won back to back domestic titles he may feel he has achieved as much as he can with his Amsterdam side and having been knocked
out of the
Champions League a move in January is a distinct possibility.
This is the fourth time a team will play the final
of the European Cup /
Champions League in their own stadium after Real Madrid in 1956/57 (2 - 0 win against Fiorentina
at the Bernabeu), Inter Milan in 1964/65 (1 - 0 win against Benfica
at the San Siro) & Roma in 1983/84 (losing in a penalty shoot -
out against Liverpool
at the Olimpico).
In Porto's opening European Cup fixture — a 2 - 2 draw away
at Dyanmo Kyiv — the legendary stopper equalled Xavi's record
of Champions League appearances, when he made his 151st
outing in the competition.
Knocked
out again by Barcelona in the
Champions League but the Gunners beat them
at the Emirates and were in a great position
at the Nou Camp until the sending off
of Robin van Persie.
Imagine playing barca in
champions league at nou Camp and we have Le Coq and grzegorz krychowiak sitting infront
of the back four fustrating the shit
out of barca's front 3...
The Portuguese manager has fallen
out with a number
of Real Madrid stars and perhaps his best hope
of keeping his job was clinching the
Champions League title and the chances
of that occurring have been dealt a massive blow with the Spanish club's 4 - 1 defeat
at Borussia Dortmund.