Sentences with phrase «placed finish in»

The two European giants meet at the round - of - 16 stage following PSG's second - placed finish in Group A behind Arsenal.

Mark Hughes has done a very good job, he had their highest - placed finish in the Premier League last year and he will be trying to at least match that this season.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho used his pre-match press conference to say that he still thinks his side can achieve a «dream» fourth placed finish in the Premier League.

He guided them to a fifth - placed finish in his first season in charge and to fourth spot last season.

Under Louis van Gaal, United improved a little, earning a fourth - placed finish in his first season, bringing back UEFA Champions League football with United missing out during that season.

A short while after this defeat, Klopp announced that he would leave Dortmund at the end of the season, guiding the club to an eventual seventh placed finish in the league, while Guardiola secured his second straight Bundesliga title.

This season marks a return to the European top table for Sporting, having missed out on European football altogether last season, following a 7th placed finish in the league.

A fifth - placed finish in his second season saw Van Gaal's side miss out on the elite European competition on goal difference, but he won the Emirates FA Cup, which suggested the season was not all that bad with United back on the trophy trail.

The 21 - year - old, who helped Villarreal to a 6th placed finish in La Liga last term, scoring 8 goals in Europa League campaign, will likely to provide competition for the likes of Fernando Torres and Raul Jimenez following the exits of Arda Turan and Mario Mandzukic.

The 38 - year - old managed Swansea in the Premier League between 2014 and 2015 before helping Leeds to a seventh - placed finish in the second tier last term.

Rodriguez added that remaining at Wolfsburg this summer would be «not impossible but unrealistic», with the German side having missed out on European football following an eighth placed finish in the Bundesliga.

Manchester United's 3 - 1 victory sealed European football next season with a fifth placed finish in the league, but their inferior goal difference meant they missed out on Champions League qualification to rivals Manchester City.

The 43 - year - old has worked as the club's sports director since 2012 and will be hoping to improve on their second - placed finish in the Israeli Premier League next season.

Our seventh - placed finish in the Premier League gave us qualification for the UEFA Europa League, which meant that we were in with a theoretical chance in four trophies this season.

West Ham United «s seventh - placed finish in the Premier League last term was a strange one, as it left supporters both happy and disappointed in equal measure.

Elsewhere there was a good performance from Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark in the women's 470 as a first placed finish in the day's first race and a sixth in the second left them third overall.

Mag - nificent in Bahrain The Danish racing driver Kevin Magnussen secured his best F1 result in quite some time with a fifth - placed finish in the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon.

As reported by Arsenal.com, he wants the Gunners to remember that even a fourth placed finish in the EPL table does not guarantee us a place in the Champions League group stage for next season.

A defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21, coupled with a seventh placed finish in Serie A would see them miss out on the Europa League.

Rahman impressed in 31 league appearances last year as he registered four assist to help Fuggerstadter claim a fifth - placed finish in the table and his form had seen him linked with a switch to the the Premier League [via Guardian Sport].

Cillessen was van Gaal's number one choice at last summer's World Cup and he played a crucial role in helping the Netherlands claim a third - placed finish in Brazil, but looks set to stay with the Eredivisie giants for the current campaign:

Rahman was one of the stand out performers in the Bundesliga last season as he helped Augsburg achieve a fifth - placed finish in the league after registering four assists in 31 appearances.

He led Southampton to an eighth - placed finish in 2013/14, a vast improvement on their previous season.

Last summer he moved to Bari and helped the club to a very respectable 10th placed finish in their first season back in the top flight.

Despite a tough campaign, in which his club have endured heavy criticism and calls for the manager to leave, before earning a second - placed finish in the league on the final day of the season, Ozil has been a strong positive point amongst fans, whereas a number of his team - mates have come under fire.

The Saints have emerged as favourites to sign Song and are in a position to offer the midfield enforcer Europa League football next season after being rewarded for their seventh placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.

The Lyon - born star also featured for the DRC in the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, helping the Leopards to a third - placed finish in the continental showpiece.

With United collecting three trophies this season, albeit coupled with a disappointing sixth - placed finish in the Premier League, it's widely expected that they will spend heavily again this summer to further strengthen the squad.

Manchester United saved Jose Mourinho's first season at Old Trafford by winning the League Cup and the Europa League, compensating for a disappointing sixth - placed finish in the Premier League.

Given United's fifth - placed finish in the Premier League which means that they will be absent form the Champions League next season, it always appeared as though Van Gaal would be fighting a losing battle.

A seventh - placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a place in the Europa League next season.

Last season was our first second placed finish in a whopping 11 years, but still no where near winning the league.

Last season, the 21 - year - old was also able to impress fans, with the Gremio ace making 27 appearances, scoring once as his side secured a fourth - placed finish in the Brazilian Serie A.

Therefore, as much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders — and it would be an easy payday — I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be.»

Last month, Woods» second - place finish in the Valspar Championship led to the PGA Tour's highest ratings in five years, according to the Associated Press.

Audi's Super Bowl ad features a young girl blazing to a first - place finish in a go - cart race while her father, standing on the sidelines, wonders how he can explain to his daughter why it is that men are paid more than women.

But I was also saddled with the memory of a mediocre 15th - place finish in a different event.

Shaun White's fourth - place finish in the halfpipe in Sochi in 2014 forced him to decide whether he still had the fire to compete.

Despite electing candidates in both Fort McMurray - Wood Buffalo and neighbouring Fort McMurray - Conklin (where Tory Don Scott defeated Wildrose candidate Doug Faulkner), the Wildrose candidates earned strong second place finishes in the 2012 election.

Reform Party candidate Deborah Grey earned a distant 4th place finish in the 1988 general election and carried the young protest party's banner in the by - election only months later.

It was Perry's first appearance in the southern primary state since his underwhelming fifth - place finish in Iowa last week.

The favorites earned first - place finishes in all three categories.

With an unproven baseball washout at QB (Weeden, who turns 28 in October, spent five years in the minors as a pitcher) and no clear No. 1 receiver last summer, Oklahoma State was tabbed for a fifth - place finish in the Big 12 South, allowing them to catch early opponents off guard.

After a summer of big spending, the new arrivals certainly look likely to continue at Old Trafford, with van Gaal attempting to revolutionise the squad at United after their highly disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier League last season.

Park, a 44 - year - old consultant, had 14 first - place and seven second - place finishes in the 43 - race season of the Susquehanna Yacht Club.

Apparently, the team that won the league 5 seasons before was a foundation for Wenger despite the 10th and 12th place finishes in between.

The Red Devils speant heavily in the summer, bringing in big names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao to improve their squad after last season's disappointing 7th place finish in the Premier League.

Colorado seems headed for a fourth - straight last - place finish in the Big Eight under coach Tom Miller.

And also ifArsenal win a title or titles and got a 4th place finish in the table.

The Boss was playing with an unbalanced starting XI until of recent which have now seen us fighting for a 2nd place finish in the table behind Chelsea.