The Swiss Express remains wary ahead of
the return leg against Porto: «A great team effort tonight but they only need one goal then it's anyone's game again»
Chelsea now face a tricky trip to Goodison Park in the quarter finals, which comes just days after
the return leg against PSG in the Champions League.
He was another player that was sorely missed in
the return leg against Bayern.
Next up for Barcelona is
the return leg against Roma in the Champions League.
The performances, key moments and tactics are analysed, there's some chat about the bus nonsense and the lads look ahead to Saturday's derby and
the return leg against City.
Carlos Bacca was once again dropped from the squad for the Europa League
return leg against Romanian side Craiova.
Since then Podolski has only played 9 more minutes in
the return leg against Anderlecht, and the German must be seriously wondering what he has to do to gt more game time under Wenger.
With Bayern holding a 2 - 0 first - leg lead for Tuesday's first leg in Munich, they travel to Turin for
the return leg against Juventus on Wednesday in the Champions League and Sammer said the side are hungry for silverware.
Now lets really show some balls in
the return leg against Monaco.
Not exact matches
Your being too harsh on flamini, I will never forget his motm performance
against besiktas in the
return leg.
The only real negativity to Ozil's
return has been his failure to stand up in the big games
against Manchester United in the FA Cup and AS Monaco in the first
leg of the UEFA Champions League at the Emirates.
At 1 - 1 in the
return leg, Robin van Persie was then controversially shown a second yellow card in the 56th minute before Barcelona scored two goals
against 10 men to win on aggregate.
The hosts were boosted by the
return of influential duo Carlos Tevez and Andrea Pirlo, the latter was making his first appearance since the last 16 first
leg tie
against Borussia Dortmund back in February.
-- Wenger only signing one player all summer — Sanchez
returning late and tired — Jack gets the stump in pre — season — Carzola MIA — Coq's knock — OG's deep in form — Theo's horror show — Welbeck — Welbroke — The captain's shaky
legs at West Brom — Gabriel's temper
against Costa — Ox's miss
against Barca in the 1st
leg — Cech being beaten at the near post — The collapse
against Southampton and Swansea — Kos's constant knocks during the season — Mert's red
against Costa — The disaster at Anfield and Old Trafford — The Crystal palace knock out
Gibbs is a big defensive liability, and I hope he doesn't play
against neither Manure or Monaco in
return leg.
I think since he has shown the potential to be a top quality right back for Arsenal in a back four and a top right wing back in a back three for Arsenal, I think he should be given sufficient time to rest to recover fully from his naggling injury which is currently sidelining him and he could miss out in the Arsenal ELC
return leg match
against AC Milan on Thursday night at the Ems.
Lastly we hear that Mario Gotze has been ruled out for the crucial Arenal game
against Bayern Munich (and the
return leg) so that will be one less player Arsenal have to worry about, not that Bayern have more than enough stars to cover for him!
Then again that was the case
against Milan, but Wenger made such a hash of the first
leg, leaving us an impossible job in the
return fixture.
The Belgian helped secure a 1 - 1 draw in the first -
leg of the Capital One Cup semi-final
against Liverpool, meaning his side will be favourites to progress in the
return game at Stamford Bridge next Tuesday.
Another win
against QPR on Wednesday will give them the added confidence going into the crucial FA Cup game at Old Trafford next weekend, and the Gunners can forget about the Monaco debacle until the
return leg in France....
The 29 - year - old limped out of the first
leg of his side's Europa League quarter - final tie
against CSKA Moscow last week with a knee injury, and was in turn absent for the
return fixture on Thursday night as the Gunners secured their place in the last four.
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.
Gunners midfielder Santi Cazorla is recovering well from knee surgery and has penciled down the second
leg against Barcelona in the Champions League as a potential
return date.
Following a rocky start, Everton got back into the swing of things
against the Ukrainian giants, and came away with an all important lead in preparation for the
return leg next week.
It was widely publcised that the little Spanish wizard would
return for the second
leg of the Champions League tie
against Barcelona, but he is still not ready to join the first team.
Ramsey suffered a hamstring injury
against Leicester which will rule him out of Arsenal's Champions League showdown with Monaco on February 25 and he faces a race to be fit for the
return leg on March 17.
It should be a very low - stress 90 minutes for Atlético Madrid
against Copenhagen on Thursday night, as los colchoneros boast a 4 - 1 lead over the Danish champions entering the
return leg.
Premier League football
returned for the Gunners following their 2 - 2 second
leg draw
against CSKA Moscow, and qualification to the semi-finals of the Europa League...
You can't buy it, touch it or devise a tactical plan to nullify it, but when Guardiola's men stride onto the pitch at Anfield, and in the
return leg at the Etihad next Tuesday, their toughest opponent might be history and the sheer weight of it
against them.
The tie was delicately poised at 1 - 1 after a first
leg in which Celta played extremely well
against, admittedly, an under - strength Barca team but Ernesto Valverde recalled the likes of Jordi Alba, Andres Iniesta, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi for the
return match and the Catalans blitzed their opponents with an utterly dominant first - half display.
Last night the Reds
returned to the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul for their Europa League 2nd
leg tie
against Besiktas.
Venue: Estadio de Mestalla, Valencia Date: 10/02/2016 Kick - off: 08:00 PM GMT / 03:00 PM EST Match Goalkeeper Marc - Andre ter Stegen did not have much to do in the first
leg against Valencia and with Barcelona currently holding a whopping seven goal advantage; the German goalkeeper can head into the
return leg without any pressure whatsoever.
The wins kept coming as the First Team
returned to Europe on Wednesday evening with their home
leg against Hoffenheim.
Local media said it would take about two weeks for him to
return to action, making him doubtful for the first
leg against Arsenal in London on April 26.
What a game
against Klopp's old army on Thursday night as the Reds took away a 1 - 1 draw with the
return leg still to play at Anfield.
Breaking his
return down further, he scored
against every top 10 team except for Juventus and Lazio this season (he missed the
return leg with Juventus).
Over that time period, Juventus will play seven games — four in Serie A, two
against Borussia Dortmund and the first
leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal tie
against Fiorentina (the
return leg being on April 8).
BARCELONA: Lionel Messi is expected back for Wednesday's Champions League quarter - final first
leg against Roma and for Barcelona his
return can not come soon enough.
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.
Bale impressed on his
return after the winter break, but he has found himself starting on the bench of late, most notably
against Paris Saint - Germain in the first -
leg of the Champions League round of 16.
Higuain's status will be a big concern for Juventus» pursuit of a seventh straight Serie A title as well as the
return leg of the Champions League last 16
against Tottenham.
Injury saw the striker miss the Confederations Cup in Brazil and as if to underline his importance to the Super Eagles, he
returned to score four goals in three consecutive matches,
against Mali, Burkina Faso, and then a double in Nigeria's come - from - behind 2 - 1 victory
against Ethiopia in the first
leg of the World Cup playoff.
Manchester United produced an impressive and organised display
against the mighty Bayern Munich, giving themselves at least a chance ahead of the
return leg in Munich next week.
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that midfielder Jack Wilshere will not be available for the
return leg of the Champions League tie
against Anderlecht.
Samuel Eto'o has offered Chelsea hope that he might yet be available for Tuesday's
return leg of the Champions League quarter - final
against Par -LRB-...)
Arsenal's club record signing — Mesut Ozil
returned from injury last week and featured in the gunners 3 - 0 thrashing of Hull City at the KC Stadium over the weekend, after being out for several weeks with an injury he picked up during the gunners second
leg Champions League tie
against Bayern Munich at the Alianz Arena.
However, according to an exclusive from Calciomercato, the Old Lady appear to have extended the attacker's
return date upon consultation with the club's medical staff and the 23 - year - old may not
return until the second week of March, potentially putting him in doubt for the away
leg against Spurs at the Wembley Stadium.
Milan's Mattia De Sciglio was interviewed by as.com in anticipation of tomorrow's
return leg tie
against Atletico Madrid in Champions League.
Both are expected to
return to full training this week ahead of Sunday's League visit of West Ham but Wenger will already have one eye on the first
leg against Atletico, which takes place at Emirates Stadium on Thursday week.
• Marseille have won three and lost four of the seven UEFA competition ties in which they were defeated away in the first
leg, their most recent success being
against Deportivo La Coruña in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup final when they recovered from a 2 - 0 defeat in Spain to win the
return 5 - 1 in France.