Sentences with phrase «second league and cup»

Not exact matches

The Tigers have lost only once in the league under new manager Marco Silva, and that was against runaway Premier League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 - 1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to league under new manager Marco Silva, and that was against runaway Premier League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 - 1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to League champions Chelsea, whilst being able to boast of wins over Liverpool and Bournemouth, as well as a draw at Old Trafford and a 2 - 1 League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to League Cup second - leg win over Manchester United to boost.

There have been suggestions that the boss made some sort of promise to Ospina about his playing opportunities and from the first two games in the Champions League, especially the second game against Olympiacos when we were under great pressure to win, it seems like the Colombian is the first choice for all of the Arsenal cup games.

He was asked if Wenger should rest his stars ahead of the League Cup Final just after the second leg and Mhki replied: «No, I don't think so.

Arsenal have very few Cup games left to rotate in except the Europa League, and our tie against Ostersunds will probably see the end of that run, so it would appear that Arsenal has little need of most of our second team for the rest of this season.

We played Cambridge 2s in a BUCS league match in the second week of term and lost 6 - 0, we then drew them in the second round of the BUCS cup and lost 3 - 1, holding them at 1 - 1 for much of the game before conceding two late goals — I think the contrast between these two results (and the performances) is a testament to our hard work on and off the pitch and gives us a lot to be optimistic about looking forward to next term.

So with such a good lead and the second leg just three days before the League Cup Final against Man City, Wenger was obviously asked if would be resting most of his stars for the second leg next Thursday, and he replied: «We'll see.

The Copa del Rey, the Spanish super cup as well as the Europa League, the UEFA super cup, and managed a final of the CL lost in the last second.

Ferguson, whose side host Norwich on Saturday, is eyeing up his second treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season, and has called on his players to stand up and be counted as the pressure mounts over the final weeks of the season.

A lack of trophies could come back to haunt them as they fell short in the FA Cup at the weekend and look likely to finish second in the Premier League this season, and perhaps that could work against them this summer if top clubs around Europe are looking to convince their best players to leave north London.

Having spent the second half of last season on loan at Ipswich Town and featured in nothing more prestigious than the League Cup for Spurs this season, the Mexican midfielder is about as popular with Harry Redknapp as a Jermain Defoe stamp on Aaron Mokoena and will probably be the latest player to travel the well - worn furrow between White Hart Lane and Fratton Park.

However, Gabriel must get used to the demands very quickly as Arsenal aim to solidify second place in the Premier League and win their 12th FA Cup trophy.

Therefore, Wenger should have one squad for the Premier League and play his second squad for the European, League Cup matches, and the early FA Cup matches.

He played the full 90 minutes for only the second time this season (the first was the League Cup defeat to Southampton) and knocked in two goals in the 4 - 1 win.

If we are serious about the cup and the league, I'd be happy if we took no risks and played a proper second string team versus Barca.

Conte made a great start to life at Chelsea last season, winning the Premier League title and reaching the FA Cup final before a significant dip in performances in his second season.

Van Gaal has already seen his side come unstuck against League One opposition once this season, with a scratch side humiliated 4 - 0 by MK Dons in the League Cup second round, and the Dutchman hinted at their Stadium: MK nightmare when suggesting that the trip to Yeovil would prove to be far from simple:

The 1998 Double In two years» time after stepping as a chief of Arsenal, Wenger managed to introduced such significant changes to the training methods of the team that in 1998 the club grabbed its second Double of capturing the League's title and the FA Cup in the Gunners» history.

I think you'll find that we very much are moving in the right direction and if we can win a second FA Cup and stay second in the league then we have improved on paper too.

So Arsene was clearly massively exceeding targets set him — and since those 7 years are up (2006 - 2013), we are starting to compete again — 2 massive signings (Sanchez & Ozil), favourites for a second FA Cup in two years, probable runners - up in the league.

Ospina played second fiddle to Petr Cech last season and whilst he played a number of games in the cup competitions, his only real run in the Premier League came in Petr Cech's absence.

We are a club with history and prestige — We haven't won the league in 13 years but it was only in the last 4 years that we have had the finances to compete as we have had to pay off the debt for our stadium so if we wanted to judge our success we would have to use the last 4 years and we have won 3 fa cups which is the second biggest trophy in England.

I certainly believe that a very good season will consist of a Charity Shield, Another FA Cup win, and a close second in the Premier League.

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 Italian tactician is under growing pressure at Chelsea this season after a hugely disappointing second half of the season that has seen them lose the Carabao Cup semi-final, fall five points behind Tottenham in the race for fourth, and facing a mountain to climb to get past Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.

We really need the youngster for the FA cup game with Man United, the Champions League second leg in Monaco and of course the Premier League run in.

If United want to salvage something from this season with the FA Cup and Champions League still possible trophies along with second place in the Premier League, then Mourinho and the players together will have to find a solution to get the best out of each other.

Arsenal on the flip - side are breezing into the title race with a long string of good results, and have climbed to second in the table having only lost one league cup encounter since their opening weekend defeat to Liverpool.

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Also jimmy jazz again great name by the way i think the fact were 6th in ayer purchases and i agree without kane spurs would be below without kaneuckeu them for now but i see laca will be better next year and auba will have had a taste of the rigorous epl and because its a world cup year we need stability with wenger for atleast another year i think were vying for that spot and wi th cazorla coming back and hopfully Jack signs with a couple good signings if we splash some cash and ozil already signed we could surprise the league next year with a very strong season and Leicester surprised apparently everybody but us cause we handled them well that year but no one else dod and we finished second but i think its not so good for a big club like us with internationals in a world cup year to change managers do it in a non world cup year cause you only have a couple weeks with your players maybe less with some before season starts

Another obstacle between Ancelotti, who won the league and cup double in his first season at Chelsea, and a second spell in West London is the manner of his departure, bitter according to The Times.

The same way such a person (s) could not have seen progress in Manchester United winning the FA Cup in the 1989/90 season, while finishing 13th in the league; winning ECWC, while finishing 6th in the 1990/91 season; and winning ECWC and League Cup, while finishing second in the 1991/92 sleague; winning ECWC, while finishing 6th in the 1990/91 season; and winning ECWC and League Cup, while finishing second in the 1991/92 sLeague Cup, while finishing second in the 1991/92 season.

End of last season The Gunners ended last season on a high, with a third place finish in the league, and an FA Cup win for the second year running.

SOCCER — WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS, over Leicester City, 3 - 0, to clinch second straight English Soccer League title and berth in European Cup, London.

In addition, we will also have Santi Cazorla back around the time of the second leg and the Spaniard will surely provide a massive boost for the Gunners in the quest for a League and Cup double.

Am i dreaming it seems like we've been here before, oh yeah thats right it happened last season and the season before that... Oh wait guys but there is hope, if i remember corectly all we have to do is wait for any serious potential threats to us retaining the Fa cup for a third time to get eliminated by lower league opponents or of course eliminate themselves by not taking this competition too seriously by fielding their second team and laugh our way to the final where we'll probably beat a sub par premier league team and repeat it all over again next year you know when Wenger fails to address the squad depth, the injuries mount up and are out of the champions league and title run ins by march..

The league is gone, but we're in the Carabao Cup semis, we're one of the favourites for the Europe League, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to plaleague is gone, but we're in the Carabao Cup semis, we're one of the favourites for the Europe League, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to plaLeague, we're always the favourite for the FA Cup, and only six points off second at the time of writing this, so there's still a lot to play for.

Lose 1 game out of the first 9 League games, qualify for the European Cup and now in second place in their group with strong chance of making the play - offs!

Arsenal have successfully navigated through Nasty Nervy November with a couple of draws but only the one defeat in the League Cup, and we have started Decisive December in awesome style with 9 goals in our first two games and are sitting happily in second place in the Premier League.

Although the 58 - year - old enjoyed a successful spell at Chelsea between 2009 and 2011, doing the league and FA Cup double in his first season at the helm, the fact that he was sacked by Roman Abramovich in his second year could have left a bad taste in his mouth.

With the Blues still facing the prospect of a trip to the Emirates Stadium, Ozil could yet help inspire an unlikely Premier League and FA Cup double, with their next fixture against Reading set to determine whether they'll be involved in a second successive Wembley final.

If there is a coefficient for finishing first, second, third and fourth arsenal is way ahead of spurs ever considering our achievements in league and fa cup even in cl.

Considering how Arsenal played in the first two months of this season, it seems like a dream to see us going ten games unbeaten at this moment, and only needing five more wins to secure second place in the Premier League and a repeat success in the FA Cup Final.

The Gunners certainly have not missed the German too much since his short - term departure as they currently lie second in the Barclays Premier league and booked their place in the FA Cup final with a scrappy 2 - 1 extra-time victory over Championship out Reading at Wembley on Saturday evening.

Arsenal's second - string side got past Cologne in the Europa League last week, and if anything this Caraboa Cup game at home to Doncaster should be even easier.

Rosicky if used like gifts was towards the end of his career, with the second part of the season with the cups and leagues he can be so important.

Despite finishing second, they were never truly in the title race, and losing to Wigan in the FA Cup is inexcusable, given that this poor side was relegated from the Premier League just days afterwards.

Unfortunately, Europe's second - tier leagues like France, the Netherlands and Portugal (off for cup matches) don't have a ton to offer this week.

Despite an impressive scoring record with his former club (52 in 116) Jovanovic only found the net twice for the merseysiders, the first during Liverpool's Carling Cup defeat to lowly Northampton Town, and the second in the Europa league against Steaua Bucharest.

Spurs are flying high in second in the Premier League, two points adrift of leaders Leicester City after Sunday's win at Manchester City, but Mauricio Pochettino now has the difficult task of juggling his squad for two different cup competitions, and their title challenge.

Take Kenny Dalglish's second spell at Liverpool, which ended with a League Cup winner's medal and a P45.