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The second leg would be their 4th game in 11 days, plus the Leicester game that weekend.
While Brugge is an average team Man United could easily have taken a 2 - 2 draw into
the second leg had it not been for the Germany referee who appeared to favour United.
When we beat B Munich at home this season we were thinking similar, and if that had of been aggregate I believe
the second leg would have went differently esp considering away goal rule.
In previous years, the doom and gloom heading towards
the second leg has hung badly over the team, but this year, there's a league title to win, and Arsenal have to focus on that.
Not exact matches
The survey found that people who started out with negative reactions to an airline in the first
leg of a journey
would change their opinion drastically if they felt their needs were met during the
second leg.
«Menswear is starting to develop its own
legs, and we're only in the
second or third inning of where it's going,» says Hil Davis, co-founder of J.Hilburn, which
has brought custom - tailored clothing into the digital age, disrupting retail prices with a blend of in - person style - advisor meetings and a direct - to - consumer distribution model.
As ETH
has been the most prominent leader of the late - April rally the move could kick - start the next
leg higher in the segment, should the
second largest coin hold on to its gains and successfully tackle the strong resistance zone just ahead in the $ 735 - $ 780 area.
Yes, it
would have taken only
seconds to break Jesus's
legs, so why didn't they, to be certain?
For the
second leg of the 5 for $ 20 Challenge, I
had to find a recipe that used a pound of 85 % lean ground chicken.
And now King Stuff
has learned such bad habits from his brother that the
second the table is cleared, he is hanging on my
legs looking for his nighttime snack, after he just finished three plates of food, just because I am in the cabinet getting vitamins, and me being near the cabinets reminds him that there is food in them.
We are more than capable of scoring goals against them, add in the similar tactics used against Bayern Munich (at the Emirate) and we could easily take a two or three goal lead into the
second leg... that's If we
have a fully fit squad come February, Of course!
What better way to start than the
second -
leg against Monaco — with a 3 - 1 defeat suffered in the first -
leg — this
would be the perfect moment for Ozil to silence his critics, and spur Arsenal on to an epic Champions League comeback.
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.
But,
having kept an away clean sheet, and with the luxury of playing the
second leg at the Emirates, Arsenal are very much in control of their destiny, as far as this playoff tie is concerned.
It's obvious the players think there's no pressure in the first
leg, they can make up for it in the
second... Well clearly they can't, we should
have learnt that by now.
5 years now we
've failed miserably, playing catchup in the
second leg.
But, overall, you got to say that Wenger's men
would be happy to
have kept a clean sheet and honors even, ahead of the
second leg.
Xhaka gets yellow for rash tackle Navas does 2 rash tackles the
second studds showing and catching the player half up the
leg why the hell isnt he sent off cause i think if it was Xhaka that did what Navas did it be red and people
would say he deserves it i do nt know why but this crap happens us always.
Still, Guardiola isn't giving up and while he admitted it
would be hard, he sent the message to his players that they can still go through if they get their performance right in the
second leg.
Despite failing to seal a victory in the
second leg, as Wolfsburg came from 2 - 0 behind to level the score on the night, Napoli
have proved why they are the team that Fiorentina, Sevilla, and Dnipro will want to avoid in the semi-final draw of the Europa League.
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 boost.
By the way, nobody
has mentioned Dortmunds result and what that might mean to us and Abe if the
second legs are a repeat of the first.
He said in the press conference before the
second leg that it was not the way to reach a final, playing negative defensive football was not the arsenal way and we
would show them how to win away from home.
In the
second leg however, the dynamics of a two -
legged tie will
have its effect on the mindset of both teams — which is why it could turn out to be a tactical and attritional battle.
It doesn't matter who we are going to play after the
second leg, yes, we
have a game in the cup final but we
have to play with the same team, I think, and to win at home.»
It was one of the defining moments in the early football career of the Arsenal and England international midfielder Jack Wilshere, so it
would be a fitting time for the unlucky star to return from his latest injury problem if he could make it back in time for the
second leg of our Champions League knockout tie with Barcelona.
The England international was making his third appearance since recovering from a
leg injury which
has prevented him from playing a
second of Premier League football this season.
Team Levitan was fresh for this one,
would they
have had just a bit more
legs in the
second half and been able to pull away?
So another bore draw for Arsenal at Chelsea, but at least this one worked out to our advantage as we now
have the
second leg at home.
Arsenal's most talented midfielder Mesut Ozil
has had time off sick quite a few times this season and it
would appear that he is set to miss the
second leg of our Europa League tie against Ostersunds on Thursday as well.
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.
Conte's men
have a mountain to climb in their
second leg against Barca at the Nou Camp,
having drawn 1 - 1 at home to give the visitors the away goal advantage.
I don't think Gabriel's
second yellow was fair at all — people could argue that Gabriel backed into Costa, but doesn't Costa
have a pair of
legs to move out the way?
If it stays like this Liverpool will be hugely confident of going through ahead of the
second leg at Anfield, and it's little surprise another Salah goal
has played a key part in that.
But I expect us to score at home and then Monaco
would have to come at us a bit in the
second leg.
The 124th Run for the Roses
has more than a few intriguing entries vying to win the first
leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the
second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who
had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.
After her fifth win of the season, Annika Sorenstam
had eyes only for the
second leg of the Grand Slam
River Plate
have dumped reigning Brazilian champions Cruzeiro out of the Copa Libertadores after overturning a 1 - 0 first
leg loss by winning last night's quarter final
second leg 3 - 0 in Brazil - thus progressing 3 - 1 on aggregate.
«It was just up to me whether to play in the
second leg and take the risk of further damage that could
have been the end of the season.»
East Carolina Following a dismal»93 season the Pirates
have two things to be excited about: Quarterback Marcus Crandell is back after breaking his
leg in the
second game of the year, and real estate tycoon Ron Dowdy
has donated $ 1 million to the team.
Wenger will «warn» Arsenal that Hull's attack is better than MSN while Bruce will say Ramsey is better than Zidane Before the
second leg Louis Enrique will say Giroud and Wellbeck are better than Henri and Ian Wright while Wenger
has already said the tie is 95 % over.
I just hope they
have something to play for against Leipzig in the
second leg.
But they could
have nothing too lose in the
second leg and I hope Arsenal
would be ready for that aggression, because they often become too complacent after leading (e.g. when facing Anderlecht in Champions League, leading 3 - 0 but ended by 3 - 3)
It is also unclear whether Celtic's Champions League reprieve will affect the situation, with the SPL champions now set to play Slovenian side Maribor in the play - off round despite a 6 - 1 aggregate defeat to Legia Warsaw, with the Polish side
having fielded an ineligible player in the
second leg at Murrayfield.
Thus I
would recommend that for the
second leg in Monaco Gabriel should replace Mertesacker, Monreal replaces Gibbs, Walcott replaces Welbeck because of his pace and the fact that he can easily score goals, Oxlade replaces Ozil and Rosicky remains on standby to replace Cazorla at the earliest opportunity should Cazorla show no fight.
Going into the
second leg already 2 - 1 up, the German side
had it all to do going to the
second leg at the Bernabeu, and they so nearly pulled it off, as goals from Robert Lewandowski and an own goal from Sergio Ramos saw the two sides end the 90 minutes level, however it was then Ronaldo's turn to show us was he was all about.
I think we'll score in the first half, and get a
second late in the
second half but not
have enough time for the third... I don't usually see myself as a pessimist, but that result pretty much follows our record in the knockout stage in recent years:
have a shocker in the first
leg, then put out a good show in the
second but not quite doing enough.
The result means that it is still all to play for in the
second leg in Asuncion and Libertad may fancy their chances
having comfortably beaten Sao Paulo at home in the last round.