Sentences with phrase «team out of the champions league»

Jose Mourinho memorably kissed Carles Puyol before knocking his Barcelona team out of the Champions League, and the habitual «good luck» acknowledgements of the goalkeepers» union are always heartwarming; two men who know that, whatever happens, theirs is a shared, strange existence.

And it looks as though keeping Louis van Gaal and his United team out of the Champions League competition could be the only way that Arsenal can beat them to a couple of our big transfer targets this summer.

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I would love to take Giroud out of the equation last season, remove his goals last season to show ignorant people what league position we would have finished in, a league position which makes all those fantasy players a pipe dream because they only move to teams in the Champions Lleague position we would have finished in, a league position which makes all those fantasy players a pipe dream because they only move to teams in the Champions Lleague position which makes all those fantasy players a pipe dream because they only move to teams in the Champions LeagueLeague.

Mustafi has become one of the first names on the Valencia team sheet since moving to Spain's La Liga two summers back but the Spanish club need money after missing out on the Champions League qualifying spots last season.

It will be interesting to see what kind of team Wenger puts out and if he takes the initiative to rest our players who were on international duty, what with the up and coming champions league game in midweek.

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.

Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard have singled out Liverpool ahead of their old clubs Manchester United and Chelsea to name the Premier League team that has the best chance of going all the way in this season's Champions League.

But, on the other hand, this competition is likely to be our best chance of reaching the Champions League next season and some may say that we should put out our best available team whoever we are playing.

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.

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).

The teams are out for the second leg of Atlético Madrid's Champions League encounter with Barcelona.

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However, having stressed on the importance of getting into the Champions League group stages, you can be rest assured that Wenger will put out a strong team and ensure that Arsenal don't «topple», as Ba proclaimed.

Asif he is going to leave the team that wins the Premier Leage and knocks Barcelona out of the Champions League.

This team is on a downward spiral out of the Champions League top four and with that reality will come the probable exodus of our best 2 players.

Arsenal will have a slightly different team to put out in the Champions league, given the squad depth we can currently boast about, although the likes of Ramsey, Giroud and now Coquelin are all missing.

If Man City or Liverpool finish out of the top 4, Yet either manage to win the Champions leagues / Europa league then they will take the place of the team that actually finished 4th in the league... So what happens if both are crowned kings of Europe and both finish out of the top 4??

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The only difference is this team will crash out of the champions league and will be in the europa league which will be another black mark on wenger's legacy so what good does that do for him?

I started supporting arsenal during the arsene era, sometime 1998 or 1999, enjoyed beautiful football great goals, we had the best of young talent so was always proud of my team, but now Wenger has to leave, losing a lc final to Birmingham, always ending as fourth just to get kicked out of champions league second round has to stop.

But do you really think that the prof could have achieved the success he has and continued to steer the Gunners into and then out of the Champions League group stages every year if he did not do any tactical planning before facing each team?

If we could have hand picked a team to play today it might well have been the injury and suspension hit out of form Magpies but we said that about Monaco in the Champions League as well so hopefully the players will have learned a valuable lesson and will not mess this one up.

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This was the most dissapointing season for years, struggling in the Champions league, no leadership in the league, beat by a much lesser team in the league cup and bowing out of the FA Cup with a whimper.

If we had a manager in the form of Allegri or Simeone then I'm sure the team with a few new players and a lot of our dead wood players shipped out to ever is willing to stomp up the cash for them, then I believe we would be challenging for every domestic cup / PL and more importantly the Champions League, but while Wenger is allowed to dictate his own terms to the Board and Kroenke then we will never ever move on, we will become a laughing stock and probably be relegated.

«I only wanted to point out that we have a very good team and if you want to strengthen, you have to spend a huge amount of money and you still don't have any guarantee of winning the Champions League.

We are of course still in the Champions League, having reached the knockout stages of the competition for the 13th consecutive term, and despite coming up against the same team who knocked us out of three previous European campaigns, we have reason to be more confident next time around.

They are looking good for a top four finish in my opinion and now that Liverpool seem to be over their slump, could Arsenal be one of the current top six teams that will miss out on a Champions League spot for next season?

Chambers went onto claim that our side has a good chance of glory in Europe this term, but is weary of the threat posed by the teams dropping out of the Champions League, such as Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Leipzig.

quarter final of the champions league for leicester city after dumping out a quality sevilla team who dominated them yet they showed hunger and fight to get over the line against a superior team

From an optimistic point of view, the team will have to focus only domestically once we get knocked out of the Champions League, an advantage that title rivals Leicester have had all season long.

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..

In 2005 Arsenal set a record of 10 consecutive champions league clean sheets, knocking out great teams such as Real Madrid and Juventus.

The Spain under - 21 star was an integral part of the Malaga team that reached the quarter - finals of last season's Champions League and were unlucky to be knocked out by eventual finalists Borussia Dortmund.

The 25 year - old and his team - mates have had a hard time in the Bundesliga this season and Champions League football is definitely out of the question next season.

The fact we are out of the champion league would have help rebuild the team.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

The Teeside team are likely to provide a tough test for the Gunners, and they will be full of self - belief after knocking out the Premier League champions at the weekend.

the game there has changed before the match i was thinking about a formation but flamini was not available in my formation carzola was not in for the simple reason he put a lot work in the last match i would have picked wallcott rosciky and gabrial having said that when the player sheet came out my first thought was yup the team is balanced the bench constituted walcott and chambarelain (speed) so in essence the plan was ok but it just was a disaster The 22 million dollar question who would one pick to secure a win in Monaco and advance into the quarter finals of the champion league

No English team has looked convincing in the League or Champions League (6 pts out of 24 pts shared!)

Not content with knocking Arsenal out of the Champions League on away goals, the Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim rubbed salt into the wounds by accusing Arsene Wenger and the Gunners of showing a lack of respect to his team.

One team played a game in midweek, a champions league game, and another had time to rest and guess which one looked tired and out of ideas?

be safe expect the worst ie do nt raise your expectations now n then start yapping at September that we need a striker, dm etc... The side effect of that is always becoming a WOB for a huge portion of the season up until march when the team work their asses out, grabs seven wins in a row, finishes strongly, everyone's praising it as the best team from the turn of the year, Mr Wenger buys (mostly comes free or cheap) a mediocre player, everyone is nuts over him n by October, we r fighting for the champions league spot and the cycle continues like FOREVER......................

Chelsea face Paris Saint - Germain on Tuesday night in the last 16 of the Champions League, and former Stamford Bridge favourite David Luiz has spoken out in admiration of the current Blues team.

Arsenal have already clinched the top spot in their UEFA Champions League group, so they've left out most of their first team plays for their match against Olympiacos.

Arsene Wenger is clearly well aware about the protests being planned by the angry Arsenal fans for our Premier League match against struggling Norwich City at the Emirates stadium tomorrow, because the manager today issued a sort of rallying cry asking for us to support the team as he tries to avoid the complete disaster of dropping out of the Champions League places for the first time in his long tenure in charge of the club.

So I was thinking that Bayern must be the team he wants to go coz man city are a joke in the champions league lol so if it is Man City he wants to play a hand full of games for in the CL, then arsenal shouldn't sanction his transfer coz its not a realistic reason when arsenal are going for the prem this year and are only out CL for the first time in 23 years and City ain't exactly gonna give the CL football he's looking for I mean it's like saying «I wonna go to spurs to win the prem» I wonna slap him

The 18 year - old has fired 19 goals in all competitions so far this season, including a whopping 11 in his last nine outings for Monaco, helping his side to top the French Ligue 1 table ahead of Paris Saint - Germain, as well as scoring in both legs against Manchester City to see his team through to the last eight of the Champions League.

The Ligue 1 outfit have a history of impressive performances against English teams — including beating Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final to reach the 2004 final — and the last four years has seen Arsenal knocked out at this stage.

Sanchez was part of the team that put us out of the champions league and so should be made to help get the team back in it again and if he sulks then put him in the reserves for a while.