Sentences with phrase «week in the first leg»

There's no simpler way to put this — Real Madrid got their butts handed to them by Wolfsburg last week in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal tie.

This is a good chance for the Spaniard to build on his volley last week in the first leg.

Ben Davies didn't have the best of games last week in the first leg at White Hart Lane, and Danny Rose should start in the second leg.

Liverpool play Roma at Anfield next week in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final and it's not the first time they've met in the latter stages of a European competition.

Not exact matches

With Steven Gerrard missing there is a belief that the side aren't functioning the way they should, but this week's penalty defeat to Besiktas is the club's only loss in Gerrard's absence as they picked up wins over the Turkish giants in the first leg as well as Crystal Palace, Southampton.

The first of this two - legged playoff tie at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium culminated in a 0 - 0 draw, with both teams not doing enough to go into the lead, ahead of the second leg at the Emirates next week.

Barcelona are almost guaranteed a place in the semi-final draw after they dismantled the Italian club in the first leg last week.

Overview Arsenal take on Besiktas in the 2nd leg of the Champions League playoff tie at the Emirates later tonight, with the aggregate score tantalizingly poised at 0 - 0 from last week's first leg in Istanbul.

They now get to move on and play the # 2 Team Harlander squad that will be coming in with fresh legs following their first week BYE.

Real have of course enjoyed success in the Champions League this week after a stunning first - leg performance against Juventus in Turin.

After taking a 2 - 2 draw in the first leg last week in Mexico, they hold the advantage on away goals — and with Mexican sides often struggling to play their best football in the unfamiliar Canadian winters, they could be a surprise in store.

That's because it comes just less than 72 hours before City have to play the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev — 1,330 miles away — and just a week before Manuel Pellegrini's men are due to face Liverpool in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley.

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.

The Reds host Jurgen Klopp's former club at Anfield on Thursday, having earned a valuable 1 - 1 draw in last week's Europa League quarter - final first leg in Germany.

Well in order to get to that final, with the first step coming up this week as we try to beat CSKA Moscow in the home leg of the quarter = final.

The last time these two sides met it ended in a thrilling 4 - 3 win for Liverpool, and with the first leg at Anfield, they'll hope to take an advantage into the second leg at the Etihad Stadium the following week.

The U take a valuable first leg lead back to Santiago before the next leg in two weeks as they look to secure a spot in the semi-finals.

The coach is referring, specifically, to an incident that came during the Wolves» 2 - 0 victory over Real in the first leg of their Champions League quarter - final earlier this week.

It's far from ideal for Klopp to have to deal with these absentees this week given the magnitude of the upcoming game, but he'll have to have faith in those stepping in and his prolific attacking unit to get the job done in the first leg at Anfield at least.

That same sort of idea about the way Arsenal play was evident from the Germany international keeper Manuel Neuer this week, as the Daily Mail reported his pre-match comments ahead of the Gunners trip to face Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League knockout tie.

The 35 - year - old was superb in Juve's first - leg victory over Spanish giants Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final last week, and his performance has proven his ability to continue to play at the highest level.

Pogba has come under fire in recent weeks for his poor form, having been substituted off in away defeats to Tottenham and Newcastle United, while he was also left on the bench for the first leg clash with Sevilla in the Champions League.

That session gave him the confidence he projected in his first press conference two weeks after the injury, when he assured reporters that his shattered leg was just a «bump in the road.»

To do this the La Liga giants are likely to need a win against the Bundesliga champions in the first leg before they travel to the Allianz Arena next week.

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I hope we don't try to play the defensive game because they are dangerous in and around our box, they were unlucky not to score one or two more goals in the first leg at Emirates and if they find their confidence with home advantage and their fans getting behind them it could be curtains for us, i don't think they will allow us the same space as they did last week so lets take the game to them early and keep the ball in their half with high possession,

The first leg of the semi-final takes place in Spain next Thursday, with the reverse fixture at Anfield a week later.

The first leg will be played in Lima next week.

The prize of their victory is a quarter - final date with Ecuadorian powerhouse LDU Quito, the first leg of which will take place in Quito next week.

The two sides played out a thrilling first leg in Turin with the score level at 2 - 2 ahead of the return fixture at Wembley next week, and both sides showed in the first meeting that they will threaten to score more goals.

United claimed a precious away goal in the 1 - 1 first - leg draw in Madrid three weeks ago, but Mourinho says it is impossible to pinpoint the factors that will decide the outcome of the tie.

Unfortunately this puts both of the England stars at big risk of missing at least the first leg of our Champions League double - header against Monaco, which kicks off in just over two weeks.

Having beaten Arsenal 3 - 1 at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg in London three weeks ago, Bayern had been odds on favourites to finish the Gunners off in the Bavarian capital to go into Friday's quarter - final draw.

The capital club meet Barcelona in their Champions League quarter - final first - leg on Wednesday, only a week after having overcome Saint - Etienne 4 - 1 in the French Cup semi-final.

A tightly contested first leg left little room for error in the return leg at home in a weeks» time, sandwiched in between the tie at Everton where Giroud rescued the first loss of the season with a late equalizer.

After Arsenal were beaten heavily away to Bayern Munich in Germany a few weeks ago our manager looked a beaten man but the very next day he was looking more positive and was even saying that the tie was not over despite the 5 - 1 scoreline from the first leg, but I do not think there are many Arsenal fans who agree with Arsene Wenger on that idea.

This expectation has been bolstered by Arsenal's 4 - 1 thrashing of CSKA Moscow in the first leg of the quarterfinals at the Emirates Stadium last week with some believing that the job has been done.

Los Blancos looked set to cruise into the semi-finals of the competition having secured a 3 - 0 away win at Juventus in the first leg in Turin last week.

Liverpool's loss came a week after the first leg against Barcelona, and so in the space of seven days City went from being in two competitions to being effectively out of both.

They won 2 - 1 in the first leg in Spain last week with Jesus Navas scoring an own goal before Thiago Alcantara scored a deflected second.

After the semi final first leg, Arsenal will travel to Madrid for the return fixture a week later in early May.

The first leg away in Sweden didn't go well as they will have to overturn a 1 - 0 deficit when the two sides meet at the San Siro next week, but on the basis of what we've seen in qualification overall, you wouldn't put your money on the Azzurri to do it.

The first leg of the encounter will be played at the Emirates on April 5, with the return leg in Russia a week later.

The bad thing about these first leg defeats is that you have to wait three weeks to see if you can come back in the tie, and in between you will hear a lot of nonsense in the media.

In fact, beating PSG in the first leg may have finally started to awaken them from their season - long stupor of inconsistency, because they've been a step above their previous level for the last three weekIn fact, beating PSG in the first leg may have finally started to awaken them from their season - long stupor of inconsistency, because they've been a step above their previous level for the last three weekin the first leg may have finally started to awaken them from their season - long stupor of inconsistency, because they've been a step above their previous level for the last three weeks.

Liverpool face Roma at Anfield in a week's time in the first leg of their semi-final tie, and so Klopp will be desperate to have as close to a fully - fit squad as possible at his disposal for a crucial period in the campaign.

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.

Ospina made three riks last week against Milan in the first leg, the first one, diving at the Italian player's feet and missing the ball, the player stayed on his feet, Ospina got away with it.

Despite Manchester City and Arsenal suffering defeat in their respective first - legs this week, Owen dismissed claims of the Premier League falling behind other European leagues.

So the Spanish international star Santi Cazorla and the England international Jack Wilshere are now on the last leg of the comeback trail, although it will still take a few weeks for the pair to build up their fitness and be ready to feature in the first team once more.