This comes just days after Juventus suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16, with the German giants coming back from two goals down to
win the second leg 4 - 2 at the Allianz Arena after extra-time, securing a 6 - 4 victory on aggregate.
United will need to get atleast and away goal and not get beat convincingly which will put them in decent position to
win the second leg at home.
The Reds survived an attempted City fightback to
win the second leg of their quarter - final tie at the Etihad Stadium 2 - 1 and prevail 5 - 1 on aggregate.
The Blues head into this trip to Catalonia with the bookmakers making no secret of their expectations here, as the Spanish league leaders are heavily backed to
win the second leg and the tie overall.
Say what you want about injuries, the matchups, etc... GOOD teams in the NBA
win the second leg of back to backs.
Coach Rafael Benitez also expressed his frustration at the decision but remains hopeful his side can still
win the second leg and reach the final.
«If you comeback home with a clean sheet or a good score in hands you have great chances to
win the second leg at home with all your supporters around,» he told Football Today in an exclusive interview before last weekend's first leg.
I say his plan was to get a draw here
win the second leg in the champions league and keep the cheque book locked up in his safe.
One of the most dramatic ties of the Champions League season so far played out in incredible fashion on Wednesday, with Juventus coming back from a 1 - 0 deficit in the game against Tottenham Hotspur and a 3 - 2 aggregate score to
win the second leg 2 - 1 and the tie 4 - 3 thanks to two goals in four minutes in the second half from Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala.
«We had two difficult games against Swansea and to play here and as I said it was not easy in the first half but we succeeded to play our game, more in between the lines with more technique and we were efficient up front and at the back as well so we are really pleased with this game so hopefully we can
win the second leg as well.»
So i just wich that we come out without conceeding one and
win the second leg.
Second scenario is we suffer crushing defeat first leg and
we win second leg with impressive footbal, but still out on goal difference (as usual) Third scenario we trash them both legs and than bottle it in the final.
A non-complacent Arsenal will
win the second leg, am just not sure of qualification.
So we qualify 2nd from the group, probably get Barca or Real Madrid, lose the first leg emphatically,
win the second leg but still get eliminated, But ofcourse no one cares coz the money is already in (money which won't be spent).
Arsenal were dealt with a huge blow, as Ramsey was red - carded; Arteta injured his ankle, raising serious question marks over the North Londoners» chances of
winning the second leg at home, which was the only way to progress through.
Juventus
won the second leg 1 - 0 — Roberto Baggio getting the only goal — it wasn't enough.
The Young Lions
won the second leg 2 - 1 in Croatia on Tuesday night, thanks to goals from Liam Moore and Will Hughes.
Manchester City slipped to their first home defeat since December 2016 as Basel
won the second leg of their Champions League last - 16 tie 2 - 1.
Watch the best of the action from Kazakhstan as Celtic made it into the group stage 8 - 4 on aggregate after Astana
won the second leg 4 - 3.
They won the second leg 3 - 0 and to be fair to Rodgers he had a fantastic first season as manager thereafter, but that result will definitely go down as one of the worst in Celtic's history with diehard Hoops fans.
But they went on and only
won the second leg itself.
After Real Madrid
won the second leg of their Copa Del Rey fixture against Espanyol on Tuesday, they became the first team to book their place in the semi-finals of the Spanish cup competition.
The game went on despite the violence, with Spartak
winning the second leg 2 - 1, but Athletic Bilbao advancing to the round of 16, 4 - 3 on aggregate.
Arsenal booked their place in the last eight by defeating AC Milan,
winning the second leg 3 - 1 at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening to seal a 5 - 1 aggregate victory.
Ian Rush was on target again in the next round when they beat Benfica 1 - 0 in the first leg and Liverpool were even more impressive in Lisbon,
winning the second leg 4 - 1.
However, two - goal Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, Shinji Kagawa and Henrikh Mkhitaryan turned things around, with Thomas Tuchel's charges promptly
winning the second leg by a more convincing 7 - 2 margin.
Italian giant, Napoli found themselves out of European competition already in February as they were eliminated by RB Leipzig, although they did
won their second leg tie against the Bundesliga outfit 2 - 0.
Atletico held out for a 1 - 1 draw at the Bernabeu before
winning the second leg 1 - 0.
Most recent meeting between the two was last week when Hull City
won the second leg of EFL Cup semifinal 2 - 1 but was not enough to see them through to the final.
Not exact matches
How do you explain a team
winning the 1st
Leg 2 - 0 then Loosing 5 - 1
second leg.
Thumb down all you want but I wan na
win this not be content with playing catchup due to our own discrepancies in the first
leg and then be praised for putting a good effort in the
second despite the fact that it's all for nothing.
Arsenal
won an eventful tie against Southampton yesterday with Arsene Wenger rotating his squad heavily ahead of the crucial
second leg Europa League tie against CSKA Moscow.
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.
«We play at home in [the
second leg] in a game we want to
win.
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.
All we need is a home
win and any result that doesn't resemble the
second leg against Bayern in the group stage and all will be fine.
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.»
The quarterfinals of the Apertura playoffs in Mexico's Liga MX are almost done, and with the
second leg of the tie between Tigres and Pumas starting with a 2 - 2 scoreline, it's still anyone's match to
win with a spot in the semifinals on the line.
So sad that we treat the first games of our last 16
legs like they're a Sunday kick around and then play with passion and determination to
win the
second game but always by just not quite enough.
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.
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.
This follows a further charge by the FA against Costa for violent conduct after an apparent stamp on Emre Can during the Blues» 1 - 0
win over Liverpool in the Capital One Cup semi-final
second leg at Stamford Bridge.
The United States was
second to Australia going into the last
leg of the women's 4x200 - meter freestyle relay final Wednesday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but Allison Schmitt turned in yet another dominant swim to help the team set an Olympic record at 7:42.92 and
win the gold medal.
The 22 - year - old swam the last
leg in 1:54:09, just a half
second over her gold medal
winning time in the individual 200 - meter freestyle final.
After her fifth
win of the season, Annika Sorenstam had eyes only for the
second leg of the Grand Slam
However, América was able to get revenge in the Liguilla playoffs, drawing 1 - 1 in the first
leg before
winning 1 - 0 in the
second to knock out their rivals.
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.
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.
They
won the first
leg 3 - 0 but this did not put the tie beyond doubt as they had to travel to Quito for the
second leg at close to 10000 feet above sea level.
Call me deluded but this is why this sir must go, we can still
win in the
second leg.