Seville, Oct 22 (EFE).- Sevilla, which hosts Arsenal on Tuesday in the third matchday of the Champions League, won the only previous game against the Londoners at the Sánchez-Pizjuán but lost three of the seven matches played as home against Premier League rivals in the top European competition.
In November 2007, Arsenal visited Sevilla, then coached by Manolo Jiménez, who qualified for the round of 16 as group leader, ahead of the ‘Gunners’, thanks to the 3-1 win they won after coming back from behind. by Eduardo da Silva with goals from Keita, Luis Fabiano and Kanouté.
The first English victory at the Sánchez-Pizjuán came in the 15/16 campaign, when Manchester City won 1-3 in a match in which Tremoulinas scored for the Andalusians and Sterling, Bony and Fernandinho scored the visitors’ goals.
The ‘citizen’ team itself thrashed last season in the Sevilla fiefdom in the opening of the group stage of the Champions League thanks to a double from Haaland and goals from Foden and Ruben Dias that established the same 0-4 that was achieved Chelsea two years earlier thanks to a poker of goals by Olivier Giruoud.
In addition, Sevilla has had two draws and one win against Premier guests: they tied 0-0 with Manchester United in the first leg of the round of 16 of the 17/18 campaign and, in that same season, 3-0 against Liverpool, who He scored in the first half through Firmino -2- and Mané but conceded goals from Ben Yedder -2- and Pizarro in the second half.
Sevilla’s other victory against an English team in the Champions League came in the round of 16 of the 16/17 edition, when they beat Leicester 2-1 with goals from Sarabia and Correa and a subsequent discount from Vardy.
In the Europa League, Sevilla has a total of victories in three English visits, the last of them in last season’s quarterfinals against Manchester United, when José Luis Mendilibar’s men won 3-0 thanks to a double from En-Nesyri and another goal from Badé.
Previously, Tottenham Hotspur played the first leg of that same quarterfinal round of the 2006/07 edition in the Sevilla fiefdom, when the team coached by Juande Ramos got on track to advance to the semifinals thanks to a comeback (2-1) after Robbie Keane ahead of the Londoners with a subsequent reply from Kanouté and Karzhakov.
In the 21/22 campaign, in the first leg of the round of 16, Sevilla narrowly beat West Ham thanks to a goal from Munir, although they were knocked out of the tournament after losing 2-0 in London in a tie that was resolved in extra time. EFE
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2023-10-22 10:52:32
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