Sentences with phrase «a goalless draw»

Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that qualifying for next season's Champions League will be difficult following today's goalless draw away to struggling Burnley, The Guardian reports.

Having previously criticised him publicly earlier in the season over fitness troubles, the Portuguese tactician has adopted a similar tactic after leaving Shaw out over the weekend for United's goalless draw with West Brom at Old Trafford.

A serious looking injury for Liverpool's Martin Skrtel overshadowed Brendan Rodgers's side's goalless draw with Blackburn Rovers in their FA Cup quarter - final clash.

Southampton held Israeli outfit Hapoel Be'er to a goalless draw on the road in the Europa League on Thursday.

They sit in eighth place in the Serie A table after 11 games, 12 points adrift of the top four, while they've been held to back - to - back goalless draws by AEK Athens in the Europa League over the last fortnight to really ramp up the pressure on Montella.

There weren't many exciting moments in Arsenal's stale goalless draw against Stoke City this past Sunday afternoon, but those that we saw came courtesy of Petr Cech and Jack Butland.

The Sky Sports pundit appeared to criticise his compatriot following the goalless draw against Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium last month, in which he implied that his former club will not win the Premier League with Giroud as the first choice striker.

The new coach is looking forward to another good performance from his team and he would love to go all the way in the Carabao Cup, as he told the official West Ham website: «It is less than a week since we held Arsenal to a goalless draw in the Premier League at London Stadium and now we go to the Emirates in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night to take them on again.

It was a nightmare evening for the Red Devils, as they returned to Manchester following a goalless draw in the first leg in Spain.

Arsenal supporters, in their goalless draw with Mourinho men's at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon sang chants of «boring, boring Chelsea».

Following those games at Anfield, the Reds were then held to a goalless draw by Rovers and squeezed past Swansea City thanks to a fortunate strike from Jordan Henderson at the Liberty Stadium.

Meanwhile, the BBC pundit also offered Liverpool some transfer advice after suggesting that Ryan Bertrand is the perfect solution to their conundrum at left - back after the England ace produced an assured display in the goalless draw at Anfield with Southampton.

The Canaries ended a run of four straight defeats with their goalless draw against Newcastle last weekend.

Though Hughes saw his defence hold up manfully during their goalless draw with local rivals Chelsea, QPR have on the whole looked suspect at the back, conceding 19 goals in ten Premier League matches this term.

Having been held to a goalless draw at Bournemouth at the weekend, Spurs missed the chance to go top of the Premier League.

The Gunners are yet to register a goal in either of their first two games at the Emirates Stadium this season after a shock defeat to London rivals West Ham United on the opening day before being held to a goalless draw by Liverpool a couple of weeks ago.

It's not the first time Martial has come off the bench to make a decisive impact this season either, and so perhaps the takeaway from the game was to trust Mourinho's judgement as he secured an important victory having come under pressure after the goalless draw at Anfield as well as the shock defeat to Huddersfield Town.

The clip in question is seen below, with Atletico Madrid defender Juanfran beating him in a foot race to get to a loose ball in Real's goalless draw with their city rivals on Saturday night.

The exception was the goalless draw at the DW Stadium on their last meeting in April 2008.

It's fair to say that Didi Hamann was far from impressed with what he saw from Man Utd in their goalless draw against Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

City's # 32.5 m signing from Real Madrid was substituted a little over an hour into the goalless draw at the Estadio Maracana after he was on the receiving end of a strong challenge.

While it doesn't seem to be at that stage just yet, Ferdinand was speaking after the goalless draw with Sevilla in the Champions League on Wednesday night, and believes that Pogba's biggest problem is that he hasn't got strong voices around him to help guide him.

Manager Andre Villas - Boas will target the duo to ensure Sunday's goalless draw against Stoke is a one - off, according to the Daily Mail.

After his side's goalless draw against Portsmouth last month, Reading manager Steve Coppell was not too downhearted about the Royals» fading hopes of a place in the UEFA Cup.

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Barcelona and Sevilla played out a feisty goalless draw at the Nou Camp in a game that saw Leo Messi miss a penalty and two sent off.

The Spanish giants host Atletico at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night, and will have to compete without the star trio, as they go in search of goals following the goalless draw at the Estadio Vicente Calderon.

A disappointing goalless draw at home to Lyon saw their march up the table falter and then they lost away to Guincamp without scoring.

Santos were the first team to advance to the 1/4 finals on points after a 1 - 0 win at home versus Club America followed by a goalless draw away.

Manchester City held Real Madrid to a goalless draw at the Etihad on Tuesday night, leaving their Champions League semi-final tie finely poised.

However, Louis van Gaal's side have shown weaknesses this season, losing to Swansea City and struggling to a goalless draw with Newcastle United.

After two goalless draws at the beginning of the season, Arsenal's win against Liverpool saw two of their new signings, Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla, scoring for the first time for their new club.

Besiktas, on the other hand, were in buoyant mood, after playing out a goalless draw in the home leg and thought they could cause a colossal upset against a depleted Arsenal lineup.

The two sides went into their second leg meeting after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge, and it didn't look good for Arsene Wenger's men after Eden Hazard broke the deadlock after just seven minutes.

The Gunners will be looking to bounce back from their disappointing goalless draw with Middlesbrough last weekend, although their win in the EFL Cup in midweek would have lifted spirits again.

His performances have recently led to his first international call - up — and goal — and being awarded the captain's armband for their goalless draw with Burnley.

Hull City duo Eldin Jakupovic and Harry Maguire kick us off after playing influential roles in their side's goalless draw at Southampton, as they continue to claw away from the relegation zone.

Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.

The Red Devils have struggled in general over the last few games, winning twice against Huddersfield but also suffering defeats to Tottenham and Newcastle United along with a goalless draw against Sevilla in the Champions League.

Italy were held to a goalless draw in Milan by Sweden, who booked their place at Russia 2018 at the Azzurri's expense by securing a 1 - 0 aggregate victory in their two - legged playoff.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp is desperate to see the visitors go for it and not produce a repeat performance of the goalless draw with Liverpool on Monday night, as he believes that there is enough talent and pride within the club to do more than just sit back and be happy with a point.

The centre - back put in a solid display alongside Sergio Ramos in the goalless draw on Tuesday night, but will have to cope with even more pressure the second time around.

Man Utd face Sevilla in the last - 16 of the Champions League, with the second leg at Old Trafford finely poised after their goalless draw last time out.

After Bradford and Reading drew on Saturday, Liverpool could only manage a goalless draw with Blackburn at Anfield yesterday.

He also left the Ox on the bench and brought Coquelin on towards the end of that goalless draw, a move that some people think suggests that Wenger does not trust Chamberlain.

A drab goalless draw against Blackburn, means that they will go again at Ewood Park.

While there has been an improvement in form, Van Persie has still only netted eight times — and missed a golden chance in the goalless draw at Cambridge United in the FA Cup on Friday.

Following their goalless draw against Atletico Madrid on Saturday, the reigning La Liga champions remain in third place in the standings but dropped 10 points adrift of Barcelona.

«At San Siro Arsenal scouts were present to watch Bari hold AC Milan to a goalless draw» (Corriere del mezzogiorno)

Neither of these sides enjoyed a smooth passage to the knockouts, with Bolivia reliant on a goalless draw with Mexico and a wild 3 - 2 victory over Ecuador to squeeze through in second place — they were smashed 5 - 0 by hosts Chile in their final group game.