Sentences with phrase «despite chances being created»

United then battled to get back into the game, did so through Zlatan Ibrahimovic, then struggled to get ahead, despite the chances being created, but not taken by the players.

Despite chances being created freely down both ends, our two - goal advantage remained intact throughout the remainder of the contest as we moved clear at the top of Group C.

Not exact matches

It would be a real shame if Ozil does not get at least 21 this time but after adding just one in the last four games despite creating 19 good chances, it could happen.

Again though, we weren't creating a huge amount of chances, and despite us dominating possession, Stoke were arguably looking the more threatening.

There is a lot for the boss to work on for sure, because Arsenal were poor all over the pitch, but one of the main aims must surely to be our failure to create many chances despite dominating possession.

Morale is down, toxicity in the stands is spreading to the dressing room, pay attention to Ozil and Sanchez and even Bellerins body language, the playing for a lost cause... If I'm Ozil there is no way I'm putting in a similar level of performance I did last season if the «main striker» goes missing for 14 games despite creating 141 chances and breaking the premier league record

Ozil might have created more chances, but Cazorla actually had more end product and this was despite working with the «slow» Giroud gunners say was affecting Ozil's play.

Despite creating plenty more chances in the first period, however, Barca were unable to extend their lead before the half - time break and actually surrendered their lead just after the kick - off, when left back Jordi Alba conceded an unfortunate own goal.

The reason we didn't punish them, despite controlling the game, creating plenty of chances, and never being troubled by the United attack until they scored, is simple.

One of our main problems is that we still (somewhat too often) have «one of those games», where the opposition gets two good chances, buries them, and we create next to nothing clear - cut despite having much of the ball.

Despite Bournemouth not being great they still managed to create chances and score against a shaky looking Reds defence.

Despite our team lacking the tempo and fluidity that make us so dangerous when playing well those two have still been creating chances for fun.

Despite playing as badly as we have been we're still creating loads of chances.

The guy is pretty selfish on the ball and despite his talent his selfishness led to missed chances as opposed to him creating chances.

He signs Lucas Perez and doesn't even play him regularly despite the fact he was scoring and creating when given chance.

Despite being out of favour at Stamford Bridge last season, the Spaniard looked good in the few games he did manage to feature in, creating plenty of chances.

finally it's rather annoying that Ozil despite having his individual best season for Arsenal last term, nearly meeting Henry's assist record, having the most assists in Europe and by far creating the most chances in Europe.

Liverpool lacked both creativity and patience: far too often, Liverpool would shoot from outside of the box (52pc of all shots came from outside of the box): Chamberlain, Can, Gomez and Matip all immediately come to my mind when I go over the chances, but the most remarkable thing about this game though is that despite Liverpool either getting or executing their tactics so wrong, Liverpool still managed to create enough chances to win, but under pressure, fluffed their lines, take a look at the chances below:

His frustrations became evident during a first - half clash with Lewis Cook, for which he was fortunate not to be booked, and Roy Hodgson's team were equally fortunate that their hosts were struggling to create clear chances despite their dominance of the ball.

Despite many cross and dribble attempts (the latter at a decent clip it should be said), Anelka has created just one chance.

Despite playing with three forwards who are all short and pretty poor with their heads, Chelsea relied on creating their chances from the flanks.

The issues for them are a lack of clinical finishing despite creating chance after chance in games, along with a defence which gives away a lot of cheap, silly goals.

Vietto is on loan from Atleti and despite struggling in general, he still created two chances for Sevilla today, one of which was an assist for the only goal of the game.

Time was running out for United, despite the chances they had created, which came to nothing.

After the 4 - 1 victory over the Hammers on Wednesday, Moutinho stated that he has never had a team who created so many chances, which is a good thing, but United need to learn how to take these chances and convert them into goals, which seems to have happened on Wednesday, despite the visitors equalising with ten minutes remaining of the first half.

Vincenzo Montella's men tend to create plenty of chances but can be wasteful in front of goal, and despite their recent run of form will be hugely motivated for this game.

Despite his miserly playing time, he still managed to create his team's best chance, but — like many other examples already this term — a team - mate (Patrick van Aanholt this time) was unable to take advantage.

Despite the Madrid club's transfer ban that prevents them from registering new players until January 2018, it was thought Costa would still be willing to make the move and wait for his chance to play, but the lack of an offer that Chelsea consider acceptable creates difficulty.

Despite his lacklustre form, Hazard's ability gave feeling that Chelsea were in with a chance of coming from behind to beat PSG, but the 25 - year - old created just one chance before being subbed off in the second half.

I was thinking about Ash's comment earlier today about how our conversion rate has dropped from last season despite creating so many chances.

As we said in our preview, Blackpool score goals, which is more than the Baggies do despite creating plenty of chances in most games.

The only criticism I have is that despite the number of chances we created we scored only one goal.»

However, we would claim them as fortunate as their opponents, despite not boasting home support, were slightly the better side in our eyes and created the better chances and should of at least taken one of them.

Klopp was satisfied with the performance, their third successive victory, but admits they can still do better after dominating for most of the game - despite not putting away the chances they created.

Considering how well it did despite being somewhat shallow, the idea of the game containing the full expected content could create a chance for great success.