Sentences with phrase «despite missing a penalty»

Despite missing his penalty, Sanchez still managed to convert the rebound as he opened his account for the Red Devils on his first home start for the club.

It is great to see the (supposedly injured) Santi Cazorla chip in with a goal despite his missed penalty after two minutes.

Despite missing a penalty early in the game, the 25 year - old didn't drop his head and made a nuisance of himself as the Celta Vigo backline battled to keep up with his strength, skill and pace.

Gianluca Lapadula (6.0): Despite his missed penalty in the shootout, he only played 19 minutes as well and only touched the ball a couple of times.

Not exact matches

After Nicolas Otamendi was dragged down in the box by Ryan Shawcross, Aguero stepped up and confidently slotted his penalty past Shay Given, despite missing two on Tuesday night.

Despite his penalty miss, Higuain is the pick of the bunch for the hosts as his first goal was a brilliant strike, and he was key in the game for Juve.

Despite missing in the shootout, Patrick Bamford scored a penalty in the 120th minute to take the game to penalties.

Wenger was also full of praise for Danny Welbeck despite the striker's missed penalty early in the second half.

Despite being tipped by many to take the tournament by storm, it just has not happened for the Real Madrid talisman — and a missed penalty and disallowed goal in last week's 0 - 0 draw against Austria were indicative of this.

Louis van Gaal has since revealed that if «you miss, you are last» among the penalty takers, a pretty brutal tactic and hardly one that will inspire confidence in a player such as Rooney, who has — despite his much publicised goals for his country this season — failed to make a positive impression on the club front.

Nevertheless, Liverpool managed to hold on despite Plymouth being galvanised by Origi's late penalty miss and four minutes of injury time.

LIVERPOOL: Everton eased its relegation concerns by beating 10 - man Brighton 2 - 0 in the English Premier League on Saturday, despite Wayne Rooney missing a penalty.

Bayern had reeled off 11 successive wins in all competitions since that aggregate defeat but they could not force an equaliser as Atletico saw the game out despite Antoine Griezmann's late penalty miss.

Such was the dominant performance of CSKA's supremely talented midfield, all three were going to make up the RFN TOTW midfield trio, but Aleksandr Golovin was omitted due to his penalty miss (despite that brilliant goal).

High school graduation rates are at an all - time high at over 80 percent (see Chapter 1: Student Achievement).7 8 9 Research on NCLB's accountability provisions has shown modest effects on school performance, particularly in schools seeking to avoid a first year of missing AYP or in schools facing the severest penalties.10 Despite this progress, however, high school test scores are flat, achievement gaps persist, and many low - performing schools are not improving.