Sentences with phrase «gunners took the lead»

The Gunners took a lead in the first - half thanks to an Alexis Sanchez goal, only to go into the break level thanks to a header by Seamus Coleman.

The Gunners took the lead through Danny Welbeck.

The Gunners took the lead against West Bromwich Albion, but fell behind after a James Morrison effort and a Mikel Arteta own goal.

The Gunners took the lead fairly early on, with a defensive error from Bournemouth allowing Alexis Sanchez a free shot on a goal.

The Gunners took the lead in the first half fortunately.

The Gunners took lead midway through the first half thanks some find play which ended up with Alexandre Lacazette finding the net.

The Arsenal right - back could potentially have given away a free - kick and seen himself sent off for a second bookable offence for this challenge on Young just minutes after the Gunners took the lead.

Well i held little hope that Arsenal would get past this resilient Norwich side but within 5 minutes of the restart the Gunners took the lead through Nketiah yet again.

Despite the fact that the Gunners took the lead, Liverpool slowly began to settle into their rhythm and played some impressive attacking football that would have left their coach pleased with the overall performance.

The Gunners took the lead just past...

Despite the Gunners taking the lead midway through the first half, Bolton had the conviction to claw their way back into the game when Johan Elmander jumped highest to capitalise on a defensive mix - up at the back for Arsenal, drawing level just before the break.

Not exact matches

The Gunners struggled to put the game away in the opening exchanges, despite taking an early lead in the first - half, and the three points looked like they were to allude Arsene Wenger's side.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, spoke of his side's disadvantage of playing at home first — therefore the north London outfit will be looking to take a big lead against the Russian side — as the Gunners» record away in eastern Europe is patchy to say the least.

Arsenal may have taken the lead with Theo Walcott's first goal for the Gunners but Chelsea let their experience show and Didier Drogba was his usual dominating self against Arsene Wenger's side bagging a brace and another trophy for Jose in the process.

The Gunners dominated anyway and took a well deserved lead through Mesut Ozil's slick finish after Alexis Sanchez had pounced onm a poor goal kick and played him through.

Considering their position in the table, Paul Clement's Swansea side looked confident and stylish at the start of yesterday's game against Arsenal, and for the first half an hour they looked like they could take something from the game, until Olivier Giroud got his customary goal a game to give the Gunners a half - time lead.

The Gunners» defence didn't cover themselves in glory here, as Callum Robinson took full advantage to give his side an unlikely lead.

But once Podolski has put Arsenal into an early lead in the first couple of minutes, latching on to a great ball from the excellent Chamberlain and smashing it into the top corner, the Gunners took complete control.

THe only good thing is thst his sending off came not long after the Gunners had finally taken the lead against a spirited and hard working Burnley team.

I do honestly believe that the Gunners» all time leading striker will one day be in charge of the club as the manager, but I don't think he's quite ready to take over from Arsene Wenger at this moment in time.

Therefore, Le Prof has to do some Gunners rotation for these 4 games so as to avoided playing any fatigued Gunner in any of these 4 games which could lead to the Arsenal dropping precious PL point if care is not taken which should not happen to us again till the end of this season..

However, it didn't take long for a fifth goal of the game to arrive, with Giroud producing a bit of magic to give the Gunners their first lead, and it appeared as though the Premier League leaders were set to pick up all three points.

So his words, reported by Arsenal.com, before the Gunners take on bottom club Leicester City at the Emirates stadium tonight, were a reminder to the players not to sit on a lead.

Are they tired, didn't they sleep well, did they eat some kind of food (salad) that made them later weak and sleepy, or is it because they were overconfident of winning the game after taking the lead, or did the Gunners lacked the added firepower of Alexis?

And even though the Gunners will be expecting to take the game to Chelsea I reckon that the boss will want his strongest defensive midfielder on the pitch in order to stop any counter attacks leading to a goal.

Sigurdsson managed to pull a goal back shortly after the Gunners took a 2 - 0 lead, and kept the game alive going into the half - time interval.

Arsenal took the fight to their German hosts with striker Olivier Giroud giving the Gunners an early lead before centre - back Laurent Koscielny netted with 86 minutes on the clock to set up a frantic finish, but the 3 - 3 aggregate score saw Bayern sneak through.

The Chile international was already a hugely important and influential player for the Gunners but that has increased even further this season as he has taken to the new centre forward role like a duck to water and has spearheaded an excellent run which has kept Arsenal firmly among the leading pack of clubs chasing the EPL title.

The Gunners will be looking for a healthy lead to take to the Principality for the second leg, but it is by no mans going to be easy.

Stoke might have taken the lead early in the game but the Gunners didn't panic and it was Arsenal's day as they kept pace with Chelsea in the title race.

According to a report in the Times, the Gunners were keen on taking the French striker rather than Mhki: «It is understood that Martial was disappointed at not having the chance to discuss a move to Arsenal in January, when the London club raised the possibility of including the forward in the swap deal that led to Henrikh Mkhitaryan leaving Old Trafford instead.»

Then BOOM The Gunners took th3e lead and fittingly enough the finish came from Alexis Sanchez who pounced after Welbeck missed.

Instead of the three points that Arsenal fans and Arsene Wenger were hoping, and probably expecting, to bring home from This evening's away match against Everton, the Gunners will head home to north London with nothing, despite taking the lead and playing pretty well.

That frustration has led to many of us questioning whether the Gunners have really got what it takes to keep up the title challenge.

He has a strong voice on the pitch and is sure to take command and control of the players around him, hopefully leading the Gunners to success come the end of the season.

And the Gunners have now made a vow, never will they allow the Swans to take them for granted and ride on their backs again this season, as Lukasz Fabianski had licked all the Gunners» game playing secrets to the Swans last season that led to those 2 wins for the Swans over Arsenal.

Preston took a shock lead over the Gunners through Callum Robinson.

The tie of the round was in London, where AC Milan, already 2 - 0 down, took a 1 - 0 lead before a penalty that even the English press derided as «soft» wasan out awarded to the Gunners; Arsenal added a second through a dreadful goalkeeping error, and ran out 3 - 1 winners on the night.

Thomas Tuchel is among the leading contenders to take over — even though he looks set for a move to Paris Saint - Germain — while Gunners legends Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira are in the running as well.

The Gunners slipped to a 2 - 1 defeat at Newcastle last weekend after having taken the lead in the match.

The Gunners took a first - half lead through Kevin Wimmer's own goal but Kane, on his return from injury, ensured a share of the spoils for the visitors with a second - half spot - kick.

Gunners tried to take control of proceeding with their usual attacking football, but it was Dinamo that took the lead through an own goal from Alex Oxlade Chamberlain.

The Gunners had taken the lead through Joel Campbell in the 15th minute, but Wayne Routledge then levelled just after the half - hour mark for the Swans.

The Gunners were off the pace of the game as the hosts played at a high tempo and deservedly took the lead inside the first ten minutes.

Arsenal took the lead thanks to a lovely flick from Aaron Ramsey but a Francis Coquelin second yellow card meant that the Gunners were 1 - 0 behind and down to ten men early in the second half.

With the Gunners then taking the lead inside the first 20 minutes, there should only have been one way for that game to go.

Things however seem to have taken a turn for the best a fortnight ago as the 27 - year old put on an inspiring display, providing Alexis Sanchez with an assist for the opener before doubling the lead himself minutes later as the Gunners ran out 3 - 0 winners over Manchester United.

Petr Cech: The 35 - year - old had a relatively good game for the Gunners, and he made a crucial first - half save to prevent the Baggies from taking the lead — 7/10

Fast forward to our third double season, and in 2001/2 the Gunners, reduced to ten men by the first - half dismissal of Giovanni van Bronckhorst took a two goal lead through Thierry Henry (from the penalty spot) and Freddie Ljungberg.

The Gunners, who last season, mustered a 2 - 2 draw at this stage, against the same opponent, almost took the lead through van Persie, whose shot was parried by the foot of Victor Valdes.