Sentences with phrase «international striker scored»

Antoine Griezmann was the hero for Atleti as the France international striker scored twice.

The French International striker scored his last goals for Arsenal against Aston Villa last season when they hammered Villa to relegation; Giroud grabbed a hat - trick for Arsenal on the final day of last season.

Not exact matches

People are saying that we have paid too much for a striker who may score goals in the French Ligue 1 but who has not really shone on the international stage and who may struggle in a tougher league, while there are also questions about why Arsenal seemed to be the only real suitor for the Frenchman.

Arsenal are hoping to add another striker to their squad in January, and are keeping tabs on Sassuolo's Italian international striker Simone Zaza, who scored his first goal for his country last week.

Anichebe has made 11 appearances for Nigeria, scoring one but has since retired from international duty in a bid to focus on his domestic career and he could now replace German striker Nick Proschwitz at the KC Stadium.

The French international has managed to score just nine goals in 29 appearances so far this season, and coupled with the January arrival of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, the pressure really is on his shoulders having been benched for the last two games since the former Borussia Dortmund striker arrived.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane has had a stunning week — earning his first senior international cap for England, scoring on his debut, and being handed his first start in Turin against four - time World Cup winners Italy.

Woodburn, like Ward, has also made his mark on the international stage, as the striker has made six appearances and scored once for Wales, a decent feat considering the player's young age.

Giroud could get himself on a red hot scoring streak while all the other strikers at the club struggle to find the back of the net, thereby making the France international centre forward a key member of the first team that the boss could not, in all conscience, let go, but not many of us expect that to happen.

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In my opinion, Arsenal should be looking at a striker who will simply come in and start scoring goals, like how Diego Costa took the Premier League by storm when he arrived at the start of the season, and what a difference the Spanish international has made for Chelsea!

French international Alexandre Lacazette then finished the scoring for the north London side, as the forward was put through by Mesut Ozil, with the former Lyon striker finishing well to put his side four goals to the good.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce is pondering a # 12m bid for 25 - year - old Ecuador international striker Enner Valencia, who scored all three of his country's goals in the World Cup group matches and hit 18 goals in just 23 games for Mexican club Pachuca — Daily Star

And it is also the same number scored by the Chelsea and Spain international striker Diego Costa, who has been getting rave reviews for his start in the Premier League.

Many Arsenal fans have questioned why the French international can't manage to stay on for the whole 90 minutes of games and maybe score more as our opponents get tired legs, but Arsene Wenger is adamant that he will continue his policy of taking him off in the later stages of games.Le Prof told Arsenal.com: «First of all I would like to say that in my job you sub strikers more than defenders, because they have to create, they have to provoke, they have to be incisive in every run.

The Tottenham Hotspur striker has come in for criticism at the start of the new season because of his lack of goals at club level, but did score his second senior international goal with a brilliant effort against San Marino on Saturday evening as the Three Lions sealed their qualification for Euro 2016.

With Aston Villa sitting 18th in the Premier League, having scored only 12 goals, the new manager will be hoping to work the same magic with misfiring Belgium international striker Christian Benteke.

The Arsenal and France international forward Alexandre Lacazette was signed by Arsene Wenger this summer for a club record transfer fee for more than just his goals, although that is clearly a major part of his appeal after he scored more in the last four seasons in Ligue 1 than any other striker, including the PSG stars Edinson Cavani and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Arsenal fans may sometimes be a bit down on the France international striker, but Olivier Giroud will be the toast of his nation this week after scoring the second goal, and what turned out to be the winner, in their final World Cup qualifying match, but will it be enough to convince Arsene Wenger to give the big centre forward a rare Premier League start when Arsenal travel to Watford on Saturday?

The Belgium international scored and was lively with the Portuguese extremely happy with the striker's movement on the pitch.

Chile international Alexis reacted angrily to being substituted after completing the scoring in the Gunners» 4 - 0 win at Swansea City on Saturday, but Wenger has now suggested that his Stamford Bridge counterpart Antonio Conte has far greater concerns with his own star striker.

The England international scored a hat trick against Club Brugge recently, and much was made of him playing as a striker again in the coming campaign when he first moved there.

Disappointed with his poor scoring rate, Crystal Palace management, according to Daily Mail, are ready to sign Belgian international striker Christian Benteke (27) over next summer.

Ancelotti had no qualms in identifying the Polish international striker — who scored four goals in last season's 4 - 1 semi-final first leg win over Madrid — as Dortmund's key player.

The French international striker was far from his best last season, although he still scored 20 goals in all competitions and provided 20 assists.

Recently sidelined a bit by Valencia boss Marcelino, Italian international striker Simone Zaza (26), who however scored the second of the two goals Los Taronges defeated Real Betis by, two days ago, hinted to the chance for him to leave next summer: «I'm very happy, for the goal and, above all, for our outcome.

The England international then drilled across the six - yard box an inviting centre from which Benteke could not miss as the striker scored his third goal of the season against the Saints.

Kane has scored seven goals in his last six international appearances, but without the Spurs striker England lacked a cutting edge to kill the game off.

The Colombian striker has shown some of his improvement, during in an international duty, scoring against Bahrain and Kuwait to become country's all - time leading goalscorer.

Then, Athletic took a rigorous penalty by the hand of Adil Rami to Aritz Aduriz shot in the added time of the first half to shorten distances and for the international striker strengthened the leadership at the top of the scoring, with 8 goals.

The striker scored as PSG beat Fiorentina 4 - 2 in the International Champions Cup on Tuesday morning, and after the game Ibrahimovic said any move will be dealt with by his agent.

Lukaku has scored 17 goals at international level and Koeman has drawn comparisons with former Netherlands striker Patrick Kluivert, who he worked with during spells coaching with the national side, at Barcelona and later as manager at PSV.

The Italian international striker has found his scoring boots this season under Roma coach Rudi Garcia.

The Uruguay international, his country's all - time top scorer, twice European top scorer with two different clubs and top scorer in three different countries, the only player to break up Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's eight - year stranglehold on the Pichichi award and the only striker other than them to ever reach forty La Liga goals, hasn't scored for 459 minutes.

However, the Reds currently have four international strikers fully fit for the first time this season and the upturn in goalscoring form makes for good reading, as no Premier League side have scored more goals than the Reds since the turn of the year.

• Lazio's Italy international striker Ciro Immobile scored a hat - trick in the round of 32 second leg against FCSB on his first start in this season's competition.

Wenger has a striker conundrum and went with Walcott ahead of Giroud, but if the England international wishes to be taken seriously as a central striker, he needs to start scoring the type of chances created in the early stages.

The Colombian international striker has been heavily linked to Los Blancos and Chelsea after an incredible spell in the Spanish capital where he has scored...

Fox admits they are yet to speak to the Belgium international striker regarding his future but hopes Villa will be able to keep a player who scored 15 goals in all competitions last season, 12 coming in his last 13 appearances.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 61 times in 97 competitive internationals, but amazingly does not make our list of the strikers with the best goals - per - game ratio.

Bendtner opened the scoring for Wolfsburg in the 34th minute but before the end of the first half the Mexico international striker, Chicharito scores for the half time, 1 - 1.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has been heavily linked with a swoop for the 28 - year - old Gabon international striker, who has scored 85 goals in 128 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund, including 31 goals in 32 outings last term.

Disappointed with his poor scoring rate, Crystal Palace management, according to Daily Mail, are ready to sign Belgian international striker...

The Netherlands international, who scored against England at Wembley in March, will provide competition for Harry Kane, Spurs» only recognised striker.

The Netherlands international, who scored against England at Wembley in March, is the club's second signing of the summer after the # 11 million capture of Victor Wanyama from Southampton, and he will provide competition for England international Harry Kane — Spurs» only recognised striker last season.

The former Italy - U19 international had about as good of a season a striker could hope for, scoring 24 goals in 22 Primavera appearances and three goals in five UEFA Youth League appearances.