Sentences with phrase «against eventual champions»

A struggle against QPR was followed with a man of the match performance against eventual champions Manchester City.

Looking at the net points that we dropped and the points deficit that we have against the eventual champions, we can see that with just 8 more points, we would have been alright.

But Jordan did return in time to give the Bulls some much needed firepower against the eventual champion Boston Celtics.

She actually retired in her quarterfinal match against eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki, who was No. 1 at the time.

Not exact matches

This one pitted the defending national champion against the eventual national champion.

Venus's last - minute withdrawal from her much - anticipated match against Serena at Indian Wells in March — amid charges of gross disregard for the ticket - buying fan and speculation that their father, Richard, had ordered Serena to lose to eventual champion Venus in their semifinal match at last year's Wimbledon — sparked a public - relations firestorm that hadn't yet been doused.

From that wonderfully melancholy 2 - 1 defeat of Eusebio's eventual European champions Benfica in 1962; edging Spurs out of Europe at the semi-final stage on aggregate, to Jermaine Defoe's five - goal special against Wigan, to Gareth Bale's San Siro encore, the Lane has seen some wonderful moments.

The team would fall to eventual - champion De La Salle 57 - 27, but the 27 points was the most scored against the Spartans all season.

Yes, an Auburn line led by Nick Fairley came through at key times (a safety and a goal line stand), but even against the eventual national champions, Oregon indeed began to ask the right questions.

Last postseason, the team squared off against Roseville — the eventual section champions — and dropped a 5 - 2 decision on the road.

The Lions rolled through the Metro League with a perfect 14 - 0 mark and suffered only one nonleague loss in 2015 (a 78 - 55 setback against Pinewood - Los Altos Hills at the MLK Showcase in Stockton) before entering the section playoffs with aspirations of unseating state No. 1 and eventual Open Division state champion, St. Mary's - Stockton.

The ride ended in the semifinals against eventual - champion San Ramon Valley, but the gauntlet had been thrown down: the Gaels are a Division I title contender.

LSU took care of business against the unranked teams, but a loss to No. 2 Bama, the eventual undefeated SEC champion, doomed LSU to a losing record.

For all of those who are writing Arsenal off in this group, they should be reminded that Arsenal's last match in the Champions League was a 2 - 0 win in the Allianz Arena against eventual winners Bayern Munich.

MVFC finished 6th in the 2015/16 A-League season and beat Perth Glory in the playoffs to advance to a semifinal against Adelaide United, which they lost 4 - 1 to the eventual champions.

Carlos Tevez and Roberto Mancini had a public outburst in a Champions League group game against eventual finalists Bayern Munich, a game which they went on to lose 2 - 0.