Sentences with phrase «barren league run»
This goal prevents Giroud from matching the longest barren league run by a striker during Arsene Wenger's Arsenal reign — currently 16 games, held by Marouane Chamakh.
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The French international had been on a barren run of nearly four months without a Premier League goal, but ended that with his strike against Manchester City this weekend.
Messi's goal was his first against Chelsea in nine meetings with the Blues, ending a barren run of 730 minutes without one against the Premier League giants.
In my opinion the reason we did not win the league was because Giroud stopped scoring and went on a 12 - 15 game barren run and walcott had stopped scoring.
Arsenal and Wenger will find it tough to fight for the Premier League title, if their strikers strike a barren run in front of goal, and show no signs of making a turnaround for the good.
The French international scored twice in five minutes at the Stadium of Light, while Ibrahimovic drew a blank at home to Burnley which extended his barren run to six Premier League games without a goal.
The young French forward has been one of the big positives in United's season and after a barren run in front of goal he has begun to look more threatening, scoring twice in his last five league matches.
Stoke summer signing Jese Rodriguez has not figured since November, but 20 - year - old winger Ramadan Sobhi has netted in successive league games after a lengthy barren run.
Last week's 1 - 0 loss at home to Manchester United stretched Villa's barren run in front of goal to three games − a little over six hours in total since their last Premier League goal.
A 1 - 0 home reverse to Man City on Monday stretched Blackburn's barren run in the league without winning to ten games — their last victory coming back on 23 January.
Wednesday's 3 - 0 reverse at Craven Cottage to Fulham, a match Bolton barely even contested such was the dominance Fulham enjoyed, was Bolton's third consecutive away defeat and stretched their barren run without an away win in the Premier League to an alarming ten games, nine of which were losses.
The Scot has won just two of his sixteen league games in charge, two of which coming against a then utterly demoralised and in free - fall West Brom either side of the New Year, and he is currently struggling to rouse the troops during a nine - match barren run which has seen Rovers go nearly three whole months without winning.
They will be hoping, however, that the players returning will at least be able to secure Champions League football for the 17th season in a row and win the FA Cup to end their barren run without a trophy since moving to the Emirates.
Inter have endured a barren run since Jose Mourinho left the club and have finished outside the Champions League spot in the last six Italian domestic seasons.
In attack, Cristiano Ronaldo ended his three - game barren run in the league with a well - taken headed attempt, and makes the cut.
However, Wayne Rooney also put in an eye - catching performance and even though he failed to end a barren run of three months without a league goal, the England striker still played a pivotal role in his team's overwhelming success and contributed largely to Beratov's scoring plaudits.