Sentences with phrase «big deflections»

The second and third goals owed a lot to luck as both were big deflections from Iwobi shots but we were good value and there was no luck in the fourth as Alexis produced a fantastic finish.

The ensuing free kick takes a big deflection and only misses the goal by about a foot.

«We were unlucky with the first goal when it takes a big deflection and it goes in.

It may have been heading in anyway but another big deflection gave Harper no chance of saving it.

Arsenal were playing pretty well and creating good opportunities but we needed the fortune of a big deflection on an Alexis free kick to take the lead.

It was a good result though so let's not be greedy, especially as there was a slice of luck with a big deflection for Walcott's goal.

We had to come from behind though, as a big deflection off Per Mertesacker gave Benfica an early lead against the run of play, but not for long.

Arsenal roared back and were soon ahead from a well taken brace by Theo Walcott, with new signing Kollasinac playing a key role in both, but then a comedy of errors at the back from Mertesacker and young Maitland - Niles presented another chance and after another big deflection we were level again.

Unfortunately as is often the Arsenal way we managed to conspire to make the game difficult for ourselves, with a few minutes of the first half remaining Ox found himself with the ball on the edge of Everton's area, Hector available to his right and players closing, if he had managed to get a shot off first time then we would not have been chasing back towards our own goal five seconds later, instead Ox chose to shoot after a couple of touches in to a mass of Everton bodies when there were better options on, the ball broke to Delofeu who managed remarkably to stay on his feet for twenty or so yards before releasing Barkley, Koscielny had been dragged wide by Lukaku and Ox and Hector were in hot pursuit, they both probably had a chance to take the booking but allowed Barkley to continue, he took a speculative shot which would not have troubled Cech until it took a big deflection off of Gabriel and drifted into the gaping net.

GK Kevin Trapp, 4 — Questionable on Diomande's equaliser, he wasted a rare chance to impress — even if the goal took a big deflection on its way past him.

That it only took a big deflection for Arsenal to concede for the first time in four games says a lot about the quality of the defending recently.

Ander Herrera had a ludicrous amount of space on the edge of the box to score the hosts» third goal, via a big deflection from Laurent Koscielny, as the Arsenal midfield disappeared.

It is unlikely Johann Berg Gudmundsson's shot from distance was going to trouble Courtois unduly, but then it took a big deflection off Barnes and found the bottom corner.

The Frenchman's cross was meant to pick out Robert Lewandowski in the middle, but it took a big deflection off Navas and, despite the best efforts of Sevilla goalkeeper David Soria, the ball went in off the near post.

Not exact matches

While Jake isn't the biggest he talented enough to replace contribute on deflection, zone entries, popout plays, and maintaining possession in general.

The ball took several deflections and ricochets after a corner, but it ended up at the feet of the big man who swung a hopeful foot at it and blasted it into the back of the net.

The winger cut in from the right to beat keeper Ben Williams from just inside the area with a shot that took a big looping deflection off Andy Halliday.

We simply arent single minded enough goin forward, that is the big difference between us and the teams that will contest the PL this year, Chelsea go straight for goal, they do nt tie themselves up in knots or pass the responsibility on to someone else when in front of goal, this in turn leads to scrambles, or they win a corner or get a lucky deflection and score but what does nt happen is their attack breaks down meekly with 7 men committed forward and wide open for counter attacks, I thought we could have been beat 3 or 4 yesterday and thats not being unfair.

The proof is there to see: Swansea had four big chances against Liverpool — one of which hit the post courtesy of a deflection.

It's one thing when environmentalists say that fossil fuel companies» positions on climate change are similar to Big Tobacco's past deflections about the hazards of smoking.

With the solar collector, we go out there and orbit the asteroid, but the whole deflection scenario has the advantage of being slow, big, fragile, and unlikely to be misused as a weapon.