Sentences with phrase «by goalscoring»

Claudio Ranieri led The Foxes to the top of the table in a record breaking season which was marked by the goalscoring exploits of Jamie Vardy, creativity of Riyad Mahrez and tenacity of N'Golo Kante as Leicester won the league by ten points ahead of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.

Dortmund established themselves as one of the most exciting teams to watch with their energetic pressing and free - flowing football which saw them score more goals than any other team - helped largely by the goalscoring exploits of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang who netted 25 league goals.

Not exact matches

The Belgian international scored the first goal before providing the assist for the winning goal scored by Jesse Lingard, but predominantly focusing in on his own goalscoring record, the 24 - year - old has revealed that he expected a bit more respect for what he's achieved thus far as opposed to the criticism that he receives.

Their form this term has been strongly helped by striker Andrea Belotti's input, having scored 13 league goals so far, and currently sits one goal behind Mauro Icardi at the top of the goalscoring charts.

It would be a national disgrace for young England stars to drop out of the Under - 21 European Championships this summer according to England goalscoring hero Gary Lineker, reported by BBC Sport.

Aubameyang was largely disappointing, and found himself being partnered by Lacazette in the final 10 minutes of the match, and the sub earned himself some good goalscoring opportunities, but unfortunately lost his composure and failed to keep them on target.

It would be a bit like wondering if Sanchez first half season goalscoring is over and done with so should we only go by what we see in latest form.

Sunderland had Spurs goalscoring legend Jermain Defoe leading the line fresh off the back of five goals in two games, but his service was limited by Tottenham's excellent all - Belgian defensive pair.

Also wanted by Arsenal and Liverpool, Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller has been the subject of a # 45m bid from Manchester United and could make a superb addition at Old Trafford after his fine goalscoring displays for club and country in recent years, including some eye - catching performances in Germany's win at last summer's World Cup.

Both the Gunners and their Merseyside rivals have been linked to the striker by the Daily Express as they look to strengthen their goalscoring ranks ahead of the new season.

Puskás took the lead with the fifth goal, a sweeping counter-attack followed by a net - tearing celebration, and then sealed the contest — goalscoring and general — with the sixth, a smart finish on the turn.

The Dutch tactician was also delighted with the goals scored by Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial on Tuesday night, as he will hope that as the pressure starts to ease on himself and his players, the squad will be able to play with more freedom and express themselves after months of goalscoring woes.

While the Croatian international brings experience, a decent goalscoring record and an ability to fit into Vincenzo Montella's style of play and has the characteristics required by the Italian tactician in terms of being able to help build play too, it's an all - round sensible addition.

The French international has been one of the best players in Europe so far this season, filling the goalscoring void left by the departure of Alexandre Lacazette this term,

He will seek to maintain intense pressure by constantly looking for new chances as his more advanced teammates get into goalscoring positions.

While I will not be against the signing of Griezman by Arsenal in the Summer if they believe he's the right striker for them, I think it will be better if they look for a younger striker who has a great potential of regular goalscoring to the older Griezman to sign and develop him in the Arsenal way of playing.

However, it's added by the Express that he has a # 25m release clause which would certainly be appealing to interested parties as that would arguably be a snip for an established player of his quality with his goalscoring record at such a high level in today's market given the transfer fees we've seen in recent times, and so it remains to be seen what the future holds for Mertens.

If the star's comeback is anything to come by, Jack will be making a swift return to the Gunners first - team in no time, finding a number of creative passes which created goalscoring opportunities, and once his match - fitness is up, he will certainly be a shoo - in to make the European Championships squad.

The magician has an incredible 43 goals in 39 games so far this term, but suffers in goalscoring form against English opposition, and after having his last minute penalty saved by City stopper Joe Hart, he should be even more eager to get on the scoresheet.

Yet his goalscoring touch abandoned him on the biggest stage, and ultimately his international career is frustratingly incomplete, defined by the one hat - trick he didn't score.

Altman also plays for the Israel U17s side, who are coached by former Watford midfielder Alon Hazan and has a decent goalscoring record.

While his goalscoring rate can't be argued with, Aubameyang's attitude has been brought into question this season, especially after Dortmund opted to suspend him for disciplinary reasons last month, as noted by The Mirror.

However, he has been blighted by fitness problems since injuring his hamstring during a goalscoring appearance in the 2010 Carling Cup final and now there are fears over how long Owen will be sidelined for once more.

The Express claim Rodgers believes that the former Manchester City attacker could be the man to feel the goalscoring void left by Luis Suarez.

The pace, quality and goalscoring threat offered by the likes of Marcus Rashford, Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard could be a problem to support Romelu Lukaku's presence up top, and so we're backing a 2 - 0 United win.

A great goalscoring winger, Pedro has found himself out of favour at Barcelona this season and is wanted by Liverpool and Manchester United, which could prove a smart move as his future at the Nou Camp looks uncertain.

A promising goalscoring winger or striker for some time, Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang never made a breakthrough at his first club AC Milan, being sent out on loan four times before eventually being sold by the club to Saint - Etienne, where he really started to make a name for himself at the age of around 23.

Giroud has scored 7 out of 7 games against these opponents and with 25 mins to go it looked like he had a great chance with a header, but surprisingly he missed by a mile and the game continues ambling along with no clear cut goalscoring chances.

Olivier Giroud is another player who is regularly under - rated by onlookers, although he has shown his goalscoring ability when used sparingly this season.

Venezuelan Rondon twice got into goalscoring positions early in the first half, but was prevented from having an effort on target by the alert Mamadou Sakho.

Mourinho's comments are very diplomatic and professional, and he does give Ronaldo credit for his goalscoring prowess by calling him a «goal machine».

Jorginho's impressiveness is not only belied by the fact he makes 1.7 key passes per ninety minutes (per Understat) but that, more subtly, his xGBuildUp (that is, how often he's involved in the build - up to Napoli's goalscoring) is at 0.59 — in comparison Emre Can's is hovering around half that at 0.36 (again, per Understat).

He also thought that Bolasie merited inclusion this week and showed he has a touch of the Roy Hodgson about him by moving a goalscoring striker this weekend, Bournemouth's Josh King, onto the left wing to accommodate Olivier Giroud up front.

Only Jamie Vardy has more with 28, but given how many of the Englishman's goals have been set up by the Algerian playmaker, his goalscoring form also helps to make the argument as to why it's his colleague who deserves the award.

The goalscoring prowess of the Chelsea loanee has taken a few people by surprise, however.

The former Rostov striker is very much a penalty box striker who sniffs out chances which is shown by his excellent goalscoring record in recent months in domestic, European and international football.

Kodjia's nineteen goals last season saw him top our goalscoring charts by a clear fourteen goals from second placed Jack Grealish.

The Baggies finished in 14th to ensure a seventh successive season in the Premier League in a season which culminated in ten victories by one goal margins as Salomon Rondon led the goalscoring charts with nine goals.

He may also be transitioning towards a more advanced role in a midfield, if his goalscoring and influence around the box is anything to go by.

You only have to do a quick comparison between the two sets of statistics above to realise that, after just nine games, Aaron has beaten his previous season's goalscoring record by two goals, and has already equalled the amount of assists he got throughout the entire 2012/13 season.

He then continued that goalscoring streak by netting a brace against Arsenal a few days later to put a serious dent in the Gunners» title credentials.

Branislav Ivanovic continued his impressive goalscoring run by coming up with a spectacular overhead kick for his current club Zenit St Petersburg in the Europa league.

Goalscoring opportunities have by no means come at a premium either, in fact they create several gilt - edged chances every game it would seem.

• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within his own penalty area)

QPR fans on Twitter hailed Tjaronn Chery after he continued his impressive goalscoring form by earning Rangers a point with his penalty against Leeds United.

Liverpool continued their phenomenal goalscoring away from home by hitting five at Brighton to move into the top four of the Premier League for the first time since August.

Jermain Defoe revealed he had been given words of encouragement by Martin Chivers before he surpassed his European goalscoring record in Tottenham's 2 - 1 win over Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League.

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The Russian striker has been shown great faith by Mancini with his starting berth up front, in his favoured position, ahead of Artyom Dzyuba, their previous goalscoring machine.

The Argentine equalled his best goalscoring season for Manchester City by bagging the visitors» second after 23 minutes, his 32nd of another superb campaign.