Sentences with phrase «crucial minutes of the game»

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Gonzalo Higuain's double in the opening eight minutes of the game put the Serie A champions in a strong position, but Harry Kane bagged a crucial away goal in the first half.

He has not played at all since helping his national team to lift the Confederations Cup and even if he is fit I do not think Wenger will be too keen to give any player their first minutes in a crucial game at the hostile home of the Potters.

Give up a couple of offensive boards in last couple of minutes, Teague with a crucial TO, and Denver wins by 4 after a offensive board tip - in with less than five seconds in the game.

Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his goal put six points between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point of the season.

I would rather just about anybody but him take a crucial shot in the last minute of a game.

Despite being the coolest man on the planet and almost giving the Arsenal manager a heart attack with the Padenka penalty to win our EPL game against Burnley in the 98th minute, Alexis Sanchez was just pipped to my Man of the Match award by Shkodran Mustafi who scored the crucial opener and defended with bravery, skill and passion throughout.

After sustaining an injury and being forced off after only 50 minutes of Arsenal's victory over Sunderland on Saturday, there was concern over Jack Wilshere's availability for upcoming crucial games in the FA cup and Champions League.

After a first half devoid of chances, goalkeeper Michel — making his first appearance of the season and, remarkably, the first of his career at Wembley — made a crucial save from on - loan Chelsea striker Ike Ugbo 20 seconds after the interval to prevent the visitors from taking the lead before midfielder Dele slid home the only goal of the game on 65 minutes.

The result of the game aside, what the most crucial aspect to retract from this game is the fact that Inter was absolutely dominant for an entire ninety minutes.

But for once, they were unable to cap their dominant spell with a goal and instead it was Team Redknapp who got the crucial fourth goal of the game with just five minutes remaining as Mahrez added his second from an Adam Smith through ball.

Emery's tactics of adding an extra defender towards the end in Thomas Meunier backfired as Zidane sent on attacking substitutes and turned the game on its head in the last ten minutes, with two crucial goals giving Real the advantage in this two legged clash Continue reading →

(After all, there aren't many board games to be seen after 15 minutes or so, though there is a very cute use of charades at a crucial climactic moment.)