Sentences with phrase «decisive goal on»

The German World Cup winner was ruthlessly exposed by the TV pundits on Sky Sports for ducking out of a ball from a corner that led to Stoke City's third and decisive goal on the stroke of halftime at the Britannia stadium this month.

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Pepe's red card for a headbutt on Thomas Muller in their opening 4 - 0 defeat to Germany proved to be the decisive moment for Portugal, who went on to be eliminated from the competition on goal difference by the USA.

«I want to take on the role of goal - scorer, to score more,» he began,» I have always thought about making passes but, from now on, I know that I can be decisive in front of goal.

If there were question marks over why Balotelli was signed in the summer, there will be even more people wondering why Rodgers threw on a player with only two goals all season at such a decisive moment in his side's season.

And I don't want to call you out on this but can you list Costa's big game, decisive goals this year («always dangerous regardless of the opponent...»).

Despite being on top for 70 minutes after Diego Costa's goal and the decisive red card for Per Mertesacker that really left us in the lurch, I never felt there was the cutting edge and spark in our attacking forays to make the all - important breakthrough.

As for decisive big goals retrospectively I agree with you on the Giroud points, as his goal killed the game as a contest vs City.

He feels like the coach doesn't have faith in him and yet still he is asked to be decisive when he gets on the pitch,» [Bild via Goal].

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Los Blancos have a fantastic record in the Champions League and are on the hunt for a third successive title; they'll be sure to be looking to grab a decisive away goal ahead of the second leg.

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud made a decisive comeback on Saturday with two goals in his side's 4 - 1 win over Sunderland, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic's problems continue.

De Bruyne has since gone on to become one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe, scoring the decisive goal as City beat PSG in midweek to reach the Champions League semi-finals.

Firmino's positional play was the decisive area in him bagging his brace tonight, as Liverpool's first and third goal relied on the player's instinctive play to score.

During Manchester City's 2 - 1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday night, goalkeeper Joe Hart was beaten by a great free kick from Jason Puncheon for the decisive second goal.

Finally it went for Arsenal, I think first half was very tense, level, nervous, full of tackles, like a bird on a wire, I would say, I agree that Teves caused much trouble over the right side, I don't know who played there for Arsenal, it looked sometimes as if the Arsenal player had been a bit too slow for Tevez, agree that Fabiansky had a great game, (you always need some fortune for it) and Nasri, he impresses really since some games now, clinical finishing and one of those who are finishing at all, Faby wasn't at his best and nevertheless he was so important, there were several decisive moments, at the start a save by Fabiansky (and later on some more), the red card, Nasri's goal, after the missed penalty I feared City would take advantage of it, but I think Songs goal broke their mentality, and second half at least the final thirty minutes were rel.

Averaging a goal in every 3.5 shots, Lukaku is the striker that United needed to be decisive in fixtures that can change the course of the season — like the one on Saturday.

Meyer scored the decisive goal in the 62nd minute to set up a nervy last half hour at Stadion Ljudski vrt, as with Chelsea leading Sporting 3 - 1 at Stamford Bridge, all Schalke needed to do was hold on to claim second place in the group.

But they lost out to virtually the last kick of the league season when a Michael Thomas goal gave the Gunners a decisive 2 - 0 victory and the title on the virtue of goals scored in the season with points and goal difference being equal.

Jose Mourinho, who insisted on keeping a positive mindset in the build - up to the game, knows his squad reached its limits at Parc des Princes last week, when a passive defensive line surrendered in the dying minutes of the game to let Javier Pastore score a decisive goal.

Bastian Schweinsteiger was decisive in United's late win against Watford today, forcing an own goal that secured a 2 - 1 victory and put us back on top of the table.

Allardyce revealed he sent on Gana in order to re-energise his side and add further attacking thrust in pursuit of a decisive goal.

When more than one team finishes on a same level of points, the goal difference will be decisive, and if that gives no outcome the number of goals scored determines the final ranking of a team.

«MANCHESTER — Cristiano Ronaldo scored the decisive goal as Real Madrid controversially came from behind to win 2 - 1 at Manchester United on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter - finals.»

Reports are out claiming that Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker believes that the Gunners will need to be more decisive in front of the goal when they face Barcelona in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

The emotional deluge began in the 82nd minute, when Manolas headed home Roma's decisive winning goal, only to give the club's veteran in - house commentator, Carlos Zampa, a nervous breakdown live on air...

Wenger was rumoured to have shown a keen interest in the former Bordeaux forward several seasons ago but waited until he could get him on the cheap before making a decisive move for the player which scored 56 goals in 230 first - team appearances for Bordeaux.

Of course, the guy who scored the decisive goal for Juventus is now back in Madrid after his two - year stay in Turin, but that could only become an issue if he comes off the bench and steps on the field on Saturday night.

His passing was by no means the whole story though — Herrera increasingly looks like a player who can add some of the grit we've desperately lacked for so long, as evidenced by that decisive tackle on Song yesterday, and we've already seen he's got an eye for goal as well.

To cap things off from a big game perspective, he also scored the decisive goal in the European Cup semi final in 1969 to knock out holders Manchester United, on the way to lifting the trophy.

However, he can appear on a different wavelength to his teammates, and his decisive contributions — he managed just one goal and one assist this season — remain limited.

It didn't stop him scoring those three decisive goals against Croatia in Zagreb, even if, tactically, he may have recently dismayed Capello by remarking that he wasn't sure what he had to do when Capello was plainly advising him to stay wide on the wing.

«Chich has come on, he's come back from the other side of the world last week for us, and he's been [injured] so I'm so glad that he's got fit for us and got that decisive goal,» Hart said.

With no consistency and thus no solidity in their defensive efforts, the Timbers have been prone to shipping early goals and giving up the lead to their opponents: a game state that has not been kind to a team that is built around the idea of staying strong defensively, welcoming on the opposition, and grabbing a goal or three via their quick, decisive counters.

Marcus Edwards» second - half penalty proved decisive as we won an entertaining North London derby in the Premier League 2 by the odd goal in five on Monday afternoon.

His goal proved decisive on Tuesday to win us a crucial three points, and in the form he is in, Pochettino would be stupid to drop him.