Sentences with phrase «defeat came as a shock to»

Defeat came as a shock to the highly complacent local Labour Party, which had expected to sail to victory in Bradford as it had done in all the previous elections there.

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It's not the first time Martial has come off the bench to make a decisive impact this season either, and so perhaps the takeaway from the game was to trust Mourinho's judgement as he secured an important victory having come under pressure after the goalless draw at Anfield as well as the shock defeat to Huddersfield Town.

We must learn from our mistakes but it's a shame with the way we are reacting.How many of you would put your money on AC Milan beating Bayern in the UCL if they lost 6 - 0 today.As far as am concerned from a neutral point of view I expected both Bayern and Chelsea to beat Arsenal.It's shocking our defeat has come as shock.Players are being played out of position and the teams we've played used far more stronger squads.

The news came as something of a shock given Lacazette's 25 - minute cameo in the 1 - 0 defeat to Tottenham on Saturday, with the striker not appearing to be in any discomfort during the match.

It took two - injury time goals from Cristiano Ronaldo to overcome the former, while a heavy defeat to the latter came as a real shock and served as a stark reminder that despite their success in France in 2016, Portugal are still very flawed.

ROME: Napoli's 10 - match winning streak in Serie A came to an end on Saturday when they slumped to a shock 4 - 2 home defeat to AS Roma as the leaders suffered just their second league loss this seasoAS Roma as the leaders suffered just their second league loss this seasoas the leaders suffered just their second league loss this season.

Prior to the game Garry Kasparov told New Scientist that Go's clock was ticking, but the scale of the defeat nevertheless came as a shock, not least to Sedol.