Sentences with phrase «difference in a tight game»

This week they were missing one of their twin towers — Matt Wolk — which certainly could have made a difference in a tight game.

The team's defensive performance was abject — inadequate CDMs may make a difference in tight games but they are never solely accountable for 0 - 6 and 1 - 5 score lines.

Not exact matches

Loose balls seemed to always wind up with Team Bauer and in a tight game that can be all of the difference.

The title race is tighter than a gnat's chuff and with Leicester City and Tottenham already above us, even though the spuds are only in second place due to their better goal difference, we really can not afford to give any ground in the next round of games.

Beat a top team and we are lucky, beat a lower team and we should be beating them anyway, lose when playing a too risky brand of football and we are inept, win a tight game playing ugly it is not acceptable nor the Arsenal way, win by 3 goals and it should have been 5, keep playing the same predictable way every game and we should vary it more, vary our pattern of play and we should go back to doing what we used to, win 2 - 0 and keep a clean sheet and we should have been more adventurous to improve goal difference, win 2 - 1 and concede in the last minute and we were naive not to shut up shop, win 12 out of the last 15 games and it should have been 15 wins......... blah, blah.

In a game as tight as this was today, when the top quality of the Gunners is hard to find and the opponents have their tails up and are making things very difficult, little incidents and fine margins can make all the difference and that is why Alexis is such an important player for Arsenal.

In tight match like this, having the first goal mean a hell of a difference, Ramsey scored when we are dominating — The game would sway to our favour if the goal stands.

If he comes off the bench he will definitely bring with him added confidence for the team and will be against tired players so will have a guaranteed impact and in a tight game at home when we will more than likely be the ones searching for a goal later on that can make all the difference.

Even if we are in front, it's a small difference after 11 games — it's very tight.»

In tight games — those games were decided by three and four points — those adjustments made a big difference.

Yes we have attacking options on the wings (sanchez) and in CAM and Giroud is doing an admirable job and Walcott could do a job down the middle but if we want to win more games and finish top, as well as having goals from the rest of the team we need a demon who will bang in 25 - 30 goals for our goal difference and to pounce when it's tight and that 1 chance falls your way.

Man City won it with 86, so it was very tight in the top four, that [difference] is one or two games.

In tight games, someone with the ability to run into space without being caught can make all the difference, and it's why many managers are prepared to persevere with players that don't offer much beyond speed.

There wasn't much difference between these two at all over the course of the regular season in terms of goal difference so this will be a tight game.