Sentences with phrase «early goal for either side»

An early goal for either side will open up the match and if its Barcelona we can expect a goal flurry.

Not exact matches

Petrov spent seven years with the SPL champions earlier in his career before leaving for Aston Villa in 2006 and was watching when they overcame a two goal deficit against Kazakh side Shakhter Karagandy to win the return fixture 3 - 0.

Nevertheless, Conte makes a fair point as with his side competing for three different targets this season still, he can't afford to let a striker go and be short in that department, especially having not so long ago suffered with a goal drought having scored one goal in four games in all competitions earlier in the month.

What made Foy's disastrous decision even more hard to fathom was the fact that just ten minutes earlier the situation was reversed and Evra fairly won the ball from the German midfielder and was through on goal with support either side of him, when the referee decided to blow his whistle and get attention for Ballack who was in fact perfectly fine.

It has been the only low point of the game for the Red Devils as they broke the deadlock in South East London thanks to a early penalty from Spanish midfielder Juan Mata, who found the back of the net to register a first goal in three games for Louis van Gaal's side.

It took seven minutes for the home side to then turn the encounter around with Alderweireld finding the equaliser after David Ospina had earlier denied Kane with a brilliant goal - line stop.

The Old Trafford manager has seen his side struggle for goals, managing just two in three Premier League fixtures, and is yet to successfully replace Robin van Persie following the Dutch international's move to Fenerbahce earlier this summer.

The 22 - year - old has made steady progress in the early part of his career, scoring 16 goals and providing eight assists in 69 appearances in all competitions for the senior side.

If Arsenal get an early goal we should win comfortably and hit the home side on the counter, but it could be a day for patience and sneaking over the line.

Malcom has scored seven goals and provided five assists in 21 appearances for the Ligue 1 side, and so while he still has plenty to prove and a lot of development in his game, he's shown promising early signs.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Hazard has four goals and seven assists in all competitions for the German side, and Mourinho admits he is a player whose performances he has been playing close attention to, though he said it was too early to tell whether or not he would make it as a Chelsea player.

Wenger was then asked if he was blaming his defenders for the mistakes which led to those early goals, which ultimately cost their side any hope of winning the game.

Papiss Demba Cisse, who is their leading goal scorer of the season with 11 league goals to his name, is serving a 7 - match suspension for allegedly spitting on Jonny Evans during his side's 0 - 1 defeat to Manchester United earlier this month.

After a string of mistakes from both sides early on in the half, Olivier Giroud was denied what he thought was a certain goal, with his curling effort looking destined for the back of the net.

Visiting Sevilla opened the scoring through Vitolo's early goal, but were 2 - 0 behind just after the half - hour mark when Marlos and Taras Stepanenko responded for the home side.

Our side capitulated and suffered three goals in only 11 minutes early in the second half, and many have claimed that this is the same old Arsenal, with this stage of the competition proving to be a curse for our side year on year.

The Arsenal and Colombian international keeper David Ospina did his reputation no harm whatsoever today, with his heroics in goal playing a huge part in putting his country into the semi-finals of the Copa America for the first time since 2004 and setting up a possible meeting with his Arsenal team mate Alexis Sanchez, whose Chile side face Mexico in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

The novice blues then faced Brighton, drawing 1 all after the Brighton number 2 responded to Nik Gower's early goal for the Oxford side.

But they were forced to work hard for the three points, as Steve Bruce's side battled back from conceding two early goals to go in at half - time level.

Mauricio Pochettino's side went into the clash at a disadvantage having conceded the away goal in last week's 1 - 1 draw at White Hart Lane, but a period of early pressure saw Spurs in the driving seat for most of the first half.

Despite all that, Rudi Garcia's crew has still lead at half time 52.6 % of the time and has actually scored first in 57.9 % of their first 19 matches, but falling behind early is seldom beneficial, particularly not for a side struggling to find goals at the moment.

Locatelli scored his first goal for the senior side with a brilliant strike after coming on thirteen minutes earlier for captain Riccardo Montolivo.

Klopp's side were on course for an early Christmas present at the Emirates Stadium on Friday after goals from Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah put the visitors in control.

For Rafael Benitez's side, who stay ninth, this was an opportunity missed against a team struggling for goals and confidence but the game might have been very different had DeAndre Yedlin been handed a second yellow card for a late challenge early in the second periFor Rafael Benitez's side, who stay ninth, this was an opportunity missed against a team struggling for goals and confidence but the game might have been very different had DeAndre Yedlin been handed a second yellow card for a late challenge early in the second perifor goals and confidence but the game might have been very different had DeAndre Yedlin been handed a second yellow card for a late challenge early in the second perifor a late challenge early in the second period.

Rashford was responsible for his side's third laying off a peach for a header for the returning Paul Pogba to score but while his calmness under pressure was commendable, it was his pace earlier in the build - up to the goal that had fans most buzzing.

However, on the positive side of things Damien Duff could feature on Saturday providing he recovers from a troublesome calf injury, while full - back Carles Salcido may also make his bow on Saturday, hopefully in place of John Pantsil who has been pants for Fulham this season, woeful against Wolves on Saturday and the player at fault for Wolves» early goal.

Early in the second half, Greg Vanney's side doubled its lead with a well - worked team goal, as Marky Delgado played Auro into the penalty and the Brazilian played a perfect pass across goal for an onrushing Ashtone Morgan to slam into the America goal.

Earlier, Marek Hamsik scored his second brace in as many Serie A games and Gonzalo Higuain netted his first goal for Napoli as Rafael Benitez's side won 4 - 2 at Chievo.

An early goal for Danilo from the right side of the box got Madrid underway after 3 minutes, but only 10 minutes after that, the Merengues would already be behind.

Alex Pritchard's early opener for the Terriers was quickly cancelled out by Junior Stanislas, but Mounie restored his side's lead before half - time and headed his eighth goal of the season in the second period.

The last time these two sides met it produced a match filled with goals, eight in total, an early entry for goal of the season, defensive mistakes, baffling referee decisions, two penalties, a red card and a win for Leicester City.