Sentences with phrase «final against all expectations»
I think his performance at the FA Cup final against all expectations helped his cause.
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It will be a case of experience against youth in that one on many fronts, but the pressure and expectation will be on Juve to deliver and make the final and go one better when they lost to Barcelona in the final two years ago.
After Man City, Man United and Chelsea all won before we kicked off and with the weight of expectation pressing on Arsenal shoulders, the game against a resilient Watford was a potential banana skin and Sky Sports pundit and former Gunner Thierry Henry seemed more relieved than anything at the final whistle.
But we still need to complete the job in the FA cup and beat Aston Villa in the final at Wembley to give us a real trophy to celebrate, although Arsene Wenger reckons that the pressure and expectation on him and his players is nothing like it was against Hull City a year ago.
The event ushered in record - setting prices for such artists as Ouattara Watts, Pascale Marthine Tayou, and António Ole, and the final bid for the celebrated British - Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE's sculptural installation Crash Willy (2009) beat expectations, commanding a whopping # 224,750 ($ 297,000) against an estimate of # 120,000 — # 180,000 ($ 159,000 — $ 238,000).