Sentences with phrase «find the back of the net during»

He has continued to find the back of the net during his time in Turin, and has formed an all - star strike partnership with compatriot Gonzalo Higuain under Massimiliano Allegri's stewardship.

Not exact matches

Much is expected of the 24 - year - old this year given Liverpool's struggles in front of goal last season and they have turned to a striker that found the back of the net 42 times in 89 league games for Villa during his three - year spell with the Midlands outfit.

During that time, he found the back of the net on 88 occasions, which is nothing short of incredible for a defender.

And during his stay at Highbury, the Dutchman managed to find the back of the net on 120 occasions in total in 423 appearances in all competitions for the club, including 87 strikes in his 315 Premier League outings.

During his time in Spain, the 22 - year - old found the back of the net once in 22 appearances and is attracting interest from Benfica, Fenerbahce as well as Real Sociedad, according to Mail Sport.

After failing to find the back of the net against Tottenham and Aston Villa, Rooney wasn't able to get off the mark during the 3 - 1 victory over Belgian outfit Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League playoff first - leg tie on Tuesday night.

That was the case right up until an almost miraculous block of a Gareth Bale shot during a terrifying sequence of Real attacking nearly found the back of the net, finally letting Atlético launch forward on the counter — and Juanfran found Carrasco running for the far post, drilling a low cross to the Belgian that got emphatically fired home to level the scoreline and send Atlético fans all over the world into rapturous joy.

But Ozil did set one Premier League record during the Arsenal draw at Sunderland yesterday, despite the fact that we failed to find the back of the net.

During that period, he has found the back of the net on 11 occasions.

Even though the tall Frenchman had played 14 times for us in all competitions during the previous season and had received praise for the manager and the football media alike, he had failed to find the back of the net, at least one that had not been ruled offside, so it looked like a loan deal for Sanogo would be most likely.

The exciting young Englishman has been with the League One high - flyers now since September 2010, with Odubajo having since appeared in 56 league matches for Orient, during which time he has managed to find the back of the net on just the five occasions going into this season.

Nevertheless, supporters will likely be delighted with the signing of Benteke, who despite struggling for Liverpool after his # 32.5 m move to Anfield last summer, proved his class and ability to find the back of the net with regularity during his spell with Aston Villa.

And, during the first month of their campaign, Arsenal struggled to find the back of the net, scoring just 6 goals in 540 minutes of Football.

The winger has been with Atletico throughout his whole career to date, having made his debut for the Belo Horizonte - based club three years ago, during time Bernard has managed to find the back of the net on 21 occasions in his 99 appearances, as well as winning five Brazil caps.

Former Scotland international George Wood, who had spells with Aston Villa, Arsenal and Crystal Palace amongst others, found the back of the net while playing for East Stirling during the 1970/71 season.

Moreover, West Brom have never even found the back of the Stamford Bridge nets during their Premier League visits, yet Chelsea have done so 17 times, including hitting the Baggies for six last season, almost a year to the day ago in fact.

At the time, Emenike was donning the colours of Spartak Moscow, and found the back of the net regularly during his time in the Russian capital.

Kilbane backed Romelu Lukaku to play a crucial role in this weekend's encounter with West Brom as he returns to one of his former employers having found the net against Bournemouth during the week after a rough patch which has seen him bag only three goals in his last 15 games.

Having played for a variety of clubs during his time in the Premier League: Fulham, Manchester United and now Everton, Saha has found the back of the Baggies net on four occasions in six league appearances.

There is, however, a side to Luis Suarez that is not in keeping with his unerring ability to find the back of the net, as the Uruguay star was caught on camera biting the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their crunch game which decided who progressed to the knock - out stages.

Strikers feed off finding the back of the net and it was clear from recent weeks, Lukaku had certainly lost an edge during his recent run without scoring goals.