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

He struggled to break into the starting side in Turin, but still managed to find the back of the net on eight occasions.

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.

And in the intervening period at the Amsterdam ArenA, the youngster has managed to find the back of the net on eight occasions in total in his 25 matches in all competitions, all of which have come in the Eredivisie.

In 160 matches overall in all competitions for Ajax, Eriksen has found the back of the net on 31 occasions, including 24 strikes in his 111 league contests for the club, form that has made the player one of the most sought after in Europe, with Turin now set to be his next location.

In 82 appearances for Fiorentina, he has found the back of the net on 22 occasions.

He has been on fire this season, finding the back of the net on nine occasions in the league already.

Malli found the back of the net on 11 occasions and provided five assist in 36 appearances for Maniz last season.

Serie A giants Inter Milan and Napoil are also interested in the Brazilian [via Calcio Mercato], who made 23 league appearances for Atletico last season and found the back of the net on three occasions.

The Japanese striker is the oldest professional player in the world, and has continued to find the back of the net on a regular basis for Yokohama FC.

Giroud may be in and out of the team at the moment, but he's finding the back of the net on a more consistent basis in recent weeks.

He is finding the back of the net on a consistent basis and his goal yesterday was a sublime finish to an excellent build up.

The Belgian has found the back of the net on 59 occasions in 136 appearances in England's top tier, including eight already so far this campaign.

The Spaniard currently leads the race for the Golden Boot having found the back of the net on 14 occasions so far this term, today provides a great opportunity to add to his account.

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

Back under the stewardship of former boss Jose Mourinho, he has found the back of the net on 26 occasions — and there are plenty of games left to be played this term.

Lukaku has been one of the stars of the Premier League season, and leads the race to win the Golden Boot having found the back of the net on 23 occasions.

The Argentine made 40 appearances in England's top tier, but only managed to find the back of the net on nine occasions.

However he has only managed to find the back of the net on three occasions in the domestic leagues, all of which came when he was on loan at Hull last season.

The Argentine found the back of the net on 23 occasions for Juventus last campaign as the Italian giants won the domestic treble.

Diego Costa has found the back of the net on 14 occasions in the Premier League already this campaign, leaving Batshuayi's route into the starting side firmly blocked.

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.

In 37 appearances in all competitions this campaign, he has found the back of the net on 20 occasions.

Pogba has provided 16 assists and found the back of the net on ten occasion in 49 appearances for Juventus last season.

Balotelli made 80 appearances for City over a three year period, finding the back of the net on 30 occasions.

In 54 league appearances for the Swans, he found the back of the net on 26 occasions.

He has found the back of the net on just two occasions in his opening 14 appearances, and it appears as though he could be on the move — despite only joining in the summer.

The Red Devils have struggled to find the back of the net on a consistent basis this season and are short of options in the centre forward role following the departures of Robin van Persie and Javier Hernandez in the summer transfer window, which has left captain Wayne Rooney as the only genuine option to lead the line.

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.

His 11 league goals also highlighted his ability to find the back of the net on a regular basis and his departure so soon after Mats Hummels» move to Bayern Munich would be a devastating blow to Dortmund.

Last season, Boli found the back of the net on 16 occasions for Chinese Super League side Dàlián Yīfāng, averaging a goal every 1.2 games.

Palace have struggled to find the back of the net on a consistent basis this season and with the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Marouane Chamakh and Frazier Campbell all set to leave, Pardew is in the market to bring in a new attacker.

The summer signing from Norwegian side Lillestrom last found the back of the net on the 18th of August 2016, when AZ defeated Serbian side Vojvodina in the Europa League.

However, the Spaniard still has some impressive figures to boast of, having found the back of the net on four occasions in addition to providing nine assists.

Despite an impressive scoring record in Saudi Professional League, Leo Bonatini has yet to find the back of the net on the continent but the striker has started two of three games as Al Hilal sit second in Group D at the midway stage.

The Portuguese superstar has been criticised for failing to celebrate goals scored by his teammates and instead concentrating on his own inability to find the back of the net on some occasions.

Crystal Palace endured a terrible second half to the season last term and one of the main reasons behind the Eagles» struggles was an inability to find the back of the net on a consistent basis.

Mesut Ozil is undoubtedly one of the best attacking midfielders in the world but he has often understandably been criticized for not finding the back of the net on a consistent basis.

West Ham United have endured a terrible campaign so far and one of the main problems plaguing the Hammers at the moment is their inability to find the back of the net on a consistent basis.

One of the main problems plaguing Boro at the moment is their inability to find the back of the net on a consistent basis and the fact that they have managed only 17 goals in 20 games serves to testify this statement.

With 24 efforts on goal in the Premier League this season, Rooney has found the back of the net on an incredible nine occasions — giving him the highest shot - conversion rate of any player in Europe's top five leagues.

The key to Wigan obtaining crucial away points would appear to be scoring, as on each occasion that Wigan have found the back of the net on their travels this year they have gone on to register a point, whereas on all three occasions they failed to net they were beaten.

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What we do seem to be able to rely on is finding the back of the net at least once.

And not just that he expected more from himself, especially in terms of finding the back of the net, but that he puts a lot of pressure on himself to perform and so when it does not happen for one reason or another he beats himself up about it more than any of us fans do, as his comments on the Arsenal website this week suggest.

There is plenty of power and technical ability to his game as well and if he can keep finding the back of the net, how long will it be before Wenger thinks about promoting him on a regular basis?

Shortly after, it was Lukaku who eventually finished off some brilliant build - up play to find the back of the net and level the scores as United continued to pile the pressure on their opponents.

It's poor defending from Yedlin as he gets square on against Campbell and that allows Ozil to slip a ball past him towards the Costa Rican, who finds the back of the net with a good finish.

It worked perfectly as a brilliant breakaway pass from Mustafi found PEA on the wing, and his centre was perfect for Lacazette to do what he does best and put it in the back of the net.

The French teenager, who joined the Red Devils from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco on transfer deadline day earlier this month, enjoyed a dream debut against bitter rivals Liverpool last Saturday as he netted within 20 minutes after coming on a substitute against Old Trafford as he weaved past a number of challenges and found the back of the net with a composed finish.

Giroud could get himself on a red hot scoring streak while all the other strikers at the club struggle to find the back of the net, thereby making the France international centre forward a key member of the first team that the boss could not, in all conscience, let go, but not many of us expect that to happen.