Sentences with phrase «finding the back of the net against»

The Southampton striker found the back of the net against Belgium earlier this week, but couldn't repeat the trick as he was eventually replaced against the Swedes having failed to impress.

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.

Liverpool have their own injury troubles given they're without the likes of Sadio Mane, Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana, but they've got plenty of quality in that department to step up as shown with Daniel Sturridge and Roberto Firmino finding the back of the net against Huddersfield.

In previous seasons, the former Montpellier man has also found the back of the net against Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, plus big names like Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli in the Champions League.

Giroud failed to find the back of the net against the new Champions Chelsea, and Henry bravely stuck his neck out and said that the Gunners could not become champions with Giroud as our leading centre - forward, which definitely annoyed Wenger.

Chambers, who is on loan from Manchester City's competitive rivals Arsenal, found the back of the net against Pep Guardiola's side today.

The 29 - year - old, who started his career as a youngster at Stamford Bridge, was one of the players to find the back of the net against the Blues in a result that stunned fans all over the country this Saturday.

Tosun found the back of the net against Burnley and the floodgates opened.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi has now scored a goal against 71 club opponents after he finally found the back of the net against Chelsea on Tuesday.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in his 21st different match for Manchester United this season, when he found the back of the net against Sunderland on Sunday.

Not exact matches

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has explained how he encouraged Willian to alter his shooting style after hitting the post twice against Barcelona before finally finding the back of the net.

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.

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.

Back to the Emirates Stadium now and this full - back has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against AnderleBack to the Emirates Stadium now and this full - back has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against Anderleback has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against Anderlecht.

This Roberto Firmino goal video must be one of the best he's scored as the Liverpool forward found the back of the net from an impossible angle against Huddersfield Town.

Musa made his second appearance for the Foxes since his unofficial derby last week and put on yet another impressive display finding the back of the net twice against the European giants.

They responded with draws against Newcastle and Stoke, though they were clearly not scoring enough goals, finding the back of the net more than once on only one occasion so far this season.

The former Manchester United ace landed the award for his stunning effort for Lyon against Toulouse as he found the back of the net from the half way line.

But I think we can expect our creator - in - chief to find the back of the net a lot more as his stats show a 67 percent shot accuracy in the EPL and a 100 percent accuracy in the Champions League, where he already has that goal against Bayern Munich.

Lukaku had not scored for 11 games in all competitions going into the game against the Black Cats but managed to find the back of the net three times in 11 minutes over the course of the game.

Swansea City forward Michu made his international bow for Vicente Del Bosque's men against Belarus, but he is expected to drop to the bench for Manchester City's Alvaro Negredo, who found the back of the net last time out, who is expected to lead the line.

He drew another blank in the game against Slovakia at the weekend, but Pedro insists Costa is doing the right things and expects his struggles will be over once he finds the back of the net again:

Arsenal v West Brom «It seems almost inconceivable that Arsenal would go three home games without finding the back of the opposition net, but they looked jaded and out of sorts against the Black Cats midweek and will be hoping for a confidence booster before Wembley next weekend.»

Gennadios Xenodochof found the back of the net for Greek side AEL with a header in injury time in a game against Panachaiki in November, 2015.

Liverpool are a side he has enjoyed playing against of late, having found the back of the net thrice in three league games.

Although coming on in the 53rd minute and not scoring in MK's loss against Bradford City, he managed to find the back of the net in their 6 - 1 rout against Crewe Alexandra.

Song and Diaby will have to pit their physical mettle and mental wits against the likes of De Jong and Yaya Toure, and any slip up in the midfield could prove to be Arsenal's undoing, especially with Tevez finding the back of the net consistently.

Kane scored a first - half penalty against Burnley before finding the back of the net twice after the break.

Sturridge, Millner, Clyne, Origi and Emre Can all scored goals, unfortunately the ball didn't find the back of the net last night as we had a goalless draw against FC Augsburg in the UEFA Europa League.

SIPG racked up a league - record sixth straight win to maintain their perfect start to the campaign with Hulk and Wu Lei finding the back of the net for last year's runners - up against Hebei.

Last night Wayne Rooney became England's all - time leading goalscorer as he found the back of the net from the penalty spot against Switzerland.

Barcelona endured a disappointing 0 - 0 draw against Espanyol at the Estadi Cornellà - El Prat and it was only for the second time so far this season that the Catalan giants had failed to find the back of the net.

In eight matches against the Blues he has yet to find the back of the net.

Benik Afobe was unable to find the back of the net this week; Benik however did pick up his first yellow card of the season in MK Dons» draw against Leyton Orient.

Firstly, Fiorentina are Mauro Icardi's preferred victim when it comes to finding the back of the net in Serie A - with 9 goals scored in 11 games against the Viola they are the team against which he has scored the most between Sampdoria and Inter, with Juventus a close second.

Ronaldo has not scored in his last three games, and, incredibly, has failed to find the net on TEN occasions this season; with eight of his thirteen goals coming in successive games against Espanyol and Shakhtar Donetsk back in September.

We're rapidly approaching three months since the powerful forward last found the back of the net, but he won't have many better opportunities to end his duct and better his currently dismal record with the Reds than against the most porous defence in the Premier League.

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.

Crystal Palace had some good chances against Man City but they just could not find the back of the net.

In this time they allowed 3 goals to be scored against them and managed to find the back of their opponents net 4 times.

Despite creating a whole host of chances against a side even further down the table than them, Everton still couldn't find the back of the net.

Then, Messi also failed to find the back of the net in four straight fixtures, three of them against Levante, and one against Málaga.

The 35 - year - old has struggled in games this season but nobody can deny his pedigree and as he proved against Swansea, if the chances keep coming, it is only a matter of time before he finds the back of the net.

In the second fixture Manchester City faced off against a newly rejuvenated Everton side as Ronald Koeman's side did good in first half denying any breakthrough for Guardiola's men after taking the lead but the Citizens despite being a man down fought back and found the back of the net in dying moment's of the match and managed to hold of the Toffees for a points each.