Sentences with phrase «for goalless»

Grafe was the ref for the goalless Euro 2012 qualifier between England and Montenegro where he was «blasted» by Wayne Rooney for giving England's players «no protection whatsoever» — and for not awarding any penalties.

The reason for the goalless scoreline can't be far fetched from the fact that the regular attackers of the team like Kelechi Iheanacho, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi and Oghenekaro Etebo were up against defenders who are the preferred options for coach Gernot Rohr.

Mahrez was dropped to the bench for the goalless draw with Bournemouth before the international break, as he struggles to match the form of 2015 - 16 when winning the PFA Player of the Year award.

The Gunners were heading for a goalless draw at Turf Moor when James Tarkowski tussled with the Wales international in added - time

The only hope would have been to stop Liverpool scoring and settle for a goalless draw, a task that look beyond them as the visitors were repeatedly given space and time in the box.

After the Gunners were held for a goalless draw with Liverpool at the Emirates, Neville was quick to question Wenger's tactics.

There was roughly one billion people watching the game in Asia when United went to Anfield (in October) and he parked the bus for a goalless draw.

His performances have recently led to his first international call - up — and goal — and being awarded the captain's armband for their goalless draw with Burnley.

Not exact matches

Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that qualifying for next season's Champions League will be difficult following today's goalless draw away to struggling Burnley, The Guardian reports.

Having previously criticised him publicly earlier in the season over fitness troubles, the Portuguese tactician has adopted a similar tactic after leaving Shaw out over the weekend for United's goalless draw with West Brom at Old Trafford.

A serious looking injury for Liverpool's Martin Skrtel overshadowed Brendan Rodgers's side's goalless draw with Blackburn Rovers in their FA Cup quarter - final clash.

His nine - game goalless streak is tied for the second longest of his young career (11 straight in October / November 2015).

It was a nightmare evening for the Red Devils, as they returned to Manchester following a goalless draw in the first leg in Spain.

The 35 - year - old is still deemed good enough to start for Guus Hiddink, and had one of the best chances of a goalless first half this afternoon as his close - range shot was blocked by Daley Blind.

Vital we do not concede early the longer it stays goalless the better for us as chelski will have to take a few chances to win the game the will increase the space for us then we can hurt them!

The match ended goalless, with De Gea's saves keeping Jose Mourinho's side in the game for the entire 90 minutes, and giving them a great chance to advance to the quarter finals in the second leg at Old Trafford in a few weeks.

the thing with Giroud is that people slate him with or without reson, pass to goal for a trphoy or goal to put a game over and another trophy or goalless draw in a tough pitch.

After two goalless draws at the beginning of the season, Arsenal's win against Liverpool saw two of their new signings, Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla, scoring for the first time for their new club.

And sure enough, in 2003, Juventus did precisely that: after 120 minutes of goalless, cagey, strictly - for - the - purists football, they fluffed their penalties against AC Milan.

the next big question is will Wenger bench his favourite son - Giroud for Perez considering even when Welbz was in form last season he still got benched or shifted to the wing for a Giroud that was on a 15 - games goalless run.

The two sides went into their second leg meeting after a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge, and it didn't look good for Arsene Wenger's men after Eden Hazard broke the deadlock after just seven minutes.

If you want a striker that'll go goalless for 4 months in a row and still end up with an decent tally of 15 - 20 goals per season then Giroud will do the job just right.

He is a very good striker and if he had to start he would do fine I am sick to death of defending him Giroud has scored 3 goals in 5 PL matches (as a sub) He has scored 2 CL goals so far 87 Goals Total for us since he joined # 1 last season in headed goals in the PL 6th Top scorer last season with 16 goals (taking into account a 12 match goalless spell) He is far from bad

Nevertheless, it will be a frustrating night for Arsenal with title rivals Manchester City being held to a goalless draw by Everton, while Leicester City picked up a dramatic late win at Tottenham to move level at the top of the table with Arsene Wenger's side.

For the umpteenth time this season we went into half time of a Man United game goalless, but thankfully the second half got a lot more exciting.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp is desperate to see the visitors go for it and not produce a repeat performance of the goalless draw with Liverpool on Monday night, as he believes that there is enough talent and pride within the club to do more than just sit back and be happy with a point.

There were a few decent chances for both sides in the opening 45 minutes, but we looked destined to go into the break goalless.

The Express noted that Arsene Wenger is fond of Milik and sees him as a possible fill - in for Olivier Giroud, who has been held goalless in 14 of his last 15 appearances.

As for their hosts, Guardiola's men had rediscovered some good form in recent weeks, but they were held to a disappointing goalless draw by Huddersfield in the FA Cup at the weekend.

After things kicked off earlier in the week, the Italian tactician was once again asked for his opinion on the situation and Mourinho following his side's disappointing goalless draw at Norwich in the FA Cup.

Having held Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield on Monday night, the Portuguese tactician returns to former club Chelsea on Sunday, and so he'll be expected to make changes to his line - up to keep his players fresh for a packed schedule.

The Guardian reports that Fernando Torres could be out for anything up to a month, following the hamstring injury sustained during Liverpool's goalless draw with Aston Villa on Sunday.

For Barcelona Zlatan Ibrahimovic has seamlessly replaced Samuel Eto'o as the primary goal getter for the Catalan side and given both sides amazing attacks a goalless draw seems highly unlikely and indeed an El Clasico hasn't ended without a goal since 19For Barcelona Zlatan Ibrahimovic has seamlessly replaced Samuel Eto'o as the primary goal getter for the Catalan side and given both sides amazing attacks a goalless draw seems highly unlikely and indeed an El Clasico hasn't ended without a goal since 19for the Catalan side and given both sides amazing attacks a goalless draw seems highly unlikely and indeed an El Clasico hasn't ended without a goal since 1987.

But he played a key role for his country as they kept a second clean sheet in four days to secure a goalless draw which gave them a 1 - 0 aggregate win over Italy in their World Cup qualifying playoff.

Jay Spearing remains an injury doubt for Liverpool with the hamstring problem that caused him to miss last week's goalless draw with Stoke.

Hull played out a goalless draw with Aston Villa, but will find this a very hard game to get anything from.Everton have not lost at home for 12 home league games nows dating back to December 2012 when they last got beat at home 1 - 2 by Chelsea.

He said: «It's another side who like goalless draws for Arsenal and it's another must - win game with the slender chance of a top - four finish still just about there.

Southampton halted their losing run but a goalless draw at Leicester does little for their Premier League survival hopes

Palace fans are still waiting to see their team score or pick up a point this term and they have set a new record for the longest goalless start to a top - flight season ever.

Boro's home crowd for Saturday's goalless draw with Burnley almost topped 30,000 - a show of support despite the struggles on the field.

Television pictures appeared to show Evans spitting at Cisse as the Senegal international rose from the turf after the pair tussled for the ball with the game goalless.

Rojo and Falcao have yet to make their respective debuts for United, while Di Maria has featured one — a goalless draw with Burnley away from home in the Premier League just before the two - week international break.

The goalless draw against Bournemouth especially causes concern at White Hart Lane considering that it was the third consecutive draw for the team in all competitions.

AC Milan were held to a goalless draw in the Derby della Madonnina against Inter on Wednesday, with Mauro Icardi guilty of missing big opportunities to secure a win for the Nerazzurri.

Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League quarter - finals for a fourth straight season after holding Bayer Leverkusen to a goalless draw.

Di Maria has already made his debut for United, playing for 70 minutes in a goalless draw with Burnley at Turf Moor in the Premier League last weekend.

It was goalless in Wales back in October and both of last seasons» meetings of the sides ended in 1 - 0 victories for the home side on the day.

Those two meetings ended in a 3 - 0 home win for Barca and a goalless draw at Allianz Stadium, and the latter saw Valverde rotate his lineup, essentially punting the game to rest key players.

Over the course of two matches — a 2 - 0 victory over Malta at Wembley, and a goalless draw in Slovenia — Southgate has yet to make a persuasive case for him being appointed England manager, but in the absence of any any credible alternatives, he remains the frontrunner for the job.

The winger rifled in a shot that looked to be nestling in the far corner only for a brave block by Gibson to ensure it was goalless at the break.