Sentences with phrase «for goalless draws»

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.
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.
After the Gunners were held for a goalless draw with Liverpool at the Emirates, Neville was quick to question Wenger's tactics.
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.
The Gunners were heading for a goalless draw at Turf Moor when James Tarkowski tussled with the Wales international in added - time
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.

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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
In goal, Diego Marino's saves were key for Levante in their goalless draw against Deportivo Ciutat de València.
Les Herbiers knocked out Ligue 2 outfit Lens in a penalty shootout on Tuesday following a goalless draw in Nantes, with Lassana Doucoure scoring a late winner for Chambly in Wednesday's 1 - 0 win over top - flight Strasbourg.
-- Last season's St James» Park encounter finished goalless despite Man Utd dominating possession and creating more scoring opportunities, while their first league meeting of this season, at Old Trafford, also finished as a draw, 1 - 1, with Demba Ba converting a dubious penalty to cancel out Javier Hernandez's opener for Man Utd.
In back - to - back goalless draws with Germany and Brazil in the past few days the 23 - year - old performed with assurance as the central defender in a three - man backline, and he was among the few players to feature for the entirety of both games.
Our Development Squad blew their chance to move off the foot of the Premier League 2 table in time for Christmas with an uninspiring goalless draw with fellow strugglers Sunderland on Tuesday night.
Wilshere started his first game for Arsenal in 18 - months as he featured in the club's goalless draw at West Ham.
Watford and Southampton are still searching for their first Premier League wins of the season after playing out a scrappy goalless draw
Balotelli, who has scored 11 goals for Nice this season, was dismissed for two yellow cards against Lorient in October and received a straight red card in the goalless draw at Bordeaux in December.
After almost eight months without a goalless draw, there was a second in two games for Brentford, this one against Aston Villa.
Despite controlling the Europa League game against Lazio for large periods, Tottenham simply couldn't make their possession count as they experienced a goalless draw against the Italian outfit.
From Men in Blazers: MiB feign excitement for Liverpool and Manchester United's goalless draw, marvel at a Mensa - level performance from Manchester City, and break down Crystal Palace's upset over defending champions Chelsea.
Turkey, who qualified for Euro 2016 as the best third - placed team in the group stage, managed a goalless draw at home against Greece.
A stoppage time Adrian Lopez strike was a cruel ending for Jurgen Klopp and his men who until the 91st minute appeared to be taking a goalless draw back to Anfield.
At their place we played out a goalless draw, and the return in February saw Kevin Nolan bag a brace in a 2 - 0 victory, a game remembered mainly for the clash of the pony tails, when the play - acting antics of Chico Flores got Andy Carroll sent off (unjustly) by Howard Webb.
With talks ongoing as of the start of the Premier League season, Swans boss Paul Clement decided not to include the Iceland international in his squad for the club's goalless draw at Southampton.
Jack Wilshere made his first Premier League start for us since May 2016 in our goalless draw at West Ham United on Wednesday.
However, just when that match is set to end in goalless draw, Tom Cairney snatched a really late goal for Fulham to give them all three points.
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