Sentences with phrase «found the back of the net in»

However, it's been a struggle for the Portuguese international this year, as he's scored just eight goals in 30 appearances in all competitions, while he has yet to find the back of the net in Serie A.

Theo Walcott scored a first - half brace to wrap up all three points for the Gunners and found the back of the net in his third consecutive game in the process.

It may come as some surprise, with Townsend having been a first choice player lately and having found the back of the net in the astonishing 5 - 3 victory over Chelsea, but Premier League clubs still believe that they can prise the winger away on loan.

Diego Simeone's men carried a one - goal advantage into the second - leg after Antoine Griezmann found the back of the net in the reverse fixture in Madrid.

The Belgium international made a fine start at Old Trafford before a recent goal drought, which has seen him fail to find the back of the net in his last five games for the club.

A long - term injury to Daniel Sturridge at the beginning of last season handed Balotelli an extended run in the side up until Christmas, however, he failed to find the back of the net in the league and was then reduced to an impact role of the substitutes bench.

The former Chelsea and Manchester City forward has been consistent at finding the back of the net in recent seasons when he is fit, but that is the problem.

Man Utd striker Romelu Lukaku scored his second goal in pre-season for the Red Devils as he found the back of the net in the 2 - 0 win over Man City in Houston on Thursday.

Welbeck has struggled to find the back of the net in 2 games, but you all wouldn't get of his nuts when he bagged two for England.

The French striker has consistently found the back of the net in the past three seasons in Ligue 1, and is supposedly high on the Gunners wishlist as we look to strengthen ahead of the new campaign.

As far as I know Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey are the only Arsenal players to find the back of the net in France so far, although Xhaka has been a joy to watch..

Vardy kept his cool in front of goal and found the back of the net in typical Vardy fashion.

He scored a goal that may be one of the top 10 goal of the season but can he create something out of nothing and therefore find the back of the net in, let's say 25 of the last remaining 36 EPL games of the season?

Lampard found the back of the net in this fashion countless times on his way to becoming Chelsea's all - time leading goalscorer, with a remarkable 208 goals in 626 appearances from the centre of the park.

That weakness was put into the spotlight in just minutes after those changes, with Gonzalo Higuain scoring in the 64th minute and Paulo Dybala finding the back of the net in the 67th, with both goals made possible thanks to top - notch wide play that left Spurs» defense in shambles.

The pacy striker has failed to find the back of the net in the Premier League last season

The Dash found the back of the net in the 38th minute.

Olivier Giroud, Alexandre Lacazette and Mesut Ozil all found the back of the net in 2017, but what were Arsenal's top five goals?

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.

Messi loves to score in finals and has found the back of the net in four Copa del Rey finals already.

Watford have found the back of the net in each of their last ten home games now and 60 % of their home fixtures have made it above the 2.5 goal line.

And the same Matri who had what looked to be the go - ahead goal called offside — rightly or wrongly — just a short time before he found the back of the net in extra time.

Spain 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia - Santi Cazorla provided yet another stunning performance, as he found the back of the net in Spain's 5 - 0 victory over Saudi Arabia.

Would also dip over to the Both Teams To Score market at Bet365, because both teams have found the back of the net in each of the last four meetings at Ewood Park.

Plucked from Football Academy Abuja (FAA) Okereke is still waiting for his first senior goal in the league but he has found the back of the net in the Coppa Italia, where his strike knocked out giants Udinese.

Crystal Palace have found the back of the net in each of their last four league games and on home soil they have returned 15 goals in their twelve games.

He turned what looked like nothing into a whole lot of something, and found the back of the net in stoppage time to give Juventus a victory on Saturday night in what was an otherwise piss - poor match between the second - and third - place teams in Serie A.

The Toffees were far more clinical and efficient in front of goal right up to the point where Ramsey found the back of the net in the 83rd minute.

They have found the back of the net in each of their last three road games, all of which have gone over 2.5 goals.

Away from home however, Rooney has not found the back of the net in the Premier League since 10 September.

The Red Devils have been struggling to find the back of the net in recent matches, and with star striker Wayne Rooney injured, they seem to be in dire need of a goalscorer.

Liverpool have only failed to find the back of the net in one of their last 13 Premier League away games, scoring 33 goals in that run of games.

Cardiff have found the back of the net in each of their last five away games and 58 % of their away goals have come in the second half of matches.

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.

It does help that their opponents at the weekend are a Bolton team who have failed to find the back of the net in five of their previous eight away league games.

Sunderland haven't found the back of the net in their last four matches.

As the second half came to a close, Olivier Giroud found the back of the net in the 85th and the Gooners of Upstate New York filled the air with songs of victory.

Even Valencia are a good defensive outfit and the MSN trinity will have to play well in order to find the back of the net in midweek.

The match ended in controversy as Suarez found the back of the net in the last minute of injury time.

Schneiderlin found the back of the net in the 5th minute of the game with a header from Juan Mata's cross.

Callum Gribbin was the closest player to find the back of the net in the draw, which will be seen as a positive result on the road.

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

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.

The visitors looked the more composed side as they found the back of the net in both half's of the match.

-- On seven occasions West Ham have failed to find the back of the net in an away fixture (League).

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The Blues talisman has found the back of the net 11 times in England's top tier so far this season, and his good form has been a major contributor behind Chelsea's success this term.

However, the 26 - year - old has had his struggles with finding the back of the net regularly so far this season, managing just nine goals and four assists in 28 appearances in all competitions.

That makes it six games in a row for club and country that Alexis has found the back of the net.

Nikita Kucherov found the back of the net for the fourth game in a row with the opening goal in Saturday's win at Colorado.