Sentences with phrase «gaining any points against»

Prior to the Crystal Palace and Sunderland wins, our performances were so dismal that I gave us little chance of gaining any points against these EPL giants.

Although the draw against Chelsea was disappointing, Jurgen Klopp will be happy to gain a point against the Champions at the start of a hectic schedule, which will see Liverpool play 9 more games before the turn of the year.

Capture the Flag variants such as the original Capture the Flag mode sees both teams vying to claim the enemy team's flag, take it to their base and complete the capture by touching the enemy's flag back at their base; Domination sees you attempting to capture and hold the designated positions to gain points against the competing team; and Hardpoint sees two teams attempting to capture and hold hardpoints.

Not exact matches

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders recently gained a lot of attention when he pointed out one very important point about the future of America: don't bet against U.S. innovation.

Currency strategists gave weaker exchange rate forecasts for major emerging countries such as China, Brazil, South Africa and Turkey in the monthly survey, pointing to a sixth straight year of dollar gains against most high - yielding currencies.

The dollar may be nearing its peak, and poll forecasts point to a slower pace of gains against most currencies in 2016.

XRP is currently at a point where it has the potential to make one of the fastest gains against Bitcoin compared to other cryptocurrencies.

December points to slower growth ahead as auto makers found gains harder to achieve against year - earlier results.

Here is an important detail: The starting point against which those gains will be measured isn't the fund's actual net asset value on March 31, but rather the deeply discounted price the new buyers are paying..

One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage points.

When militant Islamists become scapegoats for violence, the Mubarak regime gains brownie points from U.S. supporters for helping the fight against terrorism.

The key will be putting a good show against our rivals, if we can gain a decent amount of points then we should be there or there abouts.

I'm annoyed we yet again couldn't win a big game against a big team, not even at home, it's 2 points lost rather than 1 gained in my opinion.

Funny thing is that despite Liverpool drawing against Sunderland, they have gained a 1 point in front of us.

Only 4 * in those games I know we also drew Lester but that was the real killer we were scraped to salvage a point against Everton that was gained not lost and if we play like this against the top 4 I'm not too worried about us

Before Saturday's game against Manchester United, we looked at Palace's appalling start in the context of their goals scored (before: nil; after: zero), their points gained (before: none; after: nada), and their hope for the future (you get the idea).

The Buckeyes don't make many errors, but if they're breaking off big gains like they did against Alabama, they're hitting 40 points by the end of the third quarter.

With how last night turned out (both us and FLA gained a point), it now becomes entirely possible for the April 3rd game against the Rangers to be the clincher for us.

Okay Arsenal fans, it may not be time to hit the big Pink Panic Button just yet, especially as the point the Gunners gained against Sunderland last night ensured that we will go straight into the Champions League group stage next season.

And yes: gained a single point against WBA and Norwich and that's why arsenal won't be champions till a good few more years

I know Wenger is trying to keep the team focused, but it is very difficult not to be confident against an opponent that has only gained 1 point on the road this season, and have only scored 3 goals in the process.

Last November, our beloved club only managed to gain two Premier League points, including a 1 - 1 home draw against North - London neighbours Tottenham, but the most worrying statistic would be the fact that our squad picked up as many as nine injuries.

Last year the Gunners gained 5 of 18 points against these three teams.

It is a very strange situation we find ourselves in with Alexis Sanchez being ignored by his Arsenal team - mates after scoring the goal that made sure Arsenal gained three points against Crystal Palace tonight.

I think to be positive, we gained a point after an awful result midweek with a depleted squad against (it pains me to say it) a strong Spurs team.

Another winless team looking to get off the ground, the Giants have gained a point on the spread against Tampa Bay.

And out of nowhere, New Mexico State gained 316 yards (9.6 per play) in its first four drives against Louisiana - Lafayette, scoring touchdowns on all four drives and building a big lead; the Aggies gained just 134 yards (3.0) and scored seven points after that, eventually succumbing, 49 - 35.

Miami gained 100 yards (6.3 per play) and scored seven points on its first two drives against Florida State, then gained just 175 (4.3) thereafter in a blowout loss.

Georgia gained 259 yards (10.0 per play) and scored 20 points in its first four drives against Florida, then gained 155 (4.4) and scored three points afterward, barely holding on for a 23 - 20 win.

Saturday sees the Gunners take on a struggling AFC Bournemouth side at the Emirates Stadium and there is no doubt that the boss will be fielding a strong and Arsenal side as possible as it is vital that we add another three points to those gained in the opening game against Leicester, while also getting the home fans back on side after a slow start and a frustrating transfer window.

After gaining just 3 points from Arsenal's first 2 League games, Arsene Wenger will be desperate to avoid defeat against Liverpool at Anfield this afternoon, but they could hardly have picked a worse fixture to get us back on track.

After injuring his pelvis on Christmas Eve, the former Real Madrid man missed games against Newcastle United, Stoke City and Tottenham — a period where the Red Devils managed to gain just five points from a possible nine.

i know im not the only one who suspected this whole relationship going public was a work for the shows on E! The constant arguement made against that was something to the extent of «what does john gain from that» and thats a fair point when you take physical attraction out of it.

Arsenal play on a Monday night yet again after watching all our closest rivals gain points over the weekend, so the pressure is on our out of form players to get all three points against Middlesbrough tonight.

But we are also in a little bit of a crisis, with the worst form of the top seven of the division, with our recent win against West Ham posing as our only three point gain since February.

«Overall, we are happy with the 3 points gained against Oxford Thursday night.

Sunderland currently sit it fifteenth position with a four point cushion between themselves and the relegation zone however with the Wearside club having not won any of their last five Premier League outings it is difficult to see them gaining anything from tomorrows fixture against as Joe Hart described them, the «killing machine» that is the 2012 - 2013 Manchester United side.

Sunderland gained a great point on the road this past weekend against Swansea.

You could point to Rooney's inch - perfect passes to Calvert - Lewin for his aforementioned goal against Huddersfield or to win the penalty that gained them a point at Liverpool as proof, but Sigurdsson could probably have pulled off the same.

While the home loss to Manchester City and away draw to Watford amount to a loss of five points, a home win against Crystal Palace and an away win against Leicester City amount to a gain of six.

Sunderland's inverted wingers of Adam Johnson and Emanuele Giaccherini will mean the players chosen will have to track back and support the full - backs brilliantly throughout the game, whilst also posing a threat in the final third as Moyes will make clear the importance of gaining the three points against a struggling outfit.

This theme of gaining unexpected points against some of the larger teams was also demonstrated with home draws against both CSKA and Zenit.

The manner of the victory against a good Everton side who gained a point at the Emirates earlier in the season can also boost Arsenal before a tough run of league fixtures.

Against all odds, United gained a vital away point at Rangers to secure a result which aided their relegation cause as they moved up to 19th with a game in hand.

Arsenal arrived at Carrow road on the back of a good win against West Ham United, looking to propel ourselves into the Champions League qualifying places, and gain some points on the league leaders, Chelsea....

The six points earned gained against Burnley and Hull are a relief but the nature of the victories suggest that this might simply be a temporary respite; the underlying problems that afflict the team continue to exist.

After a valuable point gained against Juventus, Rudi Garcia's squad is looking to return to their winning ways.

Inter Milan did well to gain all three points in Bergamo today against Atalanta.

Although strange things can happen, the chances are that Brazil will at least gain the point needed against Cameroon to make it through to the last 16.

The Poll finds that Democratic candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon has gained sixteen points in her match up against the incumbent governor.