Sentences with phrase «game against the fact»

Not exact matches

The logic: The Cowboys looked about as bad as a football team can possibly look last week against the Seahawks, losing what was essentially an elimination game despite the fact that Seattle had more penalty yards than they had actual yards.

And so, after a long afternoon's journey into night, butting our heads against first one goalpost, then the other, we had to admit that the opponent wanted the game more than we did, that in fact they had more guts, and as the sensible team we were, we began to take ourselves out of the chaotic field «with honor.»

In fact our only Champions League game that topped this one in the past five years was our 2 - 1 win against Barcelona at the Emirates.

We might even be able to give Alexis at least half a game off — in fact maybe start Campbell against Stoke at LW and bring Alexis on at the half.

I am sure that some Arsenal fans will be sick of hearing that the Gunners have been unlucky, but it is hard to get away from the fact sometimes and once again tonight against Barcelona in the Nou Camp a key moment went against Arsenal and it could have proved to be a turning point in the game and the two - legged tie in general.

If you add to that the fact that Arsenal haven't lost in any of their last 10 visits to Wembley, and the obvious inferiority complex that Tottenham have when it comes to playing Arsenal, and also that the Spuds have to play a massive Champions League game against Juventus just three days later, then it seems ridiculous that Arsenal are such a large price to win this game.

In fact Smudger, who scored the opening goal against Liverpool in the final game of the season in 1989 that gave Arsenal our most dramatic title win ever and inspired the book and film Fever Pitch, thinks that the resilience the current team showed at the Britannia Stadium proves that this squad is capable of going all the way and adding another title to our history of major honours.

The fact they could pull this off against the Dodgers will only make it that much sweeter for Arizona: the D - Backs still have a long way to go to catch Los Angeles, but setting the record and winning Wednesday would cut the Dodgers» NL West lead to 10.5 games, half of what it was on Aug. 25.

Even though Foles eventually came on and played better against Atlanta, and the Eagles ultimately found a way to win that game, the fact that the Eagles still only managed to score 15 points was definitely cause for concern.

What hasn't made the headlines, however, is the fact that Sterling's form has dipped considerably in recent games — just two goals and two assists in his last ten appearances, one goal of which came against Championship side Bolton in the FA Cup.

Let's focus on the fact that this bout pits two world - class performers against each other while they're both at the top of their game.

For starters we all know for sure that Santi Cazorla will not be playing, in fact it is now a full year since he last took to the pitch in a Champions League game against Ludgorets.

We all know how Hull City will set up their game plan which will be to sit deep like Chelsea, Swansea usually do against us but Wenger will go into the game with his usual lame tactics when in fact he should devising a better plan to get the 3 points with ease

The duo will be a big loss to our squad against Tottenham, with Aaron having been crucial in running our game from midfield this term, but it remains to be seen whether they pair will in fact miss out, as our medical staff will need time to analyse their sufferings.

Our last four home games have seen some fantastic football against our nearest and dearest opponents and if it wasnt for the fact that we came up against the top two keepers in the country, we might have been five points better off.

Its all if's and maybe's at the moment, its hard to call this game, but the facts are they will defend like crazy and even B.Munich struggled to score against them until the last 10 - 15 minutes and then went on to win 3 nil in Athens.

The focus is on how Spurs are unbeaten against us in 3 years in the league going into this game ignoring the fact all 3 home games for us have been draws in that time and 1 away was draw too.

Because no matter how many times you have been presented with facts on top of facts, you can't fathom a world where the defense did enough to win the game against PIT on Sunday.

That is why it is great news today that Francis Coquelin has recovered more quickly than expected and is back in training, in fact, according to the Mirror today, Francis is even likely to be in the squad for next weekends FA Cup game against Burnley in preparation for the midweek League game against Southampton.

Besides the fact that it has huge parallels with our final against back - to - back EL winners Sevilla going for their third straight win, I think they have more difference makers for a one off game than we do.

All well and good, but facts are facts (everyone seems to have a hard - on for stats right now) and that Man City performance was the only significant win against the top 6 this season — it's not a measure of how we typically perform in these games.

In fact, Switzerland's last win over the French came in May 1992, and they have failed to win any of their last six games against their neighbours.

I don't understand... This is a must win game as man city is unlikely to lead to a result... Yet no style or pressure or ideas against a hapless team... 30 mins and not a shot on goal... Ramsey and giroud and mert are championship level players and no more... In fact am not sure giroud is even that level....

Sounds to me like he is simply bitter, and the fact he is complaining about playing 11 against 11 shows you just how much belief he had in his side to win the game.

In fact while Arsenal played reserves against BATE, Chelsea had a crucial Champions League game against Atletico Madrid.

But Walcott's goal against Chelsea wasn't the only positive of his game, in fact he was seen to be performing to the highest standard both offensively and defensively.

In fact I think Sanogo will jump right in and start against BVB on Tuesday maybe being subbed on even if Welbeck is having a good game.

But the fact is that Le Prof has dropped a bombshell ahead of this weekends game against Liverpool.

There has never been such a thing as an easy game in football, but the most disappointing aspect to the fact that Arsenal are so far behind Leicester at the Premier League summit is that, aside from the trip to Manchester City at the end of this month, our run - in is against teams at the bottom of the table.

Add to that the fact that they will be without two of their key players against us, the right back Nathaniel Clyne and the central midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin, and you can see that the Gunners have a good opportunity to take the game to them.

The fact the Red Imps from Lincoln got through to the quarter - final against Arsenal by winning away at Premier League Burnley gives the Frenchman the perfect example and he was quick to reming his players of that remarkable result in the preview of the game on the Arsenal website.

In fact he's only managed 109 minutes of Premier League football this season, but has already turned a few games around for the Gunners against the likes of Sunderland and United.

Maybe it is the fact that the pace and passing game of Arsenal with Alexis Sanchez, Walcott, Ozil, Cazorla and Ramsey is taking a lot out of teams and allowing Giroud to come on against tiring players.

Fair play to him scoring 8 out of 8 matches but his major problems are the facts he needs 5 clear cut chances before putting one away, just like with the opening match against Romania, he already missed 3 sitters before netting, I will love to see the stats and look at how many chances he had in these 8 games before scoring the 8, probably 20 to be conservative.....

In fact if he had come in the game against West Brom instead of Arteta, I'm sure we would have won that game too.

Why is it the fact that New castle after playing a brilliant game against top team fails to perform against Arsenal?

Arsenal have a great historical record against Tottenham and in fact have only lost once in our last 9 meetings, and Arsene Wenger has only lost 7 of his 49 previous games against the Spuds, so Le Prof is quietly confident we can get a result at the Lane.

What they can possibly do, is to practice more on defence, taking care of the fact that we don't concede those type of goals again, specifically against Manchester United in the coming game, which will be the most crucial part.

We are not as sexy as we used to be... in fact in my own opinion, we saw that only once last season against Chelsea and do I also remember the Napoli game at home in the CL... Benitez said after the game..»

However in some of the other Premier League matches, especially in that game vs Liverpool, Alexis was seen to be very much out of the game, largely due to the fact that his presence wasn't physically dominating against the Liverpool back line.

They are different to one another and could in fact complement each other, especially when against strong opponents and when we need to close out games.

The facts are that there are always lots of goals against City, with the last 7 meetings averaging an amazing 4 goals per game, and Wenger certainly doesn't expect that to change tomorrow.

I think the likes of Campbell and Gnabry for that fact have a lot to offer Arsenal as they are both strong, skilful and direct players who don't hide in the game even if it's going against us.

If you thought that nine games without a win was bad, how about the fact that Arsenal haven't actually scored a goal against Chelsea in the last six Premier League games!

And this is also despite the fact that the two wide forwards lit up the game and made the Gunners attacking threat look miles better when they came on for the last ten minutes or so against Burnley on Saturday.

Walcott, Monreal and Alex Iwobi against PSG in midweek, but the fact is that those players should be fresh and ready to start tomorrows game without tiredness.

Claude Puel's men have just beaten Liverpool to reach the League Cup Final in February and in fact have won 4 out of their last 5 games in all competitions (and have won their last three at home too) so may be confident of getting another result against us at St Marys.

......... Giroud should get used to the fact that walcott offers something else like pace, GBD - tech (Get behind defenders) and he's still in his prime...... Ball protection, hold - up play and low pace (though useful sometimes) won't win u all the games against certain troublesome teams...... Then there's the Law of Succession...... today ur turn, Moro another's.....

well perhaps in some ways it is but imagine if you'd never seen Arsenal play before and knew nothing of them apart from the fact that they are «considered» one of the colossus's of modern football and you saw them play the last two games against the Toffee's and Man city?

Southampton is a well organized team we need to have a strong team to play against them I do nt understand the fact why xaka cant play I mean after all its a cup game and not a premier league game