Sentences with phrase «game against the star»

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Instead, you're largely thrust into the game's online mode against players who've been playing tons of «Star Wars Battlefront.»

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

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Speaking on Sky Sports after today's game, the former Liverpool star hit out at this «frustrating» Gunners side for producing such a fine display this week just eight days after their no - show against Watford.

Arsenal had won their last 9 games against Watford at home up until last season when the Hornets arrived for an FA Cup match (a competition that we hadn't lost a game in for 3 seasons) but we let our North London neighbours bully our stars off the ball and surprisingly lost the game 2 - 1 after going 2 - 0 down.

The Yankees, two games out of first just before the All - Star break, are about to begin a four - game series against the California Angels.

But maybe the manager has become too used to it all as well, because in his comments ahead of the FA cup game this weekend against lowly Preston North End, reported on the Arsenal website, the Frenchman suggested that he was not sure about whether to rest our Chilean international star Alexis Sanchez this weekend.

As we saw against red star in the 0 - 0 game it is not that easy to win these kind of tricky games.

The Ox is having a good pre-season, showing promise signs in both the game vs Lens and the friendly against the MLS all stars.

The Belgian Number One striker Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench and watched his star studded team - mates fail to score for 75 minutes of last night's game against Finland, but he had to wait for the manager to put him on the pitch before he could score the equaliser himself!

I think sanchez should star as a substitute against the black cats in other for him to regain more fitness and scoring instincts for the liverpool game.

We had another late season revival where some of the injury prone starred against minnows in meaningless games.

The ex-Bolton youngster Rob Holding made his debut for Arsenal last night against the MLS All - Stars, and he has been universally praised by everyone who saw the game, despite his tender years and his unbelievably low transfer fee.

Three years after starring in that game against Swansea in 2013, could the German international be waving goodbye to North London?

Brett Hull's controversial foot - in - the - crease OT goal won the Cup for Dallas in Game 6 of the final against Buffalo, but Nieuwendyk got the Stars there by scoring a league - leading 11 goals, and 21 points, in 23 postseason games against Oilers, Blues, Avalanche and Sabres.

Baylor finishes their season with a three - game homestand capped with this contest against a team that's also dealing with the loss of their star QB and WR.

He closed the year by scoring 30 or more in nine of his final 10 games, including a 44 - point performance against reigning league champion Georgia Stars.

Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is hoping to have his star striker fit for the game against Chelsea on the 8th of November, but will not want to risk exacerbating the problems that his talisman has suffered this year.

After Notre Dame lost their 4th game of the season Saturday against NC State, Corey Malone - Hatcher, a four - star Michigan DE commit,...

CM: Another injured star who could return for this game is Paul Pogba, who was excellent for the Red Devils up until his injury against FC Basel earlier in the season.

Croatia national team star Mario Mandzukic gave his side the lead against Northern Ireland in the international friendly game played between the two sides on Wednesday evening.

Robert Porcher IV, a three - star Nebraska pledge, will be visiting Ann Arbor this weekend for Michigan's game against Illinois.

Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry rolled his left ankle late in the third quarter of the Game 2 matchup against the Denver Nuggets and immediately went to the sidelines.

The Lakers have no games until Friday against the Warriors, so their star should be able to get a few good practices in this week.

Since that all - star game, Bolin has averaged 30.3 points — including a club - record 41 against Chicago — and, with a season average of 26.8, she's just 3.2 points behind New Jersey's Carol (the Blaze) Blazejowski in the WBL scoring race.

Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson hasn't been shy about giving his young star guards high praise; after an emotional, 100 - 91 Game 2 win that snapped a 30 - game road losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs, his tone was more of the sGame 2 win that snapped a 30 - game road losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs, his tone was more of the sgame road losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs, his tone was more of the same.

The NFL loves the athleticism of a small forward who guarded Kentucky star Tayshaun Prince in an SEC hoops game, who in a game against Florida dunked over current Miami Heat starting forward Udonis Haslem and who had a seven - point, seven - rebound, seven - assist, zero - turnover game against Tennessee.

Thefact is that the game against Uruguay could be crucial to Chile qualifying for the next World Cup, and we already know from last year that the management has no qualms about risking the Arsenal star, but if he does play and makes it worse he could be out for a much longer period.

Stars such as Chelsea's Diego Costa and Manchester City's Sergio Aguero would have been involved, but clubs had been against each player earning # 1m from the game, with no profit going to their teams.

Benjamin St. Juste, a four - star cornerback out of Canada, will be in Ann Arbor next weekend for the Wolverines» game against Indiana.

Ghana captain and star striker Asamoah Gyan is likely to miss out on the Black Stars» opening game of their 2015 African Cup of Nations campaign against Senegal, report the Mirror, after the former Sunderland forward was admitted to hospital with a mild bout of malaria.

The MVP has had plenty of success against Deng this season, averaging 28.0 points on 63.8 percent shooting in the four games, however, the Bulls» All - Star always makes James work hard for his points.

In the Metro report about Ferdinand's comments Welbeck is described as our secret weapon and the former England and Man United star spoke about how Welbeck was often at his best in big games and produced some of his best games for United against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Four - star PG Xavier Simpson, who should see playing time immediately upon arriving in Ann Arbor, recently scored 65 points in a game for Lima High School against Fremont.

The Spurs star has also been good when appearing for England, as the 23 - year - old has managed to muster up a record of three goals in 21 games for Gareth Southgate's side, which includes his side's opener against Russia at the Euro's last summer.

He became an instant star in Seattle's first game, a home exhibition against San Francisco.

Even with star guard C.J. McCollum sitting with two offensive fouls for large parts of the first half, Lehigh's magical ride continued in the first half of their second - round NCAA Tournament game against Xavier.

Five - star linebacker Caleb Kelly recently visited Michigan for its game against UNLV.

Michigan star linebacker Jabrill Peppers, who the Wolverines use all over the field in all three phases of the game, will not play in Saturday's game against Florida State, according to the program's radio network.

It must have been a huge relief for Arsene Wenger as well as for the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott when he broke his pre-season duck against the Norwegian side Viking FK on Friday, as the manager is going to be without his main centre forward Olivier Giroud for at least the first game of the season.

And yet Landis took no action against star players Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker after retired pitcher Dutch Leonard charged in 1926 that Cobb and Leonard, of the Detroit Tigers, together with Speaker and Smokey Joe Wood of the Cleveland Indians, had conspired to throw a 1919 game between the two teams.

I would think that the manager wants his star striker to play in that but after it we have two weeks until the new year and just two games, both at home, against West Brom and Crystal Palace.

«Well we understand the urgency, especially at this point in the season, after the All - Star Break,» said Celtics captain Paul Pierce, who had a game - high 30 points in Tuesday's 97 - 92 overtime win against Houston.

Quite a few of the stars of yesterday are on the bench for the game against Wolfsburg today, such as Ramsey, Giroud, Iwobi and the Ox, while Jack Wilshere and Petr Cech who were not involved against Lyon get the starts that the manager promised against the Germans.

Juventus star Vidal had the exact same operation on a meniscus injury in May, and Uruguay were worried to learn that Vidal's short cameo against Northern Ireland last weekend ended in disaster as his knee swelled after the game and he now looks increasingly likely to miss out on the whole tournament.

And those who remember his dynamic and devastating early games when he outshone the brightest stars of Pep Guardiola's amazing Barcelona team and led England to a famous win over Brazil at Wembley why I hope to see Jack back in the red and white of Arsenal very soon, just not as soon as the game against Hull City tomorrow night.

Iwobi still has two more days before the first African Cup of Nations qualifying match against Mohamed Elneny's Egypt side, so with both of our newest stars on the pitch it could be an interesting game for us Gooners to watch.

Now Arsene Wenger and the players must make sure that this is a blip and not the way our fortunes will pan out, because before the next break we have EPL games against Everton away, Swansea at home and Man City away as well as the Carabao Cup game and the Europa League double header with Red Star Belgrade.

On May 23 in the second game of a doubleheader he played leftfield against the Phillies, his first major league start at a position other than catcher, as part of manager Lloyd McClendon's plan to ease the physical burden on three - time All - Star Kendall and to gain more offensive production from him.

The St. Louis Blues put a message on the jumbotron during their game against the Dallas Stars to let the fans know that the suspect had finally been apprehended and they let out a raucous cheer.