Sentences with phrase «give his side the lead on»

Raheem Sterling found the net with one of five City shots on target to give his side the lead on 29 minutes, before his cross for Sergio Aguero deflected home off Tyrone Mings, who was credited with a 69th - minute own goal.

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Sometimes he leads me by the hand, sometimes he gives me a gentle nudge, sometimes it is a slap on the side of the head.

The local press are fearful that their team could well lose a series on home soil for the first time since 1987 giving captain Ricky Ponting the dubious honour of being the first Australian to lead his side to three Ashes series defeats in over a century.

However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney ended an 11 - year wait for a goal at Anfield on Sunday to give his side the lead with just over 10 minutes remaining.

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.

The Argentine fired past Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster on the turn to give his side the lead at St Mary's.

His bizarre starting eleven haven't got off to a great start against the Potters, with Walters giving the home side the lead on the stroke of half - time.

Leicester opened the scoring in the 27th minute, after some smart play from Riyad Mahrez saw Vardy through on goal, as the England international placed the ball past David De Gea to give the home side the lead.

However, Padraig Armond gave Newport the lead in the 38th minute and Spurs had to rely on substitutes Dele Alli and Heung Min Son to help rescue a draw for the North London side.

The visitors twice took the lead in the first - half and looked set to inflict a first league defeat on Arsenal that season, but a hat - trick from Thierry Henry, including a wonderful solo goal, gave the home side the win.

Josh King twice came close to giving the Cherries the lead during the opening 45 minutes, but Thibaut Courtois — making his first Blues appearance since August — was on top form to keep his side level.

Shane Long had a great chance to regain the lead in the second half and on almost any other day would have gave his side the win.

Not even spraining his ankle before the first game stopped him coming on and scoring and he did it again last night, scoring his record - breaking 38th goal for the South American side when he gave them the lead against Germany, although Stindl equalized later on to earn the Germans a point.

Put that on top of Bellerin giving us nothing going forward it led to the right side of our attack being non existent.

First, Bucknall came up with a three - point play on a drive from the left side that gave Carolina a 60 - 59 lead.

Nevertheless, Napoli will be delighted with their display on Tuesday night as they gave the San Paolo crowd a reason to be cheerful with a devastating attacking performance led by Mertens against a woeful Bologna side.

However, it was his first effort that got everyone talking on social media, as he swivelled and produced a world class finish after just two minutes to give his side the lead.

The same player then wasted a glorious chance to give his side the lead towards the end of the first half, but couldn't get a clean connection on the ball.

The north London side then went ahead through a fine strike from Sanchez, with the winger then doubling his side's lead after a fine ball from Jack Wilshere let the forward through on goal, with Sanchez duly applying the finish to give his side a 3 - 1 lead.

Willian had given Chelsea the lead on the 32nd minute as Antonio Conte's side executed a superb counter-attcking move.

Memphis was hauled off at half time, but not before he'd been influential in the home side's opener, under - hitting a dismal diving header which Stoke capitalised on before Bojan Krkic fired past David De Gea to give the Potters the lead.

Juan Mata gave the home side the lead, but Olivier Giroud struck late on to ensure that the two sides had to settle for a point apiece.

Nicolas Nkoulou lost concentration, giving away possession and watching on, horrified, as Philoppoteaux again gave Sylvain Ripoll's side the lead.

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck doubled England's lead on the stroke of half - time, after Wayne Rooney's opener had given Roy Hodgson's side a strong start in their European Championship qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley.

not that we are not good enough to beat the best in the world ON OUR DAY and that is just the problem, you never know which AFC will turn up: the one that lost to Olympiakos and Zagreb and gave away a 3 goals lead against PSV or the one who ruthlessly and efficiently dispatched of the 2 Manchester sides home and away....

Bernardo Silva is enjoying a thoroughly impressive season with Monaco, helping his side to lead the Ligue 1 table on goal difference, albeit with a game in hand, as well as helping his side to keep their Champions League hopes alive with a 3 - 2 away win over Borussia Dortmund to give them one foot in the semi-final stage.

On the stroke of half - time Olivier Giroud finished off a superb team move to give the home side the lead.

Redknapp's team simply had no answer to their movement, and Odion Ighalo came close to giving Crooks» side the lead early on.

Luis Suarez - risked from the start despite being just one yellow card away from a suspension - was unable to give his side an early lead as the visitors butchered a two - on - one opportunity.

After Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang had gone close to giving us the lead early on, Pep Guardiola's side took the lead when Sergio Aguero lobbed David Ospina.

Lanzini won a penalty against Stoke on Saturday after he was challenged by Erik Pieters, with Hammers captain Mark Noble converting from the spot to give his side a 1 - 0 lead.

Radamel Falcao had given Atletico the lead inside the opening 10 minutes and the home side went on to dominate for large spells, but Mame Biram Diouf's goal against the run of play in the lead - up to half - time levelled the score.

The Rennes number 7 plays threads a pass through, highlighted by the arrow, the player is already on the turn as he receives the ball and he fires home from an acute angle to give the home side the lead inside of a minute.

Duda gave his side the lead yet again on 61 minutes but Los Boquerones weren't able to hold on and a late Anderlecht equaliser meant the shares were spoiled in this exciting Champions League match - up.

After eighteen minutes, claret and blue cravings for a clean sheet were dashed when loan signing Remy, who was making his first start for Newcastle, weaved past Lowton and crossed the ball from the left wing for Cisse to flick on to danger man Ben Arfa, who shot from close range to give his side the lead.

That allowed Lampard to drive the ball under the outstretched arms of Artur and into the back of the net to give Di Matteo's side a comfortable two - goal lead on aggregate.

Up front, World player of the year, Lionel Messi showed how much of a game changer he is, scoring to give his side a two goal lead, as well as going on a late mazy run that ultimately ended in Alexis Sanchez's late winner.

Closed down by one of the Brighton forwards, the return ball to the other centre - back closed off by the other forward and the easy balls into midfield and to their side's full - back cut out by the Brighton winger and midfielder, the centre - back had few options to pass out from the back — Laurent Koscielny in particular was struggling, giving the ball away several times on the edge of his area, with one instance leading to the second goal.

Despite being largely starved of possession, Peter Whittingham scored on the stroke of half time to give the home side the lead going into the break.

Fellaini, who came on for the injured Paul Pogba, grabbed the goal that gives United the lead at the break, but Jose Mourinho will want more from his side.

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Arsenal were always going to come out and give it a go in the opening minutes, knowing one goal could possibly lead to more if they could get the Emirates crowd on their side.

It took until 34 minutes before Man City finally got their break through as Aguero netted his first on the match giving his side that slender lead going into half time break.

Wang gave SIPG the lead in the 36th minute and Elkeson doubled his side's advantage three minutes later but Ma Xingyu halved the deficit on the stroke of half time.

Coleman has also been used in an advanced position on the right - hand side and he demonstrated his attacking credentials in the early stages of Everton's recent 2 - 1 defeat at home to Arsenal by leaving Cesc Fàbregas for dead and supplying a beautifully flighted cross for Tim Cahill that should have given the hosts the lead:

His 18th of the campaign came in the Severnside derby against Cardiff City but, despite giving Bristol City a 2 - 1 lead with ten minutes to go, he still ended up on the losing side as City continue to drop down the table.

The 32 year old star started in the bench for Real Madrid and when he came on for his side he made diffrence as he scored in the 80th minute to give real madrid the lead but he was shown a his second yellow of the game as he made a dive to the ground in the penalty area just two minutes after scoring and was sent off.

Paco Alcacer had already given the hosts the lead at the Camp Nou, and the leaders went on to canter to a routine victory against an Athletic side grateful they were not more soundly beaten.