Sentences with phrase «goal cushion no»

Real Madrid, after somehow throwing a three - goal cushion in their own home, had squeezed through to the Champions League semifinals.

The Villans started the game with a bold and adventurous line - up, something that paid dividends when Carles Gil's stunner opened up a two goal cushion over the Foxes.

And Podolski made that point abundantly clear as he restored the three - goal cushion with a nonchalant low shot in the final kick of the game.

Although the match ended in defeat after the Wanderers squandered a 2 goal cushion, Odelusi impressed and has gone on to make another 3 appearances in the league.

However, Ajax regained their three goal cushion when Milik grabbed his brace right on the 90th minute mark.

Great character, awful defending, Willy more than redeemed himself, ref awful, Sterling & Aguero fantastic... I'll take the 2 goal cushion

Rajiv van La Parra and Danny Williams struck within a minute of each other early into the second - half giving the Terriers a comfortable two - goal cushion, but it wouldn't all go their way as the hosts hit back through Derik Osede on 63 minutes.

Another dangerous Mooy cross was headed just over by Tom Ince and the home side's ambition was rewarded when they secured a two - goal cushion in the 66th minute.

Lukaku rises highest to power a header home and give United a two - goal cushion.

The three goal cushion no doubt helped but Liverpool's defensive woes and inability to manage games are well known.

They have badly lacked clean sheets this season but they can approach this with a bit of caution at least with a two - goal cushion, so there is a chance for them to sit back.

Kachunga and the first of Mooy's strikes sent Town in at the break with a two - goal cushion, with Laurent Depoitre and Mooy's second via a penalty confirming all three points either side of Abdoulaye Doucoure's consolation.

Southampton threatened to get back into the game, but Heung - min Son gave Spurs a two goal cushion with five minutes to go.

City, on the ball, gained ground and had another opportunity to open a two - goal cushion in the match, which is down to a lot of poor play by United.

Mansfield pulled a goal back in the 33rd minute when Rhys Bennett bundled the ball over the line, but Stanley restored their two - goal cushion in the 43rd minute when Billy Kee hooked the ball over goalkeeper Jake Kean from 20 yards.

After the restart the Reds reaffirmed their dominance and soon had their two - goal cushion back on 68 minutes through Jordan Henderson.

The game should've been put to bed at 4 - 2, but we've usually needed a two goal cushion recently, as we've been giving away sloppy goals.

Arsenal returned from Sweden last week with a three goal cushion in their Round of 32 tie.

Their three goal cushion is likely to be enough to set up a clash against Juventus.

Just four minutes had elapsed between Leicester scoring and Spurs re-establishing their two - goal cushion.

Armed with their three - goal cushion, they had hopes of doing something similar in Argentina.

With Tottenham Hotspur enjoying a two - goal cushion against Manchester City, Arsenal will eager to take all three points against Burnley to reduce the gap at the top of the table.

Showing strength to hold off the defender he rose to head near post and give Barça a comfortable two goal cushion.

Roma grabbed one back with ten minutes remaining when Edin Dzeko netted from close range but Luis Suarez restored the three - goal cushion just before full time, leaving Roma with a huge task in the return leg in Rome next Wednesday.

Leaving the Camp Nou with a three - goal cushion and only allowing one away goal, their chances of progressing look good.

United stuttered for the early stages of the second half, still needing a goal to regain their two - goal cushion on the tie.

We could never capitalise on the two - goal cushion but at least we got the three points,» Wenger said.

Is a 3 goal cushion enough to get through next week in warm and sunnyMoskva?

Mantell pulled one back from a penalty corner in the second half but Peillat's 54th minute goal did the damage as Argentina restored their three - goal cushion.

Arsenal won the first leg with a comfortable 2 goal cushion.

Thus we should aim to score as many goals as possible and then be mindful of keeping a two goal cushion between us and they.

While a Hiroshi Kiyotake penalty halved the deficit for the home side, a Kalou penalty re-established a two - goal cushion to take Hertha fourth.

Although the Brazilian winger had beaten him for pace, it was a silly foul to concede as he still had plenty to do, but as mentioned above, fortunately for Aurier it wasn't punished as Higuain couldn't take advantage and missed the chance to restore his side's two - goal cushion.

Goals from Younes Kaboul and Troy Deeney gave the visitors a two - goal cushion in the opening 13 minutes as the home side were left stunned.

Meanwhile the Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim is expecting his hardest game of the season, despite the two - goal cushion his side enjoy at the outset.

Goals from Richard Stearman and Andreas Weimann had given the visitors a two - goal cushion heading into half - time, as a late Divock Origi goal was nothing more than a consolation effort.

For the UCL... we would have to get a win and at least a 2 goal cushion for the away tie & then play out of our skins and scare the bejeezus out of Barca.

It was a stunning Wolves counter-attack as they broke with pace and intent, and it was Weimann who kept his composure to round Loris Karius and give his side a two - goal cushion.

It still took another 15 minutes before we saw a brace from Alexis Sanchez give us a comfortable 2 - goal cushion.

Also the part where he speaks about the players being mentally fragile, at the first mistake everything collapses and that they need a 2 - 3 goal cushion to have any confidence... Sound familiar?

The Frenchman was then denied a clear penalty and we needed Cech to keep our two goal cushion but that is what he does.

Fernando Llorente gave his side a two - goal cushion in the second half, but a double from Roberto Firmino saw the hosts come storming back into the encounter as they threatened to find a winner.

England now have a two goal cushion in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Slovenia at Wembley, with Danny Welbeck getting his second goal of the game after a wonderful one two with young attacking midfielder Raheem Sterling.

We could never capitalise on the two - goal cushion but at least we got the three points,»

With Montreal pressing for the equalizer late in the third, Kerfoot scored at 16:58 to give the Avalanche a two - goal cushion.

When Chelsea, Utd, City and even Arsenal won the league, did they all win their games with a 3 - goal cushion?

Arsene Wenger has never won in three visits to Russia with Arsenal, however, his side take a three goal cushion into the game with goals from Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette helping them cruise to a 4 - 1 victory last week.

Tottenham, whose midweek defeat to Leicester City was a big dent to their title aspirations, had a two - goal cushion eight minutes later when Eriksen bagged his second thanks to more poor defending.

But after we conceded that penalty and Lionel Messi converted it to give the Spanish champions a two goal cushion, the Frenchman had to accept that everything points to another European exit at the first knockout stage.

The Catalan giants go into the game with a three goal cushion, thanks to own goals either side of half - time from Daniele De Rossi and Kostas Manolas, a tap in from Gerard Pique and a late Luis Suarez strike.