Sentences with phrase «goal drought against»

He might have teased him about an own goal, but no - one was happier than Mauricio Pochettino to see Jan Vertonghen end his goal drought against AFC Wimbledon on Sunday.

Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang broke his goal drought against Tottenham, but the loss means Dortmund are now winless in their last five games.

Even before the long serving striker broke his goal drought against Sunderland last weekend, Wenger and the players would have targeted Rooney as the principle threat.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has backed club captain and star striker Wayne Rooney to end his recent goal drought against Liverpool, and is hopeful that the England international will lead his side to victory at Anfield on Sunday.

Not exact matches

Diego Costa has ended his seven game goal drought with the opening goal, as Chelsea took the lead against Southampton at Stamford Bridge.

While Wayne Rooney ended their goal drought with the winner against CSKA Moscow, United remain the third - lowest scorers in the top half of the table, and have found the net nine times fewer than leaders Manchester City.

Now that Giroud has ended his longest ever goal drought as an Arsenal player and in some style with his well taken double at Hull, should he start again against Watford?

However, defender Chris Smalling is confident that the goal drought will come to an end against West Bromwich Albion this weekend.

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling is confident that the Red Devils» goal drought will come to an end against West Bromwich Albion this weekend.

Vossen ended a six - match goal drought on Saturday and will fancy his chances against a defence that shipped five goals against Arsenal on the same afternoon.

Daniel Sturridge ended his long - running goal drought in serious style on Saturday when he fired Liverpool 2 - 0 up against Aston Villa at Anfield.

The importance of the goals scored (i.e against which defense quality, score consistency «not score hatrick in one game and go drought for the next four games» and so on)... 2.

Sterling's goal drought over he then went on to score again and is likely to be sharp against us, assuming Rodgers keeps him up front.

Against all reasonable logic, Wenger notoriously and defiantly gambled on him alone being there to score the goals for when Giroud goes on his usually predictable lengthy run of goal - drought.

Hull's Tom Huddlestone had a two - and - a-half-year goal scoring drought end against Fullham.

After the last game against Watford when the striker looked like his old self and the Arsenal goal drought was certainly put to bed, has that injury fear now gone?

Performance against Watford copy paste today Lacazette goal drought continues Alexis smiles I smile bcoz I don't want Bournemouth to get relegated But IT»S TIME TO GO!!!!!!!!

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane hasn't got his season off to the blistering start Spurs supporters may have hoped, but after ending his goal - drought in England's Euro 2016 qualifier against San Marino, he will be looking to quickly kick on.

Although Aston Villa ended their goal drought with a strike against Chelsea, it was another defeat that leaves Paul Lambert's side in trouble and the manager under huge pressure after a dismal campaign.

South Carolina 15, Tennessee 9 (Oct. 14): An offensive touchdown drought that started in mid-September against UMass officially became A Thing when the Gamecocks» defense produced a goal - line stand in the final 10 seconds, spoiling QB Jarrett Guarantano's first start in place of Week 1 starter Quinten Dormady.

How many times in recent years have terrible teams broken goal droughts or losing streaks against us?

After scoring his first goal for his new side against Terek Grozny in August, he ended the drought with a 39th minute strike.

Schmetzer's side earned a road win against the best team in the Western Conference, ended their goal drought and got their captain back.

The Nerazzurri maintained their dominance just like in their last fixture against Sampdoria and should've had a couple more goals with the likes of Gagliardini and Éder missing relatively simple chances whilst the goal drought for Candreva came as close as it will to being broken with him hitting the post from a curling effort.

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He finished the year with 16 goals and legendary status after ending Arsenal's 9 year trophy drought with the winning goal in the FA Cup final against Hull City.