Sentences with phrase «goal drought for»

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.

This would not be seen as a major goal drought for any other player, but it is certainly a drought for someone who has averaged more than a goal per game for the last five years.

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Not exact matches

Kucherov stopped an 11 - game goal drought, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 27 saves for his NHL - best 32nd victory, and the Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5 - 2 on Thursday night.

A goal drought isn't unheard of for him, though it didn't seem to reflect a physical decline.

While he has had his goal droughts, he has continued to lead the line for Jose Mourinho throughout the campaign, and although improvements will be expected from the Belgian in his second year, it has been a positive start overall.

Nevertheless, Conte makes a fair point as with his side competing for three different targets this season still, he can't afford to let a striker go and be short in that department, especially having not so long ago suffered with a goal drought having scored one goal in four games in all competitions earlier in the month.

We need a win Alexis not only ended his goal drought with style but also perfect timing to be at his best for CL

The Belgium international made a fine start at Old Trafford before a recent goal drought, which has seen him fail to find the back of the net in his last five games for the club.

His 15 - game goal drought in the second half of the season played a huge role in Arsenal's failure to win the title for a 12th - straight year.

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.

Not only did his superbly smashed goal seal the win for the Gunners by putting us 3 - 0 up at the break, but it ended the mini scoring drought that people in the football media had begun to bang on about.

The goal drought goes on for Giroud though, so the criticism goes on as well but I thought I would give the big man some support.

but FFS, the guy scored 22 goals last season, did nt pick ONE INJURY, passed the ball for Ramsey to END our TROPHY drought, and put the game TO BED WITH HIS GOAL vs CITY for another silverware.

I get the criticisms, I truly do, but a lot of fans blindly deny the fact that he does score goals for us, and highlight his drought at the end of season as though that was the story of his season with us, neglecting the fact that before that he was scoring near on a goal a game in a time where we desperately needed it to secure CL football when it was in no way guaranteed..

Another report in The Mirror reveals the awful fact that only two strikers in the whole of the Premier League have endured longer goal droughts than Olivier Giroud is currently on and to be fair to Swansea's Gomis and Newcastle's Siem De Jong, they do not have the likes of Ozil providing for them.

His stats per 90 minutes were great and he scored some crucial goals for us, including three from four FA cup games to help Arsenal break the trophy drought.

1 — Sadio Mane has scored his first goal in six Premier League games for Liverpool, ending his longest PL goal - drought with the Reds.

Mane went through a bit of a sulk after he was denied a move to Utd, I don't understand why some comments on here are calling him inconsistent for going through a goal drought....

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.

To be fair to the Arsenal and France international centre forward Olivier Giroud, his goal scoring form for club and country since breaking the long drought in front of goal that was plaguing him earlier this year has been very good.

Yes, Cazorla is missed but I'm not buying that excuse for our goal drought!

Lukaku has scored three times in two games over the international break, and will now hope to end his goal drought at club level after going seven matches without finding the back of the net for Manchester United.

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Fernando Torres has been ripped to shreds for his performances over the last few seasons — the man who scored the Euro 2008 - winning goal has struggled with both club and country since then — and although things were bad during his final seasons at Liverpool, they got even worse after a # 50M transfer to Chelsea, where the price tag combined with an incredible goal drought left him as the butt of jokes throughout England.

Regardless of whether Eden Hazard ends his goal - scoring drought in the next few days / weeks / months and returns to his 2014 - 15 form, it may be hard for Chelsea to keep him amidst interest from European giants like Real Madrid and Paris Saint - Germain.

Kinda makes sense though, the only reason people are asking for another CDM is because we all fear the possibility of injury to coquelin and know flamini is usless, beilick is inexperienced so it begs the question what happens if an injury where to occur, but wîth how many midfielders we have in the squad i think it could allow us to change a tactical approach and potentially experiment with people like Ramsey and Wishere potentially playing a deeper role??? But the striker is a must as i mentioned earlier Giroud went 8 games without scoring a goal and none of the other strikers stepped up to the plate, we cant have a drought of goals when your the quest for titles...

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The reason he often goes on goal droughts is he often ends up isolating himself uptop, waiting for a cross that when the likes of Walcott and Campbell are put under pressure never comes, in my opinion he should be dropping back when he realises this, and this is the reason he can never be that 20 + goal striker.

The longer Maurito's goal drought continues the slimmer the Nerazzurri's chances are of securing a top four finish, because Perisic aside there really is NO ONE else we can rely on for goals.

Mounie ended Huddersfield's Premier League goal drought on 427 minutes, the Benin striker netting for the seventh time in the league this term.

Ibrahimovic last went seven league appearances without a goal while playing for Juventus in 2006, where he suffered a nine - game drought, but he ended his most recent run by doubling United's lead on 21 minutes.

They have now failed to score in any of their last five league games for the first time ever and their goal drought is currently standing at 465 minutes.

21 year old Nigerian forward Fred Friday ended a six game goal drought in style for Dutch side AZ Alkmaar by scoring a hattrick to help them beat Turkish champions Besiktas 4 - 1.

Luis Suarez scored twice for Barcelona to end his drought in front of goal and maintain his side's lead at the top of La Liga with a 2 - 0 win over Leganes...

While the fans are desperate for Torres to earn his landmark 100 goals for Atletico sooner rather than later, his current goal drought will certainly come as a cause for concern for manager Diego Simeone.

The Eagles stopped United from scoring for a third consecutive match, in a goal drought that has many fans calling for the demotion of current centre - forward choice Wayne Rooney.

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

Despite facing absentees during the course of this season, Balotelli still managed to grab a very good amount of goals for his side and becoming Milan's vocal point in the attack with Stephan El Shaaray, who coincidentally suffered a drought in the second part of last season.

In normal circumstances, failure to score a goal for two consecutive matches will not be seen as a goal drought.

These were also Benzia's first goals of the season for LOSC - what a way to break your drought!

The aforementioned Leo Jaba who started off impressively in Russian football, scoring two goals in his first four games for Akhmat, has not scored since in the league, a drought of eleven matches.

The goal drought is over for Gareth Bale, but one of his teammates appeared less than thrilled.

Collin Quaner's deceptively curved low cross missed Tom's outstretched boot; half a yard closer and Tom's drought would've been over in an instant as Fraser Forster left half of his goal open for business.

However, his goal drought of seven games is worrying and is a more telling sign of a Birmingham side desperate for goals.

After Marouane Chamakh broke his goal drought - stretching back to November - by turning in a Tomas Rosicky cross, it looked as if this would be one of those nights where the team's technical proficiency would be far too much for their lower league counterparts to handle (it's been a while since we've had one of those games).

Sadio Mane scored for the first time in six Premier League games for Liverpool, ending his longest top - flight goal - drought with the Reds (five games).

Craig Gardner, the scorer of the team's only two goals at St Andrews this season, is suspended for Saturday's game so the burden of scoring will once again full upon the shoulders of strikers Cameron Jerome and Nikola Zigic, who between them have amassed just two goals in the league this season, as Birmingham look to end a 300 minute goal drought at St Andrews in the league.

A recent 10 - game goal drought underlined why Selke is yet to establish himself as a centre - forward option for Germany, but he showcased his finishing ability once more with an impressive brace in a 2 - 1 win over Cologne at the weekend.

Juventus» 2 - 0 win over Chievo Verona kept up the pressure on Napoli at the top of the table and it was a welcome sight for fans as Gonzalo Higuain ended his goal drought with the second strike of the game.