Sentences with phrase «goal hero of»

When you have enough money to pay Yaya Toure, the two - goal hero of the triumph at Newcastle, # 200,000 a week.
Theo Walcott was the two - goal hero of last night's win over Basel, and just like the Chelsea game, the Gunners aimed to put the game to bed before half time.

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There's not much there in terms of the motives, goals, and overall, a lot of them don't feel like a genuine threat to our heroes.
With the support of organizations such as Hiring Our Heroes, we are more than halfway to our goal of hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses by the end of 2018.
Finding and fostering the love of family is the goal of every true Dickensian hero, and losing it is the tragedy of every villain and victim.
As Hero Trinity undertook its tests it began to attract different sorts of church participants: persons from both the poor neighborhood and farther afield who strove for the same goals as Trinity.
Or, more simply, an apprenticeship story is about a hero who goes forth into the world to find himself and who achieves this goal by undergoing a series of adventures or tests.
Dexter Blackstock was the hero midweek as he scored the only goal in the clash with Birmingham, the forward getting on the end of some good work by Jamie Ward to fire home.
Fer continues to contribute crucial goals, while Fernandinho is arguably somewhat of an unsung hero with his work in midfield and deserves plenty of credit for his display at Turf Moor.
In my younger days if an Arsenal player scored in a Cup Final he would be classed as a hero, but Ramsey has gone even further, winning three FA cups with the team and scoring the winning goal in two of them.
But Cesc Fabregas was the hero of the day and the Man of the Match with a perfectly executed free kick goal of his own that he would later follow up with a penalty game to secure a 2 - 2 draw that keeps Chelsea firmly in the hunt for a possible Europa League berth.
If people really want to go to town on his 8 goals in first season, signed on dead - line day, no pre-season, played centrally for only a small number of games (14 in fact) then they should at least keep it in context; look at the first season or comparable age scoring from some of their other heroes like Kanu, Eduardo, Wiltord, Adebayor and RvP — they certainly were not ripping up trees and played centrally all the time.
The hero on Wednesday night with his two goals and should come into the team in place of Jonny Evans who looked shaky.
The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere scored his first England goal in style and followed it up with another screamer to help maintain Englands 100 % record in the Euro2016 Qualifiers, and he hopes that this will be the start of his proper career in the national team, like some of his previous heroes...
The hero of the game was Salomon Rondon (West Bromwich Albion), who scored the lone goal the match off a deflection to get the 1 - 0 score.
Whatever happens to Macheda, the Italian will always be something of a cult hero at Old Trafford, after his flurry of crucial goals, most notably the winner against Aston Villa, helped United to the 2008/2009 Premier League title.
He scores that goal and all of a sudden he's a hero and world class.
A red card for Francis added to the hope and Arsenal gave it everything and continued to threaten and in the second of six injury time minutes the scorpion kick hero and late goal specialist Giroud heaed us level, almost unbelievably.
Slimani was one of the heroes of Algeria's 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign, scoring crucial goals against South Korea and Russia as the Desert Foxes made it out of the group for the first time in history before crashing out against Germany after extra time in the last sixteen.
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The opening of Gameday features a solemn voice delivering a speech peppered with the phrase «great country» and culminates with, «One country, one game, one goal: Emerge from the fight as champions, as heroes for another day.»
The signing of Virgil van Dijk was crucial as they have the worst defensive record in the top five having conceded 29 goals in 24 league games, but for club hero McManaman who knows a thing or two about playing for Liverpool having spent nine years in the senior side, he is adamant they need more.
Monreal proved to be one of the club's unsung heroes after winning his battle with Kieran Gibbs for the left - back spot and scored a crucial goal against Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter - final at Old Trafford back in March.
Instead, New England Patriots CB Sterling Moore became an unlikely hero when he calmly ripped the ball out of Evans grasp, a play which ended up being the difference in the game after Billy Cundiff shanked a 32 - yard field goal attempt a few moments later.
And Alexis scores more goals than JA's cult hero Diego Costa and never forms part of the striker / forward discussion on here — is it because some like their ducks all lined up neatly in a row and don't like the asymmetry or irregularity of the CF not being the chief goal - scorer.
The Gunners hero, who has netted 12 goals and provided six assists, is in the form of his life.
The former hero has had a tumultuous year or so following issues off the pitch and with his fitness levels, but he has history of scoring important goals in this fixture, and he will be desperate to get on and have his say if possible.
Viktoria Varga, who is the stunning WAG of Southampton goal hero Graziano Pelle, blew her followers» minds on Instagram on Thursday.
Evans will be welcomed as a hero once he scores his first goal which surely makes a mockery of his crime and his victim.
Jake Guentzel, the hero of Games 1 and 2, had the opening goal for the Penguins 2:46 into the opening frame.
However, the youngster — speaking in a recent interview with Goal — has admitted that he is prepared to turn his back on the land of his birth and emulate his Nigerian heroes.
Bobby Murdoch, a hero of Lisbon, brought reassurance when, with his back to goal, he controlled the ball in the air with his right foot and pivoted to hook a wonderful left - footer high beyond Rangers Goalkeeper Erik Sorensen.
Riise, 37, spent seven years on Liverpool's books, becoming something of a cult hero for his occasional wonder - goals with that hammer of a left foot of his.
Pogba, who started the match horribly with two dreadful early touches, scored an 8.76 / 10, beating the rating of two - goal hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic (8.30).
Sadio Mané was the hero that day, scoring the only goal of the game in the 93rd minute.
Nacho Monreal has been a cult hero in the making for a few seasons, but his goal exploits in this campaign marked him out as one of only a few from the squad who can hold their head high.
4) Thuggery erupts at the Rhine derby The 82nd Bundesliga head - to - head of Monchengladbach Foals and Cologne Billy Goats was a heroes and villains affair, Gladbach's Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka heading home the only goal of the game in injury - time to scoop the glory, while a number of visiting Kolner «fans» disgraced themselves.
The Englishman was the hero for the Red Devils as he scored the only goal of the game against Hull City on Saturday afternoon.
In goal they have Kasper Schmeichel, son of Denmark hero Peter, who lifted the European Championship trophy in 1992 after replacing the expelled Yugoslavia at the competition.
The versatile right - sided midfielder was capable of some outrageous goals and is the week's Premier League hero.
Just eight minutes later and there was a fourth goal of the game and it was a former Barnsley hero who scored it.
Sanchez never struck me as a Mourinho - type player, too individualistic too error prone, but he is one of those players who gets goals out of nothing and there will come a time when he does that to save or win a big game and he will become a hero to fickle Man U fans.
Striker Milton Caraglio, who has started all of Tijuana's Apertura games and could transform into the club's unsung hero, scored his third goal of the season on Friday.
Just as the usual «Hero to Zero» story, Suarez has made his a «Zero to Hero» story by improving every season for Liverpool, starting from 11 goals in his first Liverpool season of 2011 - 2012, then going to 23 goals in the next season to finally scoring 31 this season has just seen the progress of the former Ajax star, as a player, and a person.
The rest of the first half produced no goals, but Milan showed that they are in fact capable of producing solid defensive performances.With the unlikeliest of heroes, Philippe Mexes putting in a terrific defensive performance.
It was a performance Coleman has been renowned for in his nine years at the Club, too — wholehearted, gutsy and full of charges down the right flank, as the 29 - year - old struck up an instant partnership with two - goal hero Theo Walcott.
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Erik Lamela scored one of the finest goals ever seen at White Hart Lane on a night in which Tottenham's hat - trick hero Harry Kane ended the thrashing of Asteras Tripolis in goal.
The first match at The Hawthorns ended in a 1 - 1 draw; Stuart Pearson scored the Hammer's goal but the hero of the hour was Phil Parkes who pulled of a string of outstanding man - of - the - match saves to keep us in the tie.
Substitute Pedro Leon's was the hero tonight as his injury - time goal rescued a draw for Real Madrid at AC Milan and put the Spanish side into the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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