Sentences with phrase «goalkeeper stopped the shot»

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so that we don't give these goalkeepers the pleasure of stopping a remarkable number of our shots on target.

So although Arsenal lost this weekend, their performance will have given them a bit of a boost, if they can only stop making silly defensive mistakes and stop shooting straight at goalkeepers they should have no problem reaching the Top Four, which is their usual trophy at the end of the season.

Based on his form for Sunderland prior to moving to Merseyside, Mignolet's strengths were his shot stopping, with the goalkeeper always more capable with his hands than his feet.

McKechnie was also the first keeper to concede a penalty in a shoot - out when he failed to stop George Best's opener and became the first goalkeeper to take a spot - kick when he stepped up to take Hull's fifth penalty.

Much of United's differential can be attributed to the outstanding shot - stopping skills of goalkeeper David de Gea.

German Sami Khedira's shot was stopped by the opponent goalkeeper Strakosha but in return ball, this Brazilian winger scored successfully.

From six yards into the box, Lukaku made a strong shot which was hitted by his face and in return ball, Mata made another shot which was stopped by the Brazilian goalkeeper.

He's also great at shooting freekicks, since many goalkeepers are unable to stop his strong and tricky shots.

There was then a chance for Canós when a ball dropped loose but his shot was blocked and Maupay could not force it past Blackman, the goalkeeper sitting on the ball to stop its momentum.

Zimbabwe's goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva (C) stops a shot on goal by Algeria's forward Islam Slimani (L) next to Zimbabwe's defender Hardlife Zvirekwi (C) during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group B football match between Algeria and Zimbabwe in Franceville

The goalkeeper's first impressive stop came 10 minutes after the interval after Ighalo had somehow managed to wriggle free on the edge of Liverpool's box, only for Mignolet to get fingertips to his shot.

Sanchez and Fellaini moved towards the box and finally Fellaini took the shot which was stopped by the goalkeeper.

Just six minutes later, the shot of Coutinho was stopped by goalkeeper Roberto Jimenez.

But the shot of Suarez was stopped by the goalkeeper.

The 23 - year - old goalkeeper has caught the eye since joining Everton from Sunderland last summer — his shot - stopping ability, distribution and composure seeing him tipped to be England's number one at the World Cup in Russia.

Swiss midfielder Xhaka made the shot and goalkeeper Mignolet tried to stop that and his also touched the ball but could not stop it successfully.

In another study on soccer penalty kicks, researchers found goalkeepers dive either left or right on 94 % of penalty kicks, even though they would stop more shots if they simply stood still.