Sentences with phrase «goalkeepers save the shot»

For most teams, the goalkeeper saves shots, claims crosses, and does whatever else it takes to protect his goal.

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However, against the run of play, All Saints went on a great counter attack and shot at the goal, which the Eton Messi goalkeeper managed to save but failed to keep hold of the ball which All Saints player, Luca Raimo managed to tap into the back of the net.

It seemed that All Saints had forgotten their scoring boots as every shot went just wide of the goal or was saved by the Eton Messi goalkeeper.

Instead of the tie, though, junior goalkeeper Jeff Stark made a huge save on a shot that many thought may have entered the cage.

After another attack, an All Saints player fired a shot at the Eton Messi goalkeeper, which he managed to save but once again failed to keep to control of the ball.

The 26 - year - old was unable to repeat the heroics during the penalty shoot - out as Argentina prevailed to progress into the semi-finals, however his double save will live long in the memory and raise questions as to if Wenger is getting rid of the right goalkeeper.

As seen in the tweets below, that was made clear with a bit of history for De Gea, as aside from the fact that Arsenal had 33 shots on goal, the Spanish international made 14 saves, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in a single Premier League game.

Any decent epl goalkeeper will save those shots.

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Going into the half against Sunderland, Liverpool were still shocked that opposing goalkeeper Vito Mannone had managed to get a save on Roberto Firmino's most perfectly place shot of the day.

Forster had arguably one of the best performances by a goalkeeper all season, making 10 saves at the Emirates including two exceptional saves off shots by Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud.

His shooting is actually very good, he generally gets shots on target and forces saves from goalkeepers, his shots just rarely seem to find the back of the net for some reason.

Both goalkeepers made great saves, United hit the woodwork twice and Nemanja Matic blew a glorious chance with one of the ugliest shots of all time.

But goalkeeper Alphonse Areola saved his shot.

Spare a thought for Colombian goalkeeper Conio Vazques who, in March 1996, saved three penalties during a shoot - out only to be gunned down after the game by a drugs baron who had bet heavily on an opposition victory.

Firstly he was picked out by Reus and rounded Casillas but could only hit the post with the goal wide open in front, and then he twice sent low shots too close to the Madrid goalkeeper, who deserves credit for making good saves but probably shouldn't have been given the opportunity to do so in the first place.

Sneijder scored the winning goal but Gençlerbirliği goalkeeper Ferhat Kaplan was accused of deliberately pulling back from saving the Netherland international captains shot.

Swerving shot that needed to be saved in the 77th minute, though most of his shots were directly at the opposing goalkeeper.

Germany goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, who was replaced late in the game and left the court with ice on his right foot, won the man of the match award, making 12 saves from 26 shot attempts.

Ashley Barnes came on, and then Gudmundsson, but only a couple of efforts from Wood tested the goalkeeper while at the other end they did force a good save from Nick Pope with a shot that took a deflection.

The Gunners threatened again when Lacazette and Alexis Sanchez both found themselves bearing down in front of goal, but the former elected to shoot instead of passing to his Chilean teammate, and goalkeeper Mathew Ryan made a comfortable save.

Sadio Mane, who started on the bench due to a slight ankle injury, was thrown on with 20 minutes to go and forced Potters goalkeeper Jack Butland into a low save with a curling shot from outside the box.

The La Liga leaders had six shots on target — all in the second half — and two of those were from Lionel Messi and saved by Getafe goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.

There was, though, late drama after Kevin Strootman reduced the deficit in the final minute and Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina produced a superb reaction save in stoppage time to push a deflected shot onto the crossbar.

Our best chances in the first half came within the opening quarter - of - an - hour, Harry Kane bringing a smart save out of Fabianski from his 30 - yard free - kick before the Swansea goalkeeper denied Heung - Min Son's shot from a tight angle.

He opted to shoot when a pass looked a better option and the goalkeeper saved his effort.

Bentley then saved from Basham after the same man had a shot blocked and the Brentford goalkeeper then denied Clarke bravely after he had weaved his way through.

The hosts were the first to threaten, with Pastore's third minute shot from barely six yards bringing a good save out of Dynamo goalkeeper Maksym Koval.

Despite the criticisms levelled at United's defence, De Gea has kept more clean sheets — 15 — than any Premier League goalkeeper and has the best save percentage (81 per cent), with just 22 goals conceded from 116 shots faced.

The visitors goalkeeper Adam Federici saved a low shot from Benteke early in the game and minutes later Villa had to replace Enda Stevens with Eric Lichaj.

He was the rock in Liverpool's midfield and was unlucky not to get on the score sheet in first half as his twenty five yard shot was saved by the Hammers stand in goalkeeper Darren Randolph.

The second one was a good save from the goalkeeper, however he should have hit the target with his first and not screwed the shot wide.

I am a goalkeeper and I try to save all the shots.

on whether the goalkeepers should train with a tennis ball like Keylor Navas... Szcesny: He saves tennis ball shots, so probably not.Martinez: I think it ¹ s good for us to work our reactions but it's very hard!

She used her pace to get behind the defense but her shot was saved by Redbirds goalkeeper Haley Smith at the top of the box.

Newcastle had the first when Mitrovic hooked his shot over the bar from Andros Townsend's cross, while Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone saved from Townsend 12 minutes later and Jonjo Shelvey was inches wide with a 31st - minute free - kick.

The Golden Eagles made their biggest attempt at a comeback in the second half when they had six of their 10 shots and forced Providence goalkeeper Shelby Hogan to make five saves.

Diego Costa in the 76th from a penalty shot had a chance to give his side all three points but the Belgium international goalkeeper, Mignolet, saved his shot, and considering that no goals were scored until the end, sealed a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield.

Benfica missed a good chance to hit back almost immediately when Jonas fired a shot wide, while at the other end Dzagoev forced an acrobatic save from Benfica goalkeeper Bruno Varela.

The rebound falls to him but his shot is easily saved by the goalkeeper.

Marco Reus» dipping free - kick forced a smart save from home goalkeeper Ralf Fahrmann in the 24th minute before Schalke almost broke the deadlock on the brink of half - time when Konoplyanka's shot from just inside the area went inches wide.

Sometimes it is guile, in spotting the goalkeeper too far off the line to save a well placed shot.

Much of the closing stages was spent with Burnley going forward and it all ended with Rouwen Hennings hitting a shot straight at Keiren Westwood which the goalkeeper saved comfortably.

The Hammers goalkeeper saved well from a Dele header on 18 minutes, but could do nothing about our second, Dele's curling shot deflecting off the head of Declan Rice and in off the far post.

«our inability to defend counter attacks hav left almunia unfairly exposed»...... wot a croc.the guy is rated bottom three for shots to saves ratio, wot does that tell you????? he waved goodbye to drogs freekick with his gob wide open and the second goal?pathetic hav you ever heard goalkeepers been credited with makin themselves big and making instinctive or reaction saves??

Sporting goalkeeper Rui Patricio had to make some difficult saves to keep his team ahead, but there was nothing he could do when Higuain entered the area and sent a shot over his head to level the match.

Watford actually carved open the first opportunities of an open game, Etienne Capoue with a shot deflected over and, from the corner, Adrian Mariappa's header forcing a smart save from Hammers goalkeeper Adrian.

Herrera, a # 29m signing from Athletic Bilbao last month, started brightly and he forced the first save of the game from goalkeeper Jaime Penedo with a low shot from 25 yards on five minutes.

The Gunners failed to get a shot on target in the first 45 minutes, but forced Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes into sharp saves from substitute Theo Walcott and Iwobi after the break, while the Brazilian pushed away Mesut Ozil's snap shot.

Amid the goal - mouth scramble that followed him saving Tomkins» header, James McArthur's shot was blocked as far as Tomkins, who struck again, and this time watched as his effort slid underneath the goalkeeper and in.