Sentences with phrase «goalmouth action»

Alexis Sanchez saw a free kick held by Thibaut Courtois as United stirred after 11 minutes, but there was little in the way of goalmouth action in a cagey start.

The boss felt that Arsenal were better before the break and we certainly had more of the ball although I can not recall too much goalmouth action there either apart from a great cross from Kolasinac that Theo Walcott should have buried.

After a lacklustre opening with limited goalmouth action, Palace were denied a 15th - minute lead by Ryan's tremendous reflexes.

Those changes, combined with the prolonged break, saw a quiet start saw little goalmouth action, with Cedric Soares» tame effort wide the only real effort of note.

The most noteworthy goalmouth action for the hosts was Lukaku dangerously ramming his knee into Ospina's face while reaching out to meet a cross.

The Gunners set the standards at The Emirates three weeks ago, despatching of newly promoted Blackpool with ease in a 6 - 0 whitewash, and fans will be hoping to see more goalmouth action on Saturday, in their favour, of course.

However, despite their endeavour, there was little in the way of goalmouth action.

West Ham have gone for the big and powerful Andy Carroll up front and so Gabriel and Koscielny will have their work cut out, especially from set pieces and crosses into the box, but hopefully we will be able to restrict the number of those by controlling the game and making sure that most of the goalmouth action is at the other end.

The match was an ill - tempered contest, with six yellow cards handed out, and in truth, the fiery exchanges between players often detracted from the goalmouth action.

That back four will need to stay strong with Lukaku and Valencia to contend with but having Coquelin to protect them is a big help and we hope to see most of the goalmouth action at the other end.

For most of the first half there was very little to speak about when it comes to goalmouth action.

The last couple of weeks has seen the matches between both teams start at a frenetic pace, not so, this time, around as there was no goalmouth action or any notable incidents to speak of in the opening quarter of an hour.

We're joint top of the possession table with City at an average of 56 % over the season so far, but possession is meaningless if it leads to such a lack of goalmouth action.

If we can seal the deal for Pedro, I'm confident that more attacking expression will come, bringing back some of the excitement and goalmouth action we crave.

Though a wager that only the most ardent of Gunners would entertain placing, this is a fixture rarely short of goalmouth action.