Sentences with phrase «goals finding the back of the net»

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However, the 26 - year - old has had his struggles with finding the back of the net regularly so far this season, managing just nine goals and four assists in 28 appearances in all competitions.

Nikita Kucherov found the back of the net for the fourth game in a row with the opening goal in Saturday's win at Colorado.

Despite missing three months of the campaign, the 28 - year - old has still managed to score 14 goals in the league but has failed to find the back of net since the 4 - 1 victory over Liverpool at the start of last month.

For United's opening goal, Jesse Lingard found Ibrahimovic, who, predictably, found the back of the net.

Of course there are goal threats from other Arsenal players like Ramsey, Ozil and Mkhitaryan, but do you agree that we need to make sure that our main striker is the one given the most chances to find the back of the net tonighOf course there are goal threats from other Arsenal players like Ramsey, Ozil and Mkhitaryan, but do you agree that we need to make sure that our main striker is the one given the most chances to find the back of the net tonighof the net tonight?

Much is expected of the 24 - year - old this year given Liverpool's struggles in front of goal last season and they have turned to a striker that found the back of the net 42 times in 89 league games for Villa during his three - year spell with the Midlands outfit.

However, it's been a struggle for the Portuguese international this year, as he's scored just eight goals in 30 appearances in all competitions, while he has yet to find the back of the net in Serie A.

Remy netted six goals in 14 appearances for QPR last term but was unable to prevent Harry Redknapp's side suffering relegation and was therefore sent to St James» Park where he has continued to find the back of the net with alarming ease.

Back to the Emirates Stadium now and this full - back has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against AnderleBack to the Emirates Stadium now and this full - back has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against Anderleback has really come on in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Wenger and even found the net for a rare goal in their last outing against Anderlecht.

This Roberto Firmino goal video must be one of the best he's scored as the Liverpool forward found the back of the net from an impossible angle against Huddersfield Town.

The Portuguese superstar has scored just seven goals in 10 games, only one in five in La Liga, and he'll be hoping that he can find the back of the net with a bit more consistency moving forward.

England Keeper, Paul Robinson, made an expensive goal keeping boo boo; Englandâ $ ™ s defence were a shambles; Englandâ $ ™ s strikers couldnâ $ ™ t find the back of the net, and the 2 things that previously saved England behinds — Beckham and Gerrard â $ «were absent from todayâ $ ™ s line up.

On that day, England Keeper, David Seaman, made an expensive goal keeping boo boo; Englandâ $ ™ s defence were in shambles; Englandâ $ ™ s strikers couldnâ $ ™ t find the back of the net, and the only 2 things that saved Englandâ $ ™ s backsides that day were goals from David Beckham and Steven Gerrard.

It has been the only low point of the game for the Red Devils as they broke the deadlock in South East London thanks to a early penalty from Spanish midfielder Juan Mata, who found the back of the net to register a first goal in three games for Louis van Gaal's side.

Diego Simeone's men carried a one - goal advantage into the second - leg after Antoine Griezmann found the back of the net in the reverse fixture in Madrid.

In 25 appearances in Italy's top tier this term, he has been directly involved in 14 goals, having found the back of the net ten times and provided four assists for his teammates.

With 67 goals in his career so far, there's no doubt Sergio Ramos is confident in finding the back of the net, popping up just at the right time in the Champions League final last season and in other big games.

The Three Lions went on to win the game in the 90 +5 minute when Liverpool's Adam Lallana found the back of the net to score his first international goal.

After the Arsenal strike force failed to find the back of the net for a third Premier League game in a row, Arsene Wenger was understandably asked about his decision to not use the January transfer window to sign a striker, you know one of those players that scores goals.

Giroud remains a challenger for the starting role however, having remained consistent in finding the net since joining from Marseille back in 2012, but his failure to beat his record of 16 league goals in a seasons since moving to England is likely what led to the club investing further.

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.

They responded with draws against Newcastle and Stoke, though they were clearly not scoring enough goals, finding the back of the net more than once on only one occasion so far this season.

Man Utd striker Romelu Lukaku scored his second goal in pre-season for the Red Devils as he found the back of the net in the 2 - 0 win over Man City in Houston on Thursday.

He is finding the back of the net on a consistent basis and his goal yesterday was a sublime finish to an excellent build up.

Gnabry had only accumulated a single Premier League goal at Arsenal, as he found the back of the net vs Swansea.

That aside, he's gone for many of the players that found the back of the net over the last two days with Eden Hazard, Jamie Vardy and Wilfried Zaha all getting the nod up front after scoring decisive goals for their respective clubs.

But I think we can expect our creator - in - chief to find the back of the net a lot more as his stats show a 67 percent shot accuracy in the EPL and a 100 percent accuracy in the Champions League, where he already has that goal against Bayern Munich.

Everton midfielder Barkley echoed Shaw's thoughts with a similar post on the social media networking site and was pleased to have notched his first goal at international level after finding the back of the net with a header soon after the restart.

This season, the player is yet to find the back of the net or create a goal in 16 games, however this is mainly down to the fact that the Spaniard has been made to take up a more conservative role in United's side so player's such as Paul Pogba can be allowed to play to their full potential.

When broken down into minutes per goal excluding penalties, Lacazette found the back of the net every 134 minutes in a league considered far weaker than the Premier League.

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.

Ottawa has scored only five goals in the other four games in this series combined, and have found the back of the net only twice on 51 shots since Matt Murray's return.

That's a rate of 0.93 goals per game — and if he were to carry on finding the back of the net at that rate he could end the campaign on a record number of goals for a Golden Boot winner.

Nevertheless, Messi scored two great goals, particularly the second as he waltzed past the Chelsea defence before finding the back of the net with a clinical finish, and so it comes as no surprise to see the Argentine wizard dominate the headlines and front - pages on Thursday, as seen below.

Only the Penguins (117 goals) have found the back of the net more often in the second half of the season.

Sanchez scored 16 goals for Arsenal last year in 35 appearances while Ozil found the back of the net 4 times in 22 matches.

Vardy kept his cool in front of goal and found the back of the net to all - but ensure his country all three points.

Vardy kept his cool in front of goal and found the back of the net in typical Vardy fashion.

He scored a goal that may be one of the top 10 goal of the season but can he create something out of nothing and therefore find the back of the net in, let's say 25 of the last remaining 36 EPL games of the season?

He struck a shot from 25 - yards out, which swerved and dipped appropriately to catch the Goal - Keeper out, and find the back of the net for the 3rd time.

The 21 year old has racked ten goals and ten assists in his 24 appearances for the Catalan side, showing that as well as finding the back of the net the youngster is very much a team player.

Lampard found the back of the net in this fashion countless times on his way to becoming Chelsea's all - time leading goalscorer, with a remarkable 208 goals in 626 appearances from the centre of the park.

He has found the back of the net 28 times so far this term in 34 appearances, meaning that he has hit the 20 - goal mark in four consecutive seasons.

However, the Belgian is now seven games without a goal for United, and Ozil could be just the man to help him start finding the back of the net again.

Aduriz proved his age has had no effect on his speed, as he ran between the two Genk defenders and found the back of the net for his fourth goal of the evening.

Gerrard is 14/1 to score a headed goal and 9/5 to find the back of the net at any time on his final appearance in front of the Anfield faithful.

Meanwhile, the Portugal captain — who holds the record for most international goals for his country — scored in 13 consecutive matches for Real earlier in the year, finding the back of the net 21 times between August 25th and November 1st.

Bielsa meanwhile will want to see Ligue 1's joint top - scorer Andre - Pierre Gignac back in form in front of goal, with the Frenchman having failed to find the net in his last three outings.

A good flowing movement on the edge of the box saw Fabregas psychically finding Denilson who cracked in a beauty from the edge of the box, the Gunners then netted two goals from their centre back duo getting one a piece both from truly wonderful balls from RVP and Cesc but one has to question the marking ability of the Toffees defence who vanished into thin air.

Once again Gnabry found the back of the net and it was his opening goal that opened the floodgates.