Sentences with phrase «hard fought games for»

Defeat to Panama in the early hours of this morning would see them crash out and that could mean almost three weeks extra break for Alexis, whereas going through could mean three more hard fought games for the Gunner and the possible extended celebrations if they won it.

While we were playing a hard fought game for 120 minutes on an energy sapping Wembley pitch at the weekend, Leicester were able to put their feet up as they had no league match to cope with.

Not exact matches

A couple reporters in the mainstream — such as Steve Tilley at Sun / Canoe and Raju Mudhar at the Toronto Star — are either lucky enough to work for brass who do take games seriously, or they have fought hard enough to get them taken as such.

Wengers method of bluffing the board & fans to keep him for a further season... > We loose enough games to take us completely off winning the league, then say it wasn't in our control, we then fight till the end and win last few games so we look good and like we worked hard to earn the 4th place trophy.He then links us with awesome transfers (which we all know wont happen), and finally while Man U / City and Chelsea organise pre-season friendlies against top clubs, we play the weak ones, win and look all good to go next season without any additions... AND THEN REALITY STRIKES..

Arsenal fought hard to scrape a 2 - 2 draw with Manchester City today, in a game that was anticipated to show which way the league will be swinging in the race for the top four.

So yet again Arsenal rescued a game that in other seasons we might well not have, so with Ozil on fire and everyone fighting hard for the cause, will this be Arsenal's year?

The guys did fight hard throughout the game and big props for effort but again I feel they ran out of gas in crunch time.

He put allot of effort into that city game, if you can do this in every game Ozil you could be a terrific player, it would help goal stats too because you'd be fighting harder for your team.

Coquelin (man amongst men, leader, takes total responsibility, ready for the fight), Elneny (100 % work ethic, doesn't stop, prepared to take responsibility) Sanchez (Dynamo, game changer, never give up attitude), Ozil (100 % belief in himself and exquisite talent), Campbell (incredible work ethic, team player but prepared to go it alone if needed) Giroud (team player, 100 % commitment, not frightened of hard work, fighter)

Following on from the game, which ended 0 - 0 after a hard - fought game from both sides, Jamie added: «It's massive for him.

The best thing for us to do, is for the Gunners to totally focus their minds on beating West Ham after a hard fought game at Bolyn ground on Saturday.

North Sac Warriors took on Bishop O'Dowd for the Varsity Silver title, with BOD coming out on top in a hard fought game.

Yeah we won yesterday because team played as a unit and fought hard and this is a very good sign because have lost these kind of physical games in past like against stoke city but we deservedly won the game and now hoping for chelse to lose or atleast a draw and a draw between manchester clubs...

There are games Ozil will have to come in from the bench in the second half when all the fighting and hard has been done and he can do what he knows how to do best which is creating more goals or opening the opposition defense up with his passing vision for us to score a goal or goals.

Wenger was impressed with his performance and said afterwards: «Every game he plays makes him stronger and that is very good for Danny, for his confidence, for the fact that he did fight very hard.

READ MORE Arsenal plot controversial transfer swoop for record - breaking forward Arsenal news Arsenal star fires bleak warning to Arsene Wenger over Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil transfers Iwobi, however, is delighted with the team's improvement since then, pointing out that they've lifted the spirits around the club to ensure victory in every game except a hard - fought 0 - 0 draw at Chelsea.

Then the rank and file fought hard for free agency, a move that old - time football executives said would be a stake in the heart of the game.

It is brilliant that the team is on a fantastic run, but the problem for Jack is that he will have to fight even harder to get any game time.

Ks - Gunner Poldi is his own worst enemy, he must decide weather to play for a «almost big» team or a lesser team, if its the later then he must go to Mid table or lower to get week and week out game but if he wants to stay and fight for us he must work harder, he has the talent but not the hart.

Anyway feeling negative and not full of expectation for tmws game, but hoping a few of our players at least click tomorrow and we get a hard fought win.

Making life difficult for that backcourt was the Nets» top priority on defense for seven hard - fought games, but Lowry exploded for 36 points in Game 5 and managed 28 in Game 7 before that final possession.

They fought hard in their first game Monday night but were severely shorthanded which did nt allow for the team to meet their standard.

Another hard - fought Game for this crew.

They are special because players leave it all on the line, fight for every puck, check and hit hard, always knowing they lose four games and their season is done.

In all the other important stats Ozil is miles off, if a game is hard fought for then Ozil goes missing..

After losing a game, teams will fight ever harder to make up for lost ground and stave off elimination.

He wasn't picked for Arsenal's hard - fought draw at Chelsea or the midweek Europa League game against BATE Borisov, and started the home game against West Brom on the bench.

-- West Ham is a great team that is fighting for the Champions League and a hard game expects us in London, but the pressure is on the host, and we will try to use that — hopes Guidolin.

It was a hard fought game with defences on top for the most part, both sides, after a few scares, even coming to terms eventually with the new rule which prevented goalkeepers from picking the ball up when passed back to them by a team mate.

I think this is a kinf of culture shock as if you play for Real Madrid in La Liga you never expect the lowest tams of the table fight this hard and press against you all the game long it's what Jack said last year about new guys, when we played reading I think he will be fine, he is our Star player, I like him soooo much!

The two week break without any competitive football has probably done wonders as well, with the storm allowed to calm, but it could also prove a double - edged sword as that momentum gained from that hard - fought derby win has been lost courtesy of the wintry conditions which has plagued the English game for the last fortnight.

Unfortunately for the Premier League side, their game came the day after Juventus were 2 - 0 winners at Fiorentina whilst Spurs were involved in a hard fought win over their rivals before having to fly out to Italy.

Wolves, however, while they haven't won for while, have shown plenty of grit and determination in their recent games to earn some hard fought draws against some stiff opponents.

It's clear for all to see that the confidence within the Birmingham camp is at an all time high right now, but what brought about this rich vein of form was their hard fought draws with Liverpool (2 - 2) and Man City (0 - 0), two games not many would have thought Birmingham would have gotten anything from.

«We knew if we won the fight we'd win the game and all the boys worked hard for each other.

As I said before, I would love us to buy someone like Huntlaar but like Mickeythegooner I spend my hard earned cash to travel from Scotland (and in the past from further afield) to get to games each season and it is hugely depresing to see us fighting for fourth but it's clear that Arsene won't go changing his policy now.

Last season's meeting at Carrow Road was a tricky game that we had to fight hard for to get the three points.

It'll be a tight, hard fought game, and even a point might be a good result for Chelsea.

It was a hard - fought battle against Derek Adams» men who, for certainly the first - half of the game, employed much the same tactics as they did at Anfield two weeks before.

David Luiz, though, misses out for Chelsea with a knee injury whilst Juanfran is a doubt for Atletico KEY FACT: Atletico need to win and hope Roma do not to finish second MATCH ODDS: Chelsea 6/5 Draw 12/5 Atletico 5/2 ANDY SAYS: Close game for sure, can see it ending in a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Atletico need the win here and might just sneak it... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Don't see much in this, be close and hard fought, goal-less too... 0 - 0 BOYLESPORTS PICK: Draw half time, Chelsea full time @ 4/1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Antoine Griezmann has dropped out the top ten and is just over # 4

After dropping points for the first time in La Liga with a hard - fought 1 - 1 draw against Atlético Madrid last Saturday, Barcelona return to action with their third Champions League game of the season against Olympiacos, who are yet to get a point in Group D.

This will be a keenly fought game as we saw on Monday night the resilience of the Baggies whilst West Ham are still fighting hard for a European spot.

Recently I added 3 powerful products from Amala «s Rejuvenate collection into my daily skin care routine to fight harder for my anti-aging game.

Performance issues for me considering I have gtx770 and i74770k, game runs badly, dog fights are hard bc the whole vision just somehow blurs when maneuvering the ship, hard to keep track of whats going on.

I could see how the game could be a turnoff for die hard fighting game fans but like I said that isn't me.

The linear fighting style makes it hard to realize what beautiful character models have been made for this game.

Street Fighter is one of the most prominent fighting game series in the world, but it can be hard to track down competitive arcade scenes for some of the older games, like Street Fighter 3.

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Either way i am happy for M.S, a lop sided battle is not good for us core gamers, the more they fight (sony / Nintendo) the harder they work for our # # # $ $ $.

You can try to reach the max level weapon for Kratos which can be done at end - game or attempt one of the hardest boss fight in the game in the form of Valkyrie Queen.