Sentences with phrase «hold onto their lead as»

However, the Blues could not hold onto their lead as a moment of defensive vulnerability saw them gift the ball to Andres Iniesta, who played on Lionel Messi to level the scores 15 minutes from time.

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The England international opened his account for the season in the second half at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux stadium as he cut in from the left - hand side and stroked the ball into the net and handed the Merseyside outfit the lead, which they failed to hold onto as Jussie equalised with nine minutes remaining and rescued a point for the hosts.

When you get a good lead in a match you tend to hold onto it as much as you can, you still get chances but don't have the same will to finish them.

It was a bad night for the Red Devils as they lost Shaw in the first - half following an horrific tackle from PSV Eindhoven defender Hector Moreno and then failed to hold onto the lead given to them by Memphis Depay and crashed to defeat at the Philips Stadion.

Price has an easy time of it, even as the announcers repeatedly attempt to revive the Eck vs. Price feud from this summer that I refuse to do the same with, and the Red Sox not only have a lead, but hold onto it heading into the bottom of the fourth.

RED CARD: VERTONGHEN SENT OFF - 90 +2 mins The closing stages were a bit more subdued as we looked to hold onto the lead, Sissoko and Llorente coming on for Son and Kane late on.

Faced with a powerful Real reaction, Napoli had never looked for a second as if they really believed that they could or would hold onto to their lead.

Wenger was asked about the possibility of running down the time and holding onto the lead, as the gunners failed to do both in a critical situation.

Reading came back into the game well after half time as Arsenal seemed caught in two minds over whether to attack or hold onto the lead, as happened at Burnley last week.

Letting a toddler hold onto a sippy cup all day can be just as harmful as prolonged use of bottles, leading to over drinking that makes her less likely to eat nutritious food and more likely to develop tooth decay.

Labour held onto their councillors here and their vote share improved, but their lead over the Tories has been slashed from more than 13 % to less than five percent as Ukip implodes.

12:30 am (13th)-- TCM — Bullitt No nonsense cop Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen, holding onto his crown as king of 1960s cool, American class) is tasked with guarding an important witness in a Mafia trial; when his partner and the witness are targeted in a hit, he goes after the killers directly, leading to the justly famous car chase through hills of San Francisco.

Stage three winner Bouffier's strong afternoon enabled him to hold onto a 38.8 second lead to head the leaderboard as the day came to a close.

I did not know then what kind of living thing I would become, but the guard didn't let me have a chance to think about it — he grasped my arm and dragged me till Pearl assured him that she'd support me, and she put her arm around my waist as we were led away with the triplets, away from the ramp and into the dust, onto a little road that led past the sauna and toward the crematoria, and as we marched into this new distance with death rising up on either side of us, we saw bodies on a cart, saw them heaped and blackened, and one of the bodies — it was reaching out its hand, it was grasping for something to hold, as if there were some invisible tether in the air that only the neardead could see.

The story starts off with the lead Raku Ichijo, who as a boy makes a promise to a young girl he falls in love with, that one day they'd meet again, and until then she would hold onto a key which in turn unlocks a pendant he will wear around his neck.

El Segundo, Calif. (Oct. 30, 2013)-- Apple Inc. in the third quarter remained king of the tablet business as it held onto its lead in shipments, even though it lost unit market share in the third quarter.