Sentences with phrase «home side playing»

This Week: Currently 10th in Ligue 2, Sochaux's mid-season revival was halted at the weekend when they lost 3 - 2 away to promotion - chasing AC Ajaccio, despite the home side playing from the 18th minute onwards with 10 men.

The home side played further up field instead of dropping deep, and ran their hearts out to deny Chelsea any room to build up attacks.

Not exact matches

For a person who grew up in a rigid home and has internalized over - control of impulses, a spouse can help him loosen up and learn to enjoy letting his «Child» side play.

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

He put in a good shift but we have to remember he was playing against a Reserve Championship side at HOME.

Arsenal played brilliantly against Monaco away from home and made them look like a championship side in an FA cup game.

Against other sides, or even at home where teams come to defend an we will dominate possession then yes play him as a no 10 but away from home.

It's all well and good believing that us as the better side simply need to play our regular football and the goals will come, but denying the Red Devils at home in any shape or form is an eye - opener.

His speed and movement as well as a growing understanding with Ozil could cause the home side all sorts of problems but mainly I think having Theo up front means that our approach to the match will be different and will entail tactics that do not suit Leicester's way of playing so much.

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, spoke of his side's disadvantage of playing at home first — therefore the north London outfit will be looking to take a big lead against the Russian side — as the Gunners» record away in eastern Europe is patchy to say the least.

The Bayern performance at home proved that we are a force but this demonstrated that we are a force to be reckoned with, a side that no - one wants to play against, a side by which if anyone switches off for a second, they will be forced to pay.

Ten seconds before the opening goal, the ball was being nonchalantly played around in the home side's half by the visitors.

So it could be strange tomorrow, with both sides acting like they playing a home game.

The lads played a good game AWAY from home against a milan side that hasn't conceded in somewhat 600 mins and we bettered the without conceeding and people come up here to make funny comments??

Surely now Arsenal are back at home where we had won 15 games in a row before the Man United debacle, and with the benefit of playing a very weak Newcastle side that has managed just one point from their last 8 League games, is the perfect opportunity to get this monkey off their backs before we welcome Liverpool to the Emirates next week....

Harvey has already forced the Astros to play on the road for a significant amount of time due to the conditions in Houston, so this has hit close to home for baseball from the business side even before you consider the fans, supporters, and employees that call Houston home.

The decibel levels generally go up, irrespective of the state of the match — whether the home side is winning, losing or playing bad.

The 18 - year - old has enjoyed an impressive season in the Championship for the Midlands side, which has included a remarkable goal against play off hopefuls Wolves where he slotted home after taking the ball for the entire length of the pitch in a 2 - 1 win over their rivals.

-- Any Championship side we play better against... at home.

Leicester opened the scoring in the 27th minute, after some smart play from Riyad Mahrez saw Vardy through on goal, as the England international placed the ball past David De Gea to give the home side the lead.

Match Review Arsenal played out an entertaining 2 - 2 draw against Manchester City at home in the Premier League last Saturday, as both sides went hammer and tongs at each other, to show for a just a point apiece in the end.

I first watched Arsenal in 1976 and have been following home and away ever since NOT 2006, I also don't use twitter and don't play fifa, for the record I really am bored with the insinuation that if you criticise an Arsenal player, the owner or wenger then you don't support Arsenal, are happy with everything that's been going on since say the move to the grove?do you not ever think things should be done differently?did you never criticise a player?if you say no then I don't believe you.I make no hesitation in saying I'm very much on the side of the wenger out brigade, but never would I come on here and write what you've just done, for a start in might upset my seventy year old dad who is very much a AKB.I think you're just a keyboard warrior some how.Regardless though credit where credits due good performance today, and yes I did go

I know I am jumping the gun a bit here by assuming that Arsenal will continue to be more like the side we saw win away to Crystal Palace last week, rather than the one that slumped to a dismal defeat at home to West Ham, but the end of last season and the way we were playing in pre-season has given us good reason to think that will be the case.

Referee Lee Mason played the advantage as the ball ran on to Gary Taylor - Fletcher who scored for the home side who then threatened an equaliser which never came.

Tomas Rosicky was also on the losing side as he played the whole of the Czech Republic home defeat by USA.

Although the home side showed signs of getting back into it, it wasn't long before Laurent Blanc's men produced some excellent play with Thiago Motta and Lucas Moura involved.

Sporting Cristal play Guarani in the final game of Group 8 in the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday night, with one of the two sides set to go through to the knock - out stages and the other set to go home.

With a second string side out, including some players like Bellerin in unfamiliar positions and some like Podolski and Campbell with hardly any minutes on the pitch, fierce home crowd and a Galatasaray team playing for pride and a new manager, it could have been a tough night for us.

Moments later, however, the home side responded with Ayew playing through Raphael Gurreiro to fire home.

Whilst for the players who return to their home nations to play for their respective intentional sides, the journey can sometimes be very long, leaving them physically and mentally drained by the time they return for club football.

We play home against a side which we underestimate last time.

Lucas Perez and the Ox are playing exquisitely causing havoc for the home side, and I'm excited to see just how many we will end the game with.

No matter how much blame you allocate to Arsene Wenger for the poor performances of Arsenal this season in big games like the home defeat by Watford, the limp display away to Chelsea and most obviously the complete battering at the hands of Bayern Munich, you must realise that the manager does not send the side out with instructions to play poorly or not put much effort in.

Controversially moved into the role he has been open about not enjoying playing during his Manchester United days, Danny Welbeck still looked impressive for Arsenal on the left - hand side, getting into the box to powerfully head home the winning goal against the Baggies.

Our side has enjoyed a very impressive season in front of our home crowd, with much of our disappointments coming on the road, but with the adverse weather conditions and warnings, a large number of supporters will not have been able to make the trip, and we therefore ended up playing out the match in front of a minimal size crowd.

The 16 remaining PL sides should play in 4 groups of four home and away exactly like the ECL teams do.

Prior to this game the Bolivians hadn't conceded a single goal at home in the Copa Libertadores, but slowly Tigres played themselves into the match and started to look the more threatening side as the first half drew to a close.

The home side took the lead thanks to a sixth minute goal from Sadio Mane, with goal - machine Mohamed Salah then adding a second for Jurgen Klopp's side with just under half an hour to play.

Arsenal went into half - time with the scores tied at 0 - 0, but following the break everything was going in favour of the home side up until scoring the opener, and they continued to dominate right up until we scored a late equaliser against the run of play.

«Whoever they're playing, home or away, big teams, smaller teams, they (an excellent side) manage to get good results.

We are at home and need to take the game to the Greek side without being too gung ho, so the dynamic running and wide play of the England international could be a great weapon for Arsenal.

France did however, find a reply from Kevin Gameiro who was setup by Manchester City full - back Sagna and West Ham star Dimitri Payet wrapped up a first - half comeback just three minutes later, scoring to put the home side ahead — although we are not quite sure what the Bulgarian goalkeeper was playing at.

Arsenal move up to 7th and at least one of the sides above us will drop points at the weekend, with Chelsea playing Man City, so another home win will really send us into that break in a good frame of mind.

No side playing the second leg away from home has ever been able to overturn a two - goal deficit in the Champions League and given Monaco's impressive defensive record in the competition, the former Porto man is confident they have the ability to progress.

39 supporters died before the 1985 European Cup final between Liverpool and the Old Lady, and representatives from the English governing body were planning to commemorate the event when the national teams play at the Turin side's home ground on Tuesday.

Liga are a side that like to play attractive, attacking football and will look to make the most of their home advantage in the first leg.

The home side may well opt to make some changes of their own, having played late on Wednesday before an early Saturday kick off, but I have no doubts that they will be keen on fielding a strong side against us with a comfortable mid-table finish in the league looking likely.

It was something of an underwhelming display from Roy Hodgson's England side, played in front of the lowest national team attendance at the new Wembley, with the home side managing just two shots on target in the entire match.

I'm also selling high on both home teams — Everton have been able to win and draw games without playing well, so I expect that to end against a quality Chelsea side.

As always, Eden Hazard was sensational for the Blues today, with the Belgian international playing out of his skin to make sure the home side had any chance of coming away with three points this afternoon.