Sentences with phrase «home sides win»

The team with the highest points total get to host the final, and since that rule was made there have been three home sides win the cup!

The visitors twice took the lead in the first - half and looked set to inflict a first league defeat on Arsenal that season, but a hat - trick from Thierry Henry, including a wonderful solo goal, gave the home side the win.

We are less than one year away from FIFA World Cup 2014 and the excitments thrills and preparations for the big event started with the FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 in Brazil which the home side won it and now the countdown begins for the ultimate sporting event, the biggest in the world and in terms of prize money it ranks one of the most paying event.

Around the hour mark, the home side won a succession of corners but Liverpool stood firm and withstood another moment of danger when the ball fell to Gnabry but he was unable to steer his effort on target.

The last defeat to Everton came at Goodison Park on the 26th April 2015 in which the home side won 3 - 0 with goals from James McCarthy, John Stones, and Kevin Mirallas.

With Milan leading 2 - 1 and the game in stoppage time, the home side won a free - kick and keeper Alberto Brignoli proceeded to join the attack in desperate search of rescuing a point.

Not exact matches

The logic: I have no faith in either of these teams, but the Colts haven't won at home since October and when in doubt I take the side I'd rather cheer for.

We fought as football had taught us; convinced that the side with the better players and coaches and training had won, we came home happy champs, worried only by the fact that somewhere along the way we had misplaced the trophy.

So firstly Shearer is convinced that his Newcastle side will manage to do the business at Villa Park even though his Toon Army side has only won two games on the their travels this season and regardless of Martin O'Neill's recent poor form the midlands club have only lost three times at home this season and have managed to avoid defeat against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal in the process.

Following the EFL Cup defeat to Southampton the Gunners will look to return to winning ways when they take on the robust West Ham side who are kind of struggling at home this term.

Perhaps he knows something we don't about the Man United line - up ahead of their match against Hull City, a match that if Phil Brown's side wins means that whatever Shearer's team does they are as good as down unless Sunderland also fail to get anything at home to Chelsea.

Chelsea at home 29 % possession, 2 attempts on goal, 73 % pass success, 200 passes to United's 600 + and Souness says «that is what good sides do, they find a way to win».

The Greek side look like a nice draw, but on the three occasions we have travelled to their Georgios Karaiskáki stadium, we have lost, although we did win each of our three home matches against the side also.

As reported by Sky Sports the United manager believes that his side needs to win their final four games, which are at home to Leicester, away to Norwich, away to West Ham and at home to Bournemouth.

Stellar triumphs away to Manchester City and at home to Liverpool, either side of the FA Cup quarter - final win at Manchester United, point to a new - found resilience in the big matches, in stark contrast to the infamous 6 - 0 loss at Chelsea, 6 - 3 at City and, going back a few more years, the 8 - 2 Old Trafford mauling.

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....

They won the 2008 Copa and are a strong side, but they have lost both away games in their group this year, whilst winning both their home games.

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

It should be remembered that we beat Chelsea 3 - 0 at home back in September, but the contrast in fortunes following that game has been remarkable; the defeat ultimately galvanised Antonio Conte's side who went on to win thirteen league games in a row and ultimately run away with the title, while the Gunners let old habits bite them in the backside yet again as a very promising start to the campaign disintegrated after a number of poor performances and results.

The home side has won three of the four previous Premier League encounters between the two sides.

United have won every game at home and David De Gea hasn't conceded a single goal at Old Trafford, but maintaining that record might be difficult against a buoyant Spurs side who haven't lost away this season.

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.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes his side are still heavy favourites to win the Premier League title, despite dropping two points with a 1 - 1 draw at home to Southampton on Sunday.

He scored a superb brace away from home against Sunderland to win his side the game from a goal down.

Spurs won the first leg 1 - 0, and will be hoping that that solitary goal means that they are able to weather any storm from the home side at Bramall Lane.

Nani scored a controversial second when Heurelho Gomes mistakenly assumed he had a free - kick only for the Manchester United man to kick the ball into the net to give the home side a crucial win.

The Gunners may well be on an amzing run of 11 wins in a row at the Emirates, but away from home we have been diabolical with our only win coming at a seriously weak Everton side.

A 3 - 0 win over Reading stopped the rot, though they were then beaten 3 - 1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, still they followed that up with a 1 - 0 away win at Southampton, and then even more impressively with a surprise 1 - 0 win at home to Manchester City, with none other than Adam Johnson scoring the winner against the side he left in the summer.

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.

This will puts Arsenal in a great position to further attack top two Man United and Chelsea and gives Arsene Wenger three wins from three ahead of two successive home matches that the north London side will believe they should win comfortably.

We should have won the last two home games in the league with ease, even with 10 men against a poor Chelsea side.

Burnley put in a dogged display at home today, but the best side won in the end, although the nature of the goal is most definitely a bitter pill to swallow for Dyche.

It's only Chelsea who look better than last year, if we can finally beat these sides at home and avoid defeat away than yea we can win the league!

A home draw in a game you really need to win, even if the opposing side are a good one, is hardly enough to scratch the surface of the disappointment and frustration that has built up in Arsenal fans over the course of another faltering season in the Premier League and Champions League.

The home side took the lead through Alvaro Morata, however fine strike from Christian Eriksen and a brace from Dele Alli allowed Spurs to secure their first ever win at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

If Arsenal get an early goal we should win comfortably and hit the home side on the counter, but it could be a day for patience and sneaking over the line.

It was our 3rd string DM chamberlain had to be a 5th string CM, we were missing sanchez, cazorla, coquelin, ozil against a very good stoke side where we haven't won in 5 games and who have beaten city and United at home.

Meanwhile Liverpool will be desperate to inflict a first home league defeat on Mourinho's side this season as they look to close the gap on fourth placed Manchester United after the Red Devils strengthened their bid for Champions League football with a 2 - 1 win against Crystal Palace on Saturday evening.

A Burnley side heading back to the championship is the ideal moment to make it the first two wins in a row this season and a first clean sheet at home.

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.

But it was the home side that started to come out of their shells aftyer about 20 minutes and they started to cause us problems, winning a string of corners and getting crosses in from the flanks.

Jurgen Klopp's side will be confident of getting the win on home soil, or at the very least of managing a draw.

City then doubled their lead just four minutes thanks to a fantastic executed volley from Bernardo Silva, with Aguero then adding a third midway through the first half as with the Argentine hammered home a 25 - yard strike to all but wrap up the win for the away side.

The home side continued to work hard and win the second balls, with Tiote dominating the centre of the park and Townsend looking threatening on the flank.

The fact that the on loan Arsenal midfield star Jack Wilshere was widely regarded as the Man of the Match when our opponents for tonight AFC Bournemouth won their last Premier League match at Swansea does give the Gunners some hope that our own absentees will be somewhat offset by the home side's.

None of this will matter if Arsenal do not do their bit by putting the disappointment of two defeats in the space of a week away to Everton and Man City firmly to one side and start winning again, but I am pretty confident that the Gunners will get six points from the next two games, at home to West Brom and Crystal Palace.

We did well at [PSG's] place and we believe that on our home ground, with the fans on our side, we probably could get the win and probably finish first.»

The 26 - year - old was tireless for the home side throughout and kept up that tremendous work rate with a late run into the box to give Basel their winning goal in the 90th minute.

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.

I fully understand we just lost one game and uts not the end of the world but am struggling to deal with is the consistent lack of mental toughness that are the hallmarks of all title winning teams... we need to be proactive and stop been reactionary, simples... we had what is in all honesty a good couple of matches begining of the season WINNABLE games but we already fell short at the first hurdle now all the talk is about bouncing back, whatever happened to eyes on the ball straight from the off... a Westham side with a new manager, some new players and a 16 year old making his debut beating Arsenal at home is just plain disgraceful and whatever happens next does not in any way mitigate against that.....