Sentences with phrase «in open games»

An old guy watching behind me said, «You have talent with combinations in open games.

Arsene Wenger is preparing his Arsenal squad to face Liverpool at home on Monday, and he is aware that we can not afford to have another slip - up like we did against West Ham in our opening game.

A Man Utd predicted line up as the Red Devils take on PSV in their opening game of the Champions League, with Anthony Martial tipped to start after his superb debut goal against Liverpool at the weekend...

It is an effective strategy against Arsenal and teams use it because they are not good enough to play against Arsenal in an open game.

Not how to defend in an open game, but how to play defensively.

After a summer of complaining and constant promises that he'll reclaim his central midfield role (via the Mirror), Wenger started Ramsey in the middle against West Ham in our opening game and what transpired was something which obviously displeased the manager.

Terry was handed a stern test by the Swans» Bafetimbi Gomis in their opening game, but will face an even tougher task to keep Sergio Aguero away from goal.

We were amply rewarded when we came away from Leicester with a clean sheet after inexplicably conceding four in the opening game.

A buy from Bolton, it was always going to be a big step up from a relegated Championship side, however Holding has proven in his opening games that he certainly has a lot of talent to show.

Wenger was experimenting in the opening game of the season.

In my opinion Arsenal fans should've expected something like this to happen, I certainly expected Arsenal to struggle in the opening game and so it hasn't shocked me that we didn't pick up all three points.

In an open game, Mandzu is less effective.

In 1994, when I was president, it was a great thrill to sit in the stands at Soldier Field in Chicago with more than 67,000 enthusiastic fans, including German chancellor Helmut Kohl and the president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sànchez de Lozada, in the opening game of the World Cup.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho launched a stunning attack on the club's physio Eva Carneiro following the disappointing 2 - 2 draw with Swansea City in their opening game of the new Premier League season on Saturday evening.

It means the Brazilian champions have now gone two games without scoring a goal in this season's tournament after they also drew 0 - 0 in their opening game — an away trip to Universitario.

I believe tgere are 3 titke contenders this year Leicester, city and arsenal About Leicester they are doing great but there football depends on counter attacking and few quick passes to reach the ball to mahrez or vardy i don't think they can impress anybody if they faced teams that park the bus like what the teams do with arsenal and also any injury for mahrez or vardy will ruin there season so i don't consider them a real challenge and in an open game we got the best out of them and beat them with 5 goals to 2 so calm down gooners About city they had very impressing start for the season then they were vety baf winning most games by pure luck or last minute goals and they could be beaten easily Arsenal are the best team form we controled most of the games and the losses and draws were by bad referee decisions or bad luck and the 4 points margain with city could have been easily 10 or 12

They will help kick us off in the opening Game on Monday Night.

Not only did the Hammers beat us in the opening game of the season, but they are also unbeaten in their last nine games in all competitions.

Arsene Wenger obviously thinks that the Chilean is talismanic and unbreakable, or why would he have played him in our opening game of the season as a sub (when we were losing to West Ham), when he had already told the world that Sanchez would miss the first four games of the season?

The boss left Cazorla on the bench and risked an unready Aaron Ramsey instead in the opening game and a lot of people questioned why he did not rush Koscielny back when it was so clear we needed him.

Sky Sports go on to add that he'll also be expected to sit out friendlies against Roma, Barcelona and Mainz, and so his first chance of featuring for the Reds in the opening game of the season on August 14 at Arsenal could be under threat too.

Coming off a 27 - point, nine - assist effort in the opening game of the series, it's clear Robinson has become a focal point for Miami's defense.

Had we managed a draw in our opening game last season against Liverpool we would be playing CL football right now.

Arguably the best shooter the NBA has seen in a very long time, the third - year pro was absolutely incredible in the opening game against San Antonio.

Things didn't get off to the best start for AVB, as Spurs were beaten 2 - 1 by Newcaslte in their opening game.

In the opening game of the second set, Martina broke Hanika's serve again, and at 3 - 1 it looked as though the match might be one of the shortest in tennis history.

Difficult in the opening game for teams to bring their A game, and even moreso if you get someone else giving instructions from the touchline, so, Palace should not be as good without TP, but, lets wait and see.

England take on Wales in Lens on Thursday afternoon hoping to bounce back from their disappointment in their opening game against Russia.

It was especially galling for the dynamic young player because he had already bagged an assist and was looking very good when he picked up the long term knee injury in the opening game.

... I wasn't a fan until 2006 after the Champions league Final,... Still, I didn't know why I loved this team until 2009/2010 season in our opening game... Watching from the village where I was done burying my grand - mum.....

Ozyakup has also attracted interest from Manchester United who sent scouts to keep tabs on Ozyakup in his opening game of the season according a source close to the club told Emre Sarigul.

Laudrup's side have begun the season in impressive fashion, thumping QPR, the summer's most active recruiters in the transfer market, 5 - 0 in the opening game and they followed up that result with another big win, 3 - 0, against West Ham before the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland.

Even after the Big Red Machine had rolled over them 5 - 1 in the opening game of the 1976 World Series, the Yanks remained unconvinced that they were competing against indestructible automatons.

The next year they lost in the first round to the Clippers in a brutal seven - game series that saw them blow 27 - point lead in the opening game.

Having featured in the opening game against Lens and looking relatively impressive for the first game back, Arsenal fans will hope to expect bigger things from Gnabry this year!

Of course we won on their ground in the opening game of the 2015 - 16 season when Reece Oxford famously kept Ozil in his pocket, but that followed ten consecutive defeats at the hands of the Gunners.

For now, Ibrahimovic's focus will be on Euro 2016 as Sweden prepare to face the Republic of Ireland in their opening game of Group E on June 13.

Scored a crucial winning goal in the opening game and continued to impress.

Engaging in an open game with end - to - end chances at Stamford Bridge could be a recipe for disaster for United, and so despite Redknapp's wishes, it would come as no surprise if Mourinho adopts a similar approach for this encounter.

From that wonderful assist for Emanuele Giaccherini in the opening game against Belgium to his all - round defensive solidity, the Juventus defender was a crucial part of Italy's success.

While it was a brilliant team performance from Arsenal in the final of the Asia Trophy; with Theo Walcott having proved to be in great form after our young striker Chuba Akpom hit a hat - trick in the opening game, the issue of the Gunners needing to sign a striker was highlighted once more.

Back in October, in their opening game of the season, they won comfortably at home 3 - 0.

Last season, Charles suffered an ACL injury in the opening game and ended up missing the entire season.

There is nothing in the opening game of the season that tells me we are predestined to finish behind Chelsea, City or United.

In fact, I would be willing to bet # 20 that Wenger will stay and both Ramsey and Giroud will play in the opening game of next season (bar injury to either).

Willis Reed overwhelmed Lew Alcindor in the opening game of the Knicks» western road trip.

The 16 time World Champion played twice last week, beatig Dave Chisnall in his opening game while drawing with Steven Bunting in the other, having a nightmare on his finishing in the final leg.

Interestingly, these two teams will meet in the opening game with Liverpool a -240 home favorite (Southampton +775, Draw +400).

Wenger promised us he would rest Sanchez for the first month of the season, but with us being two goals behind to West Ham in our opening game, Le Prof then brought him on as substitute and he has since started nearly every single game, so it should really be little surprise that he finally suffered a groin strain against Man United in our last League game.

The Golden Knights defeated the Kings, 1 - 0, in the opening game for the team's first - ever playoff victory.