Sentences with phrase «kept a clean sheet at»

United, meanwhile, continue to silence their critics by grinding out results and keeping clean sheets at home, even if it isn't always pretty.

He was then handed his full debut on the final day against Hull City a week later and proved he is still a world - class keeper as he made a number of top saves to ensure he kept a clean sheet at the KC Stadium.

But Chelsea have an ability to keep clean sheets at home and I thought they were very good, they took their chances with two brilliant moments.

It's no surprise really as the Premier League title favourites made easy work of Everton in what was supposed to be a tough afternoon for them, and keeping a clean sheet at Goodison Park, with Cahill getting on the scoresheet too, there can't be too many arguments on that one.

Cech is making a habit of keeping clean sheets at the moment.

He also made 6 saves and kept a clean sheet at home to Man City in Benitez's home debut, but those three points at Tottenham ended up being the difference between Champions League and Europa League.

Karius also kept a clean sheet at the opposite end of the pitch, BOOM!

Bayern will be under pressure as they are favorites, although Old Trafford is not the same as it used to be.IF United can keep a clean sheet at home, then there is a chance.Stranger things can happen.

Staggeringly, the Latics are yet to keep a clean sheet at DW Stadium in the league this season.

The club has never kept a clean sheet at its home turf.

Meanwhile Pepe Reina in the Reds goals is yet to keep a clean sheet at Anfield.

-- Norwich have yet to keep a clean sheet at home, conceding exactly one goal in four matches at Carrow Road.

The Germany international has had a quiet time since November with just two assists to his name, but he will be relishing the prospect of facing an Eagles backline, which has yet to keep a clean sheet at Selhurst Park this term.

Manchester United are resilient enough to go and stick in there for a point but Chelsea can't keep a clean sheet at the moment which may see them fail to pick up maximum points.

Dimitar Berbatov scored his third hat - trick of the season on Saturday, though the Bulgarian may start Tuesday's game on the bench as Sir Alex looks to wrap his most prolific asset up in cotton wool ahead of Saturday's visit of Aston Villa, with Mexican Javier Hernandez set to deputise, the United hot prospect having taken English football in his stride so far and will break into double figures for the season should he locate the back of a Blackpool net which hasn't kept a clean sheet at home all season on Tuesday.

The Tangerines have spirit and tenacity in abundance, while they can't be knocked for their enthusiasm, but, however, what the boast in zeal and zest they lack in quality, especially at the back, and I fear for their defence on Sunday, Matt Gilks in particular, who was sensational in keeping a clean sheet at Newcastle last weekend but will need to be exceptional if he's to keep the in form trio of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda at bay.

-- Blackpool haven't kept a clean sheet at home all season, nor have they failed to score on their own patch.

Not exact matches

You can keep the finished pancakes on a baking sheet in the oven at 175 °F covered with a clean kitchen towel.

But, having kept an away clean sheet, and with the luxury of playing the second leg at the Emirates, Arsenal are very much in control of their destiny, as far as this playoff tie is concerned.

In fine form for Manchester City to keep yet another clean sheet, Joe Hart was an important part of the team's 1 - 0 win in a tight contest at Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace, West Brom and Watford have all been tighter at the back than the ninth - placed Blues this term, while only Bournemouth, Norwich, Sunderland, Newcastle and Aston Villa have kept fewer clean sheets in the top - flight.

We have to make sure that we are ending tie in 1st leg itself at Emirates on 5th April... If we manage to keep clean sheet and able to win the game by 2 or more goals then we would be through... 3 - 0 or so would be perfect end tye tie 1st leg itself...

Whether it was complacency from the Bavarians or pure brilliance from Arsenal, the Gunners managed to keep a clean sheet and level the tie by scoring 2 goals at the Allianz Arena.

I'd like to see him keep a clean sheet with Gabriel and Mustafi at the back.

Would like him to keep it tight at the back for us, a clean sheet will be crucial for us in france!

Albeit he's only managed to keep two clean sheets in nine games this season, conceding 12, given that they're struggling at the wrong end of the table, it was always going to be difficult for him to rack up impressive statistics.

He was dropped again recently following a poor display of his own against Swansea, and the recalled Hart kept a clean sheet against Southampton at the weekend, meaning the Englishman could keep his place going forward.

The Saints, buoyed by their showing at Arsenal, were quick to start on the front foot in a bid to expose the Chelsea defense; a defense that had failed to keep a clean sheet in their last eight games across all competitions prior to their trip to St Mary's.

The three other games all saw us keep a clean sheet but they were against EPL strugglers Hull City at home and the two non-league sides Sutton and Lincoln in the FA cup, so when giving an interview to Sky Sports this week you can sort of understand why our manager blamed this aspect of Arsenal's game for our problems, when asked whether the uncertainty over his future could be affecting his players.

Liverpool beat Burton 5 - 0 in the League Cup at the Pirelli Stadium keeping their first clean sheet of the season in the process.

What I saw before the match — We can not afford to drop points any more — We suffer big injuries at the back, and we really need a clean sheet to boost our confidence — We have scored in every single match except at Dortmund and Chelsea, which mean if we keep a clean sheet we are most likely win, ugly or not

Chelsea haven't kept a clean sheet in their last 11 league games, so a high - scoring draw at Goodison could be on the cards.

The club have won their last five home league games against Nottingham Forest keeping clean sheets in the last three but will be disappointed with their performance during a 1 - 0 loss at home to Sheffield Wednesday last time out.

AC MILAN»S FORM The Rossoneri have won five of the last six matches at home in European competitions (1 draw) and have kept a clean sheet four times — including our last 1 - 0 win against Ludogorets — .

Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 1 - 0 at the Riverside stadium keeping their sixth consecutive clean sheet in the process.

Liverpool may well be seeking a fresh central defensive option but it's worth noting that they've kept things tight at the back of late, keeping three Premier League clean sheets on the trot.

The moment they were about to win the EPL Brenda was nowhere to guide the players to stay on course, wasn't really that difficult, just keep the clean sheet against Chelsea and try to win when you are 2 up at Palance at half time.

Toure gets into the team at centre - half for two reasons, one being that he played there in the 2009 Champions League final against the Red Devils and kept a clean sheet.

We were obbed a goal We kept a clean sheet they didn't We didn't have a full squad they did They were at home

Szcz should be kept for 12 months, I know Szcz needed to grow up but he appears to be doing so at Roma, he has played 2 games more than Cech and he has kept 8 more clean sheets while conceding 6 less goals.

Three seasons ago, Arsenal's goal keeper ended the season as one of two goal keepers who kept a good number of clean sheets throughout the season; Wojciech Szczesny of Arsenal and Petr Cech, who was a Chelsea keeper at that time, were the two goal keepers with the enviable record.

I don't particularly want Chambers to be better at attacking, I would rather he concentrated on defending, we need to keep more clean sheets, especially against the weaker teams.

I do remember games when he won us points on his own, like at Sunderland, standing behind a defense of Aaron Ramsey at right back, Sagna and Mert in the middle (I don't remember who was at left back)-- and he managed to keep a clean sheet.

A solid performance considering it was his first game back from injury, Laurent Koscielny did well at the back for Arsenal as they kept a clean sheet.

I wouldn't want to talk of Silva and Dzeko's goals, which saw City win that game 2 - 0; but there was this under - fire midfielder in Javi Garcia, who filled in for his skipper at the heart of Man City's defence, and played a significant part in his team securing all 3 points, in addition to keeping a clean sheet.

At least we managed to keep the clean sheet, get our revenge on Stoke and build confidence for the games to come.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace secured a huge result with a win at West Brom and having kept a clean sheet, Sakho deserves credit for his role in that while Manchester City and Southampton picked up three points with wins at Sunderland and Watford respectively.

Arsenal's defence isn't having the greatest of times at the moment, with the Gunners failing to keep a Premier League clean sheet since our 0 - 0 draw with Middlesbrough.

Arsenal, without Laurent Koscielny, Mathieu Debuchy and Calum Chambers, will rely heavily on Mertesacker to keep a clean sheet and plug the holes left by Gibbs and Bellerin who would be bombing forward at will.

Looking back at a rather resilient victory against Burnley at Turf Moor in which Arsenal kept a clean sheet, it is not much of a surprise to see Francis Coquelin be named the Man of the Match and praised extensively by pundits and Arsenal fans alike.