Sentences with phrase «kept a clean sheet for»

The player has only made three first team appearances for the Reds so far, with the 24 - year - old also yet to keep a clean sheet for the Merseyside club.
Chelsea have not kept a clean sheet for nine league matches, have lost their last two in the Premier League and are nine points behind leaders Manchester City.
Also we all know that the Czech veteran is having trouble getting his record of 200 clean sheets because we haven't kept a clean sheet for 9 games with Petr in goal.
It is rumoured that Italian side AS ROMA are lining up a bid for the Polish international, who kept clean sheet for his country in their opening game.
Having turned out for Northern Ireland in the Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania, the 37 - year - old kept a clean sheet for Notts County against Coventry City in a League One clash the following afternoon.
Bayern will be pleased to have kept a clean sheet for the third time in four competitive matches this year, and to bring a multi-goal lead into the return fixture.
Toure has been a part of the defence that has kept clean sheets for the first two games of the season but picked up an injury after Liverpool's Capital One Cup game went to extra time.
They have only kept a clean sheet for two of their last 12 games across all competitions.
He kept a clean sheet for the first time this season and after four impressive games in a row the manager has all but confirmed he will be retain a place in the team despite the imminent return of Manuel Almunia.
Fortune just wasn't on our side yet we still managed to perform very well, control the match and keep a clean sheet for the fourth match in a row.
The home side kept a clean sheet for the first...
Michael Hector played a part in keeping a clean sheet for Eintracht but collected his second red card in two appearances for the German side.
Toby Alderweireld: Vertonghen's compatriot Alderweireld could not find much success with long balls, but managed to keep a clean sheet for himself — 7/10

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Sergio Romero has been signed on a free transfer, and while he featured against Spurs — and kept a clean sheet — he may be set for a backup role.
The shot stopper made his debut for the Czech Republic back in 2002 against Hungary as a 19 year - old, and kept clean sheets in both of his opening appearances.
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.
Mr Wenger is consistent in that he invariably speaks nonsense particularly when it comes to the art of defending where «his» team have been deficient for the past decade.Had we kept a clean sheet against Man Utd and Southampton we would have picked up 6 points.Simple logic is something AW is now incapable of putting into practise and along with his poor recent record in the transfer market eg Xhaka and Mustafi the Board of Arsenal Football club should be making him accountable for the teams continued lack of success.Will this happen?
A single goal from Danielle Carter in the 18th minute was enough for the Gunners, as they kept a clean sheet in a very dominant performance.
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.
It's only the last two matches Against AC Milan — perhaps the most important match for Arsenal to date and in the EPL against Watford, that we have kept clean sheets after so long.
However last season, Ward played a pivotal role in Huddersfield's promotion winning season, as the Wales international kept 11 clean sheets in 43 games as the Terriers won promotion to the Premier League for the first time.
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.
Our last two goals allowed were due to sloppiness on defense and we can't afford to do that against a team whose known for keeping clean sheets themselves.
Grant has kept six clean sheets so far this season — the sixth best tally in the league, only behind the likes of world - renown goalkeepers such as Thibaut Courtois, Hugo Lloris, David de Gea and Petr Cech, as well as Fraser Forster in goal for Southampton who are always defensively sound every single season.
was used yesterday and we conceded like we did, would you people still ask why Gabriel after keeping two clean sheets was dropped for the Rhino?
Areola, who was also reported to be a target for Premier League champions Chelsea as per the Sun, kept 13 clean sheets in 27 games in all competitions last season as PSG were pipped to the Ligue 1 title by fellow side Monaco.
The Gunners have kept a clean sheet in all three of their Premier League London derbies this season and can go four London derbies without conceding for the first time since February 1999.
One thing going for us tomorrow is the fact that Man City rarely keep a clean sheet.
Oh shut up, when Ramsey is attacking you blame him for not defending, when he remains disciplined and we keep a clean sheet you blame him for not attacking.
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.
I wouldn't go so far as saying AW missed a trick as BFG has an obvious issue too and if he had played maybe instead of Carroll it was Payet who scored a hattrick and we would be here slamming AW for changing a winning line up that has kept clean sheets in the last two games.
His obsession with keeping clean sheets is well known for the Blues.
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.
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.
Also some of us react here like if we concede even a single goal, fans complain that Arsenal can't defend properly, If we keep a clean sheet, we all praise the attackers but not the defenders for keeping the defence tight.
Peter Cech won the Golden Glove award for keeping the most clean sheets in the League and Ozil broke the League record for the most chances created in a season.
i, ve realised something, since petr signed for us all the players from theo to le koss always seem to be talking about how important it is to keep clean sheets, what a change!!!
With Coquelin in midfield and a stronger back four than we have seen for years, this failure to keep clean sheets is a real concern.
CB came in after our loss to Liverpool and we went unbeaten for a respectable period, keeping around 50 % clean sheets till Cazorla got injured.
Yet another clean sheet for Arsenal away to Stoke City kept up our very impressive defensive record in the Premier League this season and extended the record breaking figures of our new number one.
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.
So many headers out of the box late in games to keep the clean sheet just for one example.
He was obviously happy that the Gunners finally got their first League win for a month, but just as importantly we kept a clean sheet despite being up against one of the Premiership's most in - form striker Romelu Lukaku.
The Gunners have already kept three clean sheets from six games, including the Community Shield and were unlucky with that equaliser from Leicester because of the injury to Koscielny, while Everton's second should not have stood for two reasons, so with all the players up to match sharpness, I am not too worried about the defence.
The Czech international has kept three clean sheets in a row for the Gunners, while Chelsea are suffering while conceding 12 goals so far — more than any other team in the Premier League.
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.
I think Wenger plays him so he can try to keep his record of clean sheets but there is no room for sentiment in the game it should be about winning.
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