Sentences with phrase «kept a clean sheet so»

Alonso said, «We've been conceding a lot of goals and against Hull we were concentrated for 90 minutes and kept a clean sheet so that was good».

Milan do not look solid at the back and haven't kept a clean sheet so far this season.

Last week we saw how difficult it will be for United to keep a clean sheet so I will settle with an over 2.5 goal ticket in this one.

Everton don't look as if they can keep a clean sheet so it's a good that they welcome one of the most inept strike forces in the shape of Hull for the mid week fixture.

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There's no doubt that the trident work well together with a mixture of creativity, pace, movement and finishing between them, and so Swansea will certainly have their work cut out to keep a clean sheet and go out and win the game.

So far we have kept only 3 clean sheets.

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...

We always wanted to keep a clean sheet, if we keep clean sheets we're going to win games because we can score goals up front, so you've got to give credit to everyone today.

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.

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.

He would have made a great no. 2 and learnt so much then took over as our no. 1 Now he over in juventus keeping clean sheets and we have been left with coco as our no. 2 There are so.e good goalkeepers out there but boy we are going g to pay through the nose to get one in.

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.

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.

So far this campaign, the former Mainz shot - stopper has been able to keep a total of 13 clean sheets in 25 appearances in all competitions, an impressive record considering he doesn't have the greatest defence in the world in front of him.

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.

Also Mustafi is only back, we kept two clean sheets and were getting our rhythm back, if Kos can play so could Gab who was on the bench resting all season next to another quality CB (Holding).

But even that game showed why we have struggled so far, because despite dominating the game we could not keep a clean sheet.

«Cech is keeping clean sheets which is fantastic, Theo Walcott is nicking a goal and Olivier Giroud is scoring off the bench so I'm feeling quite happy about the situation right now,» Nicholas added.

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.

So with Bellerin back from injury and Mustafi alongside him, I propose that have a much better chance than usual to keep a clean sheet and beat Burnley easily.

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.

So many headers out of the box late in games to keep the clean sheet just for one example.

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.

I don't really feel too confident, because I don't know which Arsenal will turn up and I can't see our defence keeping a clean sheet, so we'll have to score.

Arsenal's defensive record has not been the best so far this season, with the Gunners failing to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League since their 0 - 0 draw with Middlesbrough.

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.

So is it more important for us to keep a clean sheet than it is to score?

You'd have more of a point if Arsenal played defensively but we do nt, so we do rely more on outscoring opponents over keeping clean sheets.

So just a couple of weeks after arriving n England Mavropanos made his U23 debut for the Gunners against Man United last night, and not only did we massacre them 4 - 0 but he helped keep a clean sheet, not that the United reserves game them too many problems.

So far in his Potters career, the 24 - year - old has managed to keep a total of 19 clean sheets in 71 appearances for the Premier League side.

David Moyes has had an amazing effect on his West Ham since his arrival, and in the last three games they have beaten Chelsea and Stoke, and of course Arsenal's draw with the Hammers last week at the London Stadium, and they have kept three clean sheets in the process so we can hardly expect an easy game.

«We kept another clean sheet, so it is very good,» he said.

On the one hand, he kept a clean sheet against Everton, so he's earned a place to start again.

The tactics were right as we did not become reckless at any stage so kept a valuable and confidence building clean sheet while still having more than enough attacking threat top win the game comfortably.

This is arsenal for goodness sake every player should be good enough, I want to win every game we play so I'm going for 4 - 1 just can't see us keeping a clean sheet

Sometimes we lose the balance, sometimes it's really good, so we have to keep on going and focusing on our game defensively to keep a clean sheet.

Still, it was not until a 3 - 0 win over Sunderland in October that they managed to keep their first clean sheet of the season, something that was a concern for City fans after their team had looked so hard to break down the previous year.

The 34 - year - old has struggled this season as he has now failed to keep a clean sheet in eight consecutive Premier League games, the longest run of his career so far.

We have enough fire power up front to score tonight but the test will be yet again how we defend, keep a clean sheet and it's a win for us.can see Ozil being our motm tonight and Sanchez and Welbeck scoring so my prediction is a hard fought 2 - 1 win.coyg

And so it proved with the Pole going on to make 132 appearances for Arsenal and sharing the Golden Glove trophy with Petr Cech in 2013/14 after keeping 16 clean sheets.

So after all the confusion about how many clean sheets Petr Cech had kept in his time in the Premier League, he finally reached an official 170th in Arsenal's win over Bournemouth.

I know we haven't looked great so far but either have Liverpool, they can say they've won 2 and kept 2 clean sheets but in reality they haven't looked convincing and in reality should have lost against Bournemouth.

CC needs to work with AK and start to get a good understanding then put MA and MF in front of them so we can keep a clean sheet.

Laurent Koscielny has had and will have better games, but he helped keep a clean sheet and is coming back from injury so can be forgiven for being a little off pace.

He remains the goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded in the Champions League this season (3) and has kept five clean sheets in the competition so far.

As Lions boss, he did so through the play - offs, with his rock - solid outfit keeping three clean sheets on the trot.

So far he has kept goal in 12 league games, and has conceded just 8 goals with six clean sheets to his name, a record that makes him the shot stopper with the highest number of clean sheet.

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Most punters will presume so as they have kept 16 clean sheets in their last 20 Premier League home matches, shipping just the six goals in that sequence.