Sentences with phrase «last chance on goal»

Fabregas went down inside the penalty area in the build - up to Chelsea's last chance on goal, and the referee eventually headed to the VAR to see whether or not he was tripped over by Welbeck.

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They were humbled 4 - 2 by Southampton last week, and after they were meekly beaten by Gareth Bales goal for Madrid, Paul Meron thinks that Arsenal should have little problem on Sunday.He said: «If there's ever a chance for Arsenal to win at the Etihad again, this is the game.

Whilst we like to beat up on OG his goals / game ratio in PL over the last 3 years is pretty similar to Benzeman — who plays in a team that creates far more chances against arguably weaker opposition week in week out.

There was a chance to impress in the FA Cup third - round replay at Leeds on Wednesday night, but — apart from assisting the opening goal in a 3 - 1 win — he was quiet and replaced by Robin van Persie for the last 20 minutes.

After equalizing at the 72 ′ mark on a strike from Roberto Firmino, Benteke had a chance to make a last - second chance on the goal, but he was lightly tripped up by Palace defender Damien Delaney — earning a penalty in the process despite complaints that the Belgian striker took a dive.

Having to score three goals is a tough task against any team, let alone in the champions league, in the last 16, away from home, against the team with the best defensive record in the competition, on a narrow pitch with little space to create chances...

Thirdly, please acknowledge the fact that he spent 3 1/2 MONTHS on the sidelines last year, and he managed one goal off your supposed maximum goal - scoring evaluation of his capabilities this season, despite him converting an extremely difficult chance yesterday.

and please do not go about saying Ozil has 18 assist and he is only there to create chances, in the position he plays he should be contributing at least 15 — 18 goals, i had sanchez getting us at least 20 goals last season but i do not hear anybody on sanchez case, i would not even speak about Walcott and the others.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

If he plays like he did last Sunday, with some amazing touches and tricks to go with his vision and awareness of what is going on around him, the German should be able to create enough chances for Arsenal to score goals.

i think this could officially be the start of the end for wenger his blind arrogance has cause him to buy welbeck in the sheer belief that AGAINST THE ODDS HE CAN BEAT THE REST OF THE BIG 4 WITH ONE ARM BEHIND HIS BACK we should be buying top top top european c / l standard players not sunderland spuds everton standard players thats about welbecks standard of club in all truthful reality he is an honest hard working player but wenger thinks he can coach the mediocrity out of him he is truely insane its a guaranteed source of goals we need not more fancy hold up play and «pace» and missing chance after chance so the postman is to be joined by the manchester metro tram absolute disgrace he has kidded on ozil and sanchez they must be wondering what is going on atm they are seeing the true wenger now just panicking and not panicking very well to that effect and for some reason wenger has gone all kinky for english players for some strange reason at least chambers has great potential welbeck has past that stage and is a seasoned pro now and he is no where near what we need wenger is trying to show how great he is by whiping the back out of the same players week after week in the vain hope that he can win the league without rotating ever and they will get injured and he wont have learned his lesson and we will pay for it in the end best last day transfer would have been a 4 year contract for klopp

just a stat on Welbeck to give some perspective: 9 goals in 15 starts last season — 6 of which in 6 games where he played centrally rather that on the wing; converted 31 % of his chances last season.

Following on from this revelation it seems to me that Arsenal have a good chance of signing this top quality striker who scored over a goal a game in the league last season and broke the long standing Serie A record.

Smith knows what it is like to be under great pressure to win the title as it was 18 years since Arsenal had been champions and it looked like we had blown a great chance when we went to Liverpool on the last day needing to win by two goals, but he scored the first and then Michael Thomas scored late on to secure the title, as immortalised in the file Fever Pitch.

Giroud is awful no matter how many times you defend him he'll keep messing up, every Arsenal game Giroud gets on average about 5 chances at goal but he can't even score 1, let me remind you that including end of last season in the last 11 Arsenal games Giroud has scored once!

Arsenal are on a good run of form of late, wining 13 of their last 15 fixtures, and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that they could turn the tie around but will need an early goal to stand any chance of securing a spot in the Champions League quarter - finals.

Arsenal have an uphill task on their hands to qualify for the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League, as they need to score at least 3 goals to have any smidgen chance of overcoming an AS Monaco side that won by a huge margin of 3 - 1 in the first leg at the Emirates last month.

Like yesterday was as low as it gets for me as fan I didn't even care when Liverpool got 3 rd and fourth goals because we're dead our pride as fans is same as players we're just dead hurt, sad, weak and spineless then it gets better ox is going Chelsea today and now timers sanchez has put in transfer request haha when board said change they meant it change as in we're selling all players and we're going like Aston Villa laugh u mite we are rotten from top to da bottom and it will get better cause I bet by Thursday we will bring in nobody and promote young kids we mite chance van diik he's going for 60 million and by Thursday night sky sports will report arsenal came in with last min bid of 21 million for van diik it got flat out laughed at so at 1 min to 11 we came in again with bid of 27 million and add ons til 2029 its hard and it is only beginning haha ox starts at anfield and was shambles and he is sold today says a lot about wenger if that was me I'd say stay away till ur sold u little traitor thanks ox hope its worth it, loyalty me behind ahwell we still bellerin another little man and heart holding for Barca ahhhh I'm so mad we need Simeon's cum in and start bouncing heads off da canvas Jesus bring bk George graham at least we have defence??

Arsenal travel to St. James» Park to take on Newcastle United in the Barclays Premier League this Saturday, having lost to AS Monaco on the away goal rule and subsequently relinquished a great chance to progress to the last eight of this season's UEFA Champions League.

Meanwhile, every rare instance when Lucas Perez was given a chance last season, he delivered intensity, promising crosses, and / or shots on goal with authority.

Tottenham and his other reported suitors will get a good chance to scout Kohr, who has no goals and 11 yellow cards this season, when Liverpool visit Augsburg in the Europa League last 32 on Thursday.

I know Sanchez scored a lot of goals last season but in a lot of our games he either missed a lot of chances or had awful games, i.e. lost or gave ball away by trying to do too much on his own.

Quality is not all about goals or stats you know.If it was a lot of Arsenal players would have been sold and many players would not even be regarded.People need to look at the bigger picture.He scored 16 goals last two season as the starting CF.You and I know that based on the chances he gets he should've been doing better.The guy is not even a clinical player from what we watch yet people will always deny that fact.The only case people make up for Giroud is his goals.They can't even talk about his quality on the ball and others because it's non existent.He was part of the reason why Arsenal couldn't win the trophy in 15/16 season.It's a shame we are compromising and refuse to state things the way they are.Even if Giroud scores 40 goals in the EPL qualoty wise he's still average.

Suarez was played on the wing for Liverpool to accommodate Sturridge all last season, but how come he still scored goals and created chance after chance for team?

Harry kane was woeful on loan, got his chance, scored 30 goals last year.

Where Booty had a chance to win it with a bootleg on the last play but got stopped short of the goal line instead of hitting the open man in the end - zone right?

Benzema has far more to his game then goals!!!!!! His shot conversion is 22 % to girouds 12 % his also creates a hell of a lot more chances, with an average of 8 - 11 per game where as giroud has been no more then 4 last season, he also beats giroud with ran ons and knock downs and also beats giroud with asists

I watched this game live on TV Lineker gave us little chance, after all Bayern had won Nine Bundesliga games on the trot, plus their last two Champions League games, Ferdinand sporting a beard that did little to hide his wonky mouth, he felt like all defenders, that our defence needed to be aware and Per Merts would have trouble with Lewandowski, after all the man is a goal scoring machine.

They've thrown money at the two biggest weaknesses from last year, and their attacking depth rivals any team in the world: Kevin De Bruyne had six goals and 18 assists last season; David Silva has lost his hair, but he has retained the vision that makes him one of the top final - third locksmiths on the continent; Leroy Sané's smooth movement makes it look like he's playing on a pool table whenever the ball is at his feet; Raheem Sterling is closer to superstardom than anyone's willing to admit; new signing Bernardo Silva can create chances from anywhere on the field; and Gabriel Jesus averaged 1.6 goals - plus - assists per 90 minutes as a 19 - year - old last season.

This was last chance saloon territory and McGeady responded brilliantly by scoring this cracker on his debut.No goals have followed since, but McGeady has been playing regularly, which is something that hasn't happened since 2011.

While the backline wasn't at its best last week, Mohamed Salah, Diego Perotti and Stephan El Shaarawy were hitting on all cylinders, accounting for nine shots, three chances created, two goals and one assist between them.

Lukaku scored 17 Premier League goals last season, which was 4 more than Jelavic and Anichebe managed between them and converted 21 % of his chances which is a vast improvement on Jelavic (10 %) and Anichebe (13 %).

Their last three defeats in the league have all been by just a one goal margin, so if they can just turn hard work into quality in the final third, there is a reasonable chance for them to get something on the board here.

I haven't changed my stance once in the last 4 to 5 years and I am glad to Welcome t Lacazette and if he can even produce 75 % of the goals scored in the French league, he will be a huge bonus and it appears a true CF.We hopefully are still in the market for Mahrez as in all probability we wont let Sanchez run down his contract and walk away on a free, as that is not the Arsenal way.We need to sell several players and it's the saving of wages that is most important not what we get and a decision has to be made on particularly Wilshere and it looks like the player we arguably missed the most last season Santi Cazorla maybe coming to the end of his playing days.We have already tried to sell Gibbs and Jenkinson and in all probability add the two keepers, Ospina and Szczesny to the list which leaves Joel Campbell who seems to have missed his chance and should have been sold at a premium after the last WC, but more importantly The Ox and Giroud.Our attack force needs a real hard think as I can't see Perez as a long term Arsenal player, but Walcott, like him or not in all probability will stay.

Pep Guardiola's men have conceded 12 goals more than Spurs in the Premier League this season, despite having fewer shots on their goal and that tells me that Harry Kane (who has been responsible for five of the last 10 Spurs strikes) will take his chances with shots from any angle against Claudio Bravo who has a poor shot to goal ratio when conceding this season.

It may be worth a flutter as you have seen each of the last four meetings between the two clubs go over the goal line and Hull have yet to bank a clean sheet at home this season, so it is likely that Newcastle are going to get plenty of chances on the board.

Norwich have scored sixteen and have conceded sixteen goals at Carrow Road this season and they have netted in each of their last seven on home soil so there is a decent chance of them getting something out of this.

Arsenal have a chance to put pressure on the Blues in this one and with eight goals scored in their last two Premier League games, they are carrying the form again and will be expected to beat Stoke.

They will fancy their chances on home soil against Crystal Palace but will just be a little wary after the Eagles collected their first goals and first points of the season as they did a job on Chelsea at Selhurst Park last weekend.

Maksim you are 100 % percent right about Dan Petrescu's faith in youngsters.In just a few months he gave chances to Ivan Solovyov, Pavel Solomatin and Vladimir Sobolev to play in the first team.As for Mogilevets i think he will become and excellent player but not at Zenit.He needs to move elsewhere (and not on loan) to play first team football like Ionov did a few years ago.In my opoinion Zenit needs a striker (if they sell Hulk to AS Monaco) to score goals.Kerzhakov is not at his best, Bukharov has forgotten when was the last time he score and Dordevic is not gonna get a chance.I understand that midfielders of Zenit are all capable of scoring goals like Shirokov, Danny, Witsel, Bystrov and Fayzulin but thats striker's job and Zenit may lose a player on the filed.And something else, i was so impressed with Yuri Lodigin's performance against Krasnodar and maybe Zenit found a great replacement for Malafeev.

Considering the 24 - year - old's goal - scoring proficiency in the last three years, the fact that he hasn't even been given a chance on Argentina's squad who, come crunch time, completely fail, is inexcusable.

Three goals in each of their last two games has propelled Wolves up the table, out of the relegation places before Sunday's fixtures burst into life, and with the team scoring goals a plenty — Steven Fletcher especially — I'm willing to take my chances on the hosts, who know a point may not be enough whereas for Blackburn a draw should suffice.

ST: Carlos Vela, 23 years old: After an unsuccessful period at Arsenal, Vela was given a chance out on loan at Real Sociedad last season and with 14 league goals he was signed permanently.

After seeing how easily Arsenal took Villa apart last weekend, Costa should be relishing the chance to take on this defence, and add to the seven league goals he has already bagged this season.

«He scored a great second goal, even Dominic's last, big chance was from Nikola's cross and he had a really positive impact on the game.»

United weren't all that decent at the back last season and there should be chances for Spurs to at least get one goal on the board in the game.

Despite injury problems Barcelona need to take a chance to put some more pressure on Mourinho footballers, and recorded Lionel Messi who netted an incredible 17 goals in his last seven matches for Barcelona is still big advantage for this game.

Add into the equation West Brom's tendency to concede second half goals on the road this season, with 10 of 16 away goals conceded by the Baggies being scored in the second half, and there's every chance we could be in for some more late drama at Goodison (Time of Last Goal — 74th Min +: 1.90 PaddyPower).

Unfortunately Wolfsburg got a great goal back with the last kick of the game with a magnificent free kick that Howard had no chance with, but 4 - 1 on our return to Europe is an excellent result.