When you get a
good lead in a match you tend to hold onto it as much as you can, you still get chances but don't have the same will to finish them.
But the beginning of the match was like a nightmare for Arsenal as Manchester United had got the very early
lead in the match at the 4th minute of the match.
In the reverse match - up, Cologne took an
early lead in the match, only for our boys to put in a second - half performance and turn that deficit into a 3 - 1 win.
That may account for the somewhat surprising statistic that the team that takes
the lead in the matches between Arsenal and Spurs has failed to go on and win 23 times and that is a Premier League record.
Another monster drive, and a blasted three wood later, and he's two - putting for his team's third birdie in the first three holes, giving them a 2 - up
lead in a match that they never trailed.
It was through this method that they took
the lead in the match, as Aleksejs Visnakov opened the scoring on 30 minutes.
Pitman won the third set behind another strong start, winning nine of the first 10 points to take
the lead in the match with a 25 - 13 win.
The Gunners slipped to a 2 - 1 defeat at Newcastle last weekend after having taken
the lead in the match.
United were unlucky not to take
the lead in the match with Marcos Rojo rattling the crossbar and minutes later Hull did the same, which could have put the home side back into the fixture.
67 % of their goals this season at the Hawthorns have been in the first half of matches and they took
the lead in matches against Stoke, Watford and Leicester this season and have failed to win any of those from a good start.
It was nearly a dream night for them after taking
the lead in the match, but former Man City striker Edin Dzeko brought a sense of reality back to Ireland with an equaliser.
The 12 points we have dropped from leading positions, would have seen us in 5th place in the table if we had held on to
the lead in those matches.
In my opinion, the man of the match has to be Lopez, his key saves in the first half stopped Inter taking
the lead in the match and allowed Milan to have some confidence in their keeper, pushing forward and getting the goal, Lopez can only lament that his team did not win the game
Yet it will also be hoped upon the Bluenoses that Che Adams will be fully fit and illegible for the Starting XI against Nuno's men, but with Wolves in somewhat inspired form recently, it will be anything but easy to grab a goal in the fixture, with a win even less likely considering the fact that we have a track - record just lately of throwing away
the lead in matches.
Before this season the most recent encounters between these two happened in the 2013/14 semi finals and after a 0 - 0 draw in Spain, the Blues lost 2 - 1 despite taking
the lead in the match.
Chelsea took
the lead in the match when substitute Zappacosta got the better of young Maitland - Niles, and it was Alonso of all people who came into the box, got the wrong side of his marker and finished first - time to give Chelsea the lead for the first time in the match.
Nottingham Forest took
the lead in the match.
United and Everton were both playing end to end football after the substitution, both teams looking to take
the lead in the match, which was not coming from anywhere.