Sentences with phrase «leading opponents on»

The 55 - year - old also led the Tigers to their first ever FA Cup final back in May 2014, but despite taking a two - goal lead their opponents on the day, Arsenal, fought back to eventually take a 3 - 2 victory in extra-time.

Not exact matches

If Jokowi prevails in the neck - and - neck race against his opponent, former military general Prabowo Subianto, he'll be leading the fourth largest nation on Earth.

The New York Times» Margot Sanger - Katz points out that earlier studies by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)-- the independent scorekeepers who keep tabs on how legislation affects the budget and the country and whose report on the GOP repeal - and - replace effort last week sent Obamacare opponents into disarray — found that simply repealing Obamacare would only lead to 23 million fewer uninsured Americans.

Most likely that would come from taxes on those who were also working, which would erase any benefit that they got and act as a disincentive for many to work (opponents to the UBI in Switzerland made that case, suggesting it would lead to a flat out shortage of workers).

The dynamic of despotism was such that the rejection of first principles led inexorably to an assault on constitutional rights, as the defenders of slavery sought to undermine the rights of speech, press, assembly, and petition (whenever they were exercised by slavery's opponents, that is).

As the Lions top blocking back, Cory Schlesinger leads with his face, head up, eyes on his opponent.

In every game that MD struggles it starts and ends on the offensive end of the floor - poor execution leads to poor shots, rebound for the opponent, and easy baskets for them at the other end.

If we are trying to constantly out duel opponents on offense, then why is it that we don't lead the league in goals every year?

As Team Lalez so often does, they at first adapted to their opponent's style, beat them at it, and then clamped down on D with the lead.

They are the creme of the crop and I need to apologize to the other teams in the League as I believe my lack of acknowledging this has led them to taking it out on their opponents.

The Seminoles suffered some slow starts early in the season, and when opponents like Pittsburgh, Nevada, and Boston College were (briefly) building early leads, they were finding some success on the ground.

Chicago took the lead on two separate occasions, had more shots than Phoenix and won the faceoff battle, but let their opponents back into the game twice on their home ice.

He throws a fastball that can sink or sail, a crackling curve, a forkball, a devastating change and a no - seam fastball, held between the H on the horsehide, whose behavior has led some opponents to accuse Smith of scuffing the ball.

Sometimes you do not have the ball because your opponent is better, sometimes you are leading 1 - 0 or 2 - 0 and your team is focused on defending the advantage.

(For what it's worth: Ohio State and Notre Dame share two common opponents, Purdue and Michigan State: the Buckeyes won 17 - 16 at Michigan State and 29 - 22 in overtime at home against Purdue; Notre Dame beat Michigan State 20 - 3 on the road and needed a Tommy Rees - led field goal drive in the final two minutes to top Purdue 20 - 17.

I think we need to work on defending counter attacks, stopping opponents creating chances, protecting the lead and stop opponents playing aggressive against us.

«On the defensive side, second - year coordinator Alex Grinch will again flummox opponents with his unique mix of blitzes and coverages that led to the rapid improvement of the unit a year ago.

In case you are looking to accuse him of tactical ineptitude, Wenger has never been a coach to micromanage his players on the pitch, even during the season they went unbeaten, he simply got intelligent self motivated players together who communicated with and led each other on the pitch, figuring out opponents and outwitting them without waiting for instructions from the bench, Henry, Pires, Vieira, Adams, Keown, Campbell come to mind here.

Against Monaco, in Ligue 1 action on Sunday evening, the Black Star inspired his soon - to - be-former teammates to victory against opponents who had never lost after taking the lead this season.

Not even on a hobbled opponent who could barely put weight on his lead leg.

Basically having a no D PG or SG on the floor kills the D dynamic of our bigs, this leads into easy layups or easy hoops by unguarded opponent bigs.

The Bulls, then led by Ben Wallace, were the Heat's opponents on opening night as they got their rings for their first NBA title in 2006 but ruined the evening by destroying Miami, 108 - 66.

This is 3 defenders out of six and the only time we may have 5 in the field will be depend on the game... where we are defending a slim lead and need to shut out an opponent (mostly that happens about 30 closing minutes in the game... The issue about Man United's LvG trial should not scare anyone from looking at our own strengths and playing through them — We are faster, we are younger, we are more technically adept and maybe we can implement this best... Remember guys a wingback is also a defender when the need arises and the questions we should be asking is if Walcott, Ox, Podolski and Carzola can really learn to track back when played in the wing back roles...

The way that Arsene Wenger has evolved his Arsenal team to play fast one - touch football to entertain the fans and bamboozle our opponents has often led to comparisons with the tikka - takka football played by an on - form Barcelona side, although we havent had the same ability to win trophies.

They've all somehow been able to lead their teams past the first round on multiple occasions (without their opponent losing two key players to injury) and never been swept by a lower seed.

The Patriots have the slate's highest passing points expectation, and Brady leads all quarterbacks with six Pro Trends on DraftKings, but he has underappreciated risk against a divisional opponent.

The Bulldogs of 2010 also faced a much stronger opponent in its bowl game as Serra - Gardena was on a 29 - game win streak and had a talented team led by current NFL player Marqise Lee.

His ability to get up and down and make birdies can wear on opponents and has led to a 6 -4-1 Ryder Cup record in three appearances.

He does not take the ball to the opponent to mount pressure on them but give room for the opponent to settle down on the game and mount pressure on us, but with player like Sanchez on the attack unsettle defenders to make mistake that can lead to goal, we can see that in Chelsea game.

They get the lead, lock down on D and suffocate the life out of their opponents..

Troy was the only team in the country to not allow more than 24 points in a single game this year, led by their No. 1 - ranked red zone defense that only allowed scores on 59 % of opponent opportunities this season.

If we improve the quality of the squad and the lead our opponents with 3goals on regular basis, the academy players can be introduced more frequently in the epl thereby aiding their development.

No and no this is 3 defenders out of six and the only time we may have 5 in the field will be depend on the game... where we are defending a slim lead and need to shut out an opponent (mostly that happens about 30 closing minutes in the game... The issue about Man United's LvG trial should not scare anyone from looking at our own strengths and playing through them — We are faster, we are younger, we are more technically adept and maybe we can implement this best... Remember guys a wingback is also a defender when the need arises and the questions we should be asking is if Walcott, Ox, Podolski and Carzola can really learn to track back when played in the wing back roles...

Tucker is the section's leading scorer with 29.3 ppg, and can light up opponents from anywhere on the floor.

Braaten back - heeled the ball in to give FCK a fifth - minute lead and they withstood a second - half charge from Gala to claim the win which sees them climb off the bottom of Group B and level on four points with their opponents.

With 18 - year - old Marcus Rashford now leading the line, with Martial supporting his attacks from the left, the right flank looks to be in need of a player who fits the profile of Wilfried Zaha — a winger who can take defenders on, stretch the play, sprint clear on the counter and keep opponents guessing over what he will do next.

Considering Liverpool have struggled for goals all season, barely plundering a goal per game, to lose not only their leading marksmen but a player of world - class calibre is massive in the context of Friday's game, against a rejuvenated Newcastle, whom would leapfrog their opponents with a famous win on Merseyside.

Given a lead against an opponent that has never scored a goal against you, it kind of makes sense that MU went into a shell a little bit from there on out.

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Only having two points lead ahead of their opponent ahead of their weekend tie, Man United were very determined in grabbing maximum result as they put strong pressure early on.

The Blues were beaten by Liverpool at Anfield while Arsenal were humbled by Newcastle at The Emirates, but for Chelsea the situation isn't so bad as they still boast a two - point lead at the top of the table whereas Arsenal suffered their second home defeat of the season, once again against an opponent you would never have envisaged beating the Gunners on their own patch, and their latest setback could do no end of damage to the morale in camp.

Our opponents have a strong side, led by on loan goalkeeper Angus Gunn, who is there from Manchester City.

With no consistency and thus no solidity in their defensive efforts, the Timbers have been prone to shipping early goals and giving up the lead to their opponents: a game state that has not been kind to a team that is built around the idea of staying strong defensively, welcoming on the opposition, and grabbing a goal or three via their quick, decisive counters.

Holding only a narrow 3 - 2 lead from the home leg, Celta kept their opponents at bay with relative ease for more than an hour before Sisto fired them in front on the night with a thunderous strike from the edge of the area.

Hashtag hijacks are nothing new (liberals and conservatives do it to each other all the time), but this one was prominent enough that it attracted media attention and led to claims that Obama has lost his online mojo (something helped by the fact that Attackwatch.com's design is harsh on the eyes and on the campaign's potential opponents — not exactly happy - friendly - hopey Obama» 08).

The counter-meeting will be led by Bart Haggerty, a longtime opponent of Ragusa and the brother of John Haggerty, who is currently on trial on allegations that he stole $ 1 million from Michael Bloomberg by falsely promising to use the money for ballot - security operations.

We currently have a 60 point lead in the polls over my Scozzafava - supporting opponent and we are confident of prevailing on Election Day.

The ban came about in the first place for political reasons more than a legitimate health concern, and the propaganda was pure fear mongering, leading people who have done research to see opponents as merely ignorantly reiterating the old lies on a pavlovian reflex upon hearing the label «drug» which is equally applicable to caffeine.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has a massive lead in the polls and will avoid engaging his opponents for as long as he can, has said any debates should include all candidates who appear on the ballot.

ALBANY — Already riding an enviable lead in the polls and with his Republican opponent still struggling to introduce himself to voters, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has entered the final four months of his re-election campaign with an enormous monetary advantage, according to state financial disclosures released on Tuesday.