Sentences with phrase «league strike on»

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The chrome and horn - look acrylic handle on this brush is one of the most striking we've ever seen, putting it in a totally different league than the plastic and wooden examples that dominate the market.

The company is on a tear: It's struck marketing mega-deals with Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR and UFC, as well as an exclusive partnership with ESPN.

I know, like when they aborted the 1994 World Series on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which had begun on August 12.

In most cases NFL players will become free agents after four years in the league, and they most assuredly will then go wherever they can strike the best financial deal, on - field loyalties — dynasties, even — be damned.

The French international had been on a barren run of nearly four months without a Premier League goal, but ended that with his strike against Manchester City this weekend.

It would appear that the former Scunthorpe United man is keener on an instant move to the Premier League and could well form a strong strike partnership with fellow new signing Ricky van Wolfswinkel, who moved to Carrow Road from Sporting Lisbon earlier this summer.

However, the 32 - year - old can arguably claim to have scored the most spectacular goal of the past year, with the PSG forward's sensational first - time volley in the Champions League against Anderlecht recently being one of four strikes on the night from the player in what has been yet another high - quality 12 months for Ibra.

And during his stay at Highbury, the Dutchman managed to find the back of the net on 120 occasions in total in 423 appearances in all competitions for the club, including 87 strikes in his 315 Premier League outings.

Our last league match against Everton featured about 7 minutes of City getting scored on (it was a beautiful strike from Bolasie) and then forgetting how to calmly pass the ball to each other.

In 160 matches overall in all competitions for Ajax, Eriksen has found the back of the net on 31 occasions, including 24 strikes in his 111 league contests for the club, form that has made the player one of the most sought after in Europe, with Turin now set to be his next location.

Rashford can now add a goal on derby debut to a Europa League double and two on his Premier League bow against Arsenal, and this strike may be worth more than local bragging rights come full time.

Toure's strike denied Cech the stand - alone record of most Premier League clean sheets — he remains level with David James on 169 — but was only a consolation for City.

Nervous start — usual criticism at the beginning of the season, with the lack of spending Ramsey's first blood — Arsenal shocked the league, we played brilliant football, scoring beautiful goals, all seemed like a decent season for us Coq red card — injury crisis struck, the lack of bench depth put pressure on the team, the downfall of performance caused crucial points Alexis» goal when down to ten men - it all seemed like arsenal would lose out in the title race again but arsenal somehow surprised the league again, saying aye we got the quality but we just ai nt gonna show in week in week out Draw in NLD with 10 men — can't really complain about it but you ain't happy.

Perhaps the inconsistency explains why he is only fourth on the club's goalscoring charts, with just four strikes in the league this season, eight behind the talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Despite the time spent on the pitch it is in - fact Agüero that has scored more league goals, netting 14 times to Sánchez's 12, a rate of 1.17 goals per 90 minutes compared to a 0.64 strike rate from the Chilean.

It was hardly the sort of thing to increase the pressure on our London rivals Chelsea who sit one place above us in the league table and for some time it looked as though the Blues would stroll to victory themselves, but despite and early goal and plenty more chances, they allowed West Ham to gain a foothold and then claim a point through a Javier Hernandez strike.

Just when it looks like Arsenal have caught a break for a change, like when PSG messed up their final game in the Champions League group stage to let Arsenal steal in and finish on top, lady luck remembers that Arsene Wenger is on her hit list and she strikes back, such as giving us the German champions Bayern Munich as a reward for topping the group.

Lollar's first major league hit, on April 28, 1981, struck the facing of the second deck in Riverfront Stadium for a home run.

hurt more than being on top of the league for the longest last season, only to concede after the injury bug struck once again?!

The Gunners lead through a 12th minute strike from Aaron Ramsey and that was enough for them to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea to four points.

With Champions League football next season looking likely, Tottenham chiefs are looking at bolstering the squad in order to build on their success this season and to continue to work towards a brighter future as they believe now is the time to strike and take advantage.

He went 23 — 4 with a 2.07 ERA, won the pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts), set a major league record with 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings, did not allow a home run in any of the 293 at bats against him with a runner on, permitted only three leadoff walks to score (he walked the first batter only six times in 213 1/3 innings) and struck out 37 % of all batters he faced.

He moved out of a tie with Mark Trumbo with his 25th homer, struck on Tuesday, when just a few weeks ago he was «only» sitting in the top - 50 in the league.

Suarez's strike on Saturday saw him notch his 10th league goal of the season, the second highest in the league behind Messi himself, and saw the Uruguayan score his seventh goal in his last six games, a record that has seen some say that the 30 - year - old is back to his best.

Theo is already on 211 premier league games for Arsenal and has struck just 50, although these games have come in fits and starts rather than solid runs in the side.

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Going into the final day City were top of the league, ahead of United on goal difference, but with Wayne Rooney's solitary strike securing the Red Devils victory against Sunderland, Roberto Mancini's side needed three points as well.

I have been reading comments of fans on here, especially those who have chosen to appreciate the average in ability that a striker like giroud possess, my question for ya all is, when did arsenal become a team so low on profile to sing praise of a striker who no one can rank among the top 3 striker in the league, I have seen an arsenal team with a striking force with players like, anelka, Wright, Henry, v persie, no one can rank giroud or whatever his name is in the category of my mentioned strikers.we all have got to face it, giroud is not good enough to be leading the attack of a team dreaming of winning the league, and Henry is right saying arsenal can't win the league with giroud as our striker,,, check this out, man u won league titles with strikers like Rooney, van nisteroy, v persie, man city won with aguero, Chelsea with drogba and now Costa, giroud stand no chance against any of those.let's stop appreciating mediocrity, wenger should get us a good striker as giroud is damn too average for arsenal

This season Butland has recorded 10 clean sheets for Stoke as they have moved to eighth place on the table and within striking distance of the final Europa League qualification spot, currently held by Man United.

The Cubs got a shutout from Jose Quintana, who struck out 10 Brewers on Sunday, giving Chicago three wins in the four - game weekend series in Milwaukee to basically put the National League Central to bed.

His double against Newcastle on Saturday, as well as doubling his league tally, made Giroud's strike rate an excellent one every 81 minutes.

The striker managed to get on the score - sheet with a neatly taken strike, despite having failed to score a league goals since January 13.

They might well see it as a great chance to strike a blow on the Gunners and the League Cup is one of their only realistic trophy hopes.

The Togolese forward spent last season on loan at Spurs from Man City and struck up a great relationship with former boss Harry Redknapp, vowing fans with 17 league goals and a number of assists.

The Egyptian has been on fire for the Reds, scoring 36 goals in all competitions and topping the Premier League scoring charts with 28 strikes in the top flight.

They ranked 12th in the league in scoring at week's end and were challenged by injuries to starting pitchers Kazuhisa Ishii (out for the season with a skull fracture he suffered when struck by a line drive from the Houston Astros» Brian Hunter on Sept. 8), Andy Ashby (who used Krazy Glue on Sunday to help toughen the skin over a persistent finger blister) and Kevin Brown (still struggling after June 11 surgery to repair a herniated disk).

Sportsbooks consistently have large liabilities on the league's worst teams because bettors are hoping to strike gold.

The former Chelsea midfielder has proved he still has plenty to offer at Premier League level, having starred on several occasions for Manchester City so far this season, with his seven goals even including a strike against his former side.

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Even if we are not struck with more bad luck, Wenger does have a problem as he prepares for Arsenal's next Premier League fixture, which is away to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.

And if we do not get struck by an injury crisis, he can still then spend his transfer budget on whichever players he feels will help us to win the league.

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He went on to strike him out and was an unforgettable moment to launch his Major League career.

In a game at AA Tulsa in July 1978, he struck out a league - record 21 batters on the Midland team.

After 200 matches, the current strike rate per game (2.87) is on course to be the highest in Premier League history.

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Four strikes in LaLiga and one in the Copa del Rey were added to on Wednesday night in the Champions League game against AS Roma, as Piqué found the net in the competition for the first time this term.

Many ageing Real Madrid superstars knew that the moment of downturn for their plush careers had come with three minutes of extra time remaining in their European Champions League clash with Juventus on the night of March 9, 2005, when a strike from Juventus Marcelo Zalayeta eliminated their club from the Champions League.