Sentences with phrase «long match against»

Not exact matches

Few judgments, however, have matched Runciman's own withering peroration: «the Holy War itself was nothing more than a long act of intolerance in the name of God, which is the sin against the Holy Ghost.»

Whatever limitations one might find in the work of the Nobel prizewinner, he has wrestled long and well against hopeless odds, and his accounts of the match emerge from a depth not discovered by equally good writers who have not known the blessing.

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 sAgainst AC Milan — perhaps the most important match for Arsenal to date and in the EPL against Watford, that we have kept clean sheets after sagainst Watford, that we have kept clean sheets after so long.

We thank Warwick for their hospitality on the day of the match, and for their help in making sure we're ready to face off against our long - term rivals next month.

On Monday, Nikki set the record for the longest single title reign since the inception of the Divas Championship, but it took chicanery to retain the title in her match against Charlotte (who happens to be Ric Flair's daughter).

Formed just after the First World War, the Club is now approaching its centenary year and played its first match against Cambridge in 1921, making it the longest running Australian football rivalry outside of Australia.

Tony Romo can take solace in the fact that he still has a long way to go before he matches the five interceptions he threw against the Bears last week.

Take his hat trick against Deportivo Alaves in October — a hat trick looks impressive, but one was a penalty, one was a wild deflection, and one came when the match was long, long over and Deportivo had all but stopped putting effort into the game.

Big in your list I can agree that all these players would improve us, but let's look at our CB At the moment Kos, top player but is struggling with a inj which may or may not heal, at the moment he isn't match fit so not up to his own high standard, so needs help or a defender of his quality so he can go and recover properly So then we have Mert, too slow and no longer good enough, I'm not sure if he's even good enough for 3 rd choice CB, too slow, poor on the air for his size and not brave enough, he's lasted this long due to Kos he needs a Top class CB just to allow him to play against average teams Ok now Reid not top class we can all agree so we couldn't really play him with MERT as he isn't Kos quality so can't cover merits deficiencys He could be ok with Kos but Kos is struggling So is Reid what we need???? And finally Wenger if he has all 3 fit will still play Kos / Mert first choice Oh and God forbid we play MERT / Reid against the top teams like Chels / city / utd / Southampton Chuckle chuckle

As reported by Arsenal.com the boss went into more detail as to why Ramsey is still not fit to play and it appears that although he is no longer carrying the hamstring injury picked up in the first game of the season against Liverpool, the match fitness is not there and so Wenger is going to be patient and make sure that he is fully ready and not rush him back.

However, he managed to end the season on a positive note by ending his drought after 15 long matches with a strike against Manchester City and his hat - trick against Villa.

Wrestlers never show up the opponent when they beat them, nor do they celebrate too long, because the next match is real soon against someone who wants to tear you head off.»

There will be an hour - long, live pre-show beginning at 7 p.m. on the Network, which will feature a bonus match pitting Neville and the Lucha Dragons against Cosmic Wasteland (Stardust and the Ascension).

Every time before any match against Arsenal, Mourinho makes it a point to talk about the trophies and compare the long run of «no trophies» under Wenger.

Hopefully this new foot injury doesn't keep him out for too long, so that he can return to the squad for the upcoming match against Chelsea.

Tomorrow's match against Man United could go a long way to allay our fears if we can take something away at the end of it.

we are no longer a world class club, we are joking matters for players like neuer who calls a match against us an holiday... jheez... so playing arsenal is like a holiday trip... I wudnt gve up but wud jst watch on and c what is gonna happen until a brave someone wud kill that sadistic man in his bed... its no more come on you gonners COYG.....

The trip to White Hart Lane on 30th of April and the home game against Manchester United will be crucial if they are to repeat recent history, but there is no reason why they should be discounted so long as they continue to win their matches.

of April and the home game against Manchester United will be crucial if they are to repeat recent history, but there is no reason why they should be discounted so long as they continue to win their matches.

Previous season Beginning from getting a starting role against Aston Villa (I excluded other games because he returned from a year long ACL injury returning to match fitness), He has 7 starts and 9 sub appearances scoring 7 goals in all competitions including a hattrick

This game remind me of the 2013 1 - 1 draw against Everton at the Emirates in which Everton had 65 % possession for almost the entire match, where Arsenal allowed Everton to play freely from the back by not closing them down and Szczesny boot everything he received long up field straight back to the Everton players and goalkeeper.

My fellow gunners Wenger is a failure either you admit or not, though this is a preseason match which is less important just to make the players gain fitness, before the competitive matches commence, but at the same time Wenger's tactics and formation should be questioned especially against big teams, he had conceded numerous goals against big teams in which today's match is a reflection of what we are talking about, his old and out dated philosophy is no longer valid in modern football, no wonder Alexis Sanchez can't confide in his plans to propel the team in winning major honours, Wenger still believe in some of the bunch of fringe players he should have gotten rid of in the team and replace them with world class players or players that are hungry for success like Alexis, anyway there is still much time in the transfer window presently to do that, if he can change the hands of time and stop being too stubborn.

I just thought that the last one was particularly good and deserved to be on the spotlight for a little while longer until our match against Sunderland.

Arsene Wenger is clearly well aware about the protests being planned by the angry Arsenal fans for our Premier League match against struggling Norwich City at the Emirates stadium tomorrow, because the manager today issued a sort of rallying cry asking for us to support the team as he tries to avoid the complete disaster of dropping out of the Champions League places for the first time in his long tenure in charge of the club.

The crowd seems ready for Stephanie McMahon to get some long - overdue comeuppance, which is a good reminder that putting the controversial Ronda in her first match against Steph was a good idea.

i was not surprised that england lost against iceland, even before the euros started i knew hodgson, s selection will come back to haunt him, he took players that were just back from long injuries not match fit / sharp, also due to media pressure he selected players he shouldn, t have (vardy, rashford) it undermined all the good work done during the qualifications, why on earth just before the tournament would hodgson change tactics, formations, players that served him so well even though it was an easy group they still managed to go unbeaten, i know people laugh when wenger talks about cohesion, continuity....

Long has set the video to a song by My Morning Jacket, and the soaring chords match the brilliant bursts of teals, greens, and pinks that billow out against a white blanket of snow.

16 — Liverpool are unbeaten in 16 matches against Everton in all competitions — their longest unbeaten run against them in their entire history.

WB's a tricky fighter to match up against: he is difficult to outstrike from long range, and if you rush him, that can play right into his counterstriking skills with catastrophic consequences.

However, against Bayley in her previous championship match, she let her ego get in the way just long enough for Bayley to turn the tide and retain her title.

I urge Arsenal fans in the UK not to buy tickets and boycott Asenal matches, that way Arsenal board will respect the fans and not treat them with such disdain and impunity, this is outright dictatorship, and it has gone on long enough, Wenger should be out already, he is inept, what did he field the likes of Koscielny against Everton for, what where we playing for exactly?

Sebastian Giovinco came into this match still reeling from a nervous performance against a Dynamo defence that frustrated him all game long, keeping him off of the scoresheet.

Arsenal centre - back Per Mertesacker, who featured for the entire match, struggled against their long balls in the first 45 minutes.

We move on, though — specifically to tonight's rare Thursday - evening match against Burnley, who these days are an uncomfortably tough team to play - a widely admired, over-achieving side who badly want the Europa League place that we currently occupy, and which we would happily surrender to them, as long as we were headed north into the Champions League and therefore in no further need of it.

«Marcos Alonso will miss Chelsea's next three matches after an Independent Regulatory Commission ruled he had committed an act of violent conduct against Southampton's Shane Long,» the FA said in a statement.

However, when «Kiki's» work was starting to be questioned at Tula, the Samovars pulled a surprising home win against FC Anzhi in the last match of the year before the long winter break.

In October, 2015, Dele made his senior England debut against Estonia in a Euro 2016 qualifier and the following month he rifled home a stunning long - range goal to open his Three Lions account in a friendly match against France at Wembley - beating Spurs team - mate Hugo Lloris between the sticks for Les Bleus.

A fairly long hiatus in match day attendance from your humble scribe meant that given our last three mediocre performances, albeit against above average opposition, meant I feared a game that in theory should be straightforward may not be.

The real surprise was that it had taken so long for an official to take action against pushing in the area — this was the first such punishment of the tournament, in match 41.

Mourinho has relied on the services of Chris Smalling and Victor Lindelof over the past few matches, but there may be a noticeable change against Crystal Palace on Monday night with Eric Bailly having returned after a long - term ankle problem.

The Holland international will be making his first appearance for the club against the Old Trafford club and says he «can't wait for it to start» ahead of the match which could go a long way to deciding who finishes second behind Manchester City this season.

At some stage next week, hopefully after a victory against Newcastle in the last match of the season at Loftus Road, Queens Park Rangers will formally announce that current boss Chris Ramsey is their long - term head coach.

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

And speaking ahead of the match against United at Wembley Stadium, Spurs» temporary home, he said again that ending Spurs» decade - long trophy drought by winning a first FA Cup since 1991 would not change the club.

United's longest unbeaten run against Palace stretches 13 matches from the 3 - 1 victory on the 30th November 1991 to the 0 - 0 draw on the 5th March 2005.

His team had faced a long journey to the north of Mexico to play a match against in - form opponents in the high temperatures of the northern hemisphere summer.

2:24 Mauricio Pochettino previews Saturday's home match against AFC Bournemouth, discusses Harry Kane's September EA SPORTS Player of the Month award and gives an update on long - term injury absentees Erik Lamela and Danny Rose.

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Sevilla took the led of the last match against Barcelona for long time.

Seamus Coleman came through a competitive 90 minutes against Poland without any problems after a long time out, and others either came through their matches without getting injured or didn't play.