Sentences with phrase «minute effort straight»

Iwobi toe - poked a 21st - minute effort straight at Dubravka with the home side riding their luck, although had Shkodran Mustafi not got in a vital touch as Dwight Gayle controlled Jonjo Shelvey's ball over the top seven minutes later, they might have been back on level terms.

Not exact matches

Christian Benteke's brilliant acrobatic effort had given the visitors a glimmer of hope with five minutes to go, however, they weren't able to avoid a second successive defeat in the Barclays Premier League and a third straight loss against United.

The last 20 minutes saw very few chances at either end with a right footed RvP effort and a Clarke header straight at Fabianski the most the teams could muster between them.

Made a good save from Costa in the first minute but that was the high point of his evening as he later allowed Willian's powerful but very saveable effort to go straight through him — did make a couple of decent stops late on.

As the minutes waned away and the Spartak players dropped like flies to the dual threat of cramps and time - wasting, Alexander - Arnold produced yet another stunning cross to pick out Salah six yards out and central, but the Egyptian put his headed effort straight at substitute goalkeeper Alexander Selikhov, securing yet another disappointing draw for the Reds.

And that chance seemed to kick Arsenal into gear as Alex Iwobi's deflected effort fizzed wide and Laurent Koscielny headed straight at Heaton from the resulting corner, although Burnley still posed a threat, Barnes» rasping drive calling Cech into a sprawling save on 16 minutes.

This makes for some long, dramatic matches, but it's difficult to justify 30 straight minutes of battle in a losing effort.