Sentences with phrase «minute performance against»

Messi's problem was less serious than initially expected and he returned to training four days before the initial scheduled date, making his return to the pitch with a 35 - minute performance against Deportivo La Coruña last Saturday, and Leo even scored in a perfect warm - up for Wednesday's game.

Not exact matches

Watford put in a resilient performance against Chelsea last week, but were put out of the cup after a long 120 minutes on Wednesday, and they may well not have had enough time to recover from that properly.
I can nitpick on each of our 14 players performance in this game if i want, but I happen to think that overall, obtaining a draw against a title contender playing away, especially playing with 10 men for almost 45 minutes, was not such a bad result after all, not only if the standard is applied to a fragile team such as AFC, but also if it were to be applied to some other «fantastic» team such as for example, Leicester... I can imagine that if we were to loose the game the way Leicester did at the Emirates, many (visitors to this site) would be condemning our players bottlers, chokers instead of hailing them for defending bravely for 20 minutes with 10 men... LOL..
This pattern went on until Arsenal pulled some pretty powerful performances in the UEFA champion League in 2006 especially, coming to just 15 minutes away from a famous win against Barcelona.
«If they can build on that performance against Manchester United — but cut out the first 10 minutes — they'll be OK.
Every little bit counts for each of those teams, and with the committee referencing the concept of «controlling the game» last Tuesday, a 20 - 14 deficit against a bad Hoosiers team with 18 minutes to go will not help the Buckeyes much (TCU fell from No. 4 to 5 after a similar performance against Kansas).
Here are a few select tweets from fans lauding the former Roma ace for his performance in the first 45 minutes against Newport this evening, as the north London side look to progress into the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Olivier Giroud's well - taken goal against Crystal Palace may have allayed some of those fears around the position, but the 28 - year - old's performance in the rest of the 90 minutes left something to be desired.
After Lukask Fabianski followed up his superhero performance against Arsenal by gifting Man City a winning goal, you could be forgiven for thinking that things were just not going the way of the Gunners at the minute.
there was nothing much wrong in gibbs performance last night against a team that spent about 12 minutes in total in our half but he is not a powerful defender against top opposition....
Why were we OUTPLAYED OUTHOUGHT and pretty much 2nd best against a side who will probably only just realise their ambition of staying in thePremier league?Simple.They have a manager who COACHES and MOTIVATES his players to achieve to their abilities.When was the last time we could say this?Wenger somehow achieved this in last seasons cup final by getting a fantastic performance on the day with a second rate / string goalkeeper a back three which included a novice, a left back and BFG playing after 37 minutes of football the whole season.Thats not forgetting OX playing LWB.Why can't Wenger Coach and Motivate Players for a season any more?Start the clear out with Wenger and get someone in who can
A new threat has emerged as well from the spuds, highlighted by a strong performance from the bench and a stunning long range strike in the closing minutes to win their game against Anderlecht.
The young Spaniard put in the sort of energetic and dynamic performance that us Gooners have got used to, and with La Rojita winning the game at a canter against Estonia I think we can be safe in the knowledge that the Arsenal man is carrying no after effects from that knock or the manager would surely not have kept him on the pitch for the whole 90 minutes.
After losing to both Kiev and Olympiakos last season and defeat to Bayern we put ourselves in a very bad position but won are remaining matches including big win against Bayern We can't put ourselves in that position PSG are favourites but they are beatable we need to improve our performance from Saturday We need to work hard for 90 + minutes and who knows We need to expect PSG to be at their best But we have a lot of talent and we can do it
If they can build on that performance against Manchester United — but cut out the first 10 minutes — they'll be OK,» he said.
no i havent based it on just that game i have clearly said that he is a talented player i just do nt see it working out for him at this club and also 10 minutes or not if your a professional footballer you shouldnt lose the ball everytime you touch it he and sanogo looked great against benfica but who was better that fact is weve seen campbell have one good performance in an arsenal shirt in preseason he coudnt even be arsed to track back at everton and he had only just come on........
It was a solid performance from the Reds who played the last ten minutes against ten men, after a nasty challenge saw Moussa Sissoko given his second yellow.
Okay I think that Danny Welbeck should get a few plaudits for his (first ever) hat - trick against Galatasary and his last - minute equalizer against Hull, but for consistent week - in week - out performances there can only be one winner for me.
Far from it really, and we know what it takes for Arsene Wenger to make any sort of tactical substitution before his usual time of around the 65 minute mark, so Rob Holding and his performance against the Germans must have been a serious concern to the Frenchman who replaced him at halftime.
Yes, the same Falcao that has managed fewer goals in this whole season than Ronaldo did in 90 minutes yesterday, or than he himself managed in that majestic performance against Deportivo La Coruna in 2012.
Teibert was selected on the left of the midfield three after an impressive performance in his side's 2 - 0 win against LA Galaxy, during which he reduced Galaxy star Robbie Keane to a bystander for the whole ninety minutes.
Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the league leaders until over 60 minutes played.
His shooting accuracy was at 60 % whilst his chance conversion was 40 % — an excellent 11 minute performance and this seems to be Dzeko's role; come on against a tired defence and let City's creativity do the rest.
«Over the 90 minutes, our performance got stronger [against Chelsea], and that's what we'll take into Wednesday night's game against Spurs.»
Rojo made his return from injury playing for the U23; s, gaining some much - needed match fitness, then returning in the UEFA Champions League against Basel, following that with another good performance in the 4 - 2 victory over Watford in the Premier League on Tuesday evening, conceding a penalty in the second half which saw the home side score twice in seven minutes.
What is more troubling for Dortmund fans is the performances — the most convincing one was the 2 - 1 win against Hoffenheim at the end of December, which was secured by a dramatic 89th minute - winner from Liverpool transfer target Christian Pulisic.
This win looks emphatic on paper but against ten men for more than 45 minutes the overall tone of the performance was slightly worrying.
Arsenal took on Everton at Goodison Park in Saturdays's evening time kick - off and although the Gunners had a sloppy start to the match conceding 2 goals before the break, they eventually came back from behind to salvage a hard fought draw just 10 minutes before the end of regular time and Arsenal star — Mathiue Flamini in his post match interview hailed the performance and fighting spirit of his team in the game but stressed the importance of their next match against Besiktas on Wednesday.
Two games against below mid-table teams and we are really struggling.Is Fabs the answer?I don't think so.The first game against WBA would easily have been a draw but we were lucky though not this time round on Saturday.It was difficult and frustrating watching my team fail to create any clear cut chances in 94 minutes of football.There was such a corridor in our midfield that fulham utilized to the maximum.If we start dropping points against the likes of fulham at this stage in the competition then what will become of us in the 6 matches against the top three teams?I can see why I need to lower my expectations early enough to avoid disappointment later on.Very poor performance from Denilson.But why was Theo sub'd instead of bringing in Song for Denilson early enough?!
In the last four games Alcacer has started every single one, despite not necessarily having the reserves to complete a full 90 minutes, but has yielded four goals and a stellar performance against Betis on Saturday.
Overall, there are plenty of positives to take from today's performance, and at least we got to see the Citeh fans frantically chewing their nails in those final minutes against the 10 men in red.
Following Chelsea's midweek performance against Aston Villa, it may be too soon for Juan Mata to start as he looked a little off the pace due to not getting as many minutes in preseason as he would have hoped following an extended holiday due to international duty.
He gave a world class performance away at Real Madrid in the group stages, but was poor against Barcelona last season in the quarterfinal first leg, losing a ball that led to Neymar's goal after just 18 minutes.
Last season's 20 - minute opening blitz against the Red Devils at the Emirates was a high - class dissection of one of our biggest rivals, and while Wenger would be delighted to see a repeat performance this weekend, he will take the win no matter how it comes.
On a terribly cold evening at the Motspur Park training ground, Jody Morris» youngsters kicked off knowing that closest title rivals Arsenal had reduced their advantage at the summit of the Southern section to just three points with a 5 - 1 win over Brighton earlier in the day, but a resolute performance was capped by Brown's opportunistic 67th - minute strike and ensured the Blues go into their Youth Cup clash against Fulham in confident mood.
It was a bad performance on the whole but they can take heart from the fact that United had to wait until the 88th minute before they finally wrapped up the three points against a Tottenham side which weren't at their glistening best.
Pep Guardiola has refused to criticise Manchester City's performance against Liverpool, saying his players only lost control for a 10 to 15 minute spell of their Champions League quarter - final first leg.
There was a noticeable deficiency in the performance of the Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs relative to the BMW, Porsche and Ferrari contingent, but Milner ran his own race and fought a valiant fight against the Falken and factory Porsche entries while ensuring he bequeathed an clean car to Gavin, who took the reins with 57 minutes remaining.
The Five Senses assumes the hybrid form of a five - channel video installation crossed with (studio) performance, featuring a young Claflin, filmed against a bare white wall, invoking the five Aristotelian senses in five performances each lasting about five minutes: hearing, scent, touch, taste, and seeing.
Their cooperation started off with a noteworthy performance at the Venice Biennale with both artists colliding against each other with their naked bodies — for 58 minutes.
The Internet sweep was meant to replicate the consumer experience by spending a few minutes per site checking for performance against a set of common indicators.
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