Sentences with phrase «missed chances in a game»

Bale missed chances in a game where it was open enough for him and Isco failed to slow down the game.

Not exact matches

As much as I am happy for the victory, and the Flyers did improve their game, they can't count on Crosby missing wide open nets and four post shots with none ricocheting their way in — they have to find a way to somehow limit the Penguin chances.

goodness i can't believe it people will still defend him.You know something when Giroud misses many chances like at Monaco i did not criticize him even based on that you know why?its because he has always not been clinical.The only way a team can improve is by indentifying its problems and solving them.Arsenal has Giroud as the main cf and Welbeck as backup to him.Giroud has done well scoring some goals some too important but collectively he does more harm than good.Do not use moments to judge a player judge him based on content.Giroud does not excel in many games than he excels in games.As a main cf you need to be consistent.I see people here saying Giroud can not dribble he cant do this he cant do that but its a bit crazy to criticize him for that because every player has his own style.Giroud limitations as a player costs arsenal and will cost us a lot.Most importantly his poor finishing which has cost us several times.Not good enough.His style of play is ok for us but a striker who can take on players and run behind defences very well would make us very strong and also should be clinical.For Welbeck he needs to works on his finishing and composure by doing the basic things right.He rushes infront of goal too much.For now he is just above average.However he can excel if he works on improving.Giroud and Welbeck will always be a pain in arsenal's neck for most part.Some will call me stupid but hey at least i want to analyze the problem.People may support Giroud or Welbeck to lead the line next season but as the saying goes if you fool me once shame on you but if you fool me twice shame on me.Will you let Giroud and Welbeck fool you again?

In our league games we miss easy opportunities all the time, but the difference is we have an extremely creative midfield so we end up having just enough chances created to get that one or two goals to win games.

Wilshere was our best player in the United game but because he missed that chance he got absolutely blamed for everything even if he was the one pushing the team on till he got injured later in the game..

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) Michael Hutchinson wasn't about to miss his chance to play in an All - Star Game, albeit in the minor leagues.

Morale is down, toxicity in the stands is spreading to the dressing room, pay attention to Ozil and Sanchez and even Bellerins body language, the playing for a lost cause... If I'm Ozil there is no way I'm putting in a similar level of performance I did last season if the «main striker» goes missing for 14 games despite creating 141 chances and breaking the premier league record

However, Alexandre Lacazette came in for more stick than most players for the Gunners, as he came off the bench and missed two chances at the end of the game which could very well have allowed Arsenal to snatch something from the game.

Poor officiating decisions been this way all year the officials are performing terribly poor finishing been this way all year laca will do better next year auba is to new to the club and epl he is finding how mich effort you need the hard way he should of scored and that is a blatant foul on mustafi people keep saying he put his hands up when he was hit, well that is the natural reaction when back pedaling eyes on ball and someone plants there feet and pits a shoulder in your back your arms come up its nature but we suffered again from poor finishin i do nt care what sport that is high action especially football and hockey of you do nt finish your chances you create when on top the other side most likely will when they get theres its been ou achilles heel this year we.cant kill games because we have missed our created.chances

If low variance Alex Smith has played below expectations (possibly far below) twice against this PIT team and still came so damn close to winning the game both times, then you know your best chance at winning comes with Alex Smith and minor changes that put him in a better position to meet expectations and / or convert just one of those missed chances.

Tim Duncan had a chance to win the game but missed a tough look at the elbow as time in regulation expired.

Spot on bro... the problem with most of us Arsenal fans is that we've been made to accept average as our only option after been promised by Gazidis and other members of the board that we will compete with top European clubs... i feel some players need to be allowed to go in order for better ones who are ambitious and hungry for titles to come in... and someone made mention of Giroud saving Arsenal in a few games like the countless chances he's missed that could have put the club in better positions could be equated right... he should have done that against Watford, west brom and the rest... truth be told..

Giroud missing easy chances and not scoring regularly, not fit to play for arsenal, but costa aguero and rooney, they reserve their WC title regardless... aguero had giroud - like misses in the last game, but gets to sleep in peace because fans and media are not slaughtering him about it.

I am with you when you say even Sanchez went missing in the big games but did he miss chance after chance or have a really bad game?

-- Sanchez missed some good chances, but the guy is a beast, and nice to see players put in that effort every game, and he creates openings for himself and others — Giroud is a great striker, but most of his goals are 1 - touch finishes.

I remember his Premier League debut, a home game against Sunderland where he came in as a substitute, and missed a good chance towards the end of the game (which we ended up drawing).

The game started in an enthralling manner with Lisandro Lopez and Juan Caffa both missing chances for Arsenal.

A S won't miss tbe Liverpool game if he has a chance but my worries are no players in.

In fact had he been injured for the games he went missing we might have won the PL as a result of Wenger having been forced to give someone else a chance.

The Minutemen were led by a heroic performance from Chaz Williams, who scored 20 points off the bench, despite missing the front end of a one - and - one that gave the Dragons a chance to win late in the game.

Then veteran nose tackle Vince Wilfork missed the Jaguars game in Week 10, which allowed another rookie «big» defensive end, Joel Heath, the chance to start.

«I've had a few chances in the last few games and I've missed a lot of football this season, so I was happy to finally get that goal.

We were slow to press and sloppy in possession and the game should have been beyond us at the break but Cavani missed two golden chances in the final minutes.

We missed quite a few chances in the first game, but more worrying is that we scored, got back to to 2:1 and then we destroyed ourselves with that third goal.

If we had lost the game like vs monaco, ppl will be baying for his blood for missing the chances he had in the game.

Fair play to him scoring 8 out of 8 matches but his major problems are the facts he needs 5 clear cut chances before putting one away, just like with the opening match against Romania, he already missed 3 sitters before netting, I will love to see the stats and look at how many chances he had in these 8 games before scoring the 8, probably 20 to be conservative.....

i am not too bothered by the manner we won today the most important thing is the 3 pts remember burnley beat liverpool not so long ago, also for the people who thought the title was already lost after just a few games (which by the way was stupid to think) well not only man city got beaten but their team looked jaded / tired and even though they have a very good squad they missed de bruyne terribly, it is not the same team without him they couldn, t create any chances which is good news, it can, t be good for a team to depend so much on one player (we should know a thing or two about this) in case he gets injured hopefully we have moved on from this and can deal with injuries to our players in case it happens to us, we had our fair share and it is time for us and to watch other teams getting depleted, COYG.

Some Arsenal fans may have been down on the German at times this season but I think you could see in our last EPL game how much we miss his craft, vision, guile and ability, as we had so much of the ball without creating many scoring chances.

If you've been the Emirates youll know only too well the games I mean, Arsenal would have several hundred attempts on goal but just couldn't score, and even though in times past the calmness and composure of Arsene would filter down to the players and the goal would come (no matter how late) times had changed and now the players knew that if they missed that chance or misplaced that pass the fans would groan or moan, and this led to the tension that has haunted the Emirates ever since.

This can be taken as both a weakness and a strength, whilst it means he may miss the odd opportunity to create a chance it also means that his game has very few errors in it.

The Bulldogs, who still can earn a berth in the conference championship game by beating Kentucky this Saturday, won't soon forget their own miss — the missed chance to clinch the SEC East.

When you compare missed chances and defensive errors it is easy to remember Mertesacker being too slow to catch up to someone or Flamini making a mistake and allowing a goal; however we seem to easily forget Sanchez Ozil Giroud Walcott Welbeck shooting straight at the keeper or missing the target completely several times in one game.

Just 2 minutes later Theo was given another perfect pass but this time couldn't slot it past Neuer.Seven minutes before half time, Bayern finally created a good chance when Robben dinked the ball into Lewandowski who made an unusual miss after scoring 5 goals in his last 3 games.

I've noticed something in his game: he usually scores from the more difficult chances and occasionally misses on the easier ones.

A lot of great strikers miss a lot of chances in games.

Depressed I am just sick of it pass pass pass and no end product same old same old and when losing a game I don't take off ur goal scorer even for half a chance and bellerin is waste space should been mertsacker in def and kolisinic lab and ox rwb and how we miss cazorla, one free and one striker and no champions league football oh how we're trying very hard get bk in haha joke of board ambition is sad we need atleast 2 players van diik and nzonzi would give us steel over and out need?

...... the motivation and hunger that separates real winners from mere contenders is what we are and have always missed and that is solely down to the manager... if we are good enough to be in touch with the leaders by Jan / Feb and still stand a very good chance of winning it then it seems to me we are not exactly bad personell and quality wise, what we lacked is the ability to be fired up and be in the right state of mind for games that are of importance to our quest.....

Though Baltimore handed Pittsburgh its only defeat, 30 «Äì13 in Week 2, the Ravens «Äô chance for at least a split rests on the sprained ankle of Jamal Lewis (above), who missed two of the last four games and rushed only eight times on Sunday.

Out of form players include Ramsey (trying to be the worlds best player it seems, too many flick, wasting possession) Wilshere (too much dribbling and always wanting to do 1 - 2 everytime in opposition box) Ox (no 1 good game in 8 isn't good enough) Welbeck (not getting in goall scoring postion isn't wanting to make runs to receive passes) Cazorla (too many chances missed in last 5 games, alsmost all from the same position) Flamini (is not making enough tackles and isn't commanding the midfied) Mertesacker (Has lost positional awareness, reacting late to situations) Scszesny (can't make 3,4 or 5 good saves in a match, maximum is always 2) Monreal (although not really since he isn't a CB)

why o why don't AW see it like it is when the whole footballing world's been saying for years, in fact he always comments on how many missed chances we have had in every game, this alone frustrates fans

Wenger told him to calm down but the guy replied that in Italy he'd have one, max two chances a game and he could not afford to miss one or the press would have a field day with how wasteful he is.

In those games you have to take the chances that fall your way and Giroud, Alexis and Theo missed really good moments.

The chances of the Euro 2016 dream going on for Wales and their Arsenal midfield star Aaron Ramsey took a big boost today, with the BBC reporting that the Tottenham and Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen picked up an injury in training and will miss the game and the rest of the tournament.

«Dive» or «no dive», Spurs dominated the game, had the better chances, they missed two open goals in the first half, and if it wasn't for Cech, it could have been five or six!

The fact still remains: In every game we've played this season, we have missed at least one chance that my Sunday league team would have scored.

A lot of fingers of blame have been pointed at the big centre forward Olivier Giroud for missing a few chances in that game but as reported by the Evening Standard, the man who used to score the goals for Arsenal does not agree.

He'd played on a baseball team in Australia, where parents applauded and cooed, «Awwww, bad luck, mate,» whenever a boy or girl on his team swung and missed by a foot — and he'd played on a traveling AAU baseball team in the U.S., where parents stormed the dugout and seethed at coaches for pulling their sons out of games so benchwarmers could have a chance.

However — as confirmed by Tottenham's FIFA 15 ratings — Lloris is the best player in Pochettino's squad, so there is no chance of him missing this game.

Of course there are other players on the pitch, but Giroud in the past (and even in that same game) is known for missing easy chances.

Unfortunately for him it was a game his partner Mesut Ozil failed to come on board as he missed two chances in the game after being played in by Sanchez.