Sentences with phrase «more attempts on goal»

Lionel Messi and notably many others looked sluggish out on the field Sunday night and Espanyol could arguably feel that a point was the least they deserved after having more attempts on goal than their opponents.

So I'm basically putting all my faith in Roberto Martinez masterminding a whirlwind of a Latics performance at Molineux, possibly inspired by Victor Moses, the 21 - year - old who will be buoyed by his recent call - up to the Nigerian senior side; he's also had more attempts on goal than any player in the Barclay's Premier League this season without scoring.

Call it unlucky or whatever, the facts are we have dominated most of our games this season with far more attempts on goal, yet we have drawn some of those games.

Newcastle had more attempts on goal last season than Arsenal so how does that work with your theory?

As Arsenal poured more men forward the evidence was there as they tested / made more attempts on goal more than the hosts as they were limited by Arsenal's good defensive unit at the back.

Not exact matches

The fact is that Arsenal should be scoring more goals, we have had 44 attempts on goal in our last two games and have only scored twice.

His inexplicable decision to step - up and attempt to win the ball high up on Monaco's second goal looks ever more perpllexing given just how much space he left behind him and effectively made Laurent Koscielny the sole man to mark three onrushing Monaco attackers.

Even in that defeat to Man United we had over 30 attempts on David De Gea's goal and failed to score more than one, but we were undone yet again by two horrendous defensive mistakes, but that was the only time that happened at home.

The former Barcelona man is far more likely to fire in a swift effort on goal rather than attempting YET another pass in pursuit of the «perfect» goal, such is the way with Arsene Wenger's sides of late.

Chec is a better keeper... Courtois» has more catches, cause is is always quick of his line and trys to catch very areal cross into the box before any attempt on goal can be made... that's how Charlie Adam caught him off his line with his long range goal last season.

As you'd expect, City dominated the play (attempting 262 passes to United's 183) and created plenty of chances (15 attempts, six on target, of which five went in), but it's interesting to note that United also created more after Evans had been dismissed (seven shots, two on target, including Fletcher's goal).

They only registered three more shots on target in that game and when you consider that not one of Giroud's attempts made their keeper work, while their opening goal came from a wicked deflection, you can see Wenger's point.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Goals from Coutinho and Divock Origi put Liverpool on course for victory, before Klopp changed to a more defensive formation in an attempt to hang on.

Telling me players are not to blame is absolutely rubbish, they are to blame, yes Monaco mission was to relax and repell Arsenal and if possible shut them down completely, this gam was ours to take, First the pressure was on Monaco, they didn't know how to go about it, whether to defend their 3 - 1 advantage or press us, we had more than enough clear cut chances but as usual we were clueless in front of goal, we tried to open them apart which is impossible, Carzolla and Alexis played as if we lead 15 - 0, holding balls, try to dribble every time they have the ball and and reduce the pace and any chance of other to get through, losing balls carelessly, poor crosses is now our style, it doesn't threatened even Charlton athletic coz everyone now knows our crosses is poorly delivered and our attackers also don't have a clue how to do it even if one get through it will be wasted, this game should have been won by range attempts which was only tried once by ÖZIL and was blocked.

Le Fondre was a constant thorn in the Everton defence's side, attempting more shots than any other player on the pitch and ending the game with two goals.

While Ohio State drove down the field on their final series of the first half, Nick Nelson blocked a 43 - yard field goal attempt to negate any more points on the board before halftime.

Wolfsburg's attempts to sign on - loan Liverpool forward Divock Origi on a permanent basis could get more difficult with every goal he scores, sporting director Olaf Rebbe has said.

But it wasn't just the goals, Vietto kept terrorizing the Depor defence, and could probably have had more goals based on the number of attempts he had.

Hull City have brought several new players and certainly will not be an easy team to beat — said Jose Mourinho, whose team in 11 league matches at Old Trafford has 77 attempts on the goal, which is more than in the entire last championship in 19 games at home.

The average gate rose to more than 25,000 as fans flocked to the Goldstone to witness the attempt, but Albion were denied on goal difference by Spurs on the last day of the season.

Arsenal managed seven attempts on target while Monaco's only shot was off target, but the Ligue 1 team had not conceded three goals at home in more than three years.

For Paris Saint - Germain, he often dropped deep in search of the ball to get more involved in the build - up play, and to attempt long - range chances on goal.

By focusing NKD's policy goal on good government, we are attempting to say to everyone «this is about more than left or right.»

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The meeting, organized by 10 universities and paid for by a variety of corporations, was, as one organizer explained, «a deliberate attempt to influence policy,» with a prime goal being to make the case that climate findings had grown more dire since the 2007 reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

But the analysis only looks to 2050 in its attempt to quantify which reserves might be more penalised than others, assuming we are in a world that is actually delivering on the goal of limiting warming to 2 °C.

It also calls on FEMA to attempt to reach the goal that most policyholders have a premium of no more than 1 percent of the value of their coverage.

The whole idea of attempting to focus on a specific type of insurance was born out of what turned out to be a very powerful movement with what appeared to be a goal of getting people more bang for their dollar.

As I make little attempts to cover the goals I have, I really start to feel like I am more on top of things life is good.