Sentences with phrase «narrow victory at»

His 25 - yard opening - day screamer got the ball rolling in a vindictive narrow victory at the Britannia Stadium and the 23 - year - old has since been the focal point of much of the club's good work going forward.
Chelsea new boy Pedro starred on his debut as captain John Terry was sent off in the Premier League champions» narrow victory at West Brom
The Blues moved to within two victories of the Premier League title after edging to a narrow victory at Stamford Bridge.

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Liverpool narrowed the gap between them and Manchester United, in fourth place, to just two points after a vital away victory at Southampton today.
At Princeton, narrow losses are recalled like big victories for other teams.
The victory automatically transfers Truex to the second Chase round when the 16 - driver field is narrowed to 12 after the completion of races Sept. 25 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Oct. 2 at Dover International Speedway.
Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.
He opened his account with the winner in a friendly against Austria last year, and also got the crucial goal in Sunday's narrow victory over Chile at the Emirates, taking his tally to two goals from four caps.
On Wednesday night, Napoli narrowed the gap between themselves and Juventus to just four points at the top of the table, coming from behind twice to earn a 4 - 2 victory over Udinese.
Their only win in 10 games was a narrow 1 - 0 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup — a competition they were booted out of 10 days later when they lost 2 - 1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
It might be a bit too early to write the current season off for Arsenal, especially as we knew that it was going to be a tough start, with the Gunners having played just two Premier League games so far, but after following up the narrowest of victories at home to Leicester City with another loss at Stoke I doubt there are too many Arsenal fans feeling confident about our title chances right now.
The 26 - year - old had not featured in the game at St James» Park — where Olivier Giroud's brace guided the Gunners to a narrow 2 - 1 victory — due to illness, but it now appears that may not have been the entire story.
Chelsea substitute Loic Remy ensured that Jose Mourinho's team took a narrow 3 - 2 victory over Hull City, and restored their six point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.
We have only won twice in our last 10 games on the road, and they were only narrow late victories at Burnley and Crystal Palace so we need to step up our own performance....
Manchester United began the 2015 - 16 Premier League season with a narrow 1 - 0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.
Saint - Etienne are currently on an eleven - game undefeated run in Ligue 1, which includes a narrow 0 - 1 away victory at Strasbourg last weekend.
Sociedad head into this clash on the back of a three - game unbeaten streak in La Liga, including a narrow 0 - 1 away victory at Las Palmas at the weekend.
The former Gunners forward scored the only goal in a narrow victory for Manchester United at Old Trafford
But a handful of ugly, narrow home victories over the next few weeks could change the entire atmosphere around Villa Park at the moment.
Ibrahimovic marked his first start for LA Galaxy with the winning goal in a narrow 1 - 0 victory over the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, after scoring on his debut against city rivals LAFC.
Madrid are 7/1 to offer any resistance at all, while a narrow victory for Atletico is an enticing 18/1.
Of course, an early goal for the visitors could open the floodgates, as it did against United at Stamford Bridge, but on balance we think this one will turn out to be a narrow victory for Chelsea.
However, the journey appears to have had many more twists and turns than anticipated following a damaging 2 - 1 «El Clasico» defeat at the hands of Real Madrid which closed the gap at the top, before Real Sociedad heaped more misery taking all three points in a narrow 1 - 0 victory in April.
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Their first win of the campaign came in the form of a narrow and somewhat fortunate 2 - 1 victory at home to Wigan Athletic, a side who were suffering a dip in form themselves at the time.
The previous two meetings at Ewood Park have finished with two or less goals, with last seasons meeting finishing 2 - 0 to Rovers and the year before going the way of Portsmouth in a narrow 0 - 1 victory.
What's more, their record on the road isn't all that great, either, with their only away success this season coming in the form of a narrow and surprise 1 - 0 victory at Tottenham, a team who scored nine last Sunday.
Blackburn recorded a 3 - 0 win at Ewood Park while Stoke sneaked a narrow 1 - 0 victory at The Brittania.
After last weekends narrow 2 - 1 FA Cup victory away at Preston, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are welcomed
There was also a narrow victory for Eintracht Frankfurt at home to Schalke, for whom Baba Rahman was a second - half substitute.
-- A third 1 - 0 victory in succession at Swansea last time out, to go with their narrow victories over Sunderland at home and Everton away, means it is now three league wins on the bounce for United since their 6 - 1 drubbing in the Manchester derby.
KEY FACT: Roma earned their only victory in England against Liverpool in the 2000 - 01 Uefa Cup MATCH ODDS: Atletico 5/4 Draw 21/10 Chelsea 13/5 ANDY SAYS: I think Chelsea will come out on top, but will be a close game... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see Roma troubling Chelsea at all, comfortable home win... 3 - 0 SILKY SAYS: A narrow win for Chelsea, they should have too much for Roma... 2 - 1 BOYLESPORTS PICK: Under 2.5 goals 21/20 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 3.71, Alvaro Morata looks a great prospect for any portfolat all, comfortable home win... 3 - 0 SILKY SAYS: A narrow win for Chelsea, they should have too much for Roma... 2 - 1 BOYLESPORTS PICK: Under 2.5 goals 21/20 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 3.71, Alvaro Morata looks a great prospect for any portfolAt # 3.71, Alvaro Morata looks a great prospect for any portfolio
Let's not forget what this famous club is all about, though; they are the most successful club in English football, having been crowned champions nineteen times, while they're also the reigning Premier League champions and last season's beaten finalists in this very competition, and they showed exactly why they've been champions on numerous occasions when grounding out a narrow victory away at Everton the following weekend.
Jon Krosnick has spent 30 years studying how voters choose one candidate rather than another, and says that «at least two» US presidents won their elections because their names were listed first on the ballot, in states where the margin of victory was narrow.
At the same time, given his narrow margin of victory in a Democratic district, Grisanti is sure to be a top target of Democrats in 2012 as well.
The narrow victory was considered an upset at the time, and is still worth considering as Espaillat tries for a much bigger prize in a congressional primary against longtime, larger - than - life congressman Charlie Rangel.
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