Sentences with phrase «narrow win against»

Tottenham started the season in good form after a narrow win against West Ham on the opening day thanks to a last minute winner from Eric Dier.

-- Lucky to escape with a narrow win against Leicester.

Striker Tomer Hemed will be missing for Sunday's clash, following the three - game ban that was handed to him by the FA for an incident in Albion's narrow win against the Magpies.

So when we saw Diego Costa pull up after just 12 minutes of Chelsea's narrow win against Stoke City last weekend, it appeared likely that the Brazilian born Spanish international would probably miss the rest of the season, or most of it at least.

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The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

A narrow win would have been a wide stride in the right direction against a top - four rival who knocked out the slug - like heavyweights of Manchester United just days before.

England weren't at their best against Australia, and they failed to dominate the way they should have during their narrow 2 - 1 win.

If palace give us headache today, whether it comes with a draw or a narrow win, it wont be good for our game against a top side like liverpool.

Brady is 21 - 7 against the Jets in his career, with seven wins in the last eight games, but New York has narrowed the gap.

Liverpool get edgy against their fierce rivals, so a tense and narrow away win could be on the cards.

After scoring against the run of play, Germany hung on for a narrow and not entirely deserved win against an entertaining and impressive Chile.

Last match we scrapped a narrow 1 - 0 win against a poor Besiktas.

Wenger made a few changes before the last round tie against Burnley and we only ended up with a narrow 2 - 1 win with many scares before the end, and if we again play a weakened team we can expect an even tougher fight from the Tigers.

They lost 3 - 0 on the road at Atletico Madrid last weekend, but bounced back with a narrow 1 - 0 home win against Malaga in midweek.

Unfortunately, that improved play still resulted in road losses to Georgia Tech and Purdue and a narrow home win against Illinois.

But while Arsenal and Liverpool edged narrow home wins against Crystal Palace and Southampton respectively, Manchester City and Chelsea powered to impressive away successes against Newcastle and Burnley.

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.

The Blues will look to return to winning ways after a stale draw against Everton while Brighton look to consolidate on their first win in a number of games — a narrow victory over Watford.

Atletico had a difficult first round against former European champions Celtic FC and a narrow away win in Glasgow helped them to progress.

They are currently five points off the top, but a win this weekend could narrow that, especially as Manchester United have a tricky match against Liverpool.

Rivers United made it six games unbeaten against Akwa United with a home win in a rescheduled Nigeria Professional Football League fixture on Thursday, while MFM FC held on for a narrow home win despite a late Nasarawa United onslaught.

van Persie struck his effort against the post, in a narrow 1 - 0 win over Swansea, but scored a fine goal against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, from a Walcott through - ball.

However, Wigan's only win out of three came against Sunderland by virtue of a narrow 1 - 0 success.

A first win of the season in the league − a narrow and slightly fortuitous 1 - 0 win over Swansea at the Emirates — and a creditable draw away in Germany against the defending domestic champions, Borussia Dortmund, would suggest they are on the right path; however, their performances in both will have reaffirmed what Arsene Wenger already knew − that there is still plenty of work to be done on the training ground before the Gunners are back firing on all cylinders.

A controversial penalty, awarded for handball against Matthew Connolly, helps Birmingham register a narrow win over Cardiff Continue reading →

However I think they will have enough about them to get narrow win at home against a difficult opponent.

An uninspiring draw against Newcastle was followed by a narrow win over Italian side Udinese.

KEY FACT: Brighton have lost their last seven games against Chelsea in all competition MATCH ODDS: Brighton 9/2 Draw 11/4 Chelsea 8/13 bet365 Pick: Chelsea to win to Nil @ 11/8 ANDY SAYS: Has to be an away win, don't think Chelsea will be denied... 0 - 2 GRAEME SAYS: Brighton will push Chelsea here, but narrow away win... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Comfortable away win, I don't see Chelsea struggling like they did midweek... 0 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just outside the top - 50, Ross Barkley is sure to increase once his makes his debut

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 portfolio

If you are looking at the UK situation, please also bear in mind that Nestlé and Danone break the narrower UK measures and we have won cases against them for misleading advertising before the Advertising Standards Authority.

Grisanti, who won a narrow victory against Sen. Antoine Thompson that ultimately help the GOP gain control of he chamber, represents a Democratic - heavy district.

Joe Howells stood as an Independent against the official Labour candidate and won by a very narrow margin.

Today's meeting comes against a backdrop of a slight narrowing of the polls, but also a Labour fear that extra spending by the Tories in marginal seats might mean Cameron winning a majority with just a six - point national lead, three or four points fewer than many pollsters predict.