Sentences with phrase «narrow win came»

Not exact matches

But this week was the closest any have come, with Team Fischer right on their tails in a narrow 5 - 4 kickball win.

Liverpool are still looking like they have a hangover from last season but the results are starting to come for them, a narrow win keeping them in touch with us, while Tottenham, I hate to say, looked good as they beat Everton and stayed level on points with us.

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.

Chambers came on as an 89th - minute substitute for striker Olivier Giroud as Arsenal hung on for a narrow home win secured by Laurent Koscielny's second - half strike.

Mou didn't take this game really aeriously / we only managed a narrow 1 - 0 win / Costa didn't play / Giroud (add your favourite here) / it's not a real trophy / it's not like it's the league where it really matters / Giroud (add second favourite here) / Arteta is old / we still need to buy two players / Giroud (Add one for fun come on) / Kroenke is rich....

It is not all over yet, but the crowd is starting to think about coming on to the pitch, as it were, as Arsenal slipped to 11 points off the top of the Premier League thanks to Leicester City riding their luck once again to earn the narrowest of wins over a Newcastle United team that was much improved under new manager Rafa Benitez.

It came in the form of a narrow 1 - 0 win over Cesena.

Although the final score was narrow and the deciding goal came late, we fully deserved the win on Saturday.

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

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.

Blackburn's only home win over Liverpool in seven meetings at Ewood Park came three seasons ago in a narrow 1 - 0 win, a Benni McCarthy second half strike separating the two then.

Tottenham come into the game with two wins on the bounce following the narrow defeat to Manchester United.

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

A narrow win on a poor show could lead to the public having a sense of a judgement «not proven» which could prove to be difficult and disruptive for a long time to come and could further fuel that feeling of distance from democracy.

His last time before the voters, in 2009 — which came after a controversial move to extend term limits — resulted in a surprisingly narrow five - percentage - point win, even after spending a staggering $ 109 million.

The request came in response to a controversial vote last week by the Republicans, who hold a narrow, 32 - 30, majority, to prohibit Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy from casting a tie - breaking vote to pick a new majority leader if the Democrats win any special elections during the next two years, thereby producing a 31 - 31 split.

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.

Coming up next in the awards race, we have the Writers Guild Awards happening on Sunday, February 11th, which should help us narrow down the two Screenplay categories at the Oscars (though Original Screenplay will still be up in the air thanks to the WGA's silly rules that «disqualified» «Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri»), so be sure to check back to see who wins.

Every year as the awards race picks up, it seems as if we're all collectively Lacuna - ed into forgetting all the great performances that came before Oscar narrows them down to twenty that by then, have won or been nominated for dozens of other awards.

an old lesson for a new era — that when countries transcend the narrow national interest and come together for the global good, everybody wins.