Sentences with phrase «nervy second»

The Belgian striker added a second before half time, but Ellis Harrison's penalty meant the hosts had a nervy second half before making it through.

Bit of a nervy second - half, to put it mildly, as the Reds ratcheted up the pressure, following and leading up to the goal.

England turned in one of their best performances in recent years in a frantic and exciting first half littered with big moments, and nervy second half which saw a spell of Polish pressure withstood and a gradual fight back from England.

That made it a nervy second half, and Arsene Wenger admitted it was difficult.

Bit nervy second half but deserved that win, I think coq had a solid game n giroud made that ball stick!

Bit nervy second half but deserved that win, I think coq had a solid game.

Not exact matches

First place in each group qualifies, while second has to take part in a play - off, which will be a nervy affair for the teams involved.

Arsenal have successfully navigated through Nasty Nervy November with a couple of draws but only the one defeat in the League Cup, and we have started Decisive December in awesome style with 9 goals in our first two games and are sitting happily in second place in the Premier League.

«We were edgy and nervy in the first half against a very organised team who were dangerous on the counter-attack, but in the second half I think we have shown mental strength and desire in our game and more fluency as well.

We stuck to our plan, and after 10 minutes of the second - half had passed, we really began to turn the screw on our rivals, and we were starting to feel like the game was going to turn, but it soon fizzled out, and the Hammers worked their way back into the game, and everything began to seem rather nervy...

The game started well — we were defending well and at other end creating chances, but in the second half it got nervy in last 30 - 35 minutes as Everton were very threatening on the counter.

Meyer scored the decisive goal in the 62nd minute to set up a nervy last half hour at Stadion Ljudski vrt, as with Chelsea leading Sporting 3 - 1 at Stamford Bridge, all Schalke needed to do was hold on to claim second place in the group.

Christian netted our third goal after a brace from Harry Kane, but we suffered a nervy ending after goals from Javier Hernandez and Cheikhou Kouyate, plus a second yellow card and consequent red for Serge Aurier, allowed the Hammers back into the contest.

A nervy first half dominated by the Ghanaians ended 0 - 0, and Nigeria were seconds away from giving away a penalty in the second half when goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa appears to trip a forward of the Black Stars who was charging towards goal.

However Alexandre Lacazette bagged a pair before half time to put them back into the contest and Ghezzal's second half effort forced a nervy ending, with Ajax also reduced to ten men following Nick Viergever's dismissal.

The final stages were more about not conceding and there were sighs of relief among the green and white when Gordon parried a 25 - yard drive from Anderlecht captain Sofiane Hanni, and with the Belgian side failing to find a second goal, the final minutes were less nervy.

Not ideal and lead to some nervy Gooners here... second half was dire.

He didn't let this have a negative impact on his game though though he did look a little nervy at times in the second half as part of the back three.

Yet recently in «Refurbished Reputation for a Nervy Painter,» Holland Cotter in The New York Times, breaking with the usual assessments of his work, firmly demands that we take a second look, particularly at his later painting.