Sentences with phrase «nervy win»

A battling win at Crystal Palace was followed by a very nervy win at Newcastle against ten - men, and that was only thanks to a freak own goal.

It was a tough, scrappy and nervy win against Newcastle yesterday but a win nonetheless.

Not exact matches

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

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

He had an opportunity to score a hat - trick but I gave him the penalty as well... what you want is to win the game and not to take any gambles because if they come back to 2 - 1 it can be nervy.»

But for whatever reason — his own mismanagement, bad breaks, nervy play — he's given away multiple chances to win multiple majors.

The Dutch manager handed new signing Sergio Romero his debut in Man United's opening weekend win over Tottenham and after a nervy start the Argentine international impressed and kept a clean sheet.

Arsenal needed penalties to beat Wigan last year, they are conserving all their energy to not win without the nervy shootout this time around.

Arsenal should have won comfortably to leapfrog Manchester City into third but instead they remain fourth in a nervy race for a Champions League spot.

A nervy start but an important win for Arsenal Arsenal win after Sunderland put up early fight

We need to convert more, that will make games less nervy, we'll win more and goal diff will be better.

Once again the French were not as convincing as you would expect against Belarus, winning by just one goal after Anton Saroka halved their lead and made it a tense and nervy finish, but Giroud's first half strike ensured they finished top and are heading to Russia next summer.

I was a bit nervy because having got to the final, what a disaster it would be not to win it.

Chris Hughton's Brighton slipped to a fourth game without a win, with one nervy eye always trained on a season - ending run of facing Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool in just nine days.

Liverpool overcome some nervy moments en route to a surprisingly strong 5 - 1 win over Brighton; Firmino scored two, Can headed in early, & Coutinho hit a cheeky free kick

Depsite some nervy moments at the end of the match, Leeds were able to hold on for a win for the first time since Boxing Day.

Will it be the team that won at Anfield or the nervy version that lacked ideas and confidence against Southampton?

They could (and probably should) have won by a greater margin, but the woodwork and missed chances ensured that the win was more nervy than it probably needed to be.

Preston have slipped out of form with back to back Championship defeats and will be a bit nervy in this one and punters will be cautious about their lack of home wins recently.

Tottenham's nervy start was punished as Mane opened the scoring when Coutinho won the ball back in midfield and Wijnaldum played a perfect through ball for Mane to chase,

Like Bentaleb, was missing when we didn't have the ball, and we needed to win possession back well before it got anywhere near our nervy defence.

His wastefulness made for some nervy moments late on as Paul Clement's side searched for an equaliser but they could fashion no clear openings and Chelsea secured a deserved win.

The Gunners went through a nervy encounter with Blackburn last time out and needed to produce a performance of real grit and determination to come away with all three points, although had Fabregas been in the shake up Arsenal probably would have won more comfortably, as there was space in the midfield to be exploited.

Prediction: a very nervy 2 - 0 win (Lukaku and a late individual Kevin Mirrallas goal, mainly as he doesn't pass much)

-- Arsenal will host the final top flight fixture of the weekend on the back of successive league defeats, losing away at Fulham (2 - 1) and Swansea (3 - 2) either side of a nervy 1 - 0 win over Championship side Leeds in the FA Cup.