Sentences with phrase «of keeping a clean sheet»

since coq left, we've had more goals scored against us and our probability of keeping clean sheets has gone down.
Pre Cazorla injury AFC had around a 50 % rate of keeping clean sheets, after change in formation AFC had around 50 % rate of clean sheets... Doesn't sound like that is what cost us.
If Koscielny, Mustafi and Monreal are not at their best, we have no chance of keeping clean sheets.
Cech is making a habit of keeping clean sheets at the moment.
Eden Hazard spoke about the importance of keeping a clean sheet following our 3 - 0 win over Burnley yesterday...
Are we able to score as many as we concede as I see little prospect of keeping a clean sheet today.
«The expectancy of keeping a clean sheet is there but I'm the first person to realise that it's not as simple as that.
Following a return to victory for our youngsters, captain Josh Grant reflected on impressive home form and the delights of keeping clean sheets...
Experience the thrill of the one - on - one battle, diving to make a save from a free kick, punching balls safely out of danger, and the pressure of keeping a clean sheet.

Not exact matches

He's efficient, answering e-mails almost instantly no matter where in the world he is, and keeps his desk eerily clean; there typically isn't a sheet of paper on it.
Minimize clean - up and maximize flavor by keeping all of your dinner ingredients on one sheet pan.
The draw effectively ruled out CSKA's hopes of booking a place in the next round and the face that Igor Akinfeev conceded rubbed further salt in the wounds as the goalkeeper has now failed to keep a clean sheet in his last 42 Champions League games.
There's no doubt that the trident work well together with a mixture of creativity, pace, movement and finishing between them, and so Swansea will certainly have their work cut out to keep a clean sheet and go out and win the game.
imo the tactics werent the problem of the 2 goals they scored, we were surprised and just did nt defend well and its normal its impossible to always keep a clean sheet
The shot stopper made his debut for the Czech Republic back in 2002 against Hungary as a 19 year - old, and kept clean sheets in both of his opening appearances.
But, having kept an away clean sheet, and with the luxury of playing the second leg at the Emirates, Arsenal are very much in control of their destiny, as far as this playoff tie is concerned.
In fine form for Manchester City to keep yet another clean sheet, Joe Hart was an important part of the team's 1 - 0 win in a tight contest at Crystal Palace.
In the game against argentina he kept a clean sheet with a phenominal display including a double save which was out of this world.
But, overall, you got to say that Wenger's men would be happy to have kept a clean sheet and honors even, ahead of the second leg.
Cech — 8 There is no doubt that Petr is our signing of the summer (our only signing lol) and he was magnificent again in keeping another clean sheet against a dangerous Newcastle side.
Mr Wenger is consistent in that he invariably speaks nonsense particularly when it comes to the art of defending where «his» team have been deficient for the past decade.Had we kept a clean sheet against Man Utd and Southampton we would have picked up 6 points.Simple logic is something AW is now incapable of putting into practise and along with his poor recent record in the transfer market eg Xhaka and Mustafi the Board of Arsenal Football club should be making him accountable for the teams continued lack of success.Will this happen?
He said, «People may not have seen the best of us yet but we're keeping clean sheets and creating a lot of chances.
The likes of Ozil and Ramsay are regularly slated by fans and the media when the real problem lies further back.Wenger has failed to address this weakness during the past 5/6 years and as a consequence Arsenal have become a laughing stock, a team which rarely keeps a clean sheet against even against mediocre teams with respect to Watford, Stoke etc..
Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet, conceding 12 goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.
Albeit he's only managed to keep two clean sheets in nine games this season, conceding 12, given that they're struggling at the wrong end of the table, it was always going to be difficult for him to rack up impressive statistics.
With our new attacking line - up of Ozil, Aubameyand and Mkhitaryan, with Ramsey behind them, they should need less support from the wing - backs but even if they have trouble getting on the scoresheet our focus should be on keeping clean sheets first and foremost in our away games.
It seemed to pay dividends as aside from the win, the reigning Premier League champions were also able to keep a clean sheet and were deserving of their victory.
He was dropped again recently following a poor display of his own against Swansea, and the recalled Hart kept a clean sheet against Southampton at the weekend, meaning the Englishman could keep his place going forward.
The three other games all saw us keep a clean sheet but they were against EPL strugglers Hull City at home and the two non-league sides Sutton and Lincoln in the FA cup, so when giving an interview to Sky Sports this week you can sort of understand why our manager blamed this aspect of Arsenal's game for our problems, when asked whether the uncertainty over his future could be affecting his players.
Liverpool beat Burton 5 - 0 in the League Cup at the Pirelli Stadium keeping their first clean sheet of the season in the process.
This can only be put down to the Reds not being switched on, although they have improved defensively under Klopp — keeping three clean sheets in the process of winning six of their last seven games.
Grant has kept six clean sheets so far this season — the sixth best tally in the league, only behind the likes of world - renown goalkeepers such as Thibaut Courtois, Hugo Lloris, David de Gea and Petr Cech, as well as Fraser Forster in goal for Southampton who are always defensively sound every single season.
They kept eleven clean sheets and in terms of goals conceded were eighth in the league.
He was then handed his full debut on the final day against Hull City a week later and proved he is still a world - class keeper as he made a number of top saves to ensure he kept a clean sheet at the KC Stadium.
So far this campaign, the former Mainz shot - stopper has been able to keep a total of 13 clean sheets in 25 appearances in all competitions, an impressive record considering he doesn't have the greatest defence in the world in front of him.
Points have been earned by scoring goals, winning man - of - the - match awards, keeping clean sheets and / or getting good marks in The Sun's player ratings in Prem, League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League matches.
The Gunners have kept a clean sheet in all three of their Premier League London derbies this season and can go four London derbies without conceding for the first time since February 1999.
Arsenal are currently on a run of nine league matches without a clean sheet, and if they concede against City tonight it will be the first time they've gone ten in a row without keeping their opponents out since February 2002.
AC MILAN»S FORM The Rossoneri have won five of the last six matches at home in European competitions (1 draw) and have kept a clean sheet four times — including our last 1 - 0 win against Ludogorets — .
Last season we were able to keep alot of clean sheets and win many games by one goal..
Liverpool may well be seeking a fresh central defensive option but it's worth noting that they've kept things tight at the back of late, keeping three Premier League clean sheets on the trot.
We're all made up with the clean sheet and now we want to keep more of them.»
Not only did they carry on their defensive solidity from last season, keeping a clean sheet against the Hammers, they answered the doubts about the other side of their game by netting four times, with summer signing Romelu Lukaku getting a brace on his EPL debut as a United player.
In his 34 Premier League appearances during the 2013/14 season, Cech kept a total of 16 clean sheets, an impressive 47.1 %.
Inasmuch as alot of us fans love Shezza, I think he's his own problem.Aside his chronic cockiness, him and his dad seem to have this belief that he's irreplaceable in the Arsenal team but I think he knows better now cos he'd sit on the bench as long as Ospina keeps clean sheets and wins us 3points.
The Saints can also boast having kept four clean sheets in their last five outings against us, having won three of them.
Beat a top team and we are lucky, beat a lower team and we should be beating them anyway, lose when playing a too risky brand of football and we are inept, win a tight game playing ugly it is not acceptable nor the Arsenal way, win by 3 goals and it should have been 5, keep playing the same predictable way every game and we should vary it more, vary our pattern of play and we should go back to doing what we used to, win 2 - 0 and keep a clean sheet and we should have been more adventurous to improve goal difference, win 2 - 1 and concede in the last minute and we were naive not to shut up shop, win 12 out of the last 15 games and it should have been 15 wins......... blah, blah.
If we score in the first 15 minutes, we will see fireworks... We all know that the Gunners have plenty of goals in them, but can they score three, whilst keeping a clean sheet...?
In the BVB game we kept a clean sheet and conceded the highest number of fouls.
I wouldn't go so far as saying AW missed a trick as BFG has an obvious issue too and if he had played maybe instead of Carroll it was Payet who scored a hattrick and we would be here slamming AW for changing a winning line up that has kept clean sheets in the last two games.
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