Sentences with phrase «of keeping his side in the game»

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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.

Poor officiating decisions been this way all year the officials are performing terribly poor finishing been this way all year laca will do better next year auba is to new to the club and epl he is finding how mich effort you need the hard way he should of scored and that is a blatant foul on mustafi people keep saying he put his hands up when he was hit, well that is the natural reaction when back pedaling eyes on ball and someone plants there feet and pits a shoulder in your back your arms come up its nature but we suffered again from poor finishin i do nt care what sport that is high action especially football and hockey of you do nt finish your chances you create when on top the other side most likely will when they get theres its been ou achilles heel this year we.cant kill games because we have missed our created.chances

Without a win in four games Monk will be keen to acquire new talents this month so as to keep his side in the top half of the table and one imagines the South Wales side would look to sign a striker to make up for the loss of Bony.

Henderson may appear to opposing infielders as a 5» 10», 180 - pound human jetliner, but in person he's a sweet - tempered, boyish young man who gabs with spectators during a game and who kept his mother, Bobbie, and his fiancée, Pamela Palmer, at his side during the last trying days of his run for the record.

If Arsenal are to finish the season strongly and keep the pressure on Leicester and Tottenham while keeping the teams below us at bay and ensuring a place in the Champions League next season, we will need the creative and attacking players in the side to keep up the sort of performances that have seen Arsenal score six goals in the last two Premier League games.

He's looked sharp in his first games back and, if he can keep his fitness and finds a more ruthless edge in front of goal, Danny's definitely a champion for the big occasion and deserving of a run in the side ahead of Walcott, Iwobi, etc..

Walcott should take note, we need that effort in every game Theo, don't just do enough to get fans on your side and then live off that for a bit, you need to keep us on your side because next time we may just decide that we'll stay pissed because it's only a matter of time.

Arsenal then face a home clash against a depleted Southampton side in the third round of this season's capital one cup, which, depending on the ambitions of Wenger and Arsenal, could be used as a game to rotate the squad and keep the indispensable players fresh for the first North London derby of the season, to pull the curtains on the month of September.

yeah i know what you mean it might just be a case of moving chambers (wenger might just get another c / h in or promote hayden / o» connor to c / h) to d / m along side le coq and one thing i have noticed i the rate at which young bielik is propelling up the youth team a month ago he was with under 18's completely skipped the under 19's straight to under 21s so he will be ready for first team in the summer by the looks of things so we might not be needing another d / m but i would keep and eye out for a freebee khedira though if its just wages we have to pay wenger might like that experience he needs in the big games

Yea, where the hell was ozil, yea, busy with his average self, m back again with my ozil analysis When you play games after games with side passes and obvious passes, no dribbles, no 1 - 2s, no shots on goal and you keep possession of the ball in non-threatening areas and people say you are a world class player, well, he's the poorest world class player I've ever seen, so to say.

It's draining we lost to spurs but more over than anything the way we lost was embarrasseing and shocking we were played off park most game that has concern us as fans spurs bullied us out played us hungry in every department it's has fall with wenger when is time when he just accepts game has passed him matter of fact it has passed us arsenal fans aswell no control in middle very poor from xhaka and elneny and again dembele bought mortgage in midfield he's the owner my god vieria would of knocked he's house down but look we're very poor and away from home sad really how wenger keeps he's job is just pure stupidity but not just with today's results over all away from home we're relegation side go get Enrique before Chelsea get him and let but of class and youth take our great club back before Tottenham spuds leave us so far behind we won't even complete this series lack lustrous club

Unnecessary to risk Sanchez against a physical side like Stoke, keep him on he bench and play Campbell who's been getting better with each game and successfully kept us challenging in the absence of our no17.

Even Chinaglia, whom the Cosmos next added to their international cast in 1976, sometimes couldn't keep himself from yelling at Pelé on the field, treatment that Giorgio himself had suffered in full measure from many thousands of Italian fans when he was replaced during the second half of what would be his last game for his national side during the 1974 World Cup in Stuttgart.

A DM is utilised to keep the ball in front of the defence so they always have time to shape up but this is completely nullified by a long ball game where the ball is played into space behind or to the side of the defence.

INSHAA ALLAH this season we will the win the league of we just keep focus, treat one game at a time, don't be afraid of man city, man utd, tottenham, Liverpool, Everton when we we play them away just be patient and respect them at their home grounds sit deep and work hard and we wil get the important results in our favour in these games and also don't underestimate small sides because these games can give you points and if we you lose or draw against these sides then it can cause huge dent in our title ambitions... COYG!!!

Arsenal did actually win 10 of their last 11 games in the last campaign but there were still «no new contract» banners at just about every one of them, so Le Prof knows that he if he is to keep the fans on side for even a short while, the Gunners will have to get off to a flying start to the season, and he is adamant that he wants to win everything!

Although the Ivorian missed 13 league games for Jose Mourinho's side last season, Bailly put in some seriously impressive performances towards the back end of last season as United won the Europa League, and should the former Villarreal man manage to keep up the form he showed at the end of last year, it shouldn't be surprising to see the 23 - year - old claim a Team of the Season place come May.

Ian Wright is such an Arsenal fan that it often interferes with his ability to be impartial in his role as a TV pundit and football journalist, but then again the same can be said of most of the former footballers working on the other side of the game these days and with all the anti-Arsenal bias, Wright at least helps to keep some balance.

Put in a solid shift and kept his composure and awareness to avoid letting City overwhelm his side and take control of the game.

The initial signs were positive as he started a string of league games, but in recent weeks he's been left on the bench and has struggled to keep his place in the side.

Ahead of the Arsenal home game in the Premier League this week, Arsene Wenger suggested in an Arsenal.com report that it might keep the France international star out of the side to face Brighton tomorrow.

Predictions: This one is a huge game for both sides and their chances of finishing in the top four, United still leads the pack by 2 points however anything but a win for United and they will be fighting to keep the top four place.

I think its time to do something about this, over the 2 legs, ireland were clearly the better side, that notwithstanding this particular french team is the worst i've seen in decades, and they have no bussines going to the world cup.It is time for replays to be reviewed in some cases and goaline technology to be applied in other cases, i think we human being have come of age to realise that we humans are not perfect, no matter how hard we try, so for sepp blatter to keep resisting replays and goal line technology is quite baffling to me, i can't really understand why 3 socalled officials could make a decision, a decision in which the whole world saw to be a foul, and its allowed to stand, and a nation is left, heartbroken, cheated and bitter, i am an african, but as a fan of football, i felt terrible seeing this, and i beg the question, if someone other than the team is not benefiting from this, why can't the officials be allowed to take a look at the replays in order to officiate the game better?

It was kind of must win game for both sides to keep pace with the Inter Milan who stretched their lead on top of the table earlier in the weekend.

Our game was fucking horrible in the first half, i'll give it to west ham tho, they tried to attack us and played well at times, we scored a good goal, was definitely a good decision by the lino to keep his flag down as the rule states «Benefit of doubt must go to the attacking side».

Its a huge game for both sides, a win for City and they can pretty much put any title race to bed while Arsenal must win this to recover from that horrible 3 - 0 defeat in the EFL Cup final in the hands of City and keep fans backlash at the bay.

On the positive side Fabianski had a very busy game he has done really well to keep us in the game.Barazite is starting to have a reputation of the supersub.He looks up for it whenever he comes on and he certainly can finish.The other player I liked is Gibbs he looks like another Cole / Clichy type on the conveyer belt.Overall it was a good test for the youngsters and they got the result in the end.

Given Chelsea have conceded just 13 goals in 16 Premier League games thus far, Wagner's side might find it tough to break down the Blues» backline or keep the likes of Eden Hazard, Willian and Pedro quiet at the other end of the field.

Whilst there are still a dozen games left in the season, there's a strength in the Wolves side that should surely keep us from throwing away all of the hard work.

Bottom side Yanbian Funde picked up their first win in six league games with a 3 - 1 victory over Tianjin Teda that keeps their hopes of moving out of the relegation zone alive, while Changchun Yatai won 2 - 0 against Henan Jianye.

Hungary goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly kept his side in the game with some splendid saves and the Hungarians had chances of their own when they pressed higher up the pitch in the second half.

2 — Huddersfield Town are only the second promoted side to keep a clean sheet in each of their first Premier League games since Charlton Athletic in 1998 - 99.

Rovers start with a home fixture with Portsmouth, a side currently bottom of the league, but they then face teams not too far away from them in Bolton Wanderers & Stoke City, both of which are very winnable games for Blackburn but they are games they must win if they are to keep the relegation zone at arms length.

We lined up in an ultra-attacking 3 -1-4-2 formation, and dominated the game by suffocating PSG and keeping the play in PSG's half (to such an extent that the average positions of almost all of the outfield players on both sides were in PSG's half).

Inter started the game well but created nothing of note, and as the match wore on the away side sank further back into their own half, unable to keep the ball and in the end lucky to escape with a point.

However, it's imperative that they keep this momentum up, both in terms of winning games and keeping clean sheets and they have a fabulous opportunity to do just that when a Blackburn side that have managed just 7 away goals all season come to town.

It is clear that the two did not always get along when Mourinho was in charge at the Bernabeu, but the manager knew that Ronaldo was a special talent and never kept him out of the side for long or for any important games.

The 23 - year - old has partnered Ramsey in each of Arsenal's last two Premier League games, helping Arsene Wenger's side keep clean sheets in impressive wins against Manchester City and Aston Villa.

Noboa and Navas were both part of the Rubin side that defeated Barcelona in the Champions League back in 2009 and, having kept a younger, fresher Zlatan in their pockets for much of that game, a repeat isn't out of the question.

United need to keep the gap between them and Arsenal with only five points between the two sides at this stage of the season with Arsenal having a game in hand over United, played again Southampton during the week.

Town could become the first newly promoted side to keep a clean sheet in each of its opening four games of the season if the Club keeps a clean sheet against the Hammers on Monday 11 September 2017.

There is, however, a side to Luis Suarez that is not in keeping with his unerring ability to find the back of the net, as the Uruguay star was caught on camera biting the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their crunch game which decided who progressed to the knock - out stages.

However, Roy Hodgson's side kept the home side goalless to secure a one - point lead in the group, meaning their fate is in their own hands ahead of final games against Montenegro and Poland at Wembley.

Jese was played through on goal in the third minute of the game but was initially kept out by Cech through an acute angle when he was played on - side by Fletcher.

Xu, however, levelled in the 72nd minute to move Shenhua onto 11 points from six games and keep Wu Jingui's side two points adrift of Evergrande in third place.

Betis have won their last five games on the trot and most remarkably for a side previously so gung - ho in approach, they've kept clean sheets in four of those.

Chile will play Uruguay on Tuesday night, 15th November 2016 as part of South America World Cup 2018 qualifier and this is a massive game for both sides where Chile must win this game to keep themselves in the contention for top 4 automatic places while Uruguay can get a step closer to qualification with a win.

There are plenty of side missions in the game to keep you busy, and if you want to collect all the yo - kai you'll be playing even longer.

This game is definitely aimed at the younger Pokemaniacs, but older fans like myself can still get enjoyment out of it if they keep an open mind, it's not as good as the first PokePark game do to looser controls and by just not being as much fun, but it manages to expand on what the first game offered in the way of new content, for instance this time you don't just play as Pikachu but also Tepig, Snivy, and Oshawott after you meet them, and you can switch between them on the fly anytime you want, and you'll need to use each of their special abilities in your adventure, it also adds side - scrolling sections and a few other new features to keep things fresh, it also has some multiplayer attractions to play with so that's also nice, and you'll still be befriending all sorts of Pokemon just like the last game, you also get free roam after the main quest so you can make sure to befriend them all, and it's all adorable do to the cute graphics and world, even the loading screens are adorable, and as a gamer who typically plays more serious and violent games it was nice to spend time in the lighthearted PokePark with some of my favorite Pokemon, I recommend it and I definitely see myself returning in the days to come.

The main quest takes the form of a road trip that helps keep things moving, while the focus on smaller side - stories means you can take the game in digestible bites if that's your speed.