Sentences with phrase «on goalscoring»

Reinstated at right - back ahead of the outgoing Pablo Zabaleta and got in on the goalscoring act shortly before half time with City's fourth, brushing past Brandon Mason and rattling home with an accomplished finish.

A rampant Cristiano Ronaldo is on a goalscoring mission for Portugal, resurgent Sweden have France in their sights and Bosnia and Herzegovina are out to steal Greece's thunder.

However, the attention given to his strike partner might just free up space for the Nigerian international to get in on the goalscoring.

Walcott also seems to have found new form and you feel all he needs now is a goal or two to embark on a goalscoring run.

I was hopeful that he was going to become more consistent on the goalscoring front.

The Blues are currently eight points clear in the league and one of the reasons for the gap is because they haven't been shy on the goalscoring front.

And he could continue to improve on his goalscoring rate which is at this moment good, but can be bettered if he continues to get the kinds of accurate & timely assist service from his collegues.

This of course also does not take in to consideration any of the many possible downsides eg: would Martinez as our centre forward have any adverse effect on the goalscoring capability of others like Alexis or Ramsey?

For a guy who plays behind the striker you want more from him on the goalscoring so we can a little bit share that.»

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He is injury prone, a liability defensively, dwells on the ball for too long and despite him making good forward runs, his goalscoring return is not great, except for that 6 month period where he was on fire.

Forest will be heavy favourites despite their indifferent performances and results recently, with top scorer Britt Assombalonga set to lead the line and looking to continue his assault on the division's top goalscoring award.

The Belgian international scored the first goal before providing the assist for the winning goal scored by Jesse Lingard, but predominantly focusing in on his own goalscoring record, the 24 - year - old has revealed that he expected a bit more respect for what he's achieved thus far as opposed to the criticism that he receives.

Man United's expensive signing Romelu Lukaku is currently top of the goalscoring charts with 4 goals, and Mane, Morata, Jesus, Vardy, and our own Danny Welbeck all on 3, and our new man Lacazette is also up there with 2 plus he had one good goal disallowed for offside.

Everton's Romelu Lukaku has near - matched the goalscoring of the duo while his side sit in the bottom half of the table, so we cant stop analysing on this one point, although if Giroud and Walcott had continued their form of the early season, I have no doubt we would be topping the table at present.

Lukaku hasn't got into the goalscoring groove that he had at Goodison Park last season so far since making his move from Chelsea permanent, but a scuffed finish at Burnley yesterday could give the Belgian the confidence needed to kick on and find his best form.

Aubameyang was largely disappointing, and found himself being partnered by Lacazette in the final 10 minutes of the match, and the sub earned himself some good goalscoring opportunities, but unfortunately lost his composure and failed to keep them on target.

Man Utd secured a 2 - 1 win over Liverpool on Saturday, and it wasn't all about goalscoring hero Marcus Rashford for supporters.

He's certainly not a wingback... I hope he goes on loan and realises that massive potential he has and comes back the goalscoring RW to compliment Hazard that were all craving for... He's certainly one of my favourite prospects for the first team

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident his side will soon find their goalscoring touch ahead of the home game against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.

That report also adds that Madrid are willing to splash out up to # 79m on Icardi, and while that is a lot of money, the 24 - year - old's goalscoring record, particularly this season, can't be argued with.

Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur are all keeping tabs on the progress of Mainz striker Shinji Okazaki, report the Express, after the Japanese international roared to the top of the Bundesliga goalscoring charts at the start of this season, helping his unfancied club to a fine start to the campaign.

The Uruguayan may have had his share of controversies — handballing on the line in the last minute of extra time in the World Cup quarter final as well as an inexplicable bite into the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal during their Eredivisie match — but his goalscoring record is impossible to argue with.

The 31 - year - old made history on Saturday as he bagged his 250th goal for the club, moving him clear of Sir Bobby Charlton at the top of United's all - time goalscoring list.

I really do feel for AW he knows that Giroud's goalscoring abilities are very limited this puts him in a very tricky situation to either go for another average striker and hope he can complement Giroud or jump into the pool (falcao, cavani and Co) and fight to spend bigtime big on either of them

Lionel Messi doesn't rest on his laurels — it took just moments for the Argentinian superstar to bag himself a hat - trick for the evening after breaking the all - time La Liga goalscoring record with a neat finish past the Sevilla goalkeeper.

He's not a goalscoring midfielder (although based on his early performances I agree it's possible he could be).

The pressure on Harry Kane's shoulders has eased this year with Tottenham signing Vincent Janssen to share the goalscoring responsibility.

According to The Mirror's John Cross, as seen in the tweet below, they continued to sing it away at Stoke City on Saturday, with Lukaku bagging his eighth goal of the season as he continues his impressive goalscoring streak for the Red Devils.

Hector Bellerin 6 Made a brilliant tackle that started a goalscoring attack, but perhaps should concentrate a bit more on the defensive side

Perhaps the inconsistency explains why he is only fourth on the club's goalscoring charts, with just four strikes in the league this season, eight behind the talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

There are plenty of young forwards who failed to continue their blistering goalscoring form with the pressure on in their second season.

Puskás took the lead with the fifth goal, a sweeping counter-attack followed by a net - tearing celebration, and then sealed the contest — goalscoring and general — with the sixth, a smart finish on the turn.

The Dutch tactician was also delighted with the goals scored by Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial on Tuesday night, as he will hope that as the pressure starts to ease on himself and his players, the squad will be able to play with more freedom and express themselves after months of goalscoring woes.

I don't even want to ask you whether you agree with Mr Morgan's views on Arsene Wenger, but I do want to know which strikers out there could help us rectify our goalscoring problem.

Look at the effect of Pep on Sane and Sterling's goalscoring abilities.

It remains to be seen whether or not he moves on next year though, as ultimately his poor form on the pitch isn't helping matters, and so perhaps if he can rediscover his goalscoring touch on a consistent basis again, then these issues will go away.

(aka either play as a winger or get out on loan untill goalscoring qualities are well documented in PL)

You wouldn't have suggested TH14 to play on the left for us because he did before he joined us and a CF who has never been consistent in goalscoring to take his place... So why suggest Alexis does the same?

Despite Ronaldo struggling this season and heading towards what may be the final few years of his career, it seems strange that top English clubs are not willing to gamble on a player with such obvious goalscoring potential.

It's better as the goalscoring lacklusterness of Oxlade Chamberlain is debated on this site so that maybe if he sees it, he will read it and digest it positively in his heart.

back in the day we had a double act up front that worked in tandem perfectly in berkamp and henry one couldn't really function without the other properly almost the perfect combo for a strike pair graceful speedy winger converted c / f and the perfect no 10 with perfect all round vision and goalscoring ability what do we have now that is that equivalence we have a wordly no 10 but no great gracefully speedy henry type c / f and there are none like that out there atm maybe a few potential wannabes remy lacaztte and the likes but really ozil needs a double act with someone and maybe we will see it click into place with sanchez maybe he has the ability to be an henry winger converted c / f has similar traits pace skill strength can score ace goals just needs to find his feet at c / f and he will form a deadly partnership with ozil i think maybe the old time wenger classic 4411 the ox on the left and walcott on the right Ramsey and new d / m in the middle would work a treat for me this formation never dies out just gets reinvented to suit the players available

Ox — better on some areas, like defending and teamplay — worse at others, such as goalscoring and threatening the space behind the defenders.

Please do not try and say Theo is just as good as Lacazette, he has never proven it, his best year is so far on par with Lacazettes 1st year in a new league for goalscoring while being subbed badly.

Based on the figures above, the Frenchman will likely not be short of goalscoring opportunities in the weeks and months ahead.

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The magician has an incredible 43 goals in 39 games so far this term, but suffers in goalscoring form against English opposition, and after having his last minute penalty saved by City stopper Joe Hart, he should be even more eager to get on the scoresheet.

«Two or three reasons really: goalscoring threat, pace, experience and he's good on assists from wide areas in terms of his crossing ability,»

Despite his insane goalscoring record this term, it's understandable to see where Savage is coming from, as Man City star Kevin De Bruyne has, along with Salah, had an unbelievable season this year, and with Man City closing in on the Premier League title, we should see the Belgian pick up the POTY award.

«Maybe his goalscoring is on his mind so he wants to do too much and he wants to force his game.