Sentences with phrase «only effort on target»

However, the superstar's only effort on target, in the 117th minute, set up Ricardo Quaresma's winner.

A mentally weak bunch could well have crumbled after dominating and then going behind to the opponents only effort on target, especially when their keeper seems to be having the game of his life.

Arsene Wenger's side were very poor throughout the game, equalising with their first and only effort on target in the 89th minute.

Not exact matches

Despite having 12 efforts on goal, with five of these being on target, the home side were only able to score twice, something some United fans may not be happy about.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Ronaldo worked Apoel goalkeeper Nauzet Perez early on and narrowly missed the target with a couple of long - range efforts before Modric made the breakthrough after 23 minutes with a low strike that Perez could only palm into the side of the net.

Each team only got two efforts on target and scored with half of them, Jamie Vardy's late penalty cancelling out Callum Wilson's overhead kick.

There was little improvement on Wednesday evening at the Emirates but again Arsene Wenger's side came away with a 2 - 2 draw against Paris Saint - Germain despite only having one effort on target all game.

It took United until the 44th minute to register their first, and only, attempt on target as Simon Mignolet, a virtual bystander beforehand, parried Romelu Lukaku's effort away, before the half ended with controversy as Dejan Lovren gestured Lukaku had kicked him in the face.

Jordan Henderson — Scored from his only shot on target, had another effort blocked.

In fact, only Deeney, with ten goals from 18 efforts on target, can better that with 1.8 shots per goal.

Of those aforementioned 19 shots on goal, five came from Jordan Henderson, and the only one of these which hit the target was a timid side - footed effort passed into the hands of David De Gea.

The party will not only focus on the governor's race, but also on Cuomo's announced effort to target at least six state congressional Republicans in the effort to reclaim the House for the Democrats.

SETI efforts to date have only garnered a small, scattered amount of time on large radio telescopes, and they typically «piggyback» on other scientific observations, passively listening to whatever target other astronomers are investigating.

You've been hinting at exclusive content for Nintendo platforms (on top of the exclusive features / modes already present on the Nintendo releases), and while that's great news for Nintendo users, this campaign was mainly targeted at PC gamers (the only version listed when the campaign launched), with (Nintendo) consoles announced later on (and Linux / Mac appearing as a stretch goal), and the majority of funding you received for the campaign was surely from PC gamers, yet what happened since then is that the PC version has been treated a bit like a «secondary» version in terms of your efforts.

These insights suggest that intervention efforts that target only parenting practices or the parent — child relationship may not leverage or sufficiently mobilize the resilience - enhancing potential of the broader family system (Walsh 2006) or recognize the degree to which quality parenting itself is dependent on a host of broader family and contextual factors (Luthar et al. 2001; Brody 2004).

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has targeted the road for a makeover in the next five to 10 years and the village wants to ensure that the DOT doesn't focus its efforts on only laying more tar.