Sentences with phrase «open goal chances»

Yet on too many occasions in the past the leader of the opposition has fluffed open goal chances like this and left himself even more red - faced than the prime minister.

We always create plenty of chances, open goal chances, wait til we see what he does when this starts happening.

«We missed a penalty, we gave a goal away on set - piece, that is perfect to make your afternoon a nightmare and we missed open goal chances.

We could have done better by winning at least one of those, particularly the Tottenham game, had Ozil converted the open goal chance.

Not exact matches

He should have some good chances to open his pre-season account tonight, as the Gunners are getting fitter and the squad is getting stronger, so let's hope for at least one goal from our speedy front man.

Giroud was very glad that Wenger gave him a chance to bounce back against Everton and he subsequently scored the opening goal.

But Cazorla got the chance to impress at number 10 against Borussia Dortmund and had a huge impact, setting up Yaya Sanogo for the opening goal and claiming a second assist for Alexis to score the second.

THat led to the two teams cancelling each other out to a certain extent and chances were pretty thin on the ground in the first half, which is why the opening goal was a big plus point for the Gunners and once again it came from our big centre forward Olivier Giroud.

League One side Sheffield United were more than holding their own in the opening exchanges but their chances were dealt a huge setback when Christian Eriksen buried an exquisite free - kick to give Tottenham a two goal advantage on aggregate.

He has helped Real Betis to eighth in the La Liga table this season, contributing two goals in 18 appearances for the Seville - based club, and is open making the switch to Spain a permanent one with his chances of breaking into the Arsenal team fairly slim.

Unfortunately the City players wasted a number of great chances both before and after their only goal and that allowed Chelsea to first get back on level terms after De Bruyne had missed an open goal from a few yards out, and then to punich them further with a second and a late third.

He has created 6 chances from open play, scoring 1 goal that came against Aston Villa at the Emirates and completing 80 % of his attempted passes.

There was a chance to impress in the FA Cup third - round replay at Leeds on Wednesday night, but — apart from assisting the opening goal in a 3 - 1 win — he was quiet and replaced by Robin van Persie for the last 20 minutes.

-- Sanchez missed some good chances, but the guy is a beast, and nice to see players put in that effort every game, and he creates openings for himself and others — Giroud is a great striker, but most of his goals are 1 - touch finishes.

«Dive» or «no dive», Spurs dominated the game, had the better chances, they missed two open goals in the first half, and if it wasn't for Cech, it could have been five or six!

Liverpool had a glorious chance to open the scoring 13th minutes into the match, after a 25 - yard strike from Emre Can clattered the post, before Egyptian winger Salah placed his shot well - wide of the target with the goal at his mercy.

We need to create good openings for him, also half chances rather than trying to give him an open goal to pass into.

After the Gunners could only salvage a point with a late Kieran Gibbs goal some people will point to the good chances missed by Olivier Giroud or the fact that Alexis Sanchez was jaded and unable to influence the game, or the ease with which our makeshift and not fully match fit defence allowed the visitors to score the opening goal.

Arsenal's opening champions league fixture could have been a lot different had their 16 million pound signing on the Transfer Deadline day, Danny Welbeck, been a bit clinical in front of goal and tucked away the chances that came his way.

Fortunately, Balo was injured on Sunday, meaning Rickie Lambert got a chance, which he took by scoring the opening goal in a 3 - 1 defeat at Crystal Palace.

Arsenal had several opening goals because he could create unpredictable chances.

Speaking of state championships, it is becoming more clear to coaches that if the goal is to win one, then staying out of the Open Division will increase a team's chances exponentially.

People complain that he doesn't score enough goals, but his hold up play is second to none, and by doing that not only he occupies the defenders, but also opens up an opportunity for a pass and a chance for someone else to score.

but squaring a ball for someone who was wide open that would've been running onto the ball would've meant a higher chance of a goal than trying to slide it past the keepers left when you're already on the left side.

I see the slow one, can't dribble, can't run, misses open goals, puts more effort into his missed chance face pulling than his strikes.

Benzema missed a number of open goal scoring chances until he got substituted with Chicarito.

And what an opening goal it was from Theo Walcott, pretty much out of the blue and just over a minute after De Bruyne had a good chance at the other end.

Let me not also remind you of his chance in front of goal (why he was there don't know but he saw a decent opening when we needed to press) he had more than enough time and space to head the ball instead of that stupid flick.

Of course, that also meant that Madrid went searching for a goal of their own, desperate to restore their three - goal aggregate lead, meaning that the game went wide open in a hurry, with a flurry of scoring chances at both ends of the pitch.

In an end - to - end encounter full of chances for both sides, which also included two goals from Gonzalo Higuain in the opening eight minutes of the game, the Serie A champions were awarded two penalties.

Arsenal have missed a couple of opportunities in the last couple of weeks where they could have opened up a small gap at the top of the Premier League, but thanks to Jamie Vardy breaking the Premiership record by scoring in 11 games in a row and also to Bastian Schweinsteiger for getting his first goal for Man United, Arsenal now have a valid chance to go top again this weekend.

Telling me players are not to blame is absolutely rubbish, they are to blame, yes Monaco mission was to relax and repell Arsenal and if possible shut them down completely, this gam was ours to take, First the pressure was on Monaco, they didn't know how to go about it, whether to defend their 3 - 1 advantage or press us, we had more than enough clear cut chances but as usual we were clueless in front of goal, we tried to open them apart which is impossible, Carzolla and Alexis played as if we lead 15 - 0, holding balls, try to dribble every time they have the ball and and reduce the pace and any chance of other to get through, losing balls carelessly, poor crosses is now our style, it doesn't threatened even Charlton athletic coz everyone now knows our crosses is poorly delivered and our attackers also don't have a clue how to do it even if one get through it will be wasted, this game should have been won by range attempts which was only tried once by ÖZIL and was blocked.

Where Booty had a chance to win it with a bootleg on the last play but got stopped short of the goal line instead of hitting the open man in the end - zone right?

As for Lacazette, he missed his chance to shine by missing an open goal at the very start of the tournament.

When the player, albeit fouled, has a great open chance at goal it is reasonable to allow him to take the shot and consider that advantage.

A goal disallowed for the thinnest of offside margins, a denied penalty appeal and a spurned Arnautovic chance all preceded the opening goal.

Swansea have come into this game fired up, and had much the better chances in the opening 45, and will be frustrated to have come into the interval a goal down.

Minutes later, Celta had a clear chance open up through an Iago Aspas free kick, but Sergi Gómez saw his shot blocked in front of goal.

The best chance they had in that opening half came via the returning Antoine Griezmann when he rifled a shot that stung the palm of Jon Ander Serantes in Leganes» goal.

We did nt get it and the longer the season goes on the more dependant we will become on goals from midfield, which makes our attacking predictable and easy to defend, we have no element of surprise in attack, nobody dribbles or runs past an opponent at pace at Arsenal, its all based on rotating positions and passing until a gap opens, the big sides, and smaller ones aswel wont always give you the gap, and even when the gap does prevent itself your depending on Giroud being clinical enough to take the chance, and he is not clinical.

I don't think all we need is a central defender.We also need a world class striker that can produce goals from really slim chances.A play maker that delivers.Enough of chances made and goals not scored.Arsenal always faces teams ready to defend cos f their attacking style of play.We need a striker that will peel open any defence.

In the open and fast - paced Premier League, the rarity of defensive compactness has suited Arsenal's attackers, who can find space more easily and create the kinds of high - quality chances that expected goals loves.

However, the high line means the team are susceptible to passes in behind the defence; Sunderland exploited that for their chances and the opening goal.

Was woefully dragged way out of position for the opening goal by Hazard and almost gifted Pedro with a chance in the second period, only to be saved by his defensive partner.

In these big games, you just need that first goal and then the spaces start to open up and you get more chances.

But it was his 18th minute goal, sending a feed from Daniel Szczepanek to the far post where Xavier keeper Colin Hanley had no chance to stop it, that opened the floodgates for the Golden Eagles.

If Watford had hoped to capitalise on the potential lift Gracia's appointment could inspire, they ultimately wasted their finest chance shortly after kick - off when in the fourth minute they conceded the opening goal.

Shkodran Mustafi had a goal disallowed, correctly, for offside in the second half, but the best of our chances came in the opening 45, culminating in Aaron Ramsey striking the post just before the interval.

Atletico had their own chance ten minutes later as a cross from Clemente caught Chanov in no - man's land with substitute Setién closing in on an open goal.

On top of the goal that's two really good chances for WBA, a team that created absolutely nothing against us in open play.