Sentences with phrase «over their opponents at»

Inter were all over their opponents at this point and in the 44th minute the Nerazzurri had doubled their lead.

Originating in US Cold War nuclear strategy, this theory holds that the key to winning a strategic conflict is enjoying the ability to escalate over your opponent at every rung of the «escalation ladder».

While these mailers are subject to certain restrictions in the run up to an election, differences between state rules and city regulations mean that state legislators running for City Council have a distinct advantage over their opponents at the local level.

Not exact matches

Because it gives them a rather useful advantage over their opponents, and Trump is a strategist at heart.

At first, Chinese company Anbang was a mean opponent for Starwood's other suitor, Marriott International and even won over Starwood by mid-March of last year.

QUEBEC — The Parti Quebecois government tabled what it calls a «responsible» budget Thursday aimed at erasing doubts over the party's economic record and blunting opponent attacks ahead of an expected spring election.

UCP MLAs sat stonefaced and silent Thursday, looking at phones and tablets as opponents accused them of misogyny and political cowardice over the government's proposed abortion clinic buffer zone bill.

Passing reference might also be made to Malchion, who was the principal opponent of the powerful heresiarch Bishop Paul of Samosata at the synodal deliberations over the heterodoxy of Queen Zenobia's prime minister.

The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team's confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.

Of course, it's far from over yet but in another pressure game we failed to turn up and failed to properly punish the weaknesses of an opponent (two midfielders playing at centre half LOL, hardly even challenged them physically and didn't make it an issue for them).

The Gunners may have won two games in a row, but they have been far from easy wins over inferior opponents, which is what the fans expected at the beginning of this week and questions are now being asked about the lack of commitment from everyone in the side except for newboy Alexis Sanchez.

n about Ospina u dnt recover from conceding 3 at home against a particular UCL opponent over night

Despite a big advantage off the tee over his opponent, McIlroy quickly dug himself a hole when he bogeyed two holes on the front while Spieth made the turn at 1 - under 35.

Can you see that is why he has to retire and maybe take a position upstairs and let a young manager with fresh ideas, who knows how to make substitutions at the right time and also make tactical changes during matches and also set up his team according to the opponents we are playing, who will choose hard work over favoritism.

Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.

The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help out steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

Today Arsenal managed to scrape a 2 - 1 victory over our Premier League opponents Southampton, in what was a tight affair at the Emirates Stadium.

He's 43 -22-3 ATS against opponents over.500 during that span, ahead of Russell Wilson (22 -10-2 ATS), and Tom Brady (34 -23-4 ATS).

Wednesday's resounding 6 - 0 win over Champions League opponents Ludogorets showcased Arsene Wenger's side at their free - flowing best, and given his tendency to set up his side up conservatively anyway, there must be a temptation for Karanka to adopt an extremely defensive approach in an attempt to prevent Arsenal running riot.

Dallas is 2 -9-0 at Colorado since the start of the 2013 - 14 season; entering the weekend, the only team with more road losses versus a single opponent over that span is the Red Wings at Tampa Bay (0 -9-1; 10 total losses).

Title contenders Arsenal and Liverpool both grinded out 2 - 1 wins over inferior opponents at home, and Aston Villa and Hull both earned valuable 1 - 0 road wins.

Just look at the opponents they got over the years and yet they cry about UEFA favoring RM.

Arsenal looked to be cruising in first gear when 1 - 0 up over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, but an unlikely turn of events saw the Gunners denied a certain penalty when Olivier Giroud was dragged backwards in the Sunderland box, but just a minute later our opponents were on the counter-attack and got given a penalty of their own when Cech made sure they couldn't score.

With Arsenal struggling to get a point against Middlesbrough at the weekend, our League Cup opponents Reading managed a hard - fought win over Rotherham to move up to 8th place in the Championship.

Looking at over ten years of our data, we've found that teams have gone 191 - 159 ATS (54.6 %) when their winning percentage is less than 60 % and their opponents winning percentage is at least 60 %.

I always marveled at the fact that they were in such great condition that they had spare oxygen in their lungs to waste jaw - jacking at their opponent after running all over the damn field.

Clemson has been playing its best football of the year over its last four games going 4 - 0 SU and ATS and outscoring opponents 164 to 30 in a stretch of games that included conference tests against Florida State and Miami.

Once Davis was on campus, coaches found him to be a ferocious and technically sound tackler — traits Davis attributes to his penchant for «running over opponents instead of around them» in his tailback days at Randolph - Clay.

Luiz is a dirty player and I don't think he much cares about his opponents, he will raise his foot and kick you in the head even though common says he needed to let the ball drop down rather than flying through the air at head height, he would have also been aware that going in over the top of the ball with studs showing was a dangerous tatic and was likely to hurt the opponent.

However, if he gets to wrestle the also super over Miz at Mania, destroys the Miztourage in a way no one else has been able to, pins Miz, and then murks new opponents for a while as the holder of the Intercontinental Championship, then we're still in a pretty good place.

The nation's leader in three - point field goals this season (148) went off for 27 points in a 79 — 75 win that represented the program's first triumph over a Top 25 opponent as well as the season's second - largest upset at that point, according to ESPN's Basketball Power Index.

So let's get familiar with the Group of Five team that has made the strongest opening statement midway through September: San Diego State, owners of wins over Pac - 12 opponents in back - to - back weeks and a new entrant to this week's AP Top 25, nestled in right behind USF at No. 22.

England travel to Turin for their next international game, coming up against a big - name opponent in Italy after a fairly comfortable 4 - 0 win over minnows Lithuania at Wembley.

The manager who has spent 200 millions in 2 seasons then he has to win everything... Pep I think one of the most overrated and over hyped manager... In his career he has always managed the clubs which have countless money to throw in transfer market or league is very incompetative... He was at Barcelona where he had money and also there was only Real Madrid to compete... After that he managed Bayern where there is no opponent at all....

He handles the ball like the point guard, he beats up his opponents with the dribble on the regular occasions, there is no need for him to speed up, that's not his game, if he try that he will become turnover prone player, he's adjusting the game up to his own speed, sometimes when he sees advantages he can be even quicker, how many centers can run the fast break with the ball, run over the entire Clipper defense and throw the perfect alley op pass to Millsap for the dunk??? Nothing wrong with his handle and speed, I don't agree with you at all about improvement of his game.

Luke Shaw compared with Blind and Rojo over the last two seasons — he excels at getting past his opponents to surge own the flank and cut a ball back into the area.

The Brazil international went off injured in the 52nd minute of Sunday's 3 - 0 victory over the Gunners at Wembley and their midweek fixture against the same opponents comes too soon for his return.

Following a comfortable 4 - 0 victory away at Stoke over the weekend, Spurs enter their first Champions League Group Stage match on a high as they prepare to line - up against their French opponents Monaco.

No, Notre Dame football is missing good coaching and victories over elite opponents occurring at least semi-regularly.

The Gators are 4 - 1 ATS over their last five at home and like to beat teams making long trips; they're 21 - 7 ATS in their last 28 matchups against non-conference opponents.

At times Nico tried to do too much and was surrounded by opponents who collapsed on him, but he was all over the field probing and creating chances.

Matic is known for his intelligence on the field and reading of the game, he has been a consistent performer throughout his career and his combative style allows him to have a big advantage over his opponents as he sits deep at the base of the midfield to break down the oppositions play.

In fairness, Bruce should be delighted with his current squad, the same squad which avoided defeat against Sunday's opponent's Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham, as well as record a stunning 3 - 0 win over defending champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the latter an emphatic result which Sir Alex Ferguson cited as just one piece of evidence to suggest that Sunday's visit of Steve Bruce's Sunderland will be one of his side's toughest home games of the entire season.

He has a wicked cross on him and has so far looked very capable in slotting into his manager's systematic demands and standing at over six foot tall is difficult opponent for attackers to try and strong - arm down the wing.

Germany, who are their opponents on Thursday night are five points clear at the top of them and the Germans have ruthlessly averaged over four goals per game so far in qualification.

Leicester City have scored an awful lot of goals for a side that has maintained an inferior possession rate over their opponents, and have also been incredibly tight at the back.

Besiktas will still have nightmares over their last encounter with an English opponent, when they were hammered 8 - 0 at Anfield by Liverpool in 2006/2007.

REPORT Lionel Messi set a new Champions League record for most goals scored against a single opponent as Barcelona cruised into the last eight with a routine 3 - 1 win over Arsenal at the Nou Camp.

When the teams meet in the previous last two seasons, Spurs had the edge over their opponents taking 10 of the 12 points available and the last time Manchester City were able to beat their opponents at the Etihad stadium was actually way back in 2014.