Sentences with phrase «point against the better side»

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I would lean against the side of the tub into Brian's arms for the contractions (he thanked his high school football coach often for teaching him a good three - point stance as he maintained it for almost 2 hours!).

But it was over all good performance... But being Arsenal, they are very unpredictable... We can not assume that we would win comfortably against West Brom next Monday night... They are very hard to break down and it's Tony Pulis side who only play with air balls... Corners and Free kicks... So we have should not feel any euphoric feeling by this point... This should be happening week in week out....

Vidal continues to say that Munich is the best team in the world, and he can certainly point to Arsenal's humiliation against Bayern in the Champions League to emphasise the gap in quality between the two sides, but he believes that Alexis will make the Germans into an even better side.

Good for a few mickey mouse cups but when it really matters lose game after game against the top sides (1 out 12 points so far this season), sometimes by embarrassingly high scores.

Watford 0 - 2 West Brom — Although Watford battled well for a draw against Everton, one would expect West Brom to be the better side here and to come away with the points.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

With tougher opposition coming up in their next game against Switzerland, England fans could have cause to be concerned by their team's continued lack of ability to break sides down, as well as a perceived lack of desire from Redknapp's point of view.

I know some gooners would want 3 points from this game, but getting a draw away at Stamford bridge against a strong Chelsea side is just as good as a win and it can be a confidence boost for the players.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

The Italian giants have quality players like Paul Pogba in their ranks and will have the confidence to grab a point or more against a City side that so often struggles to look its best in Europe.

In most of his games since his arrival he's been poor at best and that has been duly noted by every Arsenal fan and pundit alike, so one half decent game against an unusually poor side on the day does not mark a significant turning point.

Aaron Ramsey's first half goal was enough to give Arsenal all three points against the relegation threatened side and maintained the recent good form for Arsene Wenger's side.

While a point from any away game against a big EPL rival is a decent result, a win would do our top four challenge the power of good and with Jurgen Klopp under pressure after his faltering Reds lost away to relegation threatened Leicester City on Monday, Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal side might just be looking to pile the pressure on.

Today I watched a Chelsea side, whom were focused, motivated and intent on proving a point against their title rivals, not play to their best and still win a high - tension game comfortably.

I also feel that the 25 - year old will have a massive point to prove after the latest snum from the England national team, many of whom are in this Tottenham side, so a good performance against the likes of Alli and Dier would surely send a message to Gareth Southgate.

Going into the final day City were top of the league, ahead of United on goal difference, but with Wayne Rooney's solitary strike securing the Red Devils victory against Sunderland, Roberto Mancini's side needed three points as well.

He failed to make an impression at Bournemouth and on the back of one full 90 minutes against a lower division side there is a clamour for him to replace the likes of Ramsay, Xhaka and Elneny who is in my opinion the best defensive midfielder at Arsenal.Wenger is absolutely correct on this occasion when he points that it is up to Wiltshire to stake a claim to a regular midfield berth by stringing together a number of consistently good performances.I sincerely hope he can but please, no more of this hype after a 90 minute shift.

Even with the one - sided final score against Monte Vista, Nichols was able to point out what his team has been doing well.

A good performance against Arsenal looked set to be wasted after yet more careless defending, but a late Martin Skrtl header saved a point and gave the side a huge boost heading into a vital run of three winnable Christmas games.

The former Arsenal and England forward Alan Smith was clearly not as disappointed as some Gooners with the away point against a difficult and in form Stoke City side at the weekend, especially as the Gunners were without two of our best attacking players in Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

Learn how to park the bus on away games might be a start.1 point is better than 0 point.Gung Ho football in somebody else's back yard is suicidal hence our poor record against the top sides AND the not so top sides.

Mark Hughes's Man City side showed great character to come from two goals down to take the lead against Burnley but a late goal from Kevin McDonald salvaged a well deserved point for the Clarets.

It was a good point against an Everton side who will beat a lot of teams at home.

«As long as he doesn't do it in the so - called bigger games, then whenever he does it against an Everton side that are trying to find their form, people are going to point their finger at the fact Everton aren't playing well.»

Crystal Palace have struggled as well but don't have to go far for this game, and they should be able to grab a point against a struggling side.

We might end up in the semis if we go past a tricky Watford side, who've done very well coming from the championship, but they've really failed to get results against the big teams, and I put it down to the fact they're still learning, because they were close to getting points off the big boys on a few occasions.

Despite their poor showing against Man United last time around, Everton are a decent side sitting just four points off the top four and with players like Lukaku, Mirallas, Colemanm Stones and Barkley they could give the Gunners real problems if we are not at our best.

Still the players responded well and they ably demonstrated the spirit, determination and togetherness required to earn a valuable three points from what looked to be a troublesome fixture against a confident Watford side.

Milanic pointed out that his side «have a good record against English teams» in European competition, with one home win and two draws.

They have been playing some good stuff under Paul Clement and they have gone W4 L3 in their last seven games, but each of those defeats were against a top four side so there's really nothing wrong with their form and they should be able to bag three points against the Clarets who have been poor on the road.

Pitted against manger - turned - pundit, Harry Redknapp's very own best XI from the weekend's fixtures, Crooks» attack - orientated side entered week four with a six - point advantage, having won two and drawn one of their three matches so far.

KEY FACT: Stoke have won seven of their last nine home Premier League matches against newly promoted sides MATCH ODDS: Stoke 6/5 Draw 9/4 Brighton 11/4 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Stoke win for me here, think Paul Lambert will get the win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Stoke have improved and they should just about claim the three points... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see a home win, think Stoke will take the victory... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 0.69, Jack Butland has to be a good buy

Burnley are a better home side than they are away from home, but the Cherries took a recent victory on the road at Stoke which suggests that they can go to Turf Moor and collect all three points against the low - scoring Burnley.

KEY FACT: Swansea have won five of their six home Premier League matches against West Brom MATCH ODDS: Swansea 17/10 Draw 21/10 West Brom 2/1 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to score in the first half @ 11/2 ANDY SAYS: A real six - pointer this one, but I will just go with the home side... 1 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see West Brom getting beat here, think they will grab a point... 0 - 0 SILKY SAYS: I can see goals here, but not sure either is good enough for the win... 2 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Tammy Abraham is just outside the top 150 at # 1.22

KEY FACT: Everton are unbeaten in each of their last six Premier League matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Everton 13/10 Draw 9/4 Palace 13/5 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Close call but I think my former side can get something from this game... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Everton need a win here and I think they will just about get it... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Everton will take the three points here for me... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha just inside the top - 100, well worth a look

You can see he knows what he wants when we play the Champions» League - chasing sides, which is why we have witnessed very good wins against these sides and taken a substantial number of points from them when others have failed to do so.

These are two very good sides, but Wolves are strong enough to go and hold their own against a fellow top three side and collect a point for themselves.

Suddenly they look to be a side full of confidence and have taken some good points in their last three games, notably the one against Liverpool in fighting back from being 2 - 0 down.

Even though the North Londoners may have come away from the North East with three points in the end, it wasn't as convincing a performance as it should have been against a truly woeful side well on their way to putting together to worst Premier League campaign since Derby County's 11 point finish in 2008.

Well, that was an odd one... Manchester United headed to St James» Park this evening with many suspecting that Louis van Gaal's job would be under serious threat should they fail to secure three points against a Newcastle side in the midst of a genuine relegation battle.

The manner of the victory against a good Everton side who gained a point at the Emirates earlier in the season can also boost Arsenal before a tough run of league fixtures.

Manchester United have had a positive week so far themselves — they started by battling past newly promoted Brighton to secure all three points followed by an entertaining attacking display against a good Watford team away from home where Mourinho's side scored four or more goals for the eighth time this season.

They're seven points above the relegation zone in eighth, are picking up points regularly, have given a good account of themselves in all ten games thus far, including the daunting encounters against the league's elite sides, while their intensity and application has been spot right from day one.

Blackburn defied the odds that day to earn a well earned point against table topping Chelsea, while Blackburn are big odds and somewhat unfancied ahead of this weekend clash with yet another side honing in on the league title, so will it be a case of Deja - Vu for Rovers?

While the Blues may not quite have been at their scintillating best last weekend against a stubborn and determined Wolves side, they still did more than enough to secure all three points.

They have the raw credentials to take their streak to seven, but we reckon they're good enough to claim all the spoils in this contest against a Birmingham side struggling to bolster their points tally with away fixtures.

Slovakia were content to defend for a point and, with four points, are likely to qualify as one of the best third - placed sides after holding out against England.

Even so, they won't want to end another promising campaign with a loss, especially not in front of their home fans, but against a Blackburn side who've lost just one of their last seven games, they may well have to settle for just a point.

Middlesbrough do have tendancy to up their game against big teams but this Chelsea side is well rested and come with a clinical edge and I see them getting all three points this weekend.

Napoli coach Maurizio Sarri says his side had to be at their very best to take all three points against Chievo.