Sentences with phrase «putting the ball in the back of the net for»

He hasn't been as prolific as he was at Madrid, but we don't have Ronaldo to put the ball in the back of the net for every chance he creates, so of course his assists aren't going to be as good, but here's an interesting stat:

It is not just the Arsenal centre forward Olivier Giroud that is responsible for putting the ball in the back of the net for the Gunners, of course, and the stats show you that the France international is actually doing his job very well this season when it comes to converting chances.

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RvP was only a bit player for us for many years due to injury yet he turned into the player we needed, top quality and knew how to put the ball in the back of the net, a youngster developed at Arsenal after we bought him.

Some teams use zonal and have specific man marker for a dangerous player... shearer, Carroll etc who did or can excel at putting the ball in the back of the net from a corner.

Jack Wilshere, who just played for an hour when Arsenal faced Man City last weekend, has been giving his verdict on the season on Arsenal.com and he is quite clear that our problem was putting the ball in the back of the net.

Claudio Ranieri's reputation for being a «Tinkerman» continued as he brought on Shinji Okazaki for the second period, and the Japanese international responded within two minutes as he danced his way through the Spurs defence before putting the ball in the back of the net at the second time of asking.

I put that loss down to our team not being able to put the ball in the back of the net when it's on a plate for them.

The 30 year - old Olivier Giroud has been giving the Arsenal fans nightmares since the New Year, and there are many Gooners that will point to his inability to put the ball in the back of the net as the main reason for us missing out on the title this year.

This theory seemed to be proven tonight as Giroud was given a starting role for France in a friendly against Serbia, but after missing two clear cut chances to put the ball in the back of the net, he was getting jeered and booed by his own French supporters.

He knows how to put the ball in the back of the net... He's much better than Lambert or Balotelli, that's for sure...

The game suddenly changed however, after Greystar United whipped the ball into the box from a corner and unfortunately for one of the Lallana in Pyjamas defenders, he put the ball into the back of his own net.

bet you wasn't saying that wen he scored the winner against united wen no one else looked like putting the ball in the back of the net, welbeck is a work horse he don't stop fair enough he ai nt the best in the world but maybe wenger will put him on wing for a couple of season with a few games upfront and then eventually move him to cf, plus he's better than sangogo, polski, campbell, rosicky, arteta,

«He can finish — one of the hardest things to do in football is to put the ball in the back of the net and he's done it on numerous occasions for Arsenal.

Despite showing promise for the Black Cats, his first moment of note was putting the ball in the back of his own net against Manchester City.

Yet in his four appearances since his return he's failed to put the ball in the back of the net and has just an assist for all of the effort.

The Seagulls have failed to score in five of their last seven games and it has been a real struggle all season for them putting the ball in the back of the net.

A huge part of their problems this season has been putting the ball in the back of the net and they have only managed the five goals on their travels this term having failed to score in two for their seven road fixtures.

But the Reds weren't to be denied for too long, as Jordan Henderson's perfect cross found the head of Sadio Mané, but Begovic saved the initial header, only for it to fall straight into the path of the Senegalese who put the ball in the back of the net, as the Reds were off and away.

For Liverpool to challenge them next season, they must be able to break through these defences and put the ball in the back of the opposition's net and Salah may be the key player to do this.

08 ′ 1 — 1 Kelechi Iheanacho equalized for City minutes later after Nolito found him with a superb pass and he made no mistake in putting the ball in the back of the net.

What we are missing is the killer touch to put the ball in the back of the net — which means that we have question marks over Giro, Theo and our attacking midfield for not scoring as often as we would like.

It's just so much fun battling for the ball with your buddies and seeing their sulking faces when you put it in the back of the net that anyone can enjoy it.