Sentences with phrase «scored against a side»

Hughes» men found a way around an excellent Blues defence, and they'll be confident of scoring against a side who have looked more open in recent weeks.

Not exact matches

I think they often do this to score quick points against the other side by using emotive language.

Coming up against Arsenal, it would be a no brainer to see the visitors have large spells of possession and nullify whatever little threat the home side may pose; but Johnson, playing as the Right - Winger, could initiate counterattacks with his deceptive pace and has the ability to deliver that final ball for the likes of Steven Fletcher and Conor Wickham — who could start upfront for the Black Cats against Arsenal, to finish off a goal scoring chance.

It was basically a dismal performance by the Gunners against a weak Liverpool side who managed a massive 27 attempts on our goal, while we scored with our first two attempts on target.

The 22 year - old scored against England in Turkey's recent 2 - 1 loss, and I expect him to play a key role in his side's upcoming Euro 2016 campaign, despite his young age.

He tore up Sunderland and B'Mouth (21 of his 25 goals were against bottom 13 sides) but has scored hardly any against the top 6.

Koeman has been an admirer of the Holland under - 21 star since scoring against his Feyenoord side back in 2012.

We had one good performance against a Villa side struck by a virus that still almost opened the score if it wasn't for Szczesny — and after they went down they were sitting in their own half waiting on a counter attack.

Shout out to Gnabry and Asano... Both scored some nice goals with great finishes against pretty strong sides in the competition!

So all you need to do to have a chance of winning this superb stocking filler is to predict the correct score of the game against QPR on Boxing day, the time of the first goal by any player from either side and the first player to score a goal for the Gunners.

Arsenal should win and we think they will, but the Gunners, who go into Sunday's game on a run of three league matches without scoring, are unlikely to have it all their own way against a side who have humbled Chelsea and Man United this term.

Despite scoring the opening goal in the Savoyard club's relegation six - pointer against SC Bastia, Sunu's side ultimately fell to defeat — a loss that may have grave consequences for the fight to avoid the drop.

In the build - up to the game, manager Roy Hodgson had confirmed that the Tottenham striker would make his first start for the side, after the 21 - year - old scored within eighty seconds of his debut from the substitute's bench against Lithuania last week.

but its a bit sad to see that i as i know more about arsenal fans than other fans, to say from the bottom of my heart, that the fans on here are as worse as the worst if not the worst fans out there... arsenal being on a run, with özil scoring one of the best goals i have ever seen on tuesday, draws against the best defensive side in the league and no they arent stoke city or something they are SPURS equally title challenger as any of arsenal man city, man united, chelsea, liverpool, a team that sent man city home when they (city) looked unbeatable..

Against the likes of Matic, Carrick, Schneiderlin and Fernandinho, the Arsenal star's stats come out very favourably, especially on the defensive side of things where his score of 20.56 per 90 minutes is miles ahead of the rest.

When's the last time we failed to score a goal at home against a lesser side?

Walcott have good off ball movement and finishing is good and he scores against big team.but he lacks other aspects of the game.our left side of defence is covered.right side also with Berlin and ox, but don't know why our back 3 sometimes look shaky.

Against Southampton, with Vincent Kompany benched, Lampard captained the home side, and scored something of a vintage Lampard effort with a precise finish on 31 minutes.

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.

The 29 - year - old scored the equaliser for the Hornets as they stunned Arsenal with a late comeback at Vicarage Road, and admitted afterwards that he often fancies his chances against Arsene Wenger's side.

In the women's match, Oxford had a tough time against a very strong Cambridge side and, unfortunately, lost their match with a final score of 12 - 23.

Giroud was criticised during the mentioned Europa League clash after failing to score against the German side that boast the worst defensive record in the Bundesliga this season.

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

Gerrard had scored a penalty in the game, which helped his side to a 3 - 2 win against their rivals for a top four spot.

Harry Kane also had a good weekend, netting a hat - trick against a dismal Stoke City side today, leaving himself one behind the leading duo's tally of 17, and he joined Chelsea's Diego Costa, who also scored his 16th league goal of the current campaign.

Sanches has been one of the fastest rising stars in Portugal at just 18 years old, scoring twice in 18 appearances for the Primeira Liga giants and earning his first cap for Fernando Santos» side in Friday's friendly against Belgium.

He shone for the national side at last summer's World Cup, scoring a late winner in the group stages against Russia to help the Belgians progress into the knockout stages.

I will be very shocked if we don't manage to at least break our hoodoo of having failed to score against the West London side, and I'm trying to remain upbeat despite our record making it very difficult!

Messi, conversely, had a golden opportunity to score his side's most crucial goal of last season — but fluffed his lines, missing a penalty against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final.

Indeed, Bayern are the side against whom Lampard has scored the joint-most goals in the Champions League (three), alongside Barcelona and Liverpool.

The score above by Tate on his first run against Colorado was the same play that made Rodriguez famous more than a decade ago, a zone - read from a two - by - two (two WRs on each side) spread alignment.

Brazil defender David Luiz has headed his side in front against Austria in their friendly.David Luiz has scored for Brazil in Austria, but should the Austrian defence have done better?

Campbell has scored 10 goals and provided 12 assists in his 36 matches for the Greek side this season, with his most famous strike coming against Manchester United in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.

The German international scored in his side's latest defeat of the season, a 2 - 1 reverse against Werder Bremen on Saturday, but is clearly unhappy with how the team is playing at the moment as they head into the second half of the season facing a genuine fight against relegation.

As well as this, he has the numbers to back up; scoring on his first Arsenal start, albeit an offside goal against a poor Everton side, but the quality is there for all to see.

Croatian international is a determined customer who has proven effective wherever he has plied his trade, perhaps best known to English football fans as the man who scored the winner against Steve McClaren's hapless side during an ill fated Euro 2008 qualifier.

The Spanish international has won a long list of honours for club and country, forming part of the highly dominant Barcelona side that won the Champions League in 2011, when he scored the opening goal in the final against Manchester United.

A crucial performer for Pellegrini's side, Yaya Toure has a good scoring record against Spurs and will be likely to have a major role again on Saturday.

The youngster is yet to make the squad for their Under - 18 side, due to his commitments to the senior side and the Under - 23 sides instead, and after impressing and scoring against Chelsea Under - 23, was given a full 90 minutes of senior football as the Black Cats defeated Shrewsbury Town in the League Cup.

Ramon Abila has scored his second goal of the night to put Argentine side Huracan 2 - 0 up against Brazilian giants Cruzeiro.

But it was perhaps in the quarter - final when Navas really made an impression on van Gaal, keeping a clean sheet against his Netherlands side that had ruthlessly scored 12 goals in just four games before that point.

As we thought would happen after his goal scoring Premier League starting debut against Swnasea at the weekend, Joel Campbell gets the chance on the right side of our front three once more, with Olivier Giroud leading the line and Alexis Sanchez on the left.

He scored a superb brace away from home against Sunderland to win his side the game from a goal down.

Newcastle United striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a late equaliser against Sunderland on Sunday, earning his side a share of the spoils in the Tyne - Wear derby.

In 2011 Arsenal did not win any title and looked stupid with Pep's team who like possession but this side is painful to play against, The first half is where they will try to score but with some momentum Arsenal can play counter-attack.

We struggled to beat and score against the poorest Chelsea side in a long time while every other team was dismantling them.

If he only scores 17 or 18 whilst achieving this (given we have plenty of goalscorers who can score against lesser sides) I'd be happy with that, as it'd almost certainly mean more points.

A 3 - 0 win over Reading stopped the rot, though they were then beaten 3 - 1 by Manchester United at Old Trafford, still they followed that up with a 1 - 0 away win at Southampton, and then even more impressively with a surprise 1 - 0 win at home to Manchester City, with none other than Adam Johnson scoring the winner against the side he left in the summer.

Who needs a striker if you can score five goals against the thus far unbeaten Leicester side?

The Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta is in a state of shock after seeing Arsenal only score one goal in injury time — against a Man United side that were completely over-run by the Gunners attack.