Sentences with phrase «side picked up a point»

He kept a clean sheet against Manchester City in the derby last weekend, and was also responsible for shutout against Crystal Palace on Saturday as Louis van Gaal's side picked up a point at Selhurst Park.

Kurt Zouma and Marco van Ginkel featured for our development squad as Adi Viveash's side picked up a point on the road at Everton this evening (Monday).

Not exact matches

Rooney's side saw a lot of the play in a game they will feel disappointed not to have picked up at least a point, having had 70 per cent possession, and limiting Chelsea to only two shots on target.

Arsenal could not have picked a worse time to face Antonio Conte's side, who easily beat Swansea 5 - 0 two days ago while resting Eden Hazard, and who have only conceded one goal in their last 5 League games as they moved up to be Man City's closest challengers, albeit 14 points behind Pep Guardiola's side.

Real Madrid have after all only beat Athletico twice in the previous eight games between the two sides, excluding their penalty victory in the Champions League final and those expecting Atletico to take all three points can pick up a price of around 3/1.

The Gunners limped to a 1 - 0 win over Newcastle United today, picking up those all - important three points, but the win wasn't enough to spare our side from criticism.

This is a clash that sees the home side take their share of the spoils with the away team only picking up the points on three occasions since 2005.

Paul Lambert's side have picked up just one point from their past six Premier League fixtures and leaves the Midlands side battling at the wrong end of the table.

He has since seen his Blues side struggle this term, picking up only one point from their opening two Premier League matches.

The fixture represents a clash of the top two, with both sides having picked up six points out of six from their opening two games — although PSV head the table with a goal difference of +7 compared to Ajax's +5.

Hull look a reinvigorated side under Marco Silva, as they have picked up impressive results and crucial points as they try and fight their way out of a relegation battle.

Both men picked up their fifth bookings of the season and in turn will sit out a game through suspension, but with a nine - point buffer over their rivals, Conte will be delighted that his side have piled the pressure on them to respond with Arsenal and Manchester City facing each other on Sunday.

Atletico Madrid were taken out of the hunt for the championship after Levante came from behind to stun Diego Simeone's side 2 - 1, Real picked up three points against Los Che, despite conceding twice in the second half.

If we need evidence to back up such a claim, we only need to go back as recently as the Liverpool game earlier this month where he produced a stunning save to ensure his side picked up a crucial point at Anfield.

Antonio Conte's side are firm favourites to lift the title come May, but they can't afford to get complacent and will need to be at their best today to pick up all three points.

The Clarets have picked up solid points away at Newcastle United and Man City the newly promoted side could well do with some extra quality to help push them out of the drop zone.

It show our fighting spirit, as we won 4 - 3 and does send a signal to our premiership rivals, but we need consistancy so let go to stoke and pick up three points as those sides we do struggle against

Both sides could really do with a win following their failure to pick up three points in matchweek one, when Ireland drew with Sweden in their opener and Belgium lost to Italy.

This one sided public betting has pushed the line from Baltimore +9.5 to +10, meaning that bettors can pick up a free half - point purely based on public perception.

Add to that the fact that, despite having picked up more points than us so far, Chelsea are not looking like the side that roared to the title last season.

His side picked up a dramatic last - gasp win over Wales last time out to put themselves in pole position to finish top of the group, although Slovakia's victory against Russia leaves them with plenty to play for too while the Welsh will also be hopeful of picking up three points on Monday night.

Ripoll and his team will be watching on as the weekend unravels, hoping that those sides beneath them — Evian, Bastia, Toulouse and Reims — fail to pick up points.

Despite picking up the maximum three points, Marcelo Bielsa's side miss out on the Champions League due to AS Monaco's 1 - 0 victory of FC Lorient.

Yet the same is true of Burnley, their fellow newly promoted side, who have just picked up their sixth win of the season and are sitting six points clear of the relegation zone and eight points above the Tigers.

The reigning champions picked up a valuable point in their last league match against local rivals Racing Club and will hope to improve their form with a positive result against the Ecuadorian side.

Picking up a point and avoiding defeat against fellow title contenders is not that bad a consequence, after all, even if you're the home side.

Every player selected has to be on top of there game for us to pick up all points from these very tricky sides.

Our results have flattered our side recently, leaving us little room to complain at present, but in reality, we were lucky not to have been eliminated by Norwich City in the League Cup, and Red Star Belgrade could easily have picked up more than one point from our two EL encounters.

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There's no reason why they can't pick up three points against a Leicester side who haven't won on the road this season.

The left hand side became our outlet as Saiz dropped off and as we headed into the festive period Hernandez was carrying us, scoring crucial goals to pick up points, but he couldn't do it all on his own and in the new year it all came crashing down, and it's still crumbling as I write this article, however... Hernandez has got better as the games have gone on.

They have not had any problems in picking up points on the road recently and even though they aren't playing particularly well, they can pick off a Burnley side which has just lost its way.

Mancini's side wasn't playing some good football but still managed to pick up three points and to gain two points ahead of Fiorentina and to reduce the gap to third placed Roma to six points.

If Palace had gone on to claim a point against their London neighbours, then it would not have an injustice to either side — but as it turned out, the hosts picked up the win.

I don't see Mauricio Pochettino's side picking up three points in this one.

Eddie Howe's Bournemouth have picked up 17 points from losing positions - more than any other Premier League side

Despite being considered a bogey side to Arsenal, Stoke have a horrendous record at the Emirates as they haven't picked up so much as a point in any of their games with the Gunners at the ground.

You have two sides who are in good, confident form at the moment and Chelsea have handled themselves well enough away from home to pick up a point in this one.

• Jürgen Klopp's side picked up seven points at home in this season's group stage, drawing 2 - 2 with Sevilla FC before a 3 - 0 scalp of NK Maribor.

Neither have been clinical in recent weeks, therefore this weekend's match won't be filled with goals, but it will still be an intriguing match to watch as both sides need to start picking up points on a consistent...

It's true we've struggled to pick up points against sides like City, United and Chelsea recently but maybe this is the turning point.

After Tottenham picked up three points against Stoke, the pressure was on Arsenal to deliver the same result at home to a relegation battling Wigan side.

In those four games, Vertonghen saw his side pick up just five points from the sidelines, which included big clashes against Manchester City and Liverpool.

They're unbeaten in six away trips, but before that they picked up a single point in five league matches on the road, Given that those games included meetings with sides who were all in the top half at that stage, that doesn't bode well for this trip.

Claude Puel's side head into the fixture in good form, having picked up seven points from their last three Premier League matches.

Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger, has said he is confident his side can beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to pick up the points they want on Sunday...

In the last five Premier League games, only Manchester City have picked up more points than the Merseysiders so Antonio Conte's men will have to be on top of their game to derail the ninth - placed side.

These two sides have been in good form over the past few weeks as they have both been picking up points regularly.

David Moyes saw his side pick up a valuable point over the Ukrainian Giants on Wednesday and will want to use that confidence booster in order to get United up - and - running in the Premier League, whilst Ball could seriously put himself in the frame for the permanent managerial position at the Stadium of Light if he could lead the Black Cats to their first victory of the season over their visitors.

While Wenger was pleased with aspects of his side's previous two matches, he accepts that dropping four points means they now must pick themselves up quickly if they are to maintain their top - four place.