Sentences with phrase «sides faced off»

England's latest 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign saw them having to settle with a 2 - 2 draw against Scotland as both national sides faced off on June 10 of 2017.

However, in the build up to the match itself, many began to discuss the last time the two sides faced off in the same competition.

AC Milan host Benevento on Saturday in Serie A, and I Rossoneri will be determined to erase memories of the last time these sides faced off in the league with a convincing win.

It's a crucial three points for United as they move back above Liverpool into second place ahead of the two sides facing off at Old Trafford this weekend.

Nasri has risked stoking the flames by offering a seemingly unnecessary critique of their achievements, and it may well be something that Laurent Blanc and his players use to their advantage when the two sides face off.

Here, two sides face off in an objective - based game that attempts to integrate narrative into all the killstreaks and fragging.

Tower Wars has two opposing sides facing off by both building a maze and sending waves of units at the enemy.

Not exact matches

The two sides were set to face off in court on Tuesday, but late on Monday a federal judge in Riverside, California, agreed to the government's request to postpone the hearing after U.S. prosecutors said that a «third party» had presented a possible method for opening an encrypted iPhone.

Baker even seems to have two different haircuts that face off on opposite sides of her head, unified only partially by a dose of red dye.

After blowing off the side of his face, hauling his dead a zz in the copter and taking some DNA to confirm....

I don't like things so spicy that it bites your face off... so this is more on the mild side.

I didn't want to just hit up McDonald's after yoga to just erase what I worked off, and came home and had an open faced egg sammie with an apple on the side — it was perfect!

Both sides recorded solid victories over New Year, but could face off on Tuesday night without a key attacking midfield component.

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

Get both brands involved with a separate bracket on each side, with the winner of each bracket facing off at Survivor Series for a title shot?

Arsenal face off against Swiss side Basel on Match Day Two, in a fixture that'll see Champions League football return to the home of Arsenal for yet another consecutive season.

In Sudden Sam's first NBA game, in Los Angeles, he unleashed a quarter - ending, lunging, leaning, 45 - foot shot from the side — a WBA specialty — which banked off the glass and through the hoop just as Smith's face was embedding itself in the Forum floorboards.

The Gunners are nine points behind Mourinho's men after a tough start to the season, but just as our injury crisis is easing off and we are going into a nice looking run of fixtures, losing Costa would be a real blow and they face an away trip to a Crystal Palace side that had a good win in their last game and who Neil Warnock will have very well organised.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Leeds United face Middlesbrough in Saturday's early kick - off in the Championship, with Dave Hockaday's side looking to bounce back from their opening day defeat at Millwall.

The German tactician opted to make nine changes to the side that faced Southampton in the EFL Cup in midweek, and it certainly hasn't paid off thus far.

Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49 unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

I am sure that every Arsenal fan would prefer it if Arsene Wenger and the players were heading to Stamford Bridge for our next Premier League match on Sunday to face a Chelsea side that was in disarray, but that is not the case, especially after they got their latest Champions League group phase off to a perfect start with a 6 - 0 win over Qarabag last night.

On the flip side, we wanted to know what happened when two ranked SEC teams faced off and found that both home teams (62 - 47, +12.66 units) and favorites (64 - 52, +9.82 units) were both historically undervalued.

Only Alexis has started more games, but with Chambers suspended and a Newcastle side coming off the defeat of Chelsea to face, I can not see our BFG getting any time off just yet.

However, Saturday's clash could prove to be decisive as neither side will want to lose, while there is of course added pressure given what's at stake whenever the two bitter old rivals face off.

Raffael had earlier put Gladbach 2 - 0 up and the third placed side looked to be cruising to victory and a potential second - place face - off with Wolfsburg who had earlier slipped up against Augsburg.

The highly anticipated draw produced a number of intriguing ties including the small matter of a Merseyside Derby while Manchester Utd will face high flying Championship side Derby which kicks off at 19:55.

And with the Gunners coming off a three game winless streak and facing a tough match against a Southampton side that has already beaten us a few days after the FA cup clash, many of us thought he might make even more changes than usual for Burnley tomorrow.

As Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur prepare to face off at Wembley for a place in the FA Cup final, both sides will be hoping to draw inspiration from Premier League fixtures against each other from earlier in the campaign.

On Saturday, two sides from the capital with very different objectives will face off as Crystal Palace make a short trip to West London to play the reigning champions, Chelsea.

A decade has passed since these sides last faced off in the Champions League, Liverpool winning 4 - 1 at home and drawing 1 - 1 away in the 2007 - 08 group stage.

It has been called the «Pogbattle», a clash that pits brother versus brother, as Manchester United host Ligue 1 side St. Etienne in the Europa League round of 32, with the world's most expensive footballer, Paul Pogba, facing off against one of his two older brothers, centre - back and Guinean international Florentin Pogba.

Meanwhile, Watford are looking to return to winning ways against a confident Everton side, while Brighton and Swansea face off in a crunch battle in the bottom half.

West Ham United partake in their first domestic cup action of the season, when they face off against fourth tier side Cheltenham United.

Milan will face Atalanta on Saturday with both sides on 24 points, three off Sampdoria who, in sixth, occupy the final Europa League qualifying berth.

It maybe the win that propels West Ham to the safety they always should achieve, and David Moyes will hope his side can continue from this terrific day when they face off against Chelsea next Sunday.

Huddersfield remain just three points off the drop zone, and they face a trip to fellow promoted side Brighton — who are three points better off in 13th place, but victory for The Terriers would drag the Seagulls into trouble.

The 31 - year - old was forced off at half - time during last weekend's 5 - 1 win over Everton at Emirates Stadium but is due to return to training in time to face Mauricio Pochettino's side.

The Bees head to Pride Park Stadium to face Derby County's side on Saturday 3 February with tickets on sale from the away end ahead of kick - off tomorrow.

Liverpool made the trip to White Hart Lane in the opening fixture of the weekend to face off against Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham side.

Mohamed Salah is set to be one of the wide - men in that system, as he faces off against his former side.

We face a Cardiff City side who kicked off the season with a 2 - 2 draw last week at Hull and they will certainly provide stiff opposition again for what is likely to be another very young Burnley team.

They've claimed five away wins, but given that they've lost at every top six side they've faced on the road this term there's clearly some issues on the road for the visitors to fix if they're to pull off a huge shock in this week's replay.

With Tottenham facing an underwhelming Manchester City side this weekend, who are coming off the back of a 3 - 1 hammering from Leicester City, Eriksen will surely be hoping to replicate Riyad Mahrez's creative masterclass and inflict further damage on the stuttering giant.

Oxford University skipper Conor Kearns will know all about the threat that faces his Dark Blues side when they host Trinity College, Dublin at Iffley Road on Tuesday night (17 October, kick - off 7.00 pm).

The Magpies have beaten West Ham, Swansea and Stoke and while that isn't the toughest of opponents which they have seen off, putting things in perspective they aren't facing a particularly tough side on the weekend.

«Well, when you do not get the result, it's part of our job,» Wenger said, as quoted by Arsenal's website, when asked about how he aims to lift his side for the face - off.

For now, Jürgen Klopp's side will be hoping that Anfield will be able to provide a boost of energy before Liverpool faces off against Leicester City and Burnley within the space of a week.