Sentences with phrase «solid game against»

The Pole had a very solid game against Partizan Belgrade and his penalty save brought joy and relief in equal measure.
Jan Vertonghen had a solid game against Chelsea and can provide some stability in the defence.
As for Welbeck, I think he played a very solid game against Chelsea and I like what he brings to Arsenal.
Team Deutsch was not able to come away with the Win over Team Purimetla on Sunday Night but they did play a really solid Game against a very formidable opponent and was in it until the very end.
Team Berkson played a solid game against Team Neuhausen, but just couldn't keep up with the offensive powerhouse team.

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Arsenal could do with the goal threat of Lacazette in such a big game against a defensively solid Spurs side riding high in the Premier League.
Mertesacker — 7 It was a more solid performance which built on his game against West Brom.
I know Cech made mistakes in our first epl game against westham but he has been solid since then....
«The manager's noticing it and against Watford I felt like I had a really good, solid game.
It's just not his game and we end up just hoping that the ball will drop onto his left foot for a shot, which isn't going to happen often against solid opposition like Southampton.
Although the Three Lions could not find a way through against the reigning World Champions, a youthful and inexperienced side put in a solid display in a game that could easily have gone either way.
CLOVIS WEST KEYS TO VICTORY: Against top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the NiAgainst top teams the Golden Eagles have been near or above their 74.1 points per game scoring average, and if they can score at least 70 points and play solid team ball with the kind of defense they have shown — except in the second game against Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Niagainst Centennial - Las Vegas when they lost 70 - 46 at the MLK in Stockton — coach Craig Campbell and his girls should win again just like they did in a 70 - 67 overtime victory over Poly at the Nike TOC.
In the modern game full backs are required to be as effective going forward as they are solid and composed when coming up against the opposition's own attacking advances.
While that strategy is often good enough to beat mediocre teams, it's not a solid game plan against the league's best.
Montana gave a solid performance against the Vikings in the NFC divisional playoff game.
However the Royals have been relatively solid at home, losing just one of their six encounters at Fortress Madejeski and Reading have been unfortunate to lose their last two games by a narrow margin but it would take a brave man to bet against a thumping by Man United.
Solid game from most, we were given more of a test than against Lyon.
USC's Cody Kessler passed 10,000 career passing yards in the Pac - 12 title game against Stanford, and he put together a solid career despite NCAA sanctions (and coaching issues) lingering around the Trojans program like a bad cough.
It does seem like Ramsey and Xhaka are now the regular startes in central midfield but I reckon Coquelin can force his way in there, especially in the games against our big rivals in which Arsenal need to be more compact and defensively solid.
We're only an injury or two away from the line falling apart and our playoff game against the Eagles showed the importance of solid line play as well as depth.
named EPL MOTM in the 3 - 0 win against Chelsea had another solid UCL game against Basel and has now been shortlisted for the UEFA Golden Boy Award.
He averaged a solid 5.2 yards per carry against an awesome Florida defense, then 3.8 per carry over the next four games.
Firstly, while the defence wasn't exactly rock solid, there was definitely an improvement compared to the game against Crystal Palace and games prior.
They say goals will be distributed from midfielders to strikers, lets say: Alexis scores 20, Walcott 20, OG 20, mid scores around 20, thats 80 goals, and we all know OG wont score 20 plus, Chelsea won with 74 goals, but their defence was so solid that they did nt need more goals, while our style demands goals, if we do nt score in first half, our players are starting to panic, something like against Swansea last year, we were better but they won, to win those type games you need someone to produce something special, OG simply cant do it
A manager like benitez is able to get newcastle to play solid football and compete against every team every game.
If Josh Adams and Derrius Guice don't get going (or skip the game altogether) against two solid run defenses, this could turn into a slog.
There are a couple of good reasons for starting Gibbs against Crystal Palace on Sunday and the first is that the game at the Emirates is likely to be dominated by Arsenal as we try to break down a spirited and solid defence.
Obviously he can't win the game for us on his own and we will need our defence to be extra solid for a change, having only kept two clean sheets in there last 14 games, and one of those was against Ostersunds!
With Per's long term injury I really hope Mustafi gets his feet right and they form a solid CB partnership, but young Rob Holding's performances have been decent so far and I expect him to keep his place for our home game against Southampton, due to the fact Mustafi is out with Germany on international duty.
love your articles galen this just proves the sheer stupidity and arrogance of our manager what are players like ozil and giroud still doing at arsenal after their first season ozil should probably be sold back to shalke in a soft league and who knows he might play his best football and it might help in his national team form cazorla is a good player but not world class he can not be classified on the same level against players like silva iniesta and the old arsenal fabregas sanchez is also good but he needs to add more to his game for him to be put on the same level with world beaters like suarez neymar and bale koscienly is also good but he has too many injury troubles coquelin is a class player but he is not world class he is good technically but not a dominant midfielder like schneiderlin and fernandinho as for cech he is there among the best keepers and he is the only positive in this arsenal team.Needs to work on his distribution though the back four is solid but has alot of light weights strong and powerful foward might find it easy
Daniel Sturridge has been racking up the 15 minute substitute cameos and been solid throughout, while Dutch left fullback Patrick van Aanholt impressed in Cup games against Newcastle and Ipswich.
They have been great at home, but they will need to win road games against solid opponents like Kansas State to maintain their ranking.
Games like this are a gift to fans — it was a great game against a solid team.
And of course the Michigan Wolverines, who found themselves on the wrong side of a controversial spot in one of the best games of the year against Ohio State, finished ranked 6th, unable to make a solid case for an invitation to the top four.
Harden has been solid against his former team, averaging 55.8 DraftKings points in 16 games since 2014.
I personally do not believe so, we had a solid def at the start of the season after the liverpool game and we ended the season with 4 clean sheets from that formation change and that includes a clean sheet against UTD while limiting City to 1 goal as we knocked them out the FA CUP and the same for Chelsea who had scored the 2nd most goals in the EPL...
Wenger should experiment with Paulista in DMF against smaller teams in the league if Coquelin is injured or in the cup games if he doesn't buy a solid physical midfielder.
um, had the defense kept a clean sheet against utd, we would have won... the key is not to fall behind, which means you are one moment of magic away from winning the match... whereas if you do nt keep a clean sheet you have to score more than once to win the game... both are important, but i think that first we must focus on getting a solid start in the game and not falling behind, hopefully with kos back we will keep a clean sheet tomoro
Despite failing to cover both SEC Tournament games, Kentucky is in the Finals and favored against a solid Arkansas team.
Despite the stats that always say we're sold out, the fact people chose to not go at the game even if tickets were sold is a solid form of protest against a stagnated system.
«It was a good game against a solid team and we needed to be resilient and disciplined.
Final Thought Victories in Champions League games are built at the back solid defensive displays, which is just what Arsenal need to be doing, starting tonight, against Dortmund.
This was another winnable game for us against a solid team.
Tonights encounter with Reading Women, will be the first opportunity for Yeovil to show another solid performance, with their last league game against Chelsea, which saw the Glovers hold out the league leaders until over 60 minutes played.
I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!
On home soil, Southampton have lost just one of their last 14 league games against the Clarets now in a W7 D6 L1 record, which is pretty solid.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan's solid display on Thursday Night against Feyenoord only meant he watched the beginning of the game on the bench, alongside the likes of the impressive Wayne Rooney who also couldn't find his way into the XI, and the returning Bastian Schweinsteiger, who seemed likely to never play for the club again.
That makes it a pivotal Premier League game where United must win against a very solid Arsenal side who are on a 12 game winning run at the Emirates.
Bacuna has been really solid defensively over the last two matches, he was a bit dodgy against liverpool but he was playing midfield You sure you've watched the games... Sorry
Brendan Rodgers could stick with the more solid looking 3 -5-2 formation which he used against Everton, and in the game against Anzhi, and the extra defender could come in useful when it comes to stopping Chelsea's attacking midfield trident.
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