Sentences with phrase «to keep one's side in the game»

He pulled off a few fantastic saves and really kept his side in the game.

Hungary goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly kept his side in the game with some splendid saves and the Hungarians had chances of their own when they pressed higher up the pitch in the second half.

Simon Mignolet — 7.5 Quiet in the first half, but kept his side in the game in the second with saves from Aaron Ramsey, Oxlade - Chamberlain, and one excellent stop from a close - range Giroud shot.

Let down by his defence for the first while Arnautovic's strike left him without much chance of keeping his side in the game.

At least with score at 0 - 1 the goalie has to make a double save in an attempt to keep his side in the game following Monreal (Nacho) low cross into the box.

Made some vital saves to deny City from opening up a lead which in turn kept his side in the game and gave them the platform to win it.

Put in another excellent performance in a Chelsea shirt, keeping his side in the game with some vital saves against Blaise Matuidi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cavani.

The Italian shot - stopper was in inspired form prior to the winning goal, as he produced countless saves to keep his side in the game and in with a chance of taking something from it.

However, Wijnaldum struck early on in the second half before Mignolet redeemed himself as he stopped a Diego Costa penalty with a brilliant save to keep his side in the game and avoid a fourth straight defeat in all competitions.

The Spaniard has produced countless impressive performances to keep his side in games, while he has all the technical attributes needed from a modern - day shot - stopper with his quality on the ball too.

Made a brilliant save early on to deny Coutinho once again, keeping his side in the game, as he did in the first leg.