Sentences with phrase «to put the game to bed»

Things started as you'd expect, and we were dominating the ball, looking to get forward quickly, and get off to a fast start to put the game to bed early.
This side should be full of pace and a quick start will enable us to put the game to bed before half - time and just enjoy ourselves in the second period..
Two further goals in two minutes put the game to bed for the Blues.
64 ′ 1 — 3 Cristiano Ronaldo made it 3 - 1 and pretty much put the game to bed with his second an his 600th career goal.
Two more strikes from Willian and Davide Zappacosta put the game to bed as Chelsea move up to second position in the league table, with Man United still a game in hand.
Granit Xhaka put the game to bed after a goalkeeping error by the highly rated Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Lionel Messi scored two goals in quick succession in the opening half to make it 2 - 0 and pretty much put the game to bed.
Then Norwich nearly put the game to bed with two top chances in quick succession but both chances were wasted over the bar, then immediately tghey had another golden chance which was stopped at the death.
An entertaining first - half saw Town head into half - time as the side buoyed after Joe Lolley had cancelled out Mark Noble's opener, but the visitors effectively put the game to bed within a 20 - minute second - half spell thanks to Marko Arnautović's volley just seconds in addition to Manuel Lanzini's brace.
I think eventually that pundits will be saying about us, Arsenal, easy on the eye, great going forward, beautiful football, but can not put games to bed or scrape an ugly away win.
As seen in the tweets below, the Portuguese tactician looked absolutely gobsmacked with the effort, but he would have undoubtedly been delighted to see his side take their chances and put the game to bed so early on.
Adam Phillips then made it 2 - 1 to the Reds and they had numerous opportunities to put the game to bed put for the goalkeeping excellence of Nathan Baxter.
If Arsenal decided to sit back and put game to bed up 3 - 2 3 points for us.
As we turned the screw more and more, Giroud added a second from close range in the 53rd minute and then an own goal from an Alexis cross put the game to bed.
England then put the game to bed in the 85th minute, after Southampton stalwart Ryan Bertrand bagged his first England goals as the left - back saw his 25 - yard strike fizzle past the Maltese shot - stopper to put the away side two goals to the good.
After already playing out three draws in Nasty November, Arsenal could easily have made it four yesterday and we would have had to change the name to Nervous November as Bournemouth managed to create many chances to get a second equaliser before Alexis Sanchez put the game to bed in the 90th minute.
With Sunderland having been handed a proper pasting at Southampton, a confident Gunners team would have ripped into them straight away and would probably have put the game to bed by halftime.
This Jordan Pickford must surely be the Man Of The Match as he is either a genius in goal or very very lucky, but after Sanchez calls for a penalty without success, he pops up again with a header and we finally put the game to bed.
Mesut Ozil took the free - kick which found Shkodran Mustafi's head for the opening goal, before Lacazette found himself through into the opposition box, before slotting in Alexis Sanchez to put the game to bed at 2 - 0, and you have to ask yourself why they were not starting together in our previous outing against City.
However, Arsene Wenger can now put that game to bed as his group of youngsters did get the result they set out for, and that's all that matters in this day and age, especially with the top six sides in the table so closely grouped together now.
Arsenal looked somewhere close to back to their best against West Bromwich Albion this past Thursday night, with Alexis Sanchez's first half brace essentially putting the game to bed.
It also freed up Iwobi who had a much better second half and really should have put the game to bed when put through by the once again majestic Özil.
72 ′ 4 — 0 Edinson Cavani put the game to bed (and maybe the tie) when another counter attack allowed PSG to scored fourth of the night.
Chelsea produced a superb first 45 minutes and put the game to bed inside first 30 minutes when Pedro and Batshuayi scored in first half.
41 ′ 2 — 0 Danilo made it 2 - 0 for Real Madrid as he contineu to establish himself as a regular after difficult first season 45 ′ 3 — 0 Sergio Ramos put the game to bed just before the break when he scored Real Madrid's third goal of the game.
Struck the crossbar in the first - half while missing a great chance to put the game to bed after Willian's superb play on the left.
but you see i'm a realist this team team DO NOT DESERVE TO WIN THE LEAGUE with their performance... Don't be fooled with a win against the basement boys, a decent team would have put the game to bed in the first half against arsenal.
But its just not happening for us, and Jordan Ibe nearly puts the game to bed.
Hunt scored another touchdown against the Eagles, effectively putting the game to bed.
Spot kicks are not something any England (+1790) fan ever wants to rely on, let alone Gareth Southgate, who missed a decisive one on home soil at Euro» 96, but the Three Lions can't put games to bed.
If the defence had kept a clean sheet in the first half, CSKA would have taken more risks and left more gaps for us to explore and put the game to bed earlier!
Theo Walcott was the two - goal hero of last night's win over Basel, and just like the Chelsea game, the Gunners aimed to put the game to bed before half time.
The former Real Madrid and Juventus forward was guilty of wasting clear cut chances that would have put the game to bed for Chelsea.
I am guessing that the reason we defended deep after taking the lead was to hit them on the counter and put the game to bed.
3rd goal that puts the game to bed, Community shield (v Man City).
Barca had numerous chances to put the game to bed, but at times it seemed like they were toying with Valencia.
It definitely seems to make a big difference playing in front of our home crowd at the Emirates, but more important was the urgency which the team showed by trying to put the game to bed as quickly as possible, and as Laurent Koscielny said, our target was just to get the three points.
Arsenal came out fighting in the second half of the Chelsea game today and when Jack Wilshere put us ahead it looked like the Blues were on the ropes and the Gunners were pushing hard for the second goal to put the game to bed.
Well, we had the chance to put the game to bed and did not.....
Having taken the lead into the break Arsenal came back out looking to put the game to bed, but Besiktas were proving tenacious and were not going to be knocked out with such ease.
or even Akpom, we would have finished one of our chances we had on the counter to put the game to bed.
To not go for a 2nd goal and put the game to bed is unacceptable.
As I said, Arsenal should have pocketed the 2nd goal, during the second half, which would have put the game to bed.
Crystal Palace had chances to put the game to bed and defended like lions for 100 minutes.
but FFS, the guy scored 22 goals last season, did nt pick ONE INJURY, passed the ball for Ramsey to END our TROPHY drought, and put the game TO BED WITH HIS GOAL vs CITY for another silverware.
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