Sentences with phrase «to snatch a point»
The phrase "to snatch a point" means to quickly and skillfully gain or acquire a single point, often in a competitive situation, against all odds and when it seems unlikely. Full definition
In the end, Liverpool could have even snatched a point from the game but the reality is that they deserved to lose mainly because of their lack of attacking intent.
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Hugo Lloris made a crucial block with his legs to prevent substitute Andre Ayew from snatching the points for West Ham but, despite a late volley of shots in a manic 30 - second spell that saw us try to force the issue, it ended 1 - 1, making for something of a subdued feeling at full - time.
Getafe's Sergio Escudero rounds up the roll call of defenders after his all round display meant Getafe snatched a point against Cordoba at the Coliseum.
A dire performance by Arsenal saw them somehow snatch a point at the death.
United will be fighting till the last minute to snatch some points in the hope that they can leapfrog us to third.
The Gunners can consider themselves lucky to have snatched a point away from their tie at Old Trafford today, having been dominated for much of the game.
So the guy who will lead the line in Europe, and who we will summon from the bench to turn games in the league (and yes, try to snatch points even from games in which we're taking a shoeing), is one Daniel Welbeck, not (let's put it diplomatically) the most clinical of finishers.
Even though the blues came up with an impressive fight back to almost snatching a point with a numerical disadvantage, it was a need to result at the start of the season which could complicate things going forward.
Watford had just come within an inch of going 2 - 1 ahead when Tottenham charged up the other end and snatched the points through a delicate Son flick which nutmegged ex-Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Who knows that Leicester City cant win every game... maybe WBA can snatch a point there...
Javier Hernandez climbed off the bench to add to Chelsea's frustrations by snatching a point from a 1 - 1 draw for West Ham at Stamford Bridge.
Goodison Park is bound to be rocking on Saturday (the away end, that is) and if Everton can perform with a bit of fight they may just snatch a point from a Liverpool team with one eye on Tuesday night's Champions League game at the Etihad.
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«The only positive thing I can say to the Everton fans is Oumar snatched a point for us and it stopped the run of three defeats in a row,» the boss told evertontv.
Trailing 2 - 0 after 83 minutes, the midfielder tapped home his third goal of the season before Oliver Giroud's header snatched a point for Arsène Wenger's side right at the end.
After a slow start against Southampton, we managed a late equaliser to snatch a point on the south coast.
The four game winning - run of Chelsea ended at Anfield as the Reds thanks to Mignolet's penalty save snatched a point against the league toppers.
And while Leeds fans will feel hard done by, it still means that Leeds were unable to at least snatch a point and surrendered another late goal.
Ciprian Deac's late strike snatched a point for Romania.
If he plays, and that is far from certain, he would definitely be an outsider, although Laurent Koscielny scored the opener in the early season game against Palace at the Emirates, where we had to come from behind to snatch the points in the 90th minute.
Now after a record breaking goal to snatch a point away at mighty Stoke, he is the darling of the media (for this week).
So they have to find a way to stop the rot but with Everton full of confidence having snatched a point against Liverpool in the Merseyside derby on the weekend, the Magpies could get tested again.
But Liverpool stood firm and took their chance to snatch the points with the late goal.
Since the Shakhtar game, Real have dropped 10 points in the La Liga, drawing 0 - 0 at home to Malaga, conceding a late equaliser to allow Atletico to snatch a point at the Vicente Calderon, losing 3 - 2 at Sevilla before being drubbed 4 - 0 by Barcelona at the Bernabeu.
The goal came from a punt up - field to Maroune Fellaini who knocked the ball down for Daley Blind to volley home and snatch a point for Man United.
If we can snatch a point from Man City on the 18th of December 2016, then we could easily finish the first half of the season with 44 points, and that will be massive in our title challenge.
But we should not write this game off just yet as Everton are still in poor form in the Premier League, only just managing to snatch a point off Leicester at home last weekend.
PSG is not Bayern, Barca or Real and we should be looking at the possibility to snatch a point or 3 if we can.
Till we meet again Sean Dyche but until then be a man & snatch points from the other top six teams for us.
On one hand, that is not going to go down well with the Old Trafford fans, as they won't want to see United essentially go into survival mode and try to snatch a point or three.
But United would receive a gut punch at the start of a run of four matches in 10 days as Maguire ghosted in to snatch a point.
Chelsea have already beaten Everton twice this season but under new manager Sam Allerdyce, Everton might make it difficult for Chelsea and snatch a point or possibly win considering their performances against the top six teams this season.
Ernesto Valverde's men were in danger of falling to their first league defeat of the season when Gerard Moreno nodded the hosts ahead midway through the second half, but centre - back Pique met a Lionel Messi corner in the 82nd minute to snatch a point.
Spurs came from two goals behind at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to snatch a point from Pep Guardiola's Manchester City on Saturday evening.
West Ham replied with a goal from Bobby Zamora, before Berbatov drew us level again, and then, like an RKO, Paul Stalteri arrived from out of nowhere to snatch the points from the Hammers.
Barcelona played better and should have won the game but thanks to a late Sergio Ramos header Real Madrid were able to snatch that points and kept their unbeaten run alive.
ADO Deen Haag fought back from a goal down to snatch a point three minutes from the end of the game through Japanese forward Mike Havenaar, but they could have fallen further behind if not for their defence line which had Nigerian right back Tyronne Ebuehi in the mix.
Gael Clichy's trickery was clever, his clipped cross sublime and the hungry, determined Alex Song throw his body at the ball to snatch the points.
But a late rally from Arsenal which saw Alexis Sanchez score a late equalizer meant the English side had snatched a point from a difficult away trip.
They look a blooming good bet to reach double figures as only Manchester United and Chelsea have snatched points from Blackburn at home in 2010.
Sandro Ramírez, a former Barcelona player opened the scoring in the 32nd while with 10 - men on the pitch in moments when Barca were all in to snatch a point, Jhony scored second for Malaga, sealing the Catalans defeat in process.
Bournemouth came back from 3 - 1 down to win 4 - 3, Sevilla overturned a 3 - 0 deficit to snatch a point and Arsenal blitzed the Merseysiders to come from 2 - 0 down at the Emirates.
However, Palace have a more than capable enough side to be able to snatch a point from the game and if the Eagles can keep things tight at the back, they should be able to earn a draw at the very least.
United put Liverpool under increasing pressure as the game wore on, but could not make the breakthrough to snatch a point.
Birmingham left it late to snatch a point from a fixture they were fortunate to get anything from when Arsenal visited St Andrews last season.
Chelsea looked perfectly organised at the back, but it was left for Van Persie to snatch a point for his boss deep into added time.
The Rams were in many ways fortunate to have snatched a point against Aston Villa.
The home fans felt disappointed as the match was heading to a loss but Asamoah, who played for Raja in 2015 before returning to Ghana to sign for Aduana, snatched a point for the Ogya boys.