Sentences with phrase «twice in the first game»

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On form, talent and squad strength, there was absolutely no way that anyone could have predicted that Arsenal would have suffered there first home defeat to Watford since 1988, but somehow Arsenal always manage to do this once or twice a season, and almost always when it is in a must - win game.

Kessel scored twice in Game 2, and Crosby has four points in the first two games of the series.

McDermott's side have seemingly been fine front of goal in their first two games of the season, netting three times, including twice at Stamford Bridge.

He went to the All - Star Game seven times, won Defensive Player of the Year twice, and was named to the All - NBA First Team in 1999.

Last year Hooton beat the Broncs twice, shutting them out on two hits in the first game and finishing them off in relief in the second.

... One key to the stellar play of Hornets center Vlade Divac (12.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game through Sunday): He gave up his habit of 10 to 15 cigarettes a day... After being traded twice in three days last month — from the Mavericks to the Nets to the Lakers — swingman George McCloud made only nine field goals in his first nine games with L.A. Twice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch Richtwice in three days last month — from the Mavericks to the Nets to the Lakers — swingman George McCloud made only nine field goals in his first nine games with L.A. Twice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch RichTwice this season with Dallas he made nine field goals in one game... «The pick - and - roll has been killing us,» says Kings guard Mitch Richmond.

In the West Regional, the Titans lost their first game, then came roaring out of the losers» bracket to twice beat powerful UCLA.

Lee lit the lamp twice in these clubs first meeting of the year (had one goal in his first 11 career games vs. the Lightning).

The 30 - year - old scored twice against reigning champions Spain in a shock 5 - 1 victory in their opening group game, and his equaliser in the 44th minute was the strike that made history, as he became the first Dutch player to score at three consecutive World Cup tournaments.

Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.

The first two of those games appear to be rather one - sided on paper while Chelsea will be in hot pursuit of their first back - to - back win total of the season — can they overcome a Tottenham defense which has only allowed multiple goals twice this season?

Instead, since then, the team has twice missed the playoffs then got unceremoniously booted out in the team's first playoff game.

They fended off No. 23 Texas A&M in College Station, and survived a rematch with Snyder and K - State in the Big 12 title game — a game that had already twice dashed national title hopes, first in 1996 when Texas beat Nebraska, then in 1998 when Texas A&M beat KSU.

The team has now won 17 of 20 games, including victories over Duke and Louisville, has beaten Kentucky twice and is apparently on the way to Tech's first Southeastern Conference championship in 22 years.

2 — Willian, who made his 200th appearance in all comps for Chelsea tonight, also scored twice in a Champions League game for the Blues for the first time.

Ask yourself this one; if Diego Costa were ejected from the first Chelsea / Arsenal game for twice slapping Koscielny, Gabriel would never have been in the alteraction with the little thug.

Leicester totally dominated the game in the first 20 minutes and hit the post twice.

They have twice played at the 98th percentile or higher in their first three games and weren't too far behind that pace in their other game.

Think about what has gone down since then: Bledsoe suffered a sheared blood vessel in a game last September and was rushed to the hospital, where family members prayed for his survival; he lost his job to Brady, the second - year quarterback who led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl crown; and now, thanks to the first - round pick in the 2003 draft that the Bills sent to their AFC East rivals to acquire him, Buffalo Drew gets to face his old team twice a season.

Or how bout the passing game had not been real effective, Wentz had been under pressure a lot in the first half, had been sacked 2 twice, knocked down and hurried a number of times.

They rushed for long first downs twice on their first touchdown drive in the second half and were able to dictate the line of scrimmage on the game - sealing drive.

In Week 4, at home against Carolina, Smith rang up 139 receiving yards and scored twice, becoming the oldest player in NFL history to accumulate 400 receiving yards in the first four games of a seasoIn Week 4, at home against Carolina, Smith rang up 139 receiving yards and scored twice, becoming the oldest player in NFL history to accumulate 400 receiving yards in the first four games of a seasoin NFL history to accumulate 400 receiving yards in the first four games of a seasoin the first four games of a season.

Buffalo Bills defensive end Bruce Smith was beating long odds when he blew by Munoz twice in the first six Bengal passing attempts in the 1988 AFC Championship Game.

As reported by Metro, when Aubameyang scored twice to help us to a vital win over Stoke City, he became the first Arsenal player in Premier League history to score five goals in his first six games, beating some big names including the great Thierry Henry by doing so.

So Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham all have to face him twice and it is the spuds that Klopp faces in his first game in charge.

Celtic at their first attempt went through to the final, and in Lisbon last May they played magnificent attacking football at bewildering speed to shatter the defensive strategy of Inter-Milan, the Italian club whose negative use of superbly gifted players had given them the European championship twice and driven true lovers of the game to despair.

The Dons scored twice in the top of the first and never trailed in the game.

Chicago Fire homegrown player Djordje Mihailovic scored in the very first minute of the match and while Chivas de Guadalajara scored twice, Colorado Rapids defender Kortne Ford provided the fireworks with a stoppage time goal to give us a 2 - 2 result in the MLS Homegrown Game.

Made a dream start to his professional career by scoring twice on his debut in a Premier League win over Hull City in Ryan Giggs» first game in charge as manager.

on scoring twice in the first half... It's always a worry when you are in a big game and you don't take your chances.

Last season he scored just twice in 18 games during an unhappy loan spell in Holland with NEC Nijmegen who were eventually relegated at the end of last season, same fate he suffered in his first loan spell with German side FSV Frankfurt.

Although the Mustangs picked off Holman twice their defense still allowed 490 yards in the game and their offense made matters worse as they committed five turnovers and only converted four first downs.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in first half to ensure a comfortable win against Deportivo La Coruna but it was not enough as Barcelona won their game winning the title by just 1 point.

They only lost twice in their first eight games.

Josh King has now scored three goals in his last seven league games - he had only managed to find the net twice in his first 20 such games this season.

The Hammers have only lost two of their last 12 league games and earned 20 points during that period — twice as many as in their first 15 fixtures this season.

Lasogga strikes twice to break the Hamburg log - jam The only team in the bottom - six to win this weekend, Hamburg's morale - boosting 3 - 2 victory at home to Augsburg effectively was the rainstorm at the end of the long, dry season, a day for fans of the northerners to celebrate their first win in ten games, their first goal in almost 600 minutes of Bundesliga play and a sudden change in fortunes for long - moribund front - man Pierre Michel Lasogga.

Considering Sánchez averaged more than twice as many tackles and interceptions per game last season than current Manchester City first choice Sergio Agüero, he'd be an addition in line with Guardiola's philosophy.

It was the first time that Gerard Piqué had ever scored twice in one game, and he almost had a hat - trick late on.

Salah's goal v Portugal was Egypt's first of the game - they eventually lost 2 - 1 in Zurich with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice in second half stoppage time.

The associations intention was for them to teach and for Scotland to learn but in the first ten matches England were humiliated by Scotland only winning twice in the first ten games including losing 6 - 1 in 1881 and 5 - 1 in 1882 — and to compound their dismay they only won four of the first twenty fixtures.

Ronaldo became the first player to score in 10 successive Champions League games as he struck twice for holders Real Madrid in a 3 - 0 win.

on losing a lead twice in a row... First of all, we've played many games.

Ronaldo scored twice; first, a penalty towards the end of the first half and then a sumptuous back heel late in the game to secure the points.

After failing to score a first half goal at Old Trafford in 11 attempts this season, United netted twice within the first half an hour, the first time they scored twice in the first 45 minutes of a Premier League game on home turf since they beat Manchester City 4 - 2 last season.

He should have scored twice in the first half but didn't, and in the second stanza with Liverpool desperate for the game to swing their way, he delivered.

Heurelho Gomes became the first goalkeeper in Premier League history to save a penalty twice in two separate Premier League games.

It was evident from the off that West Ham were not planning to give Di Maria and easy game, with Song clattering into him twice in the first three minutes and earning a yellow card.

Walcott scored twice and created another goal in his first two games for the Club.

«PARIS — Montpellier claimed the first French league title in their history after winning 2 - 1 at Auxerre on an extraordinary final day of the season on Sunday, after a game twice delayed due to protests by the home fans.»