Sentences with phrase «unconvincing wins»

Some unconvincing wins over West Ham and Bolton, both by a 1 - 0 scoreline in games they didn't create an awful lot in, would later be followed by a couple of successive defeats against Man Utd (2 - 0) and Blackpool (0 - 2), the latter an embarrassing result considering they almost went the entire year without losing to anyone bar Manchester United on home soil.

It did seem like the other top clubs were taking turns lifting the trophy though while our players were busy taking selfies after even unconvincing wins...

Liverpool have had a busy summer, bringing in some useful additions in Christian Benteke and James Milner, but it clearly isn't enough based on performances so far, which have only included two unconvincing wins over Stoke and Bournemouth.

This was an unconvincing win for me against a poor side (the penalty call was 50/50 and two own goals).

4 games so far and 3 draws and one unconvincing win?

With 3 defeats in the last 4 games and an unconvincing win against Leeds in the last round of the FA Cup, Arsenal fans were feeling far from optimistic ahead of this 4th round clash against Aston Villa.

An unconvincing win against Palace and two edgy draws against Everton and Leicester, have left us needing to get a result against City.

Well, NOPOLITICS, beside the fact that your reference at the end is too cryptic to understand what you're talking about, (though it seems you're somehow attempting to disparage Hein's 55 percent to 42 percent victory as being an unconvincing win) the first part about the machines taking more time for «closing voting» doesn't seem at all correct as it's computerized.

Not exact matches

Unconvincing but a win yesterday, manu drawing and manc naw losing 4 - 1 to southampton.

United have not won the Premier League since Sir Alex Ferguson's final season in 2012/13 and many will question if Mourinho is really the right man for the job at Old Trafford after an unconvincing first two years in charge.

Winning badly is the sign of champions, as the cliche has it (though we should note that this same weekend, Arsenal were also unconvincing in victory).

Chelsea have had an unconvincing start to the season, with a home defeat to Crystal Palace this weekend making it just one win from the Blues» opening four games.

In the Premier League on the other hand, they have managed two wins, albeit unconvincing ones, against Sunderland and Newcastle in recent weeks.

The Red Devils won in midweek against Burnley but remained unconvincing and with Yeovil and Cambridge both offering a test, a true cup tie is in store.

At an absolute minimum bring Xhaka in when we are winning 2 - 1 to give some support to an unconvincing back 4.

Largely because of our unconvincing display this year so far, I too have mostly given up, but still cling on to that small hope that our team would suddenly click and go on to win all our games this season COYG:) For the remainder of this season, if the current retched form especially upfront continues, I fear that every match from this point forward could be a struggle for us.

Real Madrid went two points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to an unconvincing 1 - 0 win over Real Sociedad at the Estadio Municipal de Anoeta on Saturday afternoon.

With Louis van Gaal's side unconvincing once again in a hard - fought 1 - 0 win at Newcastle United on Wednesday, Carragher clearly feels De Gea is hindering his old team Liverpool's hopes of reaching the top four!

Barcelona may have won this battle over Real Madrid, but some of the club's hardcore fans will be scratching their heads after what should have been a memorable victory came in the most unconvincing and un-Barcelona way possible.

As we saw yesterday, even Arsenal were unconvincing against lowly Brighton, and Wenger said that he expected a tough challenge but we won quite comfortably (in his eyes!).

If you shut your eyes and drift off and dream a while, get some luck in the draw and in the matches, you could conjure up a series of tight and unconvincing matches, turn up in the final and win on penalties.

winning to Man City is seen by some as a prowess and the resurgence of WENGERS glory days, well I don't see it that way, some see it as an outstanding victory first because we were not beaten merciless and then we scratched a win to a Man City that btw is not at it's best... we had an awful game yesterday, yes we got the points but unconvincing to say the least... WENGER is willing to change!!!!!!??? YES only when pressure mounted and for the first time his job was questioned, why did not happen before, we all know that the stubborn deluded man would have change nothing on his own accord if it wasn't because he was against the ropes....

Manchester City moved into third after an unconvincing 2 - 1 win over Leicester on Saturday afternoon.

Does Tottenham's convincing win over Real suggest the champions, unconvincing this season, are there for the taking?

Unconvincing but an important win for Arsenal.

Roma turned in a Jekyll and Hyde performance in claiming an unconvincing 1 - 0 win over Serie A rivals Palermo at Stadio Renzo Barbera.

But both wins looked relatively dull and unconvincing, and Liverpool are yet to play a top 8 side, with Arsenal being the first.

Fulham continue to struggle under Mark Hughes and despite a rather unconvincing 1 - 0 win over his side at the Lane recently, Spurs must be confident of marching on to the 5th round.

It was indeed an «unconvincing» win for Arsenal, who lacked imagination and creativity for large periods of the 90 minutes.

The win on Wednesday night saw similarities to the win on boxing day; an unconvincing 1 - 0 victory.

He described how Arsenal showed «strength» to come back from the Bayern and Blackburn defeats and win against Aston Villa, even if it was «unconvincing» in his own words.

Atletico Madrid stayed firmly on course for a surprise La Liga title triumph when a Miranda header and Diego Costa's late penalty secured an unconvincing 2 - 0 win for the leaders at home to Elche on Friday night.

Everton kicked off their new season with a scrappy and unconvincing 1 - 0 win against MFK Ružomberok in the Europa League at Goodison Park.

The response from United since has been admirable, churning out three successive 1 - 0 wins against Everton, Sunderland and Swansea, though their performances in all three were largely unconvincing.