Sentences with phrase «volley well»

Barca began to take control after that early scare and they could have gone ahead on 13 minutes when a beautiful scoop pass from Andres Iniesta set Jordi Alba free but the full - back skewed his volley well off target.

Not exact matches

in the first half ozil played a good pass at the 18yard only for Chamberlain to waste it, Giroud had a volley when he came on and still was unable to convert it.

Say for example, Ramsey had scored the volley (which narrowly missed the bottom corner), or Fabianski had not managed to somehow save from Welbeck, or Swansea missed their inch perfect free kick, we could quite well be singing the praises of our manager and our team, as we did have some delicious plays in the game.

I was already leaning towards Mathieu Flamini as the best Arsenal player in the Capital One cup north London derby, and then the Frenchman came up with that stunning volley to win the game, so there was no contest.

None of the three against Ludogorets was as spectacular as that volley against Swansea last weekend, although the third was a pretty sweet left foot volley from a Lucas cross and the first came from a great run in behind and cool right footed finish, but all were taken well and just the fact he is getting in the right areas and having the confidence to shoot suggests there will be plenty more to come.

Without an animal up front who strikes, on the volley, from twenty five metres four times in every match with a seventy or eighty percent success rate we will struggle against Europe «s best.

In the supposed «Group of Death» there were plenty of superb strikes, including this well timed volley from Cahill.

Chelsea squandered a whole host of chances throughout the rest of the match, with the best falling to Spanish Alvaro Morata, who saw his 93rd minute volley fly just past the post as the Hammers held on for all three points.

le coq cleans that area so well, arteta is adequate but is not reliable for a title race, flamini besides u lot getting mental over his volley (was brilliant) is nowhere near good enough for a dm

Took his first goal since September in confident fashion, and would have had an even better one in the second half had the Fiorentina goalkeeper not saved his technically - outstanding volley.

The 21 year - old opened the scoring for Athletic Bilbao against Manchester United's Under - 23 side yesterday with an astonishing volley, and all under the watchful eye of our scouts, as well as Chelsea's and of course United's.

A half - volley struck almost too sweetly by Rooney came was England's best chance so far, but his shot was hit straight at Gianluigi Buffon who made no mistakes.

Arsenal had already had some good chances go by with clearances off the line and last ditch tackles when Giroud scored an absolute cracker of a volley in the 16th minute, with an assist for Ozil with his pinpoint left wing cross.

Benzema had two opportunities, first failing to get on the end of Debuchy's fizzed cross, and secondly doing well to chest and volley a long ball into the net, only to be ruled out for offside.

With a stunning volley to level up the game late on, Arsenal left - back Kieran Gibbs makes the team after his good attacking display in the away win over Anderlecht.

So at 2:1 our best player on the night, Rosicky, struck an absolute beauty of all after a nice Ronaldinho like pass for a one two with Giroud and a great volley.

So the Bearkats with a «K» are locked into action with Florida State in the opening volley of the best of three super regional series at the Seminoles» home park.

With the ball dropping for him well outside the box, Ibrahimovic lashed in the kind of volley that only he can — making a long - distance speculative effort look routine as he has done with so many of the best goals scored over the course of his career.

The Chilean striker was doing a pretty good imitation of a person who has never played football before in the first half, but after the break and once Sead Kolasinac showed him the way with his superbly smashed volley to equalise, Alexis turned back into the all conquering superstar we know he can be.

The former QPR man Eduardo Vargas had opened the scoring in the 72nd minute with a well taken half volley.

And the Frenchman nearly got us back into it straight away, but his well struck volley flew over.

However, he saved the best for extra-time with his stunning volley to win the game.

your right muff he gives us lots more attributes im still looking forward to giroud coming back as they can both offer different things and playing together would be good aswell,, i think danny should give up on the volleys for a while though but i supose he did set the ox up with that lovley dummy,,

I nearly gave the Man of the Match from Arsenal's hard fought 3 - 2 win over Swansea to Mesut Ozil, as the German play maker» sd sweetly struck volley was the best of the goals and Theo Walcott should have had at least a hat - trick, but he was unlucky to hit the woodwork twice towards the end and I reckon his all - round game and two goals just edged it.

That absolute peach of a volley against West Brom was probably better than his England brace yesterday but not by much.

And the score remained the same right up until the last seconds of the match when Gerrard with a thunderbolt of a half - volley from fully 35 yards scored one of the best FA Cup final goals ever seen to draw his boyhood club level at the death.

Following a lethargic first - half, Victor Moses» well - constructed volley ensured that a penalty shoot - out would determine the outcome of the International Champions Cup game.

The hat trick within 20 minutes from Higuain and Sami Khedira's double — as well as probably Miralem Pjanic's sweet half - volley to find the back of the net — will be the highlights, but finally the fact that Juve were able to break out of their month - long offensive slumber of sorts has to be

By now you should know what he did - Zlatan hit a 30 yard volley to tie the game and then got the game winner on a header not without controversy - as some said he looked offside - to make LAFC the best MLS expansion team to ever lose a three goal lead.

Just minutes before stoppage time, the No. 9 took another good Aaron Cresswell delivery and perfectly swung home a left foot volley finish of the highest quality.

The hosts had the better chances in the first half and piled on more pressure early in the second half before Atleti found its footing and broke through courtesy of a perfectly - timed Antoine Griezmann volley.

But it still required a well - controlled finish by Ronaldo, who guided a 12 - yard volley beyond Atletico's impressive shot - stopper to find the net for a 10th consecutive game.

Leicester then almost scored when McCarthy did well to fingertip Vardy's volley over the crossbar.

Before he left the field, Silva forced a good save from Petr Cech with a header and his replacement Raheem Sterling volleyed wide.

Marc Muniesa saw a well - struck volley from 30 yards tipped over before Xherdan Shaqiri spurned an opportunity to shoot when in space inside the box.

Crewe responded and Hornby did well to keep out Paul Green's volley and Eddie Nolan's late effort, but the hosts were not to be denied and substitute Harry McKirdy squared the ball for Kirk to fire home and seal a late point.

Lyon weren't much better at home to Nice on Sunday night, but Jeremy Pied's first - half volley was enough to secure a 1 - 0 victory that moved them to within just three points of Brest in eighth place.

Substitute Sam Vokes» first touch of the game is a well - directed volley into the corner to level.

Joaquin played a good long ball inside Juventus» box which found Jasmin Kurtic unmarked at the far post but the Slovenian midfielder couldn't find the target with his first - time volley.

Took his chance very well on the volley.

City then stunned the Reds, as Ali Benarbia and Shaun Wright - Phillips combined well to set up Anelka, who lashed a powerful volley past Jerzy Dudek.

The French striker, who finished joint top - scorer in Ligue 1 last season as Montpellier won the title, did well to connect with Karl Jenkinson's cross with a side - footed volley on the turn, but he could not guide it on target.

From Thierry Henry's overhead - kick assist for Freddie Ljugberg to Alexis» stunning volley, we've scored some classic goals against the Citizens in recent years - but which of these was our best strike?

But Gent were the better side and could have taken the lead when Samuel Gigot peeled free at the back post, only for the centre - back to slice his half - volley harmlessly wide.

Saw a well hit half volley travel just wide.

In the 12th minute Falcao made a good claim for a penalty after he seemed to be shoved to the ground inside the area but referee Roger East waved play on and as the ball was cleared Young hit a thunderous volley which went wide but deserved better.

York didn't offer much in the first 45 minutes, some close control and a sharp volley from Aston Harrison which was straight at Xavier Sundby and was the best the visitors could muster.

GOAL: SPURS 0 - 1 CITY — GABRIEL JESUS — 22 mins It was the visitors who started the better of the two sides and Sane hit the woodwork after just three minutes when Sterling dinked a cross to the back post, the German slicing his volley against the upright.

Things got even better for us just minutes later as Toure chipped a lovely ball into the path of Bendtner and the Dane slammed a sweet volley past Carson.

A lovely move between Benzema and Isco saw the Spaniard dink a ball through for Vasquez but he should have done better as he blazed his half - volley over the crossbar when well placed as Real ramped up the pressure.