Sentences with phrase «win a big game with»

Can Jim Harbaugh win a big game with a backup quarterback?
Wenger is unbeaten in six games against City and we turned a corner at the start of last year with a 2 - 0 win at the Etihad that is still considered a blueprint for how to win big games with a disciplined, counter-punching approach.
So the takeaway from Rizzoli's assignment is: he is amazing, perfect for a tough game like Wednesday and Barça won a big game with him as referee.

Not exact matches

But if you're determined, if you stay focused on your mission, if you surround yourself with top - notch people, you can win the big game.
It's the big game for the State Championship and this guy is going to score the winning touchdown with no time left on the clock unless I can get him down in time!
(CNN)- Ask Dylan Thompson to name his career highlights, and fans might expect to hear about one of his big moments as South Carolina's backup quarterback - like the time he led the Gamecocks to victory over rival Clemson, or when he threw the game - winning touchdown with 11 seconds left in the Outback Bowl.
Even if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeybig over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the BuckeyBig Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeyes.
A Metro report shows that, somewhat surprisingly, the Gunners have the same goals scored per game ratio and the same goals conceded ratio with or without the Spaniard, but there is a big difference in the win ratios, 60 percent with Santi in the side and just 51 percent without.
However, our biggest issue seems to be the same old one we've had over the past years... Defending slender leads in tight games or winning with small margins when we are not at our best or when we need points the most!
And it is to my belief that winning a big game like liverpool and topping it with a «necessary» signing would sky rocket the team's confidence.
Norwich did well last week against chelsea so its not a given we win today but im expecting nothing less than 3points to go joint top with city again, we have to no excuses then a week off until next weekends game then the big one in Athens!
Leicester didn't win the league with 50 points... you can't be lucky in over 38 games... They knocked the big teams off it.
The cup win away at utd and the city away where two big games with all eyes on us and we succeeded in dealing with pressures.
I agree with you about the draws being a statement, as we have improved this season, and we've only won one big game, so it isn't «wins», just a singular «win».
Ohio State will be No. 2 going into conference - championship weekend, and the Buckeyes should be set up to advance to the BCS title game with a win over Michigan State in the Big Ten championship.
We only took two Premier League points and people were saying that our title challenge was faltering but then we stormed back with three wins in a row and five of the next six, including the big game against title rivals Man City.
Cincinnati entered Week 12 on a two - game losing streak, but rebounded with a big win over St. Louis and improved to 9 - 2 on the year.
The Bills, who started the season with a big win over the Indianapolis Colts, have now dropped two consecutive games and have a 3 - 4 record on the season, well out of the picture in the AFC East.
The celebration of Chris Carpenter, Big - Game Pitcher is based on the rigthanded workhorse that was: a pitcher who has posted a career 51.5 percent groundball rate, led the league with 237 1/3 innings pitched in 2011, out - dueled none other than Roy Halladay in Game 5 of the NLDS, and scored a pitching «win» in Game 7 of last year's World Series.
We can't win The Champions League or EPL with Giroud leading the line, he only has 14 league goals it's not a 20 goal season, he still lacks big match temperament in the game that mattered the first leg against Monaco he missed sitters!
Well, Arsenal are a «big club» in top form with 10 wins in our last 12 games, and an extremely good draw away at Chelsea, so there is no reason for the Arsenal fans to expect a poor showing at the Etihad.
The Penguins made the biggest jump with their Game 3 win, moving from -130 to -380 to win the series.
With the scores level and more than an hour to play, the decision to send off the Spaniard was always going to have a big influence and the home team did end up winning the game with a 1 - 0 victory through a Salomon Rondon strWith the scores level and more than an hour to play, the decision to send off the Spaniard was always going to have a big influence and the home team did end up winning the game with a 1 - 0 victory through a Salomon Rondon strwith a 1 - 0 victory through a Salomon Rondon strike.
«The expectations and ambitions are really big and that's why now we are a little disappointed about the season because we are out of the cups and Chelsea have won the» title with four or five games to go.»
However, winning both home games would get them to 32nd, which should be enough with an 18 - 12 record and 8 - 10 Big 12 mark, especially with good non-conference wins over Wichita State and USC and conference victories over Kansas and Texas Tech.
With three games left to be played (@Indiana, @Penn State and Ohio State), the Wolverines not only have a shot at making a great bowl game, but also winning the Big Ten Conference.
With wins over Oklahoma State and TCU in back - to - back weeks, Oklahoma's résumé is sparkly, and its path to the Playoff is clear: beat Kansas on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), and you'll clinch a spot in the Big 12 title game.
Houston State came away with a big 49 - 13 win in that game.
It will place even greater onus on Sanchez and Mesut to step up to the plate and produce the big moments that could win the FA Cup for Arsenal, with the former more than capable of winning the game on his own if he has to.
The Tigers are the lucky winners, and they're somehow in position to win a big bowl game with four losses already on their résumé.
The Badgers are up to fifth in the CFP rankings, and considering No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Miami will face each other, they would absolutely hop the loser of that game, especially with wins over two well - regarded teams (a No. 24 Michigan that'd only fall slightly outside the rankings, then probably No. 9 Ohio State in the Big Ten title game) down the stretch.
Keep in mind the Pac - 12 also won just one bowl game in football, it had an international incident with UCLA in China, it has Arizona continuing to deal with a bevy of negative headlines pertaining to both football and basketball, and now it just went 0 - 3 in the Big Dance.
Not only did P.K. finish up a big win with a playful dig at Crosby, but he ensured that Crosby would have to answer questions about bad breath in the lead - up to Game 4.
It is a fact that we all know Arsenal have little hope of winning the biggest trophy, and with two games a week Wenger made a concious decision to play his reserves in the midweek games (i.e. Champions League and League Cup) and save his A team for the Premier League.
Now, with three road games remaining in four conference contests, Syracuse might struggle to put together enough wins to win its final Big East race.
Syracuse, which in big games has long been synonymous with ex-cuse, had won several testing contests (Florida, North Carolina) to get this far in the tournament, and Orange coach Jim Boeheim's changing defenses would continue to confound the master — «keep us guessing,» said Knight.
Taco Charlton, who missed Saturday's Michigan win over UCF with an ankle injury, gave a shoutout to Rashan Gary after his first big game as a Wolverine:
Penn State was losing by 11 with 3:19 left in Wednesday night's game, but thanks to a 13 - 1 run and Tim Frazier, the Nittany Lions got their 4th Big Ten win of the season.
That would not normally worry me, but right now it would seem that Arsenal are having big problems winning any games away from the Emirates, in fact in our last six away League games we have lost four of them, with the one solitary win at lowly Swansea to our name.
The Seahawks had won their last three games by a combined score of 150 - 30, including a big win over No. 2 seed 49ers, heading into their final regular - season game at home against the Rams, who were coming into the game with a 7 -7-1 record.
The side, who were littered with some of the game's biggest stars, were found guilty of pre selecting referees and were stripped of the title they won that year, but bounced straight back up after spending just a single season in the second tier.
Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.
I do not see how a draw such as this is useful no matter the justifications some are trying to put up here... the big question shd be WHAT WERE OUR AMBITIONS AND TARGETS THIS PARTICULAR SEASON???... if we fail to win the league then this wld be a BIG failure and the back has to stop with somebody.we played the manure and the swansea game with 11 players and all we had was nothin and the damn red card today shn't be an excuse for anything... remember city thrashed astonvilla 4 - 0big question shd be WHAT WERE OUR AMBITIONS AND TARGETS THIS PARTICULAR SEASON???... if we fail to win the league then this wld be a BIG failure and the back has to stop with somebody.we played the manure and the swansea game with 11 players and all we had was nothin and the damn red card today shn't be an excuse for anything... remember city thrashed astonvilla 4 - 0BIG failure and the back has to stop with somebody.we played the manure and the swansea game with 11 players and all we had was nothin and the damn red card today shn't be an excuse for anything... remember city thrashed astonvilla 4 - 0!!!
Another game where i realized it would be difficult to win something big with giroud as our striker is the bayern away game.
With these kind of games, Arsenal will never be able to win against big teams.
Is it a coincidence that unlike last season, this season - in which we have had two CFs with different styles - we are winning the big away games, with the two strikers capitalizing on their unique qualities (Giroud powerful header against city, Welbz pacy counter goal against United) to score in both games?
We really need to hold our nerve and deal with the expectation of winning games against so - called lesser teams and then we need to step up and cope with the pressure or the games against the big boys.
The Jayhawks won the Big 12 conference tournament for the third time in six seasons, earned a share of the Big 12 regular season title for the 14th straight year, and are now in the Final Four with the hope of reaching their second national championship game since 2012.
We don't come into the match on favourable terms, with much the worst form, and with many of our fans against us and the manager, but after three consecutive wins, we will have built up some confidence ahead of the big game.
Laudrup's side have begun the season in impressive fashion, thumping QPR, the summer's most active recruiters in the transfer market, 5 - 0 in the opening game and they followed up that result with another big win, 3 - 0, against West Ham before the 2 - 2 draw with Sunderland.
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