Sentences with phrase «win in a competitive game»

Villa fell to defeat in their Championship opener against Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend, as their agonising wait for a win in a competitive game went on.

Not exact matches

If those are the «competitive» results that Gazidis is thinking about I can assure him that after match day 2 someone will have to win in two games with possibility of not having conceded.
an won the league again and an this is the kicker... wenger has never beaten him in a competitive game.
This season, they finished third in the extremely competitive West Catholic Athletic League, then came up a two - point conversion short in a 31 - 30 loss in the Central Coast Section Open Division II championship game to Serra - San Mateo, which also won a state bowl title in Sacramento.
A manger who wanted us to actually win stuff... And No goals in last 6 competitive games against Chelsea is most telling statistic of all... should have flogged Ramsey and Walcott arteta and flamini in summer and brought in griezman draxler and kondogbia....
The Volunteers own neutral court wins over Purdue and NC State that look even better now than they did at the time, and they played a highly competitive contest against top - ranked Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.
the problem is the complacency that has gotten hold of Wenger's brain due to lack of pressure from the top has infected the whole club... Wenger knows his job is as safe and forth knoxx so LOSING IS AN OPTION in the scheme of things, there is always another game to make things right, always another season to try again and this, whether consciously or otherwise is a malaise that has infected the player» a pysche... I have said this so many times, Fergie won the league with a squad that less than half the quality our present squad possess and in a tougher more competitive seaaon
In public Arsene Wenger is not putting any pressure on his players to win the games or lift the trophy, insisting that although he does like the competitive nature of the games, it is much more about preparation for the season ahead than anything else.
As the Warriors have raced to a 2 - 0 lead in the NBA Finals, anyone hoping for a competitive series has mumbled the only analysis necessary: the Warriors won 73 games and then added Kevin freaking Durant.
In his 3 recent competitive games Walcott scores 4 goals as Arsenal win all 3 including 2 trophies.
Though they haven't played a competitive game since beating Spain in the Confederations Cup final last June — such are the burdens of hosting — they've won the last five friendly instalments of their rolling global tour, most recently a 5 - 0 thumping of Honduras followed by a narrow 2 - 1 win over Chile.
They'd played a few somewhat competitive games, most notably an eight - point win at Texas A&M in October.
The German has taken part in 5 EPL games this season and was only on the winning side once (against Everton) and his last competitive match was in our awful FA Cup elimination to Nottingham Forest.
Wenger's wizards, after pummeling Manchester City in the FA Community shield, haven't had an enviable start to their campaign, which, so far, has seen them win two games from five competitive outings.
It means Boca have won four and drawn one of their five competitive games in all competitions so far this season, and they are being widely tipped as potential champions in the Argentine media.
He obviously won quite a few games and been a real important factor for us in remaining competitive in the playoff race.
Thomas was piling up points (21 points per game since landing in Boston) and the Celtics had become competitive, winning five of their nine games with him in the lineup.
The Minnesota Lynx played a competitive 40 minutes for the first time all season in a close 89 - 81 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday, the team's first scare in preserving an undefeated season eight games in.
he won it in his first competitive game against city FA Community shield.
On the flip side, the Portland Trail Blazers won 51 games last season and earned the 4th seed in an extremely competitive Western Conference.
CSKA dropped out of the Champions League despite winning three of their six group games and they were competitive away from home, beating Basel and Benfica 2 - 1 and taking the lead in a 2 - 1 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Athletic Bilbao's form over the past two months have been a complete mixed bag with two wins, five defeats and three draws in their last ten competitive games.
The last competitive game between Bayern and Dortmund ended in a 3 - 0 win for Klopp's men and the inimitable coach is hoping to extend that run.
The challenge will come when you have to try and win the league with the Premier League one of the most competitive in the game.
Looking at the both teams its hard to see Bournemouth getting anything out of this game and Guardiola will be hoping for his 8th win in 8th competitive game on Saturday afternoon.
Last time these two meet in a competitive game was a incredible 3 - 2 win for Barcelona thanks to Messi's late injury time goal against 10 - men Real Madrid.
«The City juggernaut had crushed all before them, winning every competitive game they had played this season, until they were held to a surprise 3 - 3 draw with Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday.
They have won six competitive games in all competitions since the turn of the new year, five of those were in the FA Cup.
David Moyes has never won a competitive game against Liverpool at Anfield in 14 attempts as a manager (D7, L7).
«We are realistic about where we stand and our game is to be competitive in the games where we think we've got a chance of winning and try to build some resilience and self - confidence in the others.
In that time we have played 51 competitive games, winning 37, tie 6 and lose 8.
Since going down 1 - 0 at home to Belarus in Laurent Blanc's first competitive game in charge in September 2010, France have qualified for Euro 2012 — without recourse to the play - offs — and enjoyed friendly wins over England, Brazil and the United States (as well as some forgettable draws against Croatia, Chile and Belgium).
Everton have not won at Stamford Bridge in any of their competitive meetings since 26th November 1994, twenty seven games ago!
With Bayern 15 points clear in Europe's most competitive league, on a six - game winning streak and undefeated in an 18 - match run that has seen them score 47 and concede only 6, we have rarely faced a tougher challenge to stay in the competition.
Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, having presided over 3 - 0, 5 - 1 and 2 - 1 wins in his opening three competitive games for Liverpool, could probably be forgiven if a part of him has spent the international break wondering what he has done so wrong.
It is a massive game for us, as a win really gets us in to this good run of fixtures in a highly competitive position.
The Gunners have bounced right back to winning ways and since suffering back - to - back league defeats either side of October, have gone on to win their last four competitive games, scoring 14 in the process.
Manchester United enjoyed their biggest ever competitive victory against Anderlecht in September 1956, a 10 - 0 win in a European Cup preliminary game.
But then you have Burton who won both league meetings against Birmingham in last season's Championship, the only two competitive games played between these previously.
Match Predictions: Hard to see anything other than a convincing Real Madrid win who have not lost in over 24 competitive games under Zidane.
Since Fernando Santos took over as Portugal coach they are unbeaten in 11 competitive fixtures having but they have made a habit of winning games 1 - 0 as all 8 recent wins came with this scoreline.
Liverpool took on Plymouth in the FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday night in a bid to win their first competitive game of 2017.
In nine (9), competitive games, the Black Stars have won seven (7) and drawn just two (2) against the Red Devils.
 Developed by award - winning High Moon Studios and based on Hasbroâ $ ™ s legendary Transformers property, the game allows players to become the ultimate Transformers weapon in the final, epic war set on the Transformers home planet of Cybertron. Complete with full online co-op and a variety of deep, competitive multiplayer modes including the ability to create your own Transformers character for the first time ever in a video game,  Transformers: War for Cybertron is the title fans have been waiting for.
Playing fast and loose with camera angles and lines of sight doesn't win you friends in every genre, and the granddaddy of competitive games is far from an exception.
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Add weapons from the future and jump in the driving seat as you take your bot into battle against other players in this competitive free - to - win action game.
For the most part, each class is interesting and unique, and all classes are essential to winning in the easy - going, yet competitive, game environment.
The initiative will take the form of booths on casino floors, equipped with HTC Vive headsets and controllers running dedicated games designed specifically for competitive play and, more specifically, for each of the players to stake real world money on the outcome of any matches in the hope of winning «cash prizes in spirited VR tournaments», according to a press release from HTC.
Not only has it won Game of The Year in 2016, but also Overwatch continues to drive as one the most highly addictive online competitive games out there for the PlayStation 4.
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