Sentences with phrase «winning by a single goal»

I can only imagine what the reaction would have been had we lost or just won by a single goal last night.

We all know that he likes to send on his defencive players in the last 10 — 15 minutes if we are winning by a single goal but against teams like Barcelona, he really needs to do the opposite, by starting the games with all our defensive players and then bringing on our attackers in the last 10 — 15 minutes and catch them on the break when Barcelona get tired.

This will be only their third Premiership meeting, with both the home teams winning by a single goal during the 2004/05 term.

Feel free to post yours in the comments below, and follow on Twitter to see which matchday bets I place — I'm 0/1 so far as last night's bet was for Brazil to win by a single goal, and Oscar's late toe poke ruined that one.

After a similarly unambitious, shackled first leg finished goalless in Andalusia, Mourinho once again set out to win by a single goal and, once again, found his side usurped by opponents who could scarcely believe the lack of attacking gumption on display.

Not exact matches

Sakic set a postseason record, since broken by Tampa Bay's 2004 Smythe - winner Brad Richards, of six game - winning goals and dished a single - game record four assists in Game 2 of the Cup final vs. Florida.

And you can see how things are changing in those results, because since the infamous 8 - 2 drubbing after we sold Nasri and Fabregas in the summer, United's three wins have been by a single goal and the other two were draws.

Last season Chelsea didn't win every game 4 - 0 infact they beat bottom sides by single goals BUT even beating a bottom side by 1 goal is good because they got the job done.

In the round robin the experienced team won all their games, although it was very tight between the best three teams as all the games between them were won by only a single goal.

We have beaten our semifinal opponents by at least two goals in every single game since 1980 except for a 2 - 1 win at the Emirates in 2007.

In last month's 2 - 0 second - leg win over Porto, Malaga turned around a tie they were losing by a single goal after the away game and once again showed the good home form that allowed them to top their qualifying group ahead of AC Milan.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

Arsenal have won every single game against the visitors at home since 1981, and in the last ten wins, seven of them have been by two goals or more.

L'Pool in Istanbul had it all in terms of being unlikely; second in group qualifying (behind Monaco), looking good against Leverkusen then not winning away QF and SF games and winning home games narrowly by a single goal, getting a 1st half football lesson in the final, witnessing a Milan 2nd half collapse and winning on penalties.

But only 26 goals conceded, 15 clean sheets, 12 draws and zero losses probably more to do with team's overall mentality and defensive grit than single handed game winning performances by Henry.

the team you beat last season had been decimated by injuries, what i would like is to see you play half the season without your messi, and see if you can be in the top 3 in your league, like we did without RVP, and men, take this to the bank, you not winning shit this year, every defender has taken a page out of walter samuel's book, and know how to mark messi, interesting, your so called talisman couldn't get a single goal or assist in the world cup, you can win all you want, but you will never, repeat never, finish a season without a loss, so son, go choke on that.

Atletico, winners of the Europa League in 2010 and 2012, have now won their last six home games in all competitions without conceding a single goal after easing to another comfortable victory, secured by Koke sweeping home Juanfran's cutback.

By the way, Atletico would need to win every single game from this point merely to be on equal points but Barcelona's goal difference is far superior at +63 compared with +36.

A single goal separates West Ham and Watford on goal difference so even if Watford win against Spurs tomorrow it doesn't guarantee they won't drop down the table if the Hammers win by more than one more this afternoon.

All four of the road victories this season have been by a single goal margin and Burnley to win to nil at William Hill may be worth considering if you are backing the visitors.

Germany may have won their 2014 World Cup quarter - final tie against France by just a single goal, but they were the better side and deservedly went through.

In the last nine Head - to - Heads, only once has a side won by more than a single goal.

Moreover, the Baggies have also plundered at least one goal in 14 of 16 at home this season, as well as scoring in each of their previous eight, but that run will come under threat at the weekend by an in - form Liverpool side who have kept three clean sheets in their last four away from home, not to mention having won all nine of the previous Premier League meetings between the two sides, all without conceding a single goal.

While Juve may have been frustrated by the manner of the lead, and the denial of a certain penalty early in the half, they were lucky to go in with the deficit standing at a single goal, while the cynical nature of their tackling will have won them few friends.

They also rewrote a raft of other single - season top - flight records, among them the longest winning sequence in a season (14), the best start (eight wins), the most away wins (14 by early May), the longest spell without conceding a goal at the start of a season (495 minutes) and the biggest goal - difference (+76, with three games to go), not to mention the most points and the most wins.

Mohamed Salah became just the third Liverpool player in history to score 40 goals in a single season by netting once more in a 3 - 0 win over Bournemouth.

These two teams met last weekend at St Mary's where two Olivier Giroud strikes plus a single goal from Eden Hazard in the space of 10 minutes saw Chelsea come from 2 - 0 down to claim a rare away win by a 3 - 2 scoreline.

-- Each of United's last four league wins were by a 1 - 0 scoreline; they've not mustered more than one goal in a single Premier League game since beating Norwich 2 - 0 on 1 October (7 games).

1 - 0 down and struggling at Middlesbrough earlier in the season, Weir almost single - handedly took the game by the scruff of the neck, winning a penalty and then supplying the ball that put the Boro defence under pressure and yielded the own goal that gave United their win.

An away win to nil could offer some value whilst if Palace set up defensively this game could be settled by a single goal.

City have beaten West Brom twice this season and both wins were at the Hawthorns by a single goal margin in the EFL Cup and the Premier League.

This time around, as the Republicans go about their business in the very same hotel where Cuomo was unanimously nominated by his fellow Democrats four years ago, the message is all about unity and being focused on a single goal: Winning in November.

In Europe, BP joined Shell in sculpting a winning industry push to scrap the EU's renewable energy and energy efficiency goals, in favour of a single greenhouse gas target for 2030 that could be met by an increased use of natural gas.