Sentences with phrase «won the starting nod»

Hold, who came on strong at the end of last season, won the starting nod after a strong spring practice.

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However, he was given the nod by Jurgen Klopp in his starting line - up against West Ham United on Saturday, and the England international responded with a crucial goal in their 4 - 1 win over the Hammers.
Training is more competitive and I read that Vieira puts a CM against a CM and the «winner» in training gets the nod to start, enforcing that winning mentality in training.
It was an all round very good team performance from Arsenal to win away to Everton, with notable inputs from a number of Gunners including Hector Bellerin, Laurent Koscielny, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny and all of the front four, but I have given the nod to Alex Iwobi mainly because it was his first start in the Premier League and that makes his performance even more impressive.
Trippier started last weekend's win at Crystal Palace, but Kyle Walker may still have the nod in the league.
Speaking of nod - worthy 4 - 5 teams... after a 1 - 4 start, Chris Ash's Scarlet Knights have won three of their last four games.
The 722 Edition SLR is a nod to Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinsons» 1955 Mile Miglia win; 722 was their starting number in the race.The pure muscle - car growl is surprising on first listen, but it's appropriate when the car is in action.
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