Sentences with phrase «arsenal pack the midfield»

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Teams play Arsenal narrow and try to pack the midfield.

In my opinion Arsenal simply have too many midfielders fighting for a starting eleven spot already and so the introduction of Barkley in an already jam - packed midfield isn't going to make matters easier for whoever is in charge of Arsenal next season.

Arsenal brought in Granit Xhaka at the beginning of this summers transfer window, to add to a packed Gunners midfield alongside Cazorla, Coquelin, Ozil, Ramsey, Elneny, Oxlade - Chamberlain and the newly added Jeff Reine - Adelaide.

It's more effective when using a high - line — and you can really pack the midfield — instead of having 1 bruising tough tackling midfielder you attack the ball when not in possession in packs — that's similar to what Arsenal did against City — they looked like a 4 -1-4-1 formation when they didn't have the ball and 4 -3-3 when they had the ball.

But much like at Arsenal, Dortmund's midfield is packed full of talent and the 19 year old may struggle with breaking into the lineup.

The reason for playing Ozil on the wing (same as Ramsey)- when a central player loses form or confidence playing on the wing can help because a teams usual response to Arsenal is to pack its midfield and stop Arsenal from playing through the middle.

Secondly Arsenal are more than packed with midfielders at the moment and so the signing of Brozovic would only make things worse rather than better for the club.

Of course, there isn't really a spot open for him here at Arsenal — our creative midfield positions a packed full of quality players.

Mkhitaryan would have been a perfect addition for Arsenal, because despite being packed full of midfielders already, what Arsenal do lack is a quality winger in addition to Alexis Sanchez.

Arsenal are set to start with Aubameyang upfront with Ramsey and Ozil playing in attacking roles while Wenger is likely to pack the midfield with Elneny, Wilshere and Xhaka.

Arsenal do have Xhaka in the squad but he is unlike to start in midfield as Wenger will go with more robust players like Oxlade - Chamberlain, Coquelin and Elneny to pack the midfield while Ozil, Sanches and Welbeck to start upfront.

He remains a striker well - suited to leading the line as his team require, allowing his talent - packed colleagues in midfield to build attacks off his hold up play, yet he has not scored a league goal since January 13 in Arsenal's 3 - 3 away draw with Liverpool.

However I expect a tight game where Arsenal might be able to hold out Bayern by packing the midfield and defending in numbers.

Jermain Defoe set to start upfront and he will be the key man for Sunderland if they were to get a result, while a packed 5 man midfield of Khazri, Cattermole, Kirchoff, M'vila and Fabio Borini will be looking to counter Arsenal possession play.