Sentences with phrase «spaniard playing»

It's fair to say it's not his season, with the misfiring Spaniard playing a bit - part role in our games.

With Lucas Perez on, Arsenal effectively went to a 4 -4-2 with the Spaniard playing alongside Olivier Giroud with Alexis roaming from the left.

For a long time it looked as though we may never see the superb little Spaniard playing for the Gunners again as he has had no less than eight surgical procedures since he last played, but as reported by the Daily Star things are looking good for his return before too long and Cazorla is now working hard to get fit.

Adebayor, who was handed the armband for the Capital One Cup semi-final first leg, put in a poor display before being replaced by Roberto Soldado after 65 minutes, with the Spaniard playing an important role in the game's only goal.

After Cazorla's sparkling display against Besiktas in the second leg, it's high time that the manager takes note, and gets the Spaniard playing in the middle of the park a lot more than what he normally does.

The Ox has been enjoying a run in the first - team of late, but I have a feeling we could see the Spaniard playing down the left tomorrow, with Theo Walcott keeping his place down the right.

The Spaniard played at right back this evening, but is usually deployed further forward — and his attacking prowess showed.

The Spaniard played alongside the likes of Steven Gerrard in today's hotly - anticipated legends match.

Wuth Coqualan playing along size cazorla, the Spaniard plays fearless and can cause havoc in advance position as he got some understanding developed with Coqualan.

The Spaniard played every minute of the club's title - winning campaign, and having firmly established himself as a key figure in Conte's defence, it will be crucial for Chelsea that he stays.

The Spaniard played a key role in helping us win five of our six matches in all competitions, scoring two goals in the process, and his performances did not go unnoticed by the PFA's voters, earning the award with 37 % of all votes received.

The Spaniard played the ball through, and the Belgian rounded Kasper Schmeichel before scoring.

The Spaniard played a crucial role in Boro's promotion success in the 2015 - 16 campaign, playing 34 games and scoring three goals.

The Spaniard played for Antonio Conte at Juventus during the 2013 - 14 seas -LRB-...)

Not exact matches

Example: when we had Fabregas, young Wilshere did his best to play on Cesc's level but then when he became a starter after the Spaniard's departure he had no competition and turned average.

The Spaniard simply does not seem to have the legs as we saw in the game against Boro and I feel Kieran would be better suited to play at wing - back as pace will be crucial in dealing with the likes of Sane and De Bruyne.

Also, the Spaniard still spoke fondly about Arsenal, saying things like he would never play for anyone else and talking about his former mentor Arsene Wenger with great warmth.

The diminutive midfield magician has played in a number of roles for Arsenal and I am sure that Arsene Wenger will ask him to do so again at times, but the boss does seem to have settled on the central midfield role as the best one for the Spaniard.

I can understand that, but then why not play the brilliant Spaniard in the role he has performed so well over the last year or two?

As Alan Smith recognises, Lucas has the ability to drift in and out amongst the defenders and the Spaniard's flexibility to also play on the wing, means that he has a very good idea about what kind of runs the wingers will want the striker to make.

Arsene Wenger would then have to decide on whether to look at bringing in a replacement to play as back - up to the Spaniard, or if he is more than happy with keeping Ainsley Maitland - Niles, Gabriel Paulista or even Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain to fill in the role.

If the Ox is a better wing back than Bellerin then drop the Spaniard and play the lKolosiniac on the left.

The Spaniard's versatility can see him play in various positions, including left - back, central defence and in midfield, but given his natural position is on the left, Conte could yet decide to continue his search for a centre - half too.

Along with Giroud I think that Lucas Perez played a huge part in the comeback at Bournemouth and after a slow start to his playing career with Arsenal I think the Spaniard is starting to show why Wenger signed him.

Despite limited playing time under Conte this season, the Spaniard has still managed to grab six assists in all competitions, and he made it his 100th Premier League assist with a stunning pass to set Willian through.

Umtiti, left - footed, can play as both a centre - half and a left - back, and given Filipe Luis could be on his way out of Stamford Bridge in the summer [via Independent Business Times], Mourinho could be in need of a replacement to the Spaniard.

When it comes to playing the likes of Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Man City or Barcelona, Arsenal do need more power to cope and the 32 - year old Spaniard just has not got the legs.

Pep Guardiola will arrive at Manchester City this summer, and through a combination of the club's failings this year and the Spaniard's philosophy and style of play, numerous changes are expected.

Milan have made no secret of their desire to sign Deulofeu, and given that the Spaniard has barely played for Koeman so far this season coupled with the arrival of additional competition, his spell on Merseyside looks to be coming to an end.

With Hector Bellerin proving a good addition to the mix, Wenger shouldn't be hesitant to play the Spaniard at Right - Back, shifting Calum Chambers into playing at Center - Back where he belongs.

It's claimed that there has been agreement with the Spaniard since January over a move, and should he decide to move to Italy, he would certainly play a pivotal role in bringing experience and a winning mentality to the side to help find that balance between youth and established stars.

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 strike.

Many pundits have been saying that the Spaniard has been extremely ineffectual this season despite playing every minute of every League game in this campaign, but with an obvious lack of backups since the sales of Matthieu Debuchy (who has been playing like a genius since joining St Etienne) and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain (who forced his move to Liverpool), the only option Wenger had was to give his place to Calum Chambers.

Our little Spaniard Santi Cazorla was expected to have played his last game for Arsenal after having yet another operation just before Christmas, but now perhaps Arsene Wenger still harbours hopes that our brilliant midfielder could return to play in our Europa League games this season.

In turn, seeing him miss the game with United would be a huge blow, while potentially bringing in Fernando Llorente to replace him in the starting line - up would likely force Pochettino to change the way his team play to fit the strengths of the Spaniard.

The Spaniard struggled for playing time under Carlo Ancelotti, and it remains to be seen what role he will play under Rafael Benitez.

There's no denying that the Spaniard has been in sensational form for some time now, pulling off one world - class save after another to play a key role at Old Trafford.

It's been far too long since we had some good quality youngsters coming through the youth academy and representing the club on the field of play effectively and now we appear to have six good kids coming through, five Brits and a Spaniard.

The men's side of the Italian Open hasn't reached the finals just yet, but the next round will see Rafael Nadal play fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.

If you did not see Pep's former club Barcelona beat his current club Bayern Munich this week then you might not understand why, but the game highlighted the Spaniard's stubborn refusal to alter his possession based style of play and they paid a big price.

The Spaniard has shown himself to be a big game player, and with the host of top managers having moved to England in recent years, there will be a number of big games to be played next season.

The first of these duos has the great technical skill, passing precision and creative ability of the Spaniard with the great defensive and battling ability of Coquelin to allow him the freedom to play.

While Fabregas played his part in a superb Barca side, the Catalan giants have arguably gone to another level since the Spaniard's departure, with Suarez joining Lionel Messi and Neymar in a sublime front three.

Normally the automatic choice would be the Spaniard and it even looked as though Flamini might be leaving the club this summer, but after Arteta's awful game in Zagreb last week, when he made no tackles or won any duels at all, the boss might be reluctant to play him in the north London derby.

They claim the next 10 days will be crucial to where the Spaniard will be playing his football next season, with Barca set to look elsewhere unless they can get the deal done in that time.

Given Juan Mata's presence in the squad, it remains to be seen who gets the nod out of the duo as the Spaniard has been more effective when played centrally too.

New signing Jonjo Shelvey was instrumental, threading the ball to Wijnaldum who in turn played in Perez, with the Spaniard curling in to the bottom corner from 20 yards

The likes of Cazorla can be interchangeable on the pitch, with the little Spaniard having also played CAM and on the wing in the past.

It really has been a remarkable rise for the young Spaniard, who may well have been facing another loan spell had Arsenal's injury problems not forced Arsene Wenger to play him.

Lucas could play out wide I suppose, but with Iwobi and the Ox also set to play I think the Spaniard will get his chance through the middle.