Sentences with phrase «stoke defence»

Daniel Sturridge — 7 Hung around on the back of the Stoke defence, allowing Coutinho space to score the equaliser.

On 51 minutes Gerrard opened up the Stoke defence.

This meant Liverpool either needed to create consistent penetration on the right hand side or needed to use the right effectively to create gaps in the Stoke defence and then penetrate elsewhere.

There isn't a striker in the Premier League who puts himself about like he does, and if he can cause a rift in the heart of the Stoke defence then who knows, Bolton may well prosper.

He has a hammer of a let - foot on him and with the Stoke defence usually so well organised, it may take a moment of brilliance to break open the deadlock.

The winger found himself up against a difficult to break down Stoke defence but his interplay with the other Chelsea attacking players was very good.

Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain continued his good run of form by contributing another assist as he clipped an excellent pass over the top of the Stoke defence, but it still needed a lot of finishing from Mesut Ozil.

With that in mind, we think the Blues» attack could click against this weakened Stoke defence, one which has lost by four goals on three occasions already this term.

Antonio Rudiger — 8 — The German international was one of Chelsea's most threatening players in the first half, as along with the opening goal, Rudiger made some crucial runs to cause huge havoc to the Stoke defence.

Hopefully we can unlock the Stoke defence, which has conceded more goals than any other Premier League team this season (and they have the worst goal difference).

Six goals in the last five seasons suggests Martins Indi doesn't offer too much threat going forward, though; if you're eyeing up the Stoke defence, # 4.5 m Erik Pieters is better value.

Had little service but his movement was poor and he could have offered more of a presence to occupy the Stoke defence.

Lots of pace movements and intensity today... kept the Stoke defence and midfield busy and penned in in their own half for most of the game.

Tomas Rosicky also comes in, with either him or Santi Cazorla to provide the keys to unlock a well organised Stoke defence.

I do have some sympathy as Ozil was one of the few players who looked like they might break the Stoke defence and chasing back and tackling is not his strong point.

Tottenham's South Korean star Son had a fantastic game today, as the winger ran the Stoke defence ragged throughout the entire match.

When Alexis beat the Stoke defence on his own and rounded the keeper, there was a glimmer of hope that he could spark a comeback, but when his shot hit the post, that hope seemed to be gone.

The only really clear cut chance we created in the first half was for Olivier Giroud, with Joel Campbell leaving the Stoke defence static with a sublime pass.

Not exact matches

You get the sense Stoke let Gerrard have that goal, their defence just kind of sat back and let him have it.

I du n no what to say... All English players in our team are useless, walcott only cares about the money I couldn't even see Walcott both in attack and defence We could have gone 5 pts clear of City for God's sake... stoke match is now a must win...

Sonko will fight it out with Abdoulaye Faye, Leon Cort and Ryan Shawcross for a place in the Stoke central defence and it's clear that Tony Pulis is looking to create competition for first XI positions.

No player In our defence, if wenger can parade this team as our team against stoke, that means he knows nothing about football anymore.

«Last year we went to Stoke with a very young defence — we had Bellerin, Chambers, Martinez — and at the start of the game we got caught,» Le Prof said on Arsenal.com.

Wtf the old arsenal is back, midfield being bossed by stoke, defence daydreaming and wondering whats on tv tonight, mertesacker just go awol and do us a favour please!!!! We suck!

We are THE ARSENAL and we are losing at Stoke City, then Le Fraud tells us our defence were «too soft».

We can't blame him for Stoke's goal, but he didn't fill his defence with confidence — he never does.

The 25 - year - old was left out of the Reds» 1 - 0 win over Stoke City last weekend, with Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel preferred in the centre of defence.

Arsenal have been linked with a number of options in defence in recent times, and their need for a new player in that part of the pitch was made all too clear again after this weekend's disappointing 3 - 2 defeat to Stoke City.

«When you look at games like Stoke away, the big disappointment for us was that we had a very young defence on the day and missing players was certainly detrimental to our results.

any other manager will be using Per as a substitute by now because its obvious for anyone with eyes he is a weak link in our defence, unless we are playing a Tony Pulis team ala Stoke of old and now West brom there is no point in having Per ahead of Gabriel....

but to throw 3 kids in ur defence against stoke away....

Just a few weeks ago we had Steven Gerrard jumping on the bandwagon after Arsenal lost at Stoke, despite the fact that we were robbed by the referee and it was an error by Granit Xhaka and the defence that gave the Potters the points.

It's sort of the opposite of that persistent rainy - Tuesday - in - Stoke question: Can he do it in the sunshine, but without a defence?

The Stoke City No. 1 is regarded as one of the finest goalkeepers in the Premier League and will be the Bosnians» last line of defence in their first ever World Cup outing.

But Stoke's defence looks like a collection of men desperate to hear a confident shout of «BUTLAND!»

Its not the defence that killed us against Stoke, the defense did well to let in a single goal, where was our attack?

John O'Shea could return following a calf strain to bolster Sunderland's defence against Stoke on Sunday.

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Stoke are famous for being experts at set pieces so we will need a strong defence throughout the game.

not only is our defence crumbling (literally, standard Gibbs injury to add to the pile up), but we're about as good going forward as Stoke.

Just watched Stoke v Chelsea now there is a defence that is strong and quick Shorcross would fit in well for Metisaker and there is a player has to be the smallest in the game, stocky and skillfull, as I said before there is very good players out there fit strong and clever, it's about time we looked out side the box.

Arnautovic's movement and attacking style has the ability to unsettle any defence, coupled with his lethal partnership along with Bojan Krkić in alignment with Shaqiri, which have produced goals for Stoke City in the current campaign.

The Chilean superstar will be key to stretching the Potter's defence as the Stoke City side are known for their strong defensive formation with plenty of men behind the ball.

Offered his defence very little protection and Stoke often got a free run at the City back four when counter-attacking.

Tottenham's defending has been nothing short of shambolic, keeping just seven clean sheets this season in the process, and yesterday's 3 - 0 defeat at Stoke shows that we will need to invest heavily in the summer, adding some stability to the defence.

The Belgian defender has proved to be as solid as a rock in the Spurs defence, helping Pochettino's side to their second clean sheet of the season at Stoke.

Stoke enjoyed a brief spell of pressure midway through the second period but were unable to find a way through the Palace defence, leaving them to focus on their Premier League campaign.

With their defence going so well, they will be fancied to do a number on Stoke as well.

Everton's back - to - back successes over Brighton and Stoke coincided with Jagielka returning to the middle of Everton's defence following a four - game injury absence.

How Newcastle solve their away day blues is a mystery and even against Stoke's defence, they aren't likely to bag three points.