Sentences with phrase «aerial duels with»

The Inter Milan midfielder is also decent in the air, and that is an area of his game that Croatia may look to exploit in aerial duels with Juanfran.

Bournemouth have an attacking philosophy which is reflected in their stats: they are mid table with 12 shots per game, they try to own possession against smaller teams and have 50 % on average this season, they are 8th in passing success rate with 81 %, they are second to last in aerial duels with just 12 per game... they are 19th in tackles, 16th in interceptions, they are 8th in dribbles, and 3rd in drawing fouls.

He is also ahead for both ground duels and aerial duels with 59.1 % of his battles on the floor won to the Chelsea man's 49.6 % and an impressive 68.9 % of his contests in the air successful to Matić's 62.5 %.

Wenger's injury woes continued as Sagna left the pitch on a stretcher with a broken leg following an aerial duel with Benoit Assou - Ekotto.

Not exact matches

The stats on the Arsenal website show that the French midfielder did not win a single tackle, make any blocks or clearances, win any aerial duels, or really influence the game much, with the fewest touches of the starting midfielders.

Then compare too with Gana with Everton 2016/2017 and Kante with Chelsea 2016/2017 2016 / 2017 (Source: Squawka.com) KANTE Interception ------ 83 GANA Interception ------ 75 KANTE Tackles Won -------82 GANA Tackles Won ------- 103 KANTE Chances Created -------22 GANA Chances Created -------25 KANTE Key Passes -------- 21 GANA Key Passes -------- 24 KANTE Assist / Goal scored -------- 1 GANA Assist / Goal scored -------- 1 KANTE Blocks / Clearances -------- 4/45 GANA Blocks / Clearances -------- 10/46 KANTE Yellow cards / Red cards -------- 9/0 GANA Yellow cards / Red cards -------- 11/0 KANTE Aerial Duel Won ---------18 GANA Aerial Duel Won -------- 31 GAMES PLAYED / MINUTES PLAYED KANTE -------35 / 3138 GANA -------- 33/2681 TOTAL SCORE KANTE -----667.05 GANA ------ 716.03 AND YET KANTE WON THE PFA AWARD.

His partnership with Kolasinac as they know that side very well, he knows where Kolasinac will be, and he won imortant aerial duels and important interceptions, I can see why people would give it to Monreal.

Debuchy did nt start as badly as this author want us to believe, so far he looks like is better going forward and very comfortable with his one on one and aerial duel than Sagna.

Per might have 64 % aerial duels won (you were off by 3 %), but who is to say he effectively dealt with those headers?

Baines and Monreal are tied for first on pass completion so the Spaniard is not just about defending, although it is clear that this is his real strength, with more blocks, clearances and interceptions than his rivals as well as winning an amazing 62 percent of his aerial duels.

Guardiola won the tactical battle because he put muller to roam untracked in the middle and replaced alaba with javi Martinez at cb to win more aerial duels against giroud and at the same time terrorizing our fragile right side at left back.

But the part of our game that needs improving is our defensive play, that's why we need a proper defensive midfielder — a player with power, quality, the ability to win aerial duels and a defensive mind to snuff out attacks before they happen.

-- Fair play to Wenger sticking with Ospina, but against a team that thrives in aerial duels you would think Cech would be picked.

In a two - minute stretch at the end of the first half, Chelsea's hard - charging defender, Gary Cahill, had his nose broken in a collision with his goalkeeper, and Chelsea's harder - charging forward, gashed his head in an aerial duel.

He was a force in the air, with seven aerial duel wins in 10 tries.

Dropping back often to operate as a third center back, the 22 - year - old recorded 16 successful clearances - 11 with his head - and won a ridiculous 12 out of 13 aerial duels.

Monreal won 10 out of 11 aerial duels (91 %), with...

Henderson also has the best aerial duels won percentage with 57 % with Ramsey, Fabregas and Toure all with figures of 50 %.

Somewhat bizarrely considering his effectiveness with headed clearances, an area of Diakité's game that could use work is his success with aerial duels.

He has the physical attributes to deal with full - bodied strikers, having won more aerial duels than any other player in the Premier League in the 2015/16 season.

The Arsenal man leads the way for interceptions made per game with 2.84, while his tackles, blocks, and aerial duels won are second across the board.

Surprisingly, Vermaelen, who many fans generally consider a fantastic jumper, and hence a great header of the ball, won only 55.6 % of his aerial duels, while Koscielny, the defender with a slim frame contested 101 aerial duels at the rate 3.06 per game, winning 62.

With more interceptions, blocks, and aerial duels won per game in Spain, Krychowiak holds up the best against Matic than the other options.

Banega emerged from the game with an impressive seven key passes, while his midfield partner was a useful shield in front of the back four, winning the same amount of aerial duels.

The major difference between the two's figures for last season is their aerial ability with the Sevilla midfielder outdoing Coquelin for duels won in the air per game; at 6ft1, he is taller than the Frenchman, who stands at 5» 10.

Moyes» man have ten players with 2.5 or more aerial duels won per 90 minutes compared to Liverpool's five.

However with the game that Chelsea encourages their defenders to play, it is slightly tempting that Vincent Kompany leads the race in terms of aerial duels won while there is no particular area mentioned above where the Brazilian leads the race.

While tackling is a weakness of Slick Rick's (aerial duels too for some reason), he more than makes up for it with a word that hasn't been uttered around these parts for quite a while: grinta.

Three of his 11 goals this season have been headers, but only one has been via an aerial duel at a set - piece, with Selke often drifting away from his marker to get on the end of crosses in open play.

We don't get to spend enough time with Poe Dameron to really care about his X-Wing aerial battle, but the other part of the climax is a KILLER lightsaber duel that is as emotionally wrought as anything in any Star Wars episode.