Sentences with phrase «against a defence like»

From a personal perspective, I hope Kevin De Bruyne is selected, as I can envisage him playing a vital role for the Blues as he has the ability to switch play with ease, a useful tactic against a defence like United.

Not exact matches

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Against lower sides RW will get space so Wallcot and Ox will be fine to run at the defence like v Hull.

Incidents like his failure to track back and give any help to the defence in the buiold up to the contentious penalty awarded against Hector Bellerin at Watford on Saturday do not help the German, though, and only make it easier to believe the report by Metro that people at Arsenal are becoming very concerned about Ozil.

The Barcelona front three will surely be too much for this Arsenal defence to handle — Per Mertesacker up against the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez on the night is surely going to put fear into their fans» faces.

Although the semi-final Carabao Cup win against Chelsea suggested a change in the team's character and game - management, there are still massive question marks about whether their defence can hold up in the big games against the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United.

However he will come up against the leagues top defenders on a regular basis and experience what it's like to play in a defensive line fighting for Premier League safety, rather than alongside a more collective defence that includes the likes of Koscielny and Monreal.

lst season at stamford bridge, was the first time i saw that 4 -1-4-1 formation being used, and for some weird reason i feel a very strange negative vibe and well all know the outcome.the manager has come back with this formation and its not yielding result, but he still sticks with it.i do nt know much about formations dear friends, but if you are playing a slow dm in arteta and a very very slow cb, then you are toast against quality teams with sound tactics.wen playing wellbeck as a lone striker, i think 4 -2-3-1, will work better, but if we have a big player like oliver (boooos), thn we can try the 4 -1-4-1, thingy cos he can hold the ball for our midfielders to run in.but on the overall, shame on wenger for not giving our defence a good cover DM.NO BODY PLAYS A SLOW DM / CB AND EXPECT TO B REGARDED AS CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL.IT HURTS GUYS, REALLY HURTS.

The lack of power in our defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a goal to be had against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal

Best formation i ve ever seen, actually with Flamini in our team, our chances are bigger by 50 %, he scored against strongest defence in europe against Spuds, he will score against poor side like Bayern, ALL HAIL FLAMINI

Better to stop a good attacking team and go for a draw or tight win than to try and outscore a team already with soild defence like we did against Chelsea and Man City.

Walcott is too small and his pace is useless against a deep defence like less.

There is no top 4 finish for us, we mess everything up against Swansea, and our defence is as sh ** t as hell, look at spurs the way they played man u, strong in defence, dembele was fantastic not like xhaka lazy and always pass the ball backward sides.

Giroud will have his hands full against the excellent Shackell and Duff in the centre of their defence but if the big man can keep them busy it will allow the pace, power and silky skills of players like Alexis, Ozil, Cazorla, Ramsey and Welbeck to open them up.

Like the boss did against Bayern to great effect, he may bring Giroud on in the second half after our speedy forwards have tired out the Barcelona defence.

And let Wishere play deep in front of defence alongside Ramsy and let's see hw it'll look like against Manchester United

If our team starts the game confidently instead of being nervous like they tend to be against the big teams, we can certainly trouble the Man City defence.

Would like to see coq and elneny in middle and welbeck and iwobi starting more hunger and movement against a ropey defence... More open more goals but could come out as winners which is a must here..

They say goals will be distributed from midfielders to strikers, lets say: Alexis scores 20, Walcott 20, OG 20, mid scores around 20, thats 80 goals, and we all know OG wont score 20 plus, Chelsea won with 74 goals, but their defence was so solid that they did nt need more goals, while our style demands goals, if we do nt score in first half, our players are starting to panic, something like against Swansea last year, we were better but they won, to win those type games you need someone to produce something special, OG simply cant do it

Luis Muriel's pace on the counter-attack coupled with the likes of Franco Vazquez and Joaquin Correa will mean that Vincenzo Montella's side can cause United problems, but with Eric Bailly back in the heart of the defence after returning against Liverpool at the weekend, the hosts will hope to deal with them more efficiently.

Well Coquelin cant do it all alone, like the Man city game we need to work together each man covering up for the other Man's mistake, But I feel it would be down to attacking play, we need to be clinical it has cost us a lot in recent years against chelsea, remember the 5 - 3 thumping at the bridge, we were clinical on that day, so even if we get caught, if we attack it would be the best form of defence, then we end up outscoring them, We need our Attackers to really work hard and really finish any chances created.

So it looks like Monreal at centre back again against a powerful United attack, while their defence is strengthened and our own attack weakened.

Bayern missed a lot of chances and we managed to squeeze a draw, but when the season starts if our defence looks like Elneny, Mertesacker and put a youngster name here, I'm feeling we'll get a repeat of what happened against Liverpool last year.

I am a little disconcerted that Wenger didn't request a personal hearing so he could give his side of the story, as he actually had an extremely valid defence that Dean made it look like he had a vendetta against the Arsenal boss.

They will press and score against most defences let alone a weak one like ours but they are vulnerable to speed... as we saw again today... So what does the fossil do puts in a couple of lightweight midfielders who are completely dominated... Wilshire left in no mans land with no support... Ozil and miki misplaced... Pea isolated... Equals no threat but lots of sideways passing... Did you watch the game or just high on wenger juice?

Ramsey was our best player but he should never have played out wide especially against a good defence like Chelsea.

Meanwhile, Hector Bellerin has apologised to the supporters for their capitulation against Bayern, as despite a spirited first half, the Gunners crumbled after the hour mark and were made to look like amateurs in defence.

Statement is Partially correct that we dominated Man Utd but we were certainly not unlucky... When you do such 2 school boy errors and when you miss seater Like Xhaka missed it then you don't deserve to win... We certainly don't deserve to win that game because it's criminal to do such mistakes in defence and that too against top 6 clubs... Xhaka should have buried that one in... We dominated the United Side but were not unlucky... We lost game because of our own impotency in the game...

In general I think Chelsea's defence would struggle more against pace than a target man, like I said just my opinion.

We saw against Dinamo Zagreb this week and have been seeing for most of the season that with the likes of Santi Cazorla, Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in the mood Arsenal can cut through defences like a hot knife through butter.

I think we have got a very good chance against Munich, for the simple reason that, like Manchester United, they will come to attack us themselves to try and win the game, whereas less talented teams tend to sit back and crowd the defence.

Awwwww I can hardly read all bro, seriously u could have made it simplier, s saying we had a terrible s Window is exaggerated, we fought to kip all d players we needed to kip and sold d ones that e surplus to requirements, we added an elite striker in improved our defence, that is not terrible in my own view, c considering our structure, we can never outspent the two manchester clubs, judt like no club in Spain will outspend d likes of Madrid and barca and no club in France can outspend d likes of psg, the only bad match I have watched from arsenal this season was against liverpool, the playerd apologized and behold we r seeing a new attitude from, them, if winning six matched from 7 shouldn't give room for optimism, what then can?

Antonio Conte's side will have been confident of breaking down our defence at full - strength, and will be licking their lips with the likes of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Willian, Pedro, Michy Batshuayi and Cesc Fabregas available to lead the attack against us on Saturday.

Coming to tonight's clash against Dortmund, Arsenal's defence needs to be particularly wary of the likes of Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan — who can be deceptively quick, and will play a key role in Dortmund's scheme of things.

Also if the Oilers can play against Vancouver's defence more often, I'd like that.

It's too much to expect our defence to hold out for 90 minutes against the likes of Kane if we are constantly on the back foot.

As the game was petering out, Arsenal looked like they would go the distance despite playing for so long with ten men, managing more chances than Barcelona could against their massed defence.

Needs to help in defence more, especially against players like Bale.

To be honest, after seeing FC Basel make a mockery of them in midweek, it would be foolish to disregard any team's chances against this sieve - like United defence.

He's adapted to life in the Premiership, the whole physicality of the league, like a pro and he now knows exactly how to play in this league and against these types of defences.

I fully expect United to open up Stoke's defence much like they did against Leicester City just over a week ago, which will send United into the international break in high spirits, readying themselves for a clash with Liverpool at Anfield when league football returns for us on Monday 17th October 2016.

Pickford has kept just the one clean sheet this term against Hull at the Stadium of Light, but considering the quality of the defence in front of him at Sunderland and Spurs, it could be assumed that Pickford would keep more clean sheets in North London with the likes of Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen defending in front of him.

It is never easy coming up against a side like Bolton who are quite physical in their game but John Terry stood up to the task as always and lead the defence to make sure the Blues picked up their win.

You just can't trust the defence of Crystal Palace, not when they give up three goals against a low scoring side like Hull.

you know the rest, if we did this against manutd and had a solid frame in defence & midfield we could allow the full backs to push on and try counter-counter attack them like they do to us...... team should ideally be chesney - sagna - JD (or new centre back) TV gibbo ------ kosser - song --- jw nasri cesc chamkah (or RVP) you can play RVP instead of JW, and when we lose cesc next year, stick theo in for him, this team would have defended better against manutd and would not have let a goal in for sure.

The one thing (sorry) that I'll say is that games like this, when it's end - to - end and the opposition have under - estimated you slightly, will be completely different to games against the likes of Leicester who will flood midfield and defence and wait for us to try and get through them.

«With the attacking players we have, we'll always create chances and should be able to get a couple of goals, but we need to tighten up in defence, especially against a team like Man City.»

The Englishman will probably only be started in certain games, like against oppositions who leave gaps in defence or play too far up the field.

Fear isn't a foe, but an ally: It lets you know when something could be wrong, I feel the best defence against what you recognise as unreasonable fear is to greet it like an old friend, figuratively let it know you'll be okay and, while acknowledging its presence, don't let it dissuade you from your path.

In fact, companies like Sodexo which runs everything from the pay roll to cleaning services at the Royal Sussex Hospital in my constituency can still cite commercial confidentiality as a defence against the inconvenience of being answerable to the public they are supposed to serve.