Sentences with phrase «against a defence which»

He proved that the other night against a defence which included two players from Italy's best team, Juventus — he didn't look bad, did he?

The lack of quality in attack meant that Manchester United failed to score against a defence which had only kept two clean sheets in 2015 prior to the match at Old Trafford.

My fear is that instead we shall see AC on his own up front again, against a defence which everybody accepts is as frail as we've seen in United red shirts for a long time

One is an attack which can't score against a defence which can't stop conceding, and the other is an attack which can't stop scoring, against a defence that rarely concedes.

Not exact matches

Primarily, link cloaking is a defence against commission theft in the affiliate marketing industry which is a serious problem.

There must have been a factor in the situation which both drove the authorities themselves to desperate measures and also gave them a defence against popular accusation.

Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.

To me the fact that we have a striker in Giroud that can not make runs beyond the defence allows teams to play a high line against us which makes our midfield struggle with space.

I think this is what the Arsenal defence need because we often get concentration lapse which lead to cheap goals scored against us.

What they can possibly do, is to practice more on defence, taking care of the fact that we don't concede those type of goals again, specifically against Manchester United in the coming game, which will be the most crucial part.

Interestingly he has played as a left midfielder as well in the centre of defence, and could well relish a role in the 3 -4-2-1 formation which Wenger tried out on Monday night against Middlesbrough.

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..

Why this article doesn't talk about our defence which has leaked 4 goals in 2 games against mid table teams.

You have to remember that we actually had a relatively good defence which was only exposed against the bigger teams.

On Morata, I have never really seen him play but I saw him the run he made against Bayern which led to their second goal and for most parts in the game, he threatened Bayern's defence..

People say you need Ozil to open up defences, which is true, but he is more needed against weak opponents that sit really deep.

A positive win against a defence EVEN worse than ours (which is quite a feat for any defence to be that bad) changes NOTHING.

Five reasons: 1) our defence lacks organisation when key personal are missing (although having regular back line will help stop this); 2) we still play the old tiki taka rule game which doesn't work so well against the bigger teams; 3) we will have key injuries to players at the wrong times; 4) too many suicidal back passes in midfield against better opposition picks us off; 5) jury still out on Lacazette

I am keen to see how this defence works out against the Chelsea team, as we all hope that this is the future line - up once Koscielny Monreal retire, which won't be long.

Richard Mann spoke to Mark Selby ahead of his World Championship title defence which begins against Joe Perry on Saturday.

In the European Cup, United's defence had been a dog's dinner against a Basel team which was leading them 3 - 2 before that last ditch equaliser by Ashley Young.

The England international's long ball from the edge of his own penalty area beat the Burnley defence to gift Antonio a one - on - one against Nick Pope from which the midfielder duly rounded the goalkeeper before rolling the ball home into an empty net.

The Reds, however, come into this match on the back of a disappointing draw against Sevilla in the Champions League in which their much - maligned defence took another beating.

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.

Napoli head into the clash against Empoli on the back of 5 successive wins in the league which have seen them plunder 17 goals past opposition defences.

Despite their resiliant defence, Atleti have a potent attacking threat with Antoine Griezmann and Fernando Torres forming a formidable partnership which has combined in the previous ties against Bayern Munch and Barcelona to devastating effect.

He didn't score against a premier league defence, but it was in adverse weather conditions, which made it difficult.

Bolton have shown a bit of character lately and they can get something out of this against a Preston defence which is a shambles at the moment.

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.

Blind could partner either Axel Tuanzebe or even Matteo Darmian in the centre of defence against the Spanish side, which would be a makeshift back four, but one which could still work well for Mourinho's side.

With the addition of Gregory van der Wiel, Toronto's defence should now be much stronger, which means fewer goals against.

The Ivory Coast international, who will be looking to form a partnership with whoever in defence for the remainder of the season feel that having all defensive players fit and ready to play will bode well for the remaining matches, which includes a must - win Emirates FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on Saturday evening.

He may not be the best player to go against United's defence this season, but he could be one who makes United suffer, especially if they do not keep ahead of their game which has been the case in other matches in the Europa League this season.

«He's been part of both defences which have looked so solid against two top teams whilst Crl has made a very uncertain start.

They'll enjoy playing against this Chelsea defence − anyone would − but every time they pile numbers forward they leave themselves exposed to the counter, which is where the visitors should enjoy plenty of success.

They just have more to offer up front and could bundle home a winner from somewhere against the Bolton defence which is all over the place at the moment.

It is good that Untold is highlighting these matters, but it is also time for some high profile defence from Arsenal football club against these attacks, come on, there are ways of making it well publicised without putting Arsenal in the firing line, (which we are anyway).

As previously mentioned, Leo Jaba scored a fantastic winning goal on his debut against Amkar Perm, while Philipe Sampaio has been a mainstay in a defence which has kept three clean sheets in three games.

And with Liverpool having the joint second best defensive record in the league, the accusations levied against the defensive work of the side, although some of them are pertinent, seem to have not as much importance in comparison to the issues raised here, although with the slight caveat that there is a noticeable drop off between the two seasons in terms of interceptions from midfield and the forwards, which has lead to Liverpool not being so strong on the counter attack and the fact that the majority of the shots Liverpool have conceded seem to be in the space in front of the defence and behind the midfield.

This sends Per to the left of defence which don't work very well against Stoke, did it?

Overall though their defence hasn't been all that bad because three of their defeats have only been by a 1 - 0 margin and they kept the score down against Barcelona which other sides have failed to do as well.

That's back - to - back clean sheets for a defence which will be handed the sternest of examinations on Monday, while they did also win their last Premier League home game by the scoreline, although read into that what you will, as it was against lowly Wolves.

Jurgen Kloop will be delighted with the last two results and will also be happy to see his attacker's getting on so well and creating a number of chances between them the only area he needs to focus now is the defence as we have seen them give away a good 3 - 1 lead in the first league game against Watford which they would've probably won if not for two badly defended corners resulting in a late equaliser.

And while the Ministry of Defence must hedge against the different kinds of future unknowable wars that Britain will have to fight, there is no government department which deals quite as much in the imponderable questions of the future as that of energy.

It is no longer the classic republican theme of master and slave — recurrent in Vacherot's work — that is mobilised here, but instead, the classic republican concern with «Fortuna», the hazards of life against which the republic conventionally serves as a defence.

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.

This last article refers to previous articles I had written in defence of the 1992 Constitution against the John Dramani Mahama Government in the previous year some of which the petitioners referred to in their petition, particularly charges 1 and 2 in which I expressed my views that the Government designed to rig the elections.

«As a government, we are making all efforts to integrate our defence structures properly into the sub-regional cooperation framework by which the needed synergy will be created to enhance our collective chances of success in the fight against terrorism,» he said at the Military Academy Graduation Parade on Friday September 16 in Accra.

To set that figure we need to undertake a sea defence review, similar to the military defence review, which would set out what we actually need to do in terms of reasonable protection against coastal flooding and erosion and how much it will cost.

Three defences against security threats, which include blocking fraudulent account access and protection against phishing, would also be provided.