Sentences with phrase «as a central midfield pairing»

Whilst Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic combined well as a central midfield pairing it's fair to say that Oscar was found wanting last season.

Wenger hinted after the game that Giroud could return for the Reading game, but it wouldn't be a surprise to see Coquelin and Elneny continue as the central midfield pairing with Cazorla still struggling with an Achilles injury.

Not exact matches

When Francis Coquelin arrived back at Arsenal after being recalled from a loan at Charlton, he was quickly installed as the automatic choice in central midfield alongside our Spanish genius Santi Cazorla and the pairing was absolutely amazing.

Ramsay in my view is an attacking MF who can make runs into the box and nick goals but lacks discipline in a central midfield pairing and unless we lose a winger or cm (or perhaps Ozil) is better benched and used as a sub.

Flamini has joined Crystal Palace after his contract with Arsenal ran down in the summer and because of the injury problems that Sam Allardyce is having to cope with it is very likely that the former Gunner will start against us in a central midfield pairing with Yohan Cabaye, who just happens to be another player whose game is very familiar to the boss as we nearly signed him a few years ago.

The Welsh international has started each of the Gunners» last seven matches in all competitions but has been used as a right - winger due to Wenger refusing to tinker with his current central midfield pairing of Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin.

Another more radical option is to have Godoy play more defensively and pair him with Jackson Yueill, Tommy Thompson, or even Vako as a central midfielder.

They played three central defenders and another as part of a holding midfield pair with two full backs on the flanks.

RB Leipzig lined up in their usual 4 -2-2-2, with Klosterman and Halstenberg as the two full backs, Orban and Umapecano as the center back pairing, with Keita and Demme in central midfield, Forsberg, and Sabitzer as the wide midfielders and Poulsen and Werner up front.

Once it appeared that not only had Phillips and O'Kane cemented their places as the first choice central midfield pairing, but that Vieira and Klich had been preferred in the middle of the pitch over Bridcutt, it was only a matter of time before he left.