Sentences with phrase «as a second striker close»

This system allows Hazard to play as a second striker close to Diego Costa, giving him a free role instead of asking him to track back a lot, like in the past few years.

Not exact matches

He needs to get closer to Alexis, or whoever is in and around the box, he needs to play as a second striker, the way most do when behind the front man.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal could take the club's spending over the # 100m mark for the second summer in a row as the club close in on a move to sign Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke.

I remember him chasing down when he played as the lone striker in his second game, he was absolutely hustling the opposition player, he looks behind him and his team mates were jogging around the half way line, he was so bemused he was encouraging them to close down like he was..

I think we area wry close to where most fans wants us to bee, challenging for the PL, sign Schneidelin experience and quality 25m Sign Stones a good upcoming CB and home grown 20m Sign Lacazette as a second striker who will mature 25m We will be sorted for years to come Will be hard to replace Corzola though in a couple of years

Benzema and Higuain have been battling for a place and their records are very close, but Benzema is seen as the player who would be easier to sell and Higuain would be more content to be a second striker behind Falcao.

In the magnificent 3 - 1 win at home to Inter, meanwhile, van der Vaart played so close to Peter Crouch that he was effectively being used as a second striker in a 4 -4-1-1.

play Pierre Emerick Aubameyang turned the ball in from close range seven minutes into the second half The striker was largely anonymous in the opening 45 minutes, but there was no denying the 27 - year - old after the break, as he tapped home from close range following some good work from Denis Bouanga, for the fifth AFCON goal of his career.