Sentences with phrase «as an attacking midfielder in»

If Barca sign the 29 - year - old winger, who can also operate as an attacking midfielder in January, then the Spanish giants would not have any need to pursue Coutinho next summer.

A similar task to what Coutinho carried out in the 4 - 0 demolishment of Everton in the 222nd Merseyside Derby, Alberto has the potential to play as the attacking midfielder in a 1 - 2 midfield.

Not exact matches

Arsenal will win in Chelsea's stadium, as long as Sanchez plays as a central forward or central attacking midfielder and accompanied by Iwobi or Perez, without Ozil.

Adelaide could be the next to join the list but as a central attacking midfielder, I think he will likely play as third choice back up behind Mesut Ozil and Santiago Cazorla, mainly featuring in domestic cup competitions.

There is plenty of pace in that Arsenal attack and I like the balance of having Xhaka and Coquelin as well as Ozil in midfield, so now our manager has done his bit, can the Arsenal players do theirs?

Throughout his career so far, the midfielder has shown that he is capable of playing in central area of the pitch, with the midfielder being deployed as an attacking midfielder, central and defensive midfielder.

That was why he put Sanchez in central forward / attacking midfielder position and Ozil is behind Sanchez on paper, but he pushed Ozil to move forward and switch his position with Sanchez as a finisher often.

The problem remains the same the depth in the squad is not as good as it seems... sure Cazorla & Wilshere were not fit but we're talking about attacking midfielders an area where we're staked!

The arrivals of Radamel Falcao and Angel di Maria have left van Gaal with «too many cooks» when filling rolls in his attack and his midfield diamond and the former Chelsea man is seen as the odd man out.

Our rotated defence will have the extra protection of tweo holding midfielders in the absence of Coquelin at least, with Wenger going for Arteta and Flamini as a double pivot and it looks like Aaron Ramsey will be our number 10, with the Ox and Joel Campbell on either side of Olivier Giroud in attack.

The players in question are Lars Stindl, a 26 - year - old attacking midfielder, and Leonardo Bittencourt, a 22 - year - old winger who could also operate well as a wing - back in Liverpool's fluid tactical system.

The 25 - year - old has 12 goals and 6 assists in just 20 appearances in all competitions this season, and has become regarded as one of the world's best attacking midfield players in the last few years.

However, I'd love to see us play 4 -3-3 with Lamela instead of Moose in the attack and Eriksen and Dele supporting Winks as runners in midfield.

Rodriguez could be an ideal purchase for the Reds as they look to replace Philippe Coutinho following his January departure to Barcelona, with some more depth surely needed in that attacking midfield department.

Finally, we need to loan out Jeff Adelaide and Geidom Zelalem to a premier league or championship teams or a top division team in Germany or Spain as they are attack minded midfielders to see if they will indeed fulfill that potential.

The 20 - year - old — who has featured everywhere from left - back to attacking midfield and can also feature as a striker — scored 17 times on loan at Vitesse Arnhem in the 2014 - 15 campaign.

If Sanchez doesn't perform as a central attacking midfielder / forward / playmaker in this game, Ozil can come back in the next game.

No other top 6 team would have this guy as a starter... He's ok on the bench but at this moment I would go kolosinac and wilshere in midfield with ozil miki laca and pea as attacking force... Otherwise they will overrun the midfield and dominate possession... But as with the imperishable mr fox I have no interest in an ersatz victory based on man city underperforming and giving the fossil an excuse to «respect his contract»

Roberto Mancini has opted to play a midfield pairing of Gareth Barry and Yaya Toure in the centre of the park as the Italian opts for a far more attacking approach this term and this has left Dutch international De Jong warming the bench with the 27 year old making just four Premier League starts compared to the 30 out of 38 he made last term.

The confusion leads to players in the central midfield to join in attack and forgetting their duty as transitioners of the team (turning defending into attacking and start the first defending of any attack to us).

He has scored a whopping 22 in 15 Ukrainian league games this season, and a further three in the Champions League — a return made all the more impressive considering that he has largely been playing as an attacking midfielder.

In truth, the Brazilian attacking midfielder has disappointed in recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this seasoIn truth, the Brazilian attacking midfielder has disappointed in recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this seasoin recent times, as he has played a much lesser role under Simone Inzaghi this season.

Both Mkhitaryan and Ozil have the potential to start up attacks from deep in the central defense area and continue those attacks in the pivot attacking midfield set - up as well, and completing the same in advance attacking roles as well as striking positions.

Manager Brendan Rodgers will have been pleased to see the former Southampton midfielder back in action with a goal as he had missed the club's previous three games through injury and the return will boost the attacking options at his disposal.

The 24 year - old has netted 16 in just 22 League games and he is probably much more likely to be a success in England as he can play as an attacking midfielder or winger as well, rather than being an out - and - out front man like Lacazette.

He's played as a winger / attacking midfielder exactly as van persie had done earlier in his career

The 29 - year - old could have left the club on a free transfer in the summer, but the north London giants can now expect to raise some money and bring in a top class attacking midfielder as part of his exit.

Gonzalo Huigine or Lacazetteg Wingers or Attacking midfielders we don not need at all as we have some of the best in these two postions Do not forget we have Gnarby also along with with OX and Theo, Welbeck also can play in wings May be solid CB

Coutinho scored 14 goals and provided nine assists in 36 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool this past season, but if he were to move to Barcelona, then as detailed by Tite, he would have to move back into a midfield role given the current attacking trident at the Nou Camp with Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.

We are looking very thin carzola wont be back elneny is out until at least the end of February we need to bluster our midfield our attacking midfield yes we can shuffle around with elexis and ozil and iwobi but is it the long term answer no I do nt think so as the attacking midfield is the place where most injuries occur along the side of the defense so if any one else gets injured we will very short and in deep trouble maybe after all we should call upon fabergas if no one else is available on a personal preference I would prefer veratie

However, Rodgers is tactically smart and changing his style is probably the more likely option, with Daniel Sturridge as the focus in attack and a unit of exciting attacking midfielders being him.

Although Wilshere has not nailed down a regular position in his career so far, playing both as an attacking midfielder, either centrally or on either flank, as well as a more defensive - minded player, it appears that he wants to work on becoming more of a deep - lying ball player in the Alonso or Pirlo mould.

We are really dangerous lately with Sanchez as the central forward / attacking midfielder in the front.

As a central forward / attacking midfielder in Arsenal, he has turned into our own Messi!

The Spanish giants are currently spoilt for choice in the attacking midfield department, having signed James Rodriguez in a big - money deal from AS Monaco this summer, whilst also having the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to choose from in that part of the pitch.

Edwards is an attacking midfielder, but he could be used as a striker in the coming weeks, with Harry Kane's injury leaving Vincent Janssen as Tottenham's only fit forward.

Laurent Blanc responded to the loss of his most defensive midfielder in somewhat surprising fashion, throwing on a much more attacking player in Lucas Moura and abandoning the 3 -5-2 that PSG had struggled with in favor of a 4 -3-3, bringing Marquinhos off the back line to serve as his holding midfielder.

Manager Jurgen Klopp is seemingly planning to sign AC Milan forward Stephan El Shaarawy to come in as Reus» replacement in that attacking midfield role, which is likely to lead to bids from United, Liverpool and Arsenal.

Even this summer I still don't expect Wenger to get a defensive midfielder (because of that attacking in our dna bs) or a top box2box player Wenger is as clueless as they come.

Mkhitaryan had an outstanding season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals in 28 domestic league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.

Isco's insane dribbling ability and keen eye for a pass has seen some label him as one of the most creative and productive attacking midfielders in Europe.

He Exactly built the spine of the squad... He bought Baily, Lindelof as defenders, Paul Pogba and Matic in Midfield, And Lukaku as forward... We have solved the problem of forward by adding Lacazzate but still 1 attacking Player and 1 Hard Hitting Defensive midfielder we require...

Maxime Gonalons of Lyon completes the midfield, while AS Monaco's Bernardo Silva is joined by Serge Gakpe and Sofiane Boufal in attack.

I will assure all the Ozil is never in the wrong brigade, the days of an attacking midfielder that is one dimensional are long gone, just assisting and contributing nothing else to the team is in the past, all players now have to do more than just waiting for others to fight for them, as that's why Mata struggled at Chelsea under Moanrinho and he is struggling at Man United too.

Been a big name signing, Sanchez will always be a marked man and will not be given as much space as the City players whose focus was on attacking did, he needs all the help he can get from Debuchy, the other midfield players plus our ST in order to find his sharpness.

The German international has been attracting plenty of interest in recent times after establishing himself as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world during his time with Dortmund.

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.

Today winning teams have 9 or even 10 players, who press and defend as soon as the ball is lost, and especially the midfielders and wingers are «2 way players», who are nearly all are as good in defending as in attacking.

Good enough as a squad player, but Arsenal definitely need more creative and more skillful attacking midfielder in the next season.

Did he actually watch the game against Leicester?Yes we were strong attacking, but the defending was dire and as importantly Elneny and Xhaka were the worst midfielders pairing I have seen in the red and white.