Sentences with phrase «as the central striker against»
Arsenal are reported to be preparing Alexis Sanchez to play as the central striker against Liverpool next weekend.
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He played as the central striker against PSV and did ok but he's a player as much for now as for the future.
Not exact matches
With his doubles against Sunderland and Burnley, the 25 - year old has bagged eight goals in those six games and for a player that does not even play as the main central striker, it just shows you how good Alexis is and the fantastic form he has found since swapping La Liga for the English Premier League.
There are doubts over Olivier Giroud against the top teams [Daily Telegraph], while Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck have never played as a central striker on a regular basis and it remains to be seen whether either player could lead the line for potential title contenders.
This is why you don't play Welbeck and Giroud together against a half - decent side — they both want to play as central striker and the wing is left completely unoccupied.
Back - up striker Yaya Sanogo and central midfielder Mikel Arteta both limped from the field against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday night, though no confirmation has come from the club as to the nature and severity of their injuries.
When playing as a Striker he got dragged out wide too often, this left Forest with two central defenders and Liam Bridcutt (who was probably Forest's best performer) in the middle against Saiz, making his job more difficult.
Son is expected to deputise for injured teammate Harry Kane as the central striker in Tottenham's upcoming match against Chelsea and he started as a lone forward in Poland before South Korea switched to 4 -4-2 in the second half.
Del Bosque's Spain will probably be going with the same starting line - up started against France in quarter - finals with Cesc Fabregas playing in the central portion of the attack as False No. 9 along side, David Silva and Andres Iniesta; whereas Bento's Portugal will be replacing the injured Zaragoza striker Postiga with Besiktas's Almeida in their starting XI.
Messi's place on the right flank has been taken by Barcelona B graduate Pedro Rodríguez — himself a capable goalscorer — with Bojan Krkić playing as the central striker in Zlatan Ibrahimović's absence in the 4 - 1 quarter - final second leg win against Arsenal last week (right).