Sentences with phrase «as the defence sat»

There was a clear problem very early on, as the defence sat deep and the midfield tried to press high.

Not exact matches

Arteta and Flamini both sit deep, no one link up between attack and defence, Carzola had one of the worst game this season — and as many other Arsenal players, suffer from inconsistency this season.

perfect analysis, I actually would like to see a midfield base of coquelin and arteta when he's fit, I think that would provide us with better protection and allow our attackers more freedom as unlike ramsey, coquelin likes to sit in front of the defence and anticipates danger quite well (really impressed with some of his tackles yesterday).

How can wenger blame the defence he has allowed it to happen, as Merson said surely there must be a young CB that could be used, when you look at the bench it shows how short of defensive players we are, why not bring on Bellerin then move chambers in front of the CBs, put theo on just in front of the RB, Wenger and Boulder should have been screaming to the players» just sit in» don't need to go forward, but they just sat there

So the defence sits in two banks of four and closes the lines in between and as usual we try and thread the eye of the needle.......

Vidal could do his business a lot more effectively sat at the base in a 4 -2-3-1 — as a system it gives more licence to balance attack and defence with a pivot / partner you can trade places with, something Vidal excels at.

Arsenal were also careful not to expose the defence but were the team trying to go forward more in the first half, esopeciall after the opening 15 minutes as we began to dominate possession and force Chelsea to sit deeper.

Moreover, Liverpool's tireless pursuit of Naby Keita in the playmaker role suggests Klopp has no interest in shoring up a midfield that sits, as the whole world knows, in front of an extremely shaky defence.

The Senegalese is Everton's best ball - winner but when playing as the lone holding player in the 4 -5-1, he doesn't get the opportunity to use these skills as he has to sit and shield the defence.

Though the article explicitly suggested Arsenal's interest is based on him playing in defence, either as a starter or cover, it is worth noting Blind is at his best sitting in front of the back four.

Here Hull are sitting in a deep defensive block as Liverpool take the ball out of defence and try to launch an effective attacking action.

First, Daryl Janmaat danced into the box in the 84th minute, outwitting one - two defenders before prodding past Courtois and it was 3 - 1 almost immediately Deulofeu scoring an incredible solo as Chelsea defence sat shell shocked.

Rio Ferdinand sat out United's 3 - 2 win over Liverpool with illness, but the England defender started in United's 5 - 2 Carling Cup victory over Scunthrope on Wednesday and is set to thwart Bolton's aerial advances, as without Ferdinand in defence the pairing of Davies and Elmander may have put their aerial prowess to good use, but Ferdinand is set to replace the inadequate Jonny Evans at centre - half meaning there will be little room for the Bolton forwards to exploit.

In 2009 as today, Busquets sat in front of the defence, effectively cleaning up so the other guys could play.

In a major humiliation, the Shadow Defence Secretary was only notified by post-it note as he sat on the stage waiting to walk to the podium.

Muqaddam, the counsel to the plaintiffs, told newsmen after the sitting that «when the case resumes on Feb. 20, we are going to argue on the issue of consolidation as raised by the defence counsel.»

«We have had the luxury of sitting and watching to an extent, Gordon Brown did change some things and John Reid as defence secretary held ministerial meetings before troops went into Helmand which helped.

I have experience as a pensions lawyer, in social security, foreign affairs, defence, I've served as a health minister, and have sat on a number of committees as well as negotiating in Brussels which meant I was working across government.

Clive Lewis, the Shadow Defence Secretary, argued that ousting sitting members could be seen as «democratic election».

The prime minister said today this would include the sitting of infrastructure, as well as flood defences and drainage.

The film operates chiefly as a character piece: on the one side is a group of left - wing radicals fronted by Brigitte Kuhlmann (Pike) and Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl); on the other sits Israel's top brass including Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) and Defence Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan, late for his The Death of Stalin audition); and in the middle Nonso Anozie emphatically steals the show as Uganda's chuckly despot Idi Amin.

Nicholas has the unique combination of 25 years experience sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Chancery Division and appearing as lead defence counsel in a major war crimes trial before the International Criminal Trial for the Former Yugoslavia from 2004 to 2006.

The board had a hard task as the defence tactic does seem to have been to sit back and make Mrs George prove negligence while attempting to frustrate this at every turn but the board seized on res ipsa rather than leaving Mrs George without a remedy.

In defence of these withdrawals, Dixon says the way the Recovery Fund is currently structured allows for any funds over the $ 300,000 minimum to be used for various purposes, as voted on by the nine commissioners who sit on the NSREC.