Sentences with phrase «at keeping possession of the ball»

Not exact matches

And it is for that reason that the north London club's vastly experienced manager Arsene Wenger is more than likely to try to keep a close eye on Barkely at all times of this clash, so much so that do not be surprised to see the home team's former France international close to the attacking starlet every time he picks up possession of the ball.

We were again wasteful in front of goal and poor at moving the ball out of midfield and keeping possession.

When Ox lost the ball at the end which led to Monaco's 3rd goal, no Arsenal player came to help keep possession of the ball.

33 attempts at goal 75 % possession and lose comfortably it can only happen to arsenal it would be funny if not so tragic and I'm for one not buying the reason we lost is because of De Gea it's as much poor finishing as it is great goal keeping more aggression with the chances and you score I don't care who's in goal just smash it doesn't have to look pretty and I don't have to say very much about the defending it's schoolboy stuff all this talk about koscielny (bosscielny) never got that isn't physical enough to be an Adams or Campbell gets muscled off the ball far too often he's a good player don't get me wrong but he ain't world class and definitely isn't a leader I'd replace that whole back line and drop xhaka and ramsey for new signings yeah ramsey set up a nice goal but that kid can not hit water if he fell out of a boat his shooting is awful always sky's them very frustrating player.

Keeping possession is extremely important for the boss, and he was caught swearing at his players during the last minutes of the game at Napoli, angry with them for sending aimless long balls directly to the opposition.

Not only did they have trouble retaining possession themselves but they were a mess at times defending against a Sunderland team which kept the ball well in the first half of the game.

The 32 - year - old is great at getting out of tight spots and always looks like he has the ball under his spell, as he showed on Friday, playing a neat overhead flick over an oncoming defender, to keep possession.

The FIFA series has been criticized in recent years for just being focused on the pace aspect of the sport but now they are taking a bit more of an interest in using a player's strength to hold the ball up, protect possession, and keep defenders and strikers at bay.