Sentences with phrase «at putting the ball in the back of the net»

Some teams use zonal and have specific man marker for a dangerous player... shearer, Carroll etc who did or can excel at putting the ball in the back of the net from a corner.
Rather than rightfully punish the act and counsel the striker, these entities and a handful of writers supported him on the basis that he's good at putting the ball in the back of the net.
It was only a couple seasons back that he was hopeless at putting the ball in the back of the net.

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RvP was only a bit player for us for many years due to injury yet he turned into the player we needed, top quality and knew how to put the ball in the back of the net, a youngster developed at Arsenal after we bought him.
He hasn't been as prolific as he was at Madrid, but we don't have Ronaldo to put the ball in the back of the net for every chance he creates, so of course his assists aren't going to be as good, but here's an interesting stat:
Claudio Ranieri's reputation for being a «Tinkerman» continued as he brought on Shinji Okazaki for the second period, and the Japanese international responded within two minutes as he danced his way through the Spurs defence before putting the ball in the back of the net at the second time of asking.
What I sincerely want Olivier Giroud to do as one of his fans, is, let him wake up from his goal scoring slumber and starts putting the ball into the back of the net at Watford as the Boss starts him in his rotation starting XI.
No matter what you may think of them, and personally I see the modern forward as something close to a ballet dancer with father issues, any team with hopes of trophy success needs at least one star man up front to put the ball in the back of the net.
HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED SUAREZ, HENRY OR RVP PLAY AT ALL??! They needed 3 - 4 chances before putting the ball in the back of the net, the difference between them and average strikers is that they ALWAYS get chances.
The Swans are just struggling to put the ball in the back of the net, just as they were at the start of the season.
Arsenal took on Middlesbrough on Monday night football at Riverside stadium and it turned out to be a very competitive game where Arsenal took the lead just before half time thanks to Alexis Sanchez goal in 42nd minute but Middlesbrough hit back just after the half time when Alvaro Negredo put the ball in the back of the net to make it 1 - 1 on the night.
Benzema played one of his best games of the season at the weekend as Real Madrid beat Girona 6 - 3 and although he didn't put the ball in the back of the net, he was involved in 3 of their goals.
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