Sentences with phrase «attack against defence»

Arsenal should not expect it be attack against defence though, because in the first leg at home the Saints were the better side and created a lot of chances, so we must be ready.

Not exact matches

They should have been ready: when the Times, for instance, ran a piece headlined «critics attack Pope for his «myopic» views on condoms», their reporters had to fall back on old general statements on condoms, rather than having a vigorous defence against the latest attacks, based oncurrent scientific literature, to quote.
«The American episcopate has been strong in its defence of the liberty of the Church against the attacks of the Obama administration, and a healthy majority of our bishops now think of themselves as evangelists as well as administrators.
No attempt to «reconstitute» Q has succeeded in making of it a well - arranged «handbook», although there are signs of a rough general arrangement by subjects, (Cf. T. W. Manson in The Mission and Message of Jesus, pp. 3 f.) and these subjects seem to have included those most vital for Christian evangelism, the Substance of the Christian Life, Principles of Christian Missionary Propaganda, Defence of the New Religion against Jewish Attacks, Expectation of the Judgement.
This is where the immune system — the body's defence against infection — mistakenly attacks healthy tissue.
Not being forced into the team or to play on an injury will do the kid good and he is still remarkably good in tight situations and being able to pivot defence into attack which is something we sometimes struggle to do against high press teams.
The home side will be built to counter attack according to Sam Allardyce, in hope of picking holes in our defence, and we will have to be wary of their in - form striker Jermaine Defoe, although he does not have a great record against us.
We'll need pace against Barcelona, because the NSM combo, despite being sublime in attack is not very well known for helping in defence.
we played against untd B team, their defence was non existant, made from midfielders, attack not even need to adress, if you cant win this than you wont win anything, lack leadership ffs you play against teen players, and you need leadreship hahahahahahaha Wenger is only one to be blamed, if he loved Arsenal he would never let this happened
If they were scared of our forward line they would not venture so much against us and hence our defence would not come under sustained attack.
Brian McDermott will be hoping his defence can hold out against the Premier League's most effective attack as Man United roll into town.
He does a good job in attack and defence so for me a full 90 mins against Norwich for Joel is a no brainier.
Speedy in attack and sensibly when in defence, the left sided defender, who can also play at centre back, has taken part in two Premier League matches, coming on as sub against Wolves and Wigan.
Before the Man United game, most Arsenal fans were regretting that Laurent Koscielny was taken out injured and were worried that Per Mertesacker would have to partner Gabriel in defence, but they held firm against the so - called deadly Man United attack force, and along with Petr Cech (5 shots — 5 saves) stopped the Red Devils from making any sort of comeback.
Wenger said he found a balance between attack and defence in yesterdays press conference affter keeping clean sheet against Sunderland and Burnley?
It turned into a contest between Arsenal pressure against Southamton defence and counter attack.
What a nail - biting afternoon for Arsenal fans as we watched Newcastle defend admirably for over an hour with ten men against the might of the Gunners attack force, and the only way that we penetrated their defence was when we got a lucky own goal from Oxlade - Chamberlain's wayward strike.
Better to stop a good attacking team and go for a draw or tight win than to try and outscore a team already with soild defence like we did against Chelsea and Man City.
In games against Swansea and Sunderland last season it wan't poor goalkeeping that left us with no bite in attack and many squandered chances as we continuously shuffle the ball from left to right and back infront of the defence.
Well our next game is against Hull City at home and should be mainly about us trying to break down a dogged defence, so perhaps the attacking threat of Chamberlain will be a bigger weapon than the passing and work rate of the Egyptian, who might not be in the best frame of mind after losing the AFCON final to Cameroon despite opening the scoring himself.
These teams have good defences and often play counter attack football against us.
who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..
The game against shows Wenger is tactically out of reality.Pool scored from a swift counter attack with few passes.The gunners in contrast try to out pass amassed defence and that has been the trouble the last ten years.
First and foremost, in the attacking department we need someone who'll score against the most stubborn defences, even if that player only scores 16 or 17 in 30 - odd matches.
Our defence cost us because the big teams sent out the calvary against us, with Giroud alone upfront, there were no consequences for going gung ho on us, u wouldn't go gung ho on Barcelona with Messi and Suarez, U wouldn't do that against Madrid either even if they sat back because it only takes one break away attack and ur one goal down already
AITOR KARANKA insists he will not be «parking the bus» at the Emirates this afternoon, and concedes attack could be the best form of defence as Middlesbrough look to spring a surprise against Arsenal.
Being too intent on attack has cost us dearly in the last two games against Barcelona and Manchester United and if we push too much and get hit on the break they will defend for their lives, and we have seen how hard it is for us to break down a determined defence recently.
Well Coquelin cant do it all alone, like the Man city game we need to work together each man covering up for the other Man's mistake, But I feel it would be down to attacking play, we need to be clinical it has cost us a lot in recent years against chelsea, remember the 5 - 3 thumping at the bridge, we were clinical on that day, so even if we get caught, if we attack it would be the best form of defence, then we end up outscoring them, We need our Attackers to really work hard and really finish any chances created.
So it looks like Monreal at centre back again against a powerful United attack, while their defence is strengthened and our own attack weakened.
«We have found the balance between attack and defence» in a pre match press conference, after only keeping clean sheet against Sunderland and Burnley.
Ramsay or Wilshire need to sit back or you get the best DM in the world, and pay for everything that brings; pace, ability to read the game, direct AR & JW, protect our defence, slow down attacks against us...
Also, I think that he may see him as a big game player, when his pace and counter attacking threat can be more of use in a tighter game instead of being wasted against a deep lying defence.
mick totaly agree with the cdm i was watching the game and thinking how easy it was for leicester to break from there half to our back 4 with little or no resilience we saw the same against everton stupid wild panicky tackles flying in we definatley need someone who is focused on protecting the defence and slowing down attacks while the boys get straight at the back
Its not the defence that killed us against Stoke, the defense did well to let in a single goal, where was our attack?
The Gunners defence was again exposed against quality attacking opposition on Sunday when they lost 2 - 0 to league leaders Chelsea.
Against the run of play a slightly tired defence allowed an attack.
i think we're good up front, we only need to coordinate the defence against Liverpool attack.
In turn, one of the worst defences in the top flight is about to be left short of some of their first choice defenders against a Liverpool side with plenty of attacking quality, and so it does look concerning from a West Ham perspective.
Into the final quarter and we set our shooters the task of getting to 60 goals and the defence keeping Edge Hill to under 25 goals, turning over Edge Hills centre and the defence of Nancy and Bekah yet again getting ball after ball against a frustrated Edge Hill attack we went on to dominate the remainder of the game running out comfortable 61 - 23 winners so both «goals» attained.
There would also be times against stronger / more attacking sides where perhaps employing the two side by side would be an option to nullify the opposition and heavily protect the defence from a potent attacking force (think Barca).
This is especially so against Chelsea and therefore I think the Gunners will need the extra support from the wing backs in a 343, who can help in defence and attack.
So looking at this, we have the best defence against the best attack.
I think we have got a very good chance against Munich, for the simple reason that, like Manchester United, they will come to attack us themselves to try and win the game, whereas less talented teams tend to sit back and crowd the defence.
Gibbs started the match against Sunderland and was impressive both in defence and attack.
Antonio Conte's side will have been confident of breaking down our defence at full - strength, and will be licking their lips with the likes of Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Willian, Pedro, Michy Batshuayi and Cesc Fabregas available to lead the attack against us on Saturday.
Previous experience would suggest that the chances of completing not one but two striker deals would be slim but it could serve to reduce the predictability of our attacking play, particularly against teams more committed to defence.
The lack of quality in attack meant that Manchester United failed to score against a defence which had only kept two clean sheets in 2015 prior to the match at Old Trafford.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan's goal against Tottenham was a great example of how a quick transition of defence into attack can create an opportunity for one of their star players to drive towards goal with relative ease.
The Clarets have enjoyed a fine season on home soil in the top flight but their great defence will naturally be put to the test in this one against the powerful Liverpool attack.
The Swans attack shouldn't be too much trouble for the Pensioners» defence though — they've kept a clean sheet against the Welsh side in their last four meetings.
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