Sentences with phrase «back as their opponents»

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Manning came across as a laid back southern boy but on the gridiron he was a clinical, ruthless competitor with an off - the - charts football IQ who changed plays at the line of scrimmage to outsmart opposing defenses and torched opponents with a big arm and dead - on accuracy.

Newman, who had the backing of an array of national abortion - rights groups and two members of Illinois» congressional delegation, campaigned heavily against her opponent's voting record and promoted herself as a champion of «working families, healthcare for all, and everybody's rights,» she told Business Insider last year.

Reagan's opponents condemned him as a nostalgist who wanted to take us back to the 1920s.

The Gunners come into the match on the back of successive wins, while their opponents come into the match with successive failures to win, but we still remain as the outsiders to pick up a win.

As the Lions top blocking back, Cory Schlesinger leads with his face, head up, eyes on his opponent.

According to the TV pundits, though, he should not have done it and that selfie could well come back to hurt Arsenal as our opponents use it to drive them on when they play us.

as for me ozil is a talented and skilful player but having only that is not enough to win the ever getting stronger premier leage teams, he has to train hard for endurance and be a fighter, he has to come back and press on the opponent defense and even midfieldes to disposes the ball when arsenal loose the ball and go back fast attacking like iwobi and welbeck are doing.

Will be Team Whitehead's opponent on Wednesday Night as we turn back to Kickball!

Shortly after, it was Lukaku who eventually finished off some brilliant build - up play to find the back of the net and level the scores as United continued to pile the pressure on their opponents.

It's worth noting that aerodynamicists often try to make the dirty air funnelling from the back of their designs as appalling as possible to deter opponents from finding any comfort at close range.

Hatada has been getting into opponents» backfields and getting after quarterbacks and running backs for two years as a starter, and is hopeful that his third and final varsity season provides a thrilling finish to his high school career.

Listed as a 5 - 11, 205 - pound linebacker for Del Campo football back in the fall, Markey erupted onto the state wrestling scene at 285 by beating two state - ranked opponents at the SJS Masters (silver medalist), and then won three straight matches to reach the state quarterfinals.

As for Kuchar, perhaps he can play some Words With Friends or find some other way to pass the time while waiting for his opponent to wiggle, back off, waggle, wiggle some more, and maybe, sometime Sunday, hit a shot.

As well as Arsenal having the rare situation of being fresher than our opponents, with Liverpool going to Bournemouth tomorrow in the League cup, the Frenchman does actually have some decent options in his defence, although the France international centre back Laurent Koscielny is unfortunately not one of theAs well as Arsenal having the rare situation of being fresher than our opponents, with Liverpool going to Bournemouth tomorrow in the League cup, the Frenchman does actually have some decent options in his defence, although the France international centre back Laurent Koscielny is unfortunately not one of theas Arsenal having the rare situation of being fresher than our opponents, with Liverpool going to Bournemouth tomorrow in the League cup, the Frenchman does actually have some decent options in his defence, although the France international centre back Laurent Koscielny is unfortunately not one of them.

College football was back at its delightfully imperfect best on Saturday, as the opponents of Hawaii that chose to schedule their NCAA - approved 13th game the weekend before Labor Day kicked off the 2017 season with a few sloppy performances and a lot of points.

The positive is we won't lose these games as we will be able to win the ball back in our opponents half and counter attack with real pace.

He could have some competition from Nelson but, Nelson isn't at any time soon going to be employed as a wing back and will be used as a traditional winger as like Chamberlain he has the ability to take people on from standing positions and glide past opponents with a mixture of skill and speed.

By the way, Ozil tracks back, saw him several times and disposes opponents attacks as well, you should may be try to analyze better Mr. Analyzer

What I do think, however, is that Wenger and the Gunners have a great chance to make the most of this blow to our opponents and the way to do it for me would be to start with Olivier Giroud as our centre forward and hope that his aerial ability proves too much for the rest of the Leicester back four to deal with, as Morgan is usually the man to dominate their box in the air.

As a defensive back, he had blown up opponents with rattling hits.

so teams just get past our midfield the way they like... and the likes of the wingers to support the full backs are always jogging as well instead of closing down opponent... so it makes it so easy for us to concede cheap goals no matter how you blame our cb... although I don't bliv in the likes of Gabriel and mustaphi either....

As you would expect, (or as is usual with Arsenal) Monreal would have run into the empty space in the left corner you didn't run into, and because the opponent's wing back is supposed to mark you, he follows you, leaving Monreal unmarkeAs you would expect, (or as is usual with Arsenal) Monreal would have run into the empty space in the left corner you didn't run into, and because the opponent's wing back is supposed to mark you, he follows you, leaving Monreal unmarkeas is usual with Arsenal) Monreal would have run into the empty space in the left corner you didn't run into, and because the opponent's wing back is supposed to mark you, he follows you, leaving Monreal unmarked.

With Danny Rose expected to be out for a significant period of time, it could force Pochettino into a bit of tinkering as he went on to suggest that he could revert back to a back - three in the coming weeks but wanted to play his cards close his chest and not give his opponents any indication of his plans.

I love this confident mood among the gooners after a huge sin over our arch enemies, especially with international break on, which means two weeks of party mood, hopefully we can consolidate united win by defeating Watford otherwise it will be back to square one, so the boys and the management should be as motivated as they were against united, we have seen in past they getting over confident against the so called small teams and dropping unnecessary points, 3 pts are 3 pts regardless of the opponents.

Arsenal can not afford to carry any passengers against a determined and physical opponent, especially in the midfield area and we do not want Ozil to come back and perform badly either, as it would do nothing for his confidence.

Just when Arsenal fans were left cursing our luck yet again after the news was revealed this morning that our Brazilian centre back Gabriel has gone back home to South America as he recovers from injury, we got some better news on the injury front from our next Premier League opponents Manchester United.

As a centre - back I don't always want to fear just touching an opponent.

i think as a team every player shud be willing to die 4 the team and that means dropping back and defending collectively, our most playrs are weak defensivly lyk wilshere ozil cazorla ramsey jst look at the everton 2nd goal wen Lukaku ran frm the midway to set up the goal our playrz did nt nt track back n it z always lyk that with every counter our opponents create u feel we wil concede a goal... we nid 6 sanchez in the team!

The hosts came back strongly in the second half, when Arsenal took things for granted and started sinking deep into their own half, as Newcastle attempted a mammoth 266 passes, which is almost 100 more passes than their North London opponents, and completing an impressive 221 of them.

However, there is somewhat overlooked factor with Giroud as a forward and Alexis behind him, and that is, we are stronger defensively, because Giroud can help defend corners etc., and when Alexis is slightly further back, his pressing and work rate hurt the opponent more.

Back to the topic, as long as Sanchez keeps giving it 100 %, fighting for things, creating chances for others, getting in good positions and attracting opponents defenders leaving other players free, smiling, enjoying his football and more importantly our club then I am happy.

As I said a weeks back we've lost the ability to impact fear into our opponents, even small teams come to the Emirates and make noise these days.

Wenger was pleased with the win, but thought that his team were tired after playing three games in a week, and had to sit back, be patient, and wait for our opponents to tire themselves out as well.

I thing that M.Niles is more suitable for a defensive role in the middle against a weaker opponent and Monreal is faster than Kolasinac as a left back in that formation against a very fast attacking team.

Agree to an extent but our big match opponents will have similar issues — our games against Man City, Chelsea and Spurs before Xmas will be on the back off or prior to European games for them as well.

As well as keeping our opponents from putting the ball in the back of our net, Petr Cech has the job of keeping his team mates focused and properly prepared to handle the challenges facing them over the next few weeks and monthAs well as keeping our opponents from putting the ball in the back of our net, Petr Cech has the job of keeping his team mates focused and properly prepared to handle the challenges facing them over the next few weeks and monthas keeping our opponents from putting the ball in the back of our net, Petr Cech has the job of keeping his team mates focused and properly prepared to handle the challenges facing them over the next few weeks and months.

As I explained in the Game 4 preview, élite playoff teams have provided tremendous value when they're public bettors are backing their opponent.

Charles has been the biggest threat to opponents» success so far this season, as the Pro Bowl running back is averaging 5.0 yards per carry and is well on his way to eclipsing the 1,000 - yard mark once again.

No matter the opponent they will be the favorite and deservedly so as they earned the # 2 seed (the same spot they won the title from a few months back)..

Xhaka was at fault for giving the ball to Gylfi Sigurdsson for the Swans opening goal, and just as our opponents were gathering momentum, which just so happened to come after pulling the score back to 3 - 2, the midfielder got himself sent off for a deliberate foul.

It is typical for Wenger's Arsenal to play a few brilliant games, all including Barca and Bayern style relentless pressing of the opponent as soon as we lose the ball, only to revert back to a lazy undedicated team whose effort is out done by the opponents.

Ospina was arguably the most important Arsenal player on the pitch when we took on tonight's opponents PSG in Paris back in September as he kept us in the game with a string of fine saves which allowed Alexis Sanchez to rescue a point with his late goal.

Arsenal are the visitors to Old Trafford at the weekend as the Red Devils have a chance to leapfrog their opponents in the table and exact a measure of revenge after being knocked out of the FA Cup by the Gunners back in March, as Danny Welbeck came back to haunt his former side with the winner.

But his movement pushes back the opponent's defense, draws a defender (s) with him, and creates space for his teammates to operate (such as a 1 - v - 1 opportunity for Cuadrado).

And also to meet Liverpool fans again; many times I have been back to Anfield as an opponent, but this time I'm going like part of the home team.

His role as an anchorman in front of the back line is vital to Vanney's clan as he provides security and experience; he can move in between the central defenders transforming it into a three - man back line and can also send long balls which overcome the lines of pressure formed by the opponents.

As Christian Eriksen drifts inside and acts as a playmaker from the left, Rose has often had to hold opponents back in order to allow covering help to rotate oveAs Christian Eriksen drifts inside and acts as a playmaker from the left, Rose has often had to hold opponents back in order to allow covering help to rotate oveas a playmaker from the left, Rose has often had to hold opponents back in order to allow covering help to rotate over.

Ogbonna has a tendency to switch off and allow opponents too much room, Collins is decent as emergency cover but Fonte looks something of a dud, at least in a back four.

Even though the game was being hyped as a rerun of the dramatic and nerve - shredding FA Cup final back in May, Arsenal's third round victory over the same opponents was a much more low - key affair.

Leading 2 - 0 in the first 45 minutes, Man U lowered their intensity, especially going forward making them being forced back by their opponent as Liverpool were looking to get back into the tie.