Sentences with phrase «ball in midfield»

he is playing back a bit further than a traditional 4 -3-3, but he has a 3 man defense behind him so he doesn't have to spend so much time focusing on defending and can use that time to win balls in the midfield and push forward.

I don't really sit down and reflect on the figures, There's too much else to do, and you can't dwell on things because there is always room for improvement.I lost a couple of balls in the midfield area on Saturday that I shouldn't have, so I'm more interested in focusing on how to avoid that next time.

The hosts may employ long balls into the box and up balls in midfield to frustrate the visitor's chances from building patiently in transition.

Sanchez will help recover ball in midfield.

Won some important ball in midfield, including in the build up to the goal when he picked Carrick's pocket.

Winning the ball in midfield, maybe a tall strong player is a positive thing, but, he also has to be very good and doing something with it once he has.

Think of Liverpool, when Can gets the ball in midfield, you worry, his forward runs, forward passes and so on.

We lack creative transitioning of the ball in the midfield and our striker.

he is amazing picking up balls in midfield and dribbling past two or three player but then his finishing lets him down If he could only learn to pass he would be amazing, he must remeber Arsenal plays as a team and Ox looks the lonely wolf

You should pick for your selves the players who could hold onto the ball in midfield and relate what you think to tactics based on possession and positional football.

Imo, the biggest reason we're on top form currently (in fact very good in the second half of the season) is because Jack has been sidelined (no more losing the ball in the midfield and opponent fast break and everyone know wt happens with Mert at the back) Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Jack and i love his passion, fighting spirit, loyalty and of course his hatred for spuds.

every time we lose the ball in midfield, there is chaos amongst the back four.

we were defending ok, but completely not able to hold the ball in midfield and thats a b2b failure.

he should set himself a personal goal: to not lose the ball in midfield, for an entire game.

I like Veratti's combative style, and grace on the ball in midfield, however his transfer fee would demand somewhere between $ 25 - 35M.

i also wish we are better at holding the ball in midfield.

Ox is a liability how many goals has he cost the Arsenal with loseing the ball in midfield / in dangerous positions.Can only he has been listening to his agent?

ps: btw did anyone notice the instance when ozil lost the ball in midfield and was more interested in pointing something out to another player rather than running back and stopping the counter attack?

James Morrison picked up the ball in midfield and drove forward, before smashing a powerful long range strike past the helpless Adrian.

Key for me is how aggressive we are... We need to be winning the 50 - 50 balls in the midfield and surging up field in packs while leaving key areas covered to protect against the counter attack.

After getting on the ball in the midfield, Blanco drove forward, juking his way past one defender in the box, then another, and finally taking a touch past the United keeper and tucking the ball home.

He often sets the tone for his side as he wins the ball in midfield areas before launching a Manchester United attack.

Apart from that, the Gunners seemed content to sit on their lead, possess the ball in the midfield, and see out the match.

Nacer Chadli (second right) fired Spurs into the lead after Mathieu Flamini gave away the ball in midfield

If Rodgers had picked Rickie Lambert or Fabio Borini in the starting line - up, Arsenal's defence would have pushed up straightaway and Liverpool would not have seen so much of the ball in midfield.

Casemiro is not a like for like replacement for Pogba, but is someone who can read the game really well and control the ball in midfield to keep his side ticking.

However, despite City's resolve and determination, Arsenal were not to be denied, as Arteta won the ball in midfield, and unleashed a fantastic shot past Joe Hart, to seal three vital points for Arsenal.

As stated before, in the 4 -5-1 Gueye is left alone in front of the defence, which means he doesn't get the opportunity to push forward and win the ball in the midfield as he has to worry about leaving space in front of his centre - backs.

When Liverpool have the ball in midfield and the opposition recover / turnover possession.

The hosts stole the ball in midfield and Franck Ribery squared for Robben who in turn steered the ball into Schweinsteiger, whose shot took a slight deflection off Aly Cissokho on its way into the net.

Rosicky won the ball in midfield, and released Gervinho on the left, whose low shot was saved by Abbiati.

For the next 16 minutes West Ham had a few chances and were clearly up for the match, they were scrapping and tackling hard and generally winning the ball in the midfield.

For example, if Cancelo decides to carry and turns over the ball in the midfield Gagliardini did a fantastic job slotting into that left back position completing that back four.

The box - to - box midfielder was composed in the middle of the park looking after the ball in a midfield five.

Liverpool started brightly with Laura Coombs and Caroline Weir seeing plenty of the ball in midfield.

Cristiano Ronaldo received the ball in the midfield, blew past four defenders and nearly struck gold but sent the ball just wide of the post.

It seems only Ozil and Jack have the spacial awareness to receive the ball in midfield when facing our goal and then to know which way to turn to drive play forwards.

The reason we scored more goals was because we controlled the ball in midfield and fed Ozil, giving him time to create great chances.

While Rooney had brought others into play smoothly, Falcao struggled and his overall play was tentative; when crosses came in, he nervously checked the goalkeeper's positioning and, when United had the ball in midfield he started runs too early, meaning he was often offside.

Ernesto Valverde still needs to make many adjustments, and all the positive signs from preseason disappeared once Madrid found a way to break quickly and hurt Barça when they lost the ball in midfield.

In the 60th minute Sunderland made it 2 - 0 with their first attack of the 2nd half as Kirchoff won the ball in midfield and found Honeyman with a through ball, Honeyman then pulled the ball back to the edge of the box for Kirchoff to finish powerfully.

However, moments later Arsenal were in the lead, when Serge Gnabry picked up the ball in midfield, played in Bendtner, who subtly set up an onrushing Eisfeld.

After that first goal, Barcelona reverted to going after possession of the ball in the midfield, which was effective.

Captain Ryan Jack won the ball in midfield and played in David Goodwillie down the right.