Sentences with phrase «ball over the defence»

This year expect many long high balls over the defences and either Walcott or Alexis latching on to it.

Shelvey chipped the ball over the defence, Kenedy turned his man with a silky chest touch and slotted it past the keeper.

But Wolves soon took control as Derby were caught completely flat - footed when Wolves central defender Wily Boly lofted the ball over the defence from the halfway line.

Andrew Cannon sent a lovely ball over our defence for Humprhys, who took one touch as he rounded Vorm and tucked the ball into the back of the net.

Not exact matches

The excellent defence of Nancy and Bekah and the mid-courters were turning over balls with ease and feeding the shooters with Fran in particular sinking balls from the edge of the circle with Chloe taking advantage of the excellent feeds in from Kate and Rach we saw out the quarter 18 - 7.

This would enable the pacey Coentrao to recover should the ball be knocked over Liverpool's defence, and with Pepe Reina practically playing as a sweeper anyway he will be in good stead.

And yes, the bog - standard CB pass out of defence the world over will find a player who is likely to be pressurised and yes the ball does come back again.

Bring in a DM who will take over Arteta / compete for the position from January but not necessarily be our defensive midfielder we all desire, instead bring in a swift ball passer to get the ball from defence to our attractive midfielders in a short enough time to avoid the high pressing we currently see against us, if he tackles than that's a great addition.

It's a shame really how people are so plastic over here.We seem to change our views so easily.Why can't people just make up their minds?It's like people don't have stance.As I've been saying and will keep saying we have many good players but as good as they are they're overrated.We've just compromised as a club.There are problems in every single role in the team, from defence to attack.Yet these problems will constantly be ignored.Some players are cleary not good enough but say it and the stats lovers will come out.The main problem wrong with the team is the centre.The other problem is Wenger and his misuse of players.I for one don't really rate Ramsey - Xhaka partnership in a sense that it's defensively weak with Xhaka not good enough defensively and Ramsey very inconsistent.The only player excellent defensively in the centre in Arsenal's team is Coquelin and I think he should be playing though many won'tsee why.Look how easily the balls went through the midfield.Coquelin should be partnered with another CM in our current team.People shouldn't deceive themselves Xhaka that Xhaka isn't a DM.He's just not good defensively admit it.We need a DM more than a CM in my opinion or a hybrid like Sanches or Jankto.

Looked up your man Elneny and must say he has one hell of a pass on him, he fires the ball across midfield and over defence like a Petit or an Alonso.

I opted for Ox over Welbeck because he is a much better ball carrier and we need our two wingers to carry the ball in this counter formation when we transition form defence to offence.

After seeing a couple of games where he featured and also the one for england he's got it all for me... 1) He has the physical ability to offer the kind of game that our Giroud offers (back to the net: deflecting, relaying passes and 1 - 2 touches) but also 2) Pace, mobility and technical agility to offer so much more: dribbling past opponents (creating space), running / turning over defences either to lay down the killing pass to a better placed player or finishing a through ball from our over talented midfield and all that with speed and 3) Tactical awareness, willingness to defend players if asked (like the game Man U-Real Madrid in the CL) and could provide support not only in the air on corners!!

What worried me wasthat we were over loading on the left, dragging there defence out of shape at the end leaving Joel Campbell free, but he never received the ball although he continuously called for it..

Ozil wins the ball physically then Ramsey gets it who then chips it over the defence for Sanchez.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

It seems any ball over the top, and our defence has no clue what to do.

Mesut Ozil sends a fabulous ball over the Spurs defence and Kieran Gibbs sneaks in at the far post and scores!

walcott had his chance to win over disbelieving fans like myself yday and did jack s ***, fluffed his one chance when he couldnt control through ball from roszicky... because all he can do is run... arsenal fans need to get over this third rate whippet he might be able to pose threats to the burnely defence but not stronger and quicker defences that we face at top... a definite sell in the summmer if we want to be serious contenders again along with ramsey, mert and giroud....

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.

We went out hard from the first whistle with the defence turning over ball after ball and feeding the shooters who did the business under the post with help from our superb mid-court players, winning the first quarter 18 - 5.

After 25 minutes, he clipped a long pass over the Italian defence: the flight drew Angelo Peruzzi from his goal, the dip sent him scrambling back, and the spin took the ball perfectly onto Wright's left foot.

He also positively affected the transition and attacking phases; functioning as a release valve when his teammates came under pressure as well as making forays into the attacking third wherein he would participate in incisive passing sequences and discompose defences with splendid chipped balls over the top.

Sterling's pace caused Real's defence some problems and former Reds defender Alvaro Arbeloa got away with a trip on the youngster as he raced on to Jordan Henderson's ball over the top.

Bellerin slid the ball just wide from Ozil's delightful ball over the top of the defence, before Giroud made it 3 - 0 with a superb curling effort from inside the box after being found by fellow substitute Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain.

Rickie Lambert — 7 Scored the vital equalising goal after persisting with a ball over the top of a confused Ludogorets defence.

He did, however, play the ball over the top of the United defence which found Giroud, leading to his goal, so credit where credit is due.

Kompany clipped a 50 - yard ball over the top of our defence for Jesus to race onto and he calmly slotted past Lloris.

He finds Iwobi, who controls on his first touch and plays a superb ball over the top of the defence for Alexis.

So on Saturday expect another intimidating display from Blackburn as they look to get right in the face of Arsenal early on as they did in last seasons fixture, when Allardyce targeted the Arsenal defence and Lukas Fabianski in goal as Arsenal's weakest joint and went straight for the throat by demanding long ball after long ball be played over the top and into Arsenal's penalty area.

Saiz set off on a marauding run in the 61st minute, ducking and diving through the Derby defence, only to fire a shot over the bar after he was unable to get the ball to Alioski.

Musonda lifted a peach of a ball over the top of the Brighton defence and Moses on the charge does brilliantly to take it out of the air.

The hosts started the strongest as they looked to play balls over the top of Town's defence.

Substitute Charly Musonda skimmed a fantastic pass over the Brighton defence, and Victor Moses snuck in to slip the ball past Ryan.

Dembele opened up the Leganes defence with a clever pass into Messi and after the ball bounced up off his chest he flicked it over Cuellar for his third La Liga hat - trick of the season.

Then in the 27th minute van Persie's persistence paid off when Blind hit a ball over the top of the defence which the striker did well to hit home first time to put United 1 - 0 up.

Cazorla's lifted ball over the Leicester defence dropped in front of Sanogo, who miskicked his shot and dragged it across goal.

Pogba's introduction in place of the injured Ander Herrera brought some much - needed creativity and composure, but it was Alexis Sanchez that unlocked the home defence with a lovely clipped ball volleyed over by Lukaku.

6 - Wilshere gets the ball outside the area and chips a lovely ball over the top of the defence to Olivier Giroud, whose acrobatic volley hits the bar

When Marcos Alonso lofted a ball over the top of Manchester United's defence with 25 seconds on the clock, it didn't look like there was much danger.

AREAS TO TARGET MC: City conceded two similar goals last weekend in a 3 - 2 win at West Brom, when Gareth Barry chipped hopeful balls over the top of defence - Arsenal might be able to exploit a weakness in that respect.

His passing and movement in midfield kept things ticking over and, importantly, he offers a way out for the defence if they're in trouble on the ball.

Justice Ball's final decision favored the defence's position over that of the plaintiff.