Sentences with phrase «ball ticking over»

Nasri established himself as another Rosicky with his ability to keep the ball ticking over and scored some lovely goals, while Theo Walcott took a significant step forward from last season.

Tom Cleverley obviously has an eye for keeping the ball ticking over but his lack of incision means he's unlikely to get a place on the Rio - bound plane at this stage because the job of team metronome is already sealed by Steven Gerrard, with Michael Carrick also pushing for that role.

Settled into the game quickly and kept the ball ticking over nicely

Was put under pressure by Bournemouth's relentless pressing early on, but did well to keep the ball ticking over and tried to dominate the tempo of the game.

Not exact matches

Gundogan will essentially be tasked with picking up possession deep and starting attacks, while also playing a key role in regaining the ball and ensuring that play keeps ticking over as City's movement up front will allow them to break teams open.

Then he wins the ball and makes us tick over.

Kept Arsenal ticking over and put his foot on the ball to calm the home side down on a number of occasions.

With a passing accuracy of 88 percent, even though 20 of his passes were attempted long balls, the Gunners look to have signed a real class act who can keep his team ticking over.

Ramsey's final ball has grown from strength to strength over the years, except I think vision for the final ball often gets confused with an ability keep the attack ticking and dictate the play.

And Marchisio was still excellent defensively and positionally and good at keeping things ticking over just not on Pirlo / Pjanic level with the ball.

He kept his side ticking over with neat passing and a calmness on the ball that belied his tender years.

Kept things ticking over and set up many an attack after winning the ball back.

Calmed the tempo of the game down, was effective on the ball, managed to stop a lot of Leicester's moves and kept the game ticking over nicely.

He looks in complete control of the game when he's playing, is always looking to play a forward pass rather than just ticking the game over and he's looking much stronger when on the ball.

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.

What these baller traders are NOT doing is sitting in front of their screens biting their nails over every little tick for or against them.