Sentences with phrase «bossing the midfield while»

But yesterday Coquelin was pretty much the one bossing the midfield while Matic will be remembered as the man put to shame by Cazorla.

Not exact matches

The need for a win is shown clearly by the boss picking a positive central midfield of Ramsey instead of him bringing Coquelin back, while the contract rebel Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain also keeps his place in the side as summer signing Kolasinac drops to the bench.

Meanwhile, Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson almost lost his job for a bizarre «throttle» incident on Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur, while the pressure on him wasn't eased by Tuesday's loss at Arsenal.

I reckon Roger East is a secret baller, while Mark Clattenburg would almost certainly hog the no. 7 shirt, with Michael Oliver bossing it in the centre of the park as a box - to - box midfielder.

Because while the boss has included the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, he has also left names like Coquelin on the bench, with Flamini preferred alongside Elneny in the central midfield area.

Koscielny snuffed out a half chance while Coquelin and Ramsey were bossing midfield.

Now while the estimated return date for the midfielder is around February, the Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted that it is difficult to be sure.

But, Sandro, Mousa Dembele and Paulinho simply didn't turn up, while Joe Allen, Jordan Henderson and Lucas bossed the midfield, we will compare both midfields in terms of tackling, passing breakdown and creativity.

While Allardyce emphasised that the Club's medical staff will have the final say on when McCarthy returns to training from a broken leg, the boss said that «with a bit of luck» the combative midfielder will be able to take part in Everton's preparations for the new campaign.

Tottenham have been long - time admirers of the attacking midfielder and Mauricio Pochettino is continuing to search for extra attacking options, while Meyer is also well known to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

City boss Pep Guardiola is aware of the Syrian - born youngster's burgeoning reputation, having seen first hand the all - action midfielder's rise at Borussia Park last season while still in charge of Bayern Munich.

Murphy and Davies have the task of bossing the midfield against the likes of Wilshere and Song, while Dempsey and Greening will look to exploit the spaces left behind by Arsenal's fullbacks and support the forward duo of Zamora and Johnson.

Ryan Tunnicliffe is in for Emerson Hyndman, while Dembele's absence from the starting line - up allows boss Slavisa Jokanovic to strengthen midfield with Lasse Vigen Christensen.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is reportedly keen to bolster his options in midfield, while Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is said to have also been monitoring his situation.