Sentences with phrase «caught on the counter against»

They could be caught on the counter against better sides and Croatia, especially their midfield, have the ability to do that effectively.

Not exact matches

The Englishman can make runs down the flanks, catch on to quick through balls and would be better suited to play on the counter attack, which we may have to do against a team like Manchester City.

I see this working against bigger teams with Chamberlain, Alexis and Walcott in the front three attacking positions, that way we can catch them on the counter.

We need to attack but not go all out cause they will catch us on the counter but also we shouldn't need to sit back against villa.

Had we been playing a world class team like Bayern Munich, or Barca and we managed a 2 - 1 win against the flow of play I would say well done but it was West Ham Arsenal should have been able to push them back into their half and keep the ball up their end for 60 % of the game creating chance after chance WITHOUT being caught on a counter.

I know we're playing at home, but I just know that if we adopt Wenger's usual open tactics we'll get caught on the break by Utd, after all they have scored more counter attack goals against us over the years than I care to think about and with the likes of Mata, Rooney, Martial and Memphis I would urge caution in our approach.

Is that why Wenger and Arsenal played more counter attacking football against Chelsea rather than keep possesion and press higher and higher up and eventually get caught out on a counter break?

You make some very good points and most i agree with... however, i have a couple points... 1) the invisibles were efficient, like Chelsea now they only need two / three players and a couple of top passes to score, they caught teams on the break, against the top teams arsenal cant do that, to many passes cause the counter to fail and then the hole team wants to get in on the act leaving the goal exposed..

Against Man City we played a very good 20 or 30 minutes, then they caught us on the counter, but there was nothing to be critical about regarding the attitude of the players, and there won't be in the Sunderland, Liverpool and Leicester games.»