Sentences with phrase «cent of the ball»

You play against a team with 23 per cent of the ball and they create more chances, have more shots on target.

We had 70 per cent of the ball, were 1 - 0 up and in the end you lose 2 - 1 and you wonder how you can lose this game.

We had 70 per cent of the ball at West Brom and didn't create a lot.

Even at Premier League level, Wagner's side have managed to average 48.9 per cent of ball possession.

The Arsenal «keeper completes 37.14 per cent of his balls into the opposition's final third - although he does generally have target man Olivier Giroud to aim for.

Roy Hodgson's men saw 68 per cent of the ball against Iceland.

Despite mustering 14 shots and enjoying 70 per cent of the ball, Liverpool could not find a way through West Brom's resilient backline.

In the first half Man Utd had 36.1 per cent of the ball, in the second it was 27.2.

That day Conte's side, set - up in a 3 -5-2 system, had only 41 per cent of the ball, but they played effective counter-attacking football and ended up with more shots on target than La Roja and a 2 - 0 victory.

Again it was Arsenal's forwards that let them down as they dominated possession with 74.6 per cent of the ball, but failed to breach Sunderland's dogged defence.