Sentences with phrase «central defence against»

Club captain Cris returned to action and is expected to line - up in central defence against Madrid after two months out.

Christiansen has said that he's fit, so expect him to start in central defence against Reading.

The Gunners require defensive reinforcements having started with Rob Holding and Callum Chambers in central defence against Liverpool yesterday.

Not exact matches

With Luke Shaw sent off against West Ham for a quite needless second yellow, Rojo would be an able deputy on the left side of defence — switching from the central role he played against the Hammers.

But the German and his partner in central defence Laurent Koscielny might well have a tougher task on their hands tonight against Manchester United.

It meant that Arsenal not only missed out on having a well recognised central defender against Liverpool, but that the Gunners were also largely unprepared in defence against Leicester as well.

He had to marshal a makeshift back four in their European qualifier against Switzerland last night, with young Chelsea midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah as his partner in central defence and Chambers did it well.

who knows whether a disgruntled Sanchez plus an untested lacazette will produce a better attack than last year and while I have hopes for kolasinac its already clear there will be teething issues with him... but the point is we are not fighting last year's battles we are in this year's EPL against teams that have strengthened over the summer and it was wingers job to bring real quality to two key areas where we have clearly fallen behind in midfield and central defence..

Against Leicester, Manchester City were beaten 4 - 2 to show how vulnerable they are in defence as the former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna was deployed in central defence.

In central defence there wasn't a lot Wenger could have done differently because he royally screwed up in not signing a centre back weeks ago, I hope that Chambers and Holding (especially) don't suffer a loss of confidence as a result of that game because they're quite possibly going to play against Leicester.

Per in Central defence after have not played a game the entire season against Hazard or Pacy Pedro — Costa 3 up front?

There seems little hope of City qualifying for the next round now, shades of how Roberto Mancini's dubious choices in central defence led to the expensive defeat last season in Munich against Bayern.

When the Central Defender is dispossessed, it exposes the Liverpool defence with the attacker 1 vs. 1 against the Goal Keeper.

Against an elite opposition in Lewandowski, the Super Eagles central defence pairing of Leon Balogun and William Troost - Ekong was impressive again.

He made his Gers debut against Kilmarnock in April 2017 and was thought by many to be the future of the Ibrox club's central defence, along with fellow youngster Ross McCrorie.

He struggled to find his feet in the first two years at the club, a situation not helped by Wenger ping - ponging him between central midfield and defence, and after a difficult outing against Fulham in 2006 he was loaned out to Charlton for the rest of the season.

Hudson handed starts to Alex Pritchard, who is cup - tied for Town's Emirates FA Cup match against Manchester United, and Jon Stanković, who once again played a planned 45 minutes in central defence as he steps up his recovery from a long - term injury.

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With the return from suspension of Austin Obaroakpo, it is left to be seen whether coach Sunday Oliseh will stick with the new central defence pairing of Kalu and Stephen Eze or get Obaroakpo back in the deep end right away against Tunisia on Friday.

From a central citadel — the player assumes the role of military leader charged with creating, developing, and updating a city with weapons and defences, balancing and aligning the city's resources to better survive against prolonged monster attacks.

Unless «vital national interest» is construed so narrowly as to be equivalent to «self - defence», this is a direct repudiation of the central founding principle of international law, prohibiting aggressive war as a crime against peace, indeed, the supreme international crime.