Sentences with phrase «central defence alongside»

Long - standing skipper Per Mertesacker could earn a rare start in central defence alongside Rob Holding.

A rare bright spark in a disappointing Toffees side this term — the young centre - back has been in commanding form in central defence alongside captain Phil Jagielka.

Chelsea sold Ricardo Carvalho to Real Madrid in the summer, and with Alex recovering slowly from his knee problem, there could be more games yet with Paulo Ferreira in central defence alongside Branislav Ivanovic.

In big games with two Koscielnys in central defence alongside Bellerin, Cech and Monreal, plus Xhaka covering them and even Elneny partnering him — that is a closed shop and when we nick a goal lead in a cup game we're going into the next round.

Not exact matches

Mikel Arteta worked alongside Matthieu Flamini in central midfield to protect the defence and he thinks it was good for the team.

His new side went onto lose that match 4 - 3, but he was not blamed as being central to the result, and has since shown he is more than competent in defence with two impressive displays alongside Laurent Koscielny.

Firstly the central defence is in good shape with Verm and Kosc starting alongside each other.

As I said before, it looks like Hugo Diaz is going to be the young player who will get a chance to get a trial by fire starting alongside Paudie O'Connor in central defence.

Leigertwood can slot into various positions in both defence and midfield but has excelled this season alongside Jem Karacan in central midfield.