Sentences with phrase «centre of the pitch»

The best player on the pitch as Southampton beat Arsenal 2 - 0 at St. Mary's was midfielder Victor Wanyama, whose physicality and dominance in the centre of the pitch was much too much for the visitors to deal with.

The Welshman may get an opportunity in the centre of the pitch should Xhaka, Elneny and Coquelin fail to show Wenger that they can make up for the absence of Santi Cazorla's creativity.

City with all their strength in the centre of pitch bid for Kondogbia who oozes strength athleticism and then theres us who might not want to block one players path, one player who performed in a half season.

He absolutely ruled the centre of the pitch and he also scored one and set up the other of our two goals.

Throughout his career so far, Goretzka has proved to fans that he is able to play in a variety of positions, with the player having been deployed all through the centre of the pitch, and even as a right and left midfielder on occasions.

Every fan loves seeing their team's winger rip apart a full - back down the flank, or their dominant midfielder power right through the centre of the pitch.

Go lecture the referee but you'll never be at the centre of a pitch even for a fun.

With Mathieu Flamini sitting in front of the defensive line, the four midfielders should have more chance of being able to control the centre of the pitch and stop the talented and powerful Chelae players from getting too much pressure and pushing the Gunners back towards our own penalty area.

Because of their respective playing positions in the centre of the pitch, Flamini knows that he will be in direct contact with Fabregas during the game and he will certainly not be thinking about their friendship when that happens.

The space in the centre of that pitch and he was left on his own by Pogba.

Arsenal are a team bursting in the seams with talent in the centre of the pitch with the likes of Coquelin, Elneny, Wilshere, Walcott, Iwobi, Ox - Chamberlain waiting to steal any of these roles from the First XI named here... 6 roles rather than the traditional 5 with the 2 wing fronts available makes for better opportunities to allow them game time.

And the boss has made just one change to the starting XI that won our last two games convincingly, with the fit again Aaron Ramsey coming in to the centre of the pitch instead of Mathieu Flamini.

They resorted to aerial balls from wide areas and from around the centre of the pitch, hoping to maximize on their height advantage.

Losing Ramsey gives the Gunners a big problem in the centre of the pitch and it is just as well that Wenger used the January transfer window to sign some cover in the shape of Mohamed Elneny.

A second game in two days is too much for Rosicky, though, and Wenger is obviously expecting a lot of pressure from the Hammers, so he has gone for young Coquelin along with Flamini in the centre of the pitch.

Perhaps he actually wants them to play like this, but as far as I can see this seriously reduces our options for breaking down difficult teams which are just happy to sit and defend the 16 yard line in the centre of the pitch.

But the Frenchman has resisted the urge to make any changes from the away win at Sundertland last weekend, so Theo Walcott and Aaron Ramsey remain on the bench, while Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini both start in the centre of the pitch.

Now Arsene Wenger has a decision to make as top whether to use the transfer window to strengthen our options in the centre of the pitch.

You see a little guy in the centre of the pitch controlling the entire game.

I feel wenger should move walcot again to the centre of the pitch... and maby even re-introduce joel... for more movement and creativity....

Every time I notcied Ramsey he was in the centre of the pitch.

Ramsey wasn't match fit and where he is normally ok at recovering his natural tendancy to drift to the centre of the pitch, he was often out of position.

This season the Gunners have still had problems in the centre of the pitch, though, mainly due to the long injury absence of Santi Cazorla.

Chris Willock and Jeff Reine - Adelaide are also tipped to possibly follow Iwobi into the first - team set - up, and the midfielders could again reduce the need for arrivals in the centre of the pitch.

Wenger playing him on the wings puts so much pressure on that wing because Ramsey hardly stays there but constantly drifts to the centre of the pitch thereby forcing Belerin to attack up field.

And while there were suggestions in the media that the Monaco midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia could be the player to replace him on our target list, The Mirror is now reporting that Wenger is actually looking at the Poland international Grzegorz Krychowiak as the man to strengthen the Gunners in the centre of the pitch.

So it is my firm belief that sometime somewhere in the near future we will see a lot more of Ramsey and Wilshere in the Centre of the pitch.

> Impressive work by Walcott in the second half in the centre of the pitch > El - neny calmed things a lot when he came on > Great vision from Sanchez and Ozil for third goal > Game shows why a striker was absolutely necessary > The passing from Xhaka were a joy to watch

I like this form action as flamini will be in the centre of the pitch enabling Ramsey and ozil do what they do with a roof front three to fire the ball to.

With the riches Arsenal now possesses in the centre of the pitch, it could be option to look at.

Arsenal attacked constantly through the centre of the pitch, but were unable to find a way through the tight Man Utd defence.

There were a lot of Arsenal transfer rumours linking the Gunners with the signing of the Ivorian international star Jean Michael Seri doing the rounds early in this summer transfer window, suggesting that Arsene Wenger was interested in the central midfielder and had recognised the need for more quality, aggression and energy in the centre of the pitch.

Is it Wenger's fault that Özil, who has been in very good form lately, can't string two passes together in the centre of the pitch?

It will resolve the problems we have with the isolation of the DM by bringing in the second guy and in this case i choose Flamini and Chambers because the two have good utility value and can cover the wingback and full back areas in case of counter attack and still have the duty to stop attacks in the centre of the pitch.

The skilful winger had been played in by Brentford's Alex Pritchard, who made a great run from the left - hand side into the centre of the pitch.

Chamberlain is a natural winger, and to keep him in the centre of the pitch for ball distribution is really curbing his talents.

So Calum Chambers and Francis Coquelin were given the unenviable task of keeping an in form Southampton from controlling the centre of the pitch.

``... his precise and metronomic passing giving us a much more creative platform in the centre of the pitch.»

Arteta does offer the Gunners something different on the pitch, with his precise and metronomic passing giving us a much more creative platform in the centre of the pitch.

Prior to kick - off, both teams lined up on the centre of the pitch to engage in two minutes of silence as a service of remembrance for Armistice day, a fantastic show of respect from both teams.

Same goes for carvalho as we lack presence in the midfield, which causes a huge amount of issues when we lose possession in the centre of the pitch.

Responded well, though, and looked very composed on the ball, often starting attacks with confident passing and dribbling through the centre of the pitch.

His strength is the obvious talking point of Arsenal fans wishing to see him arrive, but he is evidently capable of adding to his passing game at Emirates being far more than just «a destroyer in the centre of pitch» — «a similarity he shares with Matic».

Through the centre of the pitch maybe he's more dangerous.»