Sentences with phrase «challenge than the defender»

It does kind of cancel out the bad news about Gabriel and may even prove to have a bigger effect on our title challenge than the defender's hamstring problem, as long as Gabriel is not out for too long.

Not exact matches

Replays suggested that the Leicester star arguably fell into the challenge rather than being brought down, but the Spanish defender dangerously left his foot out and both Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher were convinced that it was the right decision in the Sky Sports studio at half - time.

You might think that this makes Roma more likely to challenge for the title than Arsenal next season, but when you see that they were a massive 17 points off Juventus in the table and that this was the same situation and same points tally as the previous season, you can see why Arsenal might be tempting to the defender.

Can Freddy's 5» 7», 148 - pound frame withstand challenges from defenders more than twice his age?

I noticed afterwards he was less than cavalier in tackling and often jumped over defenders tackles or simply never quite made it to intercept the ball, if there was a chance a defender might challenge him for it.

DF Rafinha, 7 — The versatile Brazil defender hurt his shoulder in a brilliant, last - ditch saving challenge on the stroke of half - time, more than making up for the injury - enforced absence of David Alaba.

From initial video replays, it seemed difficult to ascertain what Balotelli did wrong other than backing into Lorient defender Zargo Toure with his arms up as they challenged for a ball.

On the contrary, Holding looks a player with maturity beyond his years and a defender that is more than capable of rising to the challenge of featuring in the first eleven.

At 6» 1 ″, Rodriguez has the physical presence to stand up to the challenges presented by some of the Championship's more robust defenders, while his pace, movement and link - up play mark him out as a class act and one who looks capable of playing at a higher level sooner rather than later.

You can instantly tell that dungeon defenders was made primarily as a co-op experience, since the single - player is eminently more challenging than it should be.