Sentences with phrase «control in midfield»

Joe Allen — 6.5 (Can 66 ′) Added an element of control in the midfield when he came on, allowing Sterling and Coutinho to shine.

With Xavi gone we lost a bit of control in midfield and that resulted in a great counter from Osasuna, but Nino could only flash wide off the post.

He will be one of the key men for Spurs to come at the top of the match and in the big games like this the control in the midfield is the key to success.

They maintained their strike pair and were happy to sacrifice some control in midfield as they looked to break quickly and find the crucial goal.

But fear not, for here in the land of perpetual posturing and theoretical deals, Anfield Index will be sorting out Liverpool's need for control in midfield — alongside a shiny new Naby Keita, who'll be entering the club right...

Taking over the reins from Villarreal club icon Bruno Soriano, the 21 - year - old has been the epitome of control in midfield for the Castellon - based outfit.

He looked like Santo yesterday with the calmness and control in midfield.

and just play the players according to the opposition and rotate the midfield, when needed like when we need to rest le coq just do it and if we need control in the midfield, then put in corzola along side him and if we need energy and goals then put in ramsey along side him.

Question is why can't Arsenal fans see the real problem of this team - no Cazorla hence no ball control in midfield no ball or space to create?

I will say it again, no control in that midfield at all..

I will tell you, if Ramsey or Cazorla don't turn up we look rubbish, not control in that midfield at all..

I would spend big money bring Vidal or Pogba in january # 40m or # 45m for one of these to bring power and control in midfield, too bad Wenger can't think of this.

There is no control in midfield.

No control in midfield.

Van Gaal made two changes at halftime, with Jones and Carrick replacing Shaw and Herrera to suggest he wanted more solidity at the back and more control in midfield.

No control in midfield, we create next to nothing in each game, we find chances hard to come, we lack creativity.

@Jansen Our main problem was losing 50/50's... We also had zero control in midfield.

Nothing to suggest he's controlled in that midfield position and still looks inexperienced when going forward.

Not exact matches

With a lot of players back from injury in offence and midfield, we should have a lot more control than we did in Belgium and should be able to cause Anderlecht numerous problems from the off.

Coquelin, Flamini and Ramsey are not of that same mould, Victor Wanyama and Villiam Carvaho are good defensive midfielders but do not control the flow of a game, they are more likely to a rest or stays static when their team is in possession of the ball.

When it clicks and you have the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in full flow but also functioning as parts of a well oiled machine, the Gunners have the ability to breach any defence and with a strong defensive line and midfield players who can control a game, there are the ingredients in north London to make a title winning team.

Man United have been finding it difficult to control games from midfield this season, and the addition of Strootman could mean that they will no longer have to play striker Wayne Rooney in the middle of the park, which has subsequently hamstrung the club captain's effectiveness in the final third.

We do not need to buy anymore midfielders, I have seen Adelaide and Maitland Niles control a game and set up a 5 - 0 win for Arsenal in an FA cup tie against Southampton so we know they can do it.

were we look vulnerable and unsettled when teams break us down quickly in the midfield (like Spuds and Palace) did not giving midfielders time on ball and us a chance to control game...... (I wish AW has a back plan for that)...

He controlled the game in central midfield with United only really making chances with crosses from out wide.

Jesus... Ramsey is the most backward and lateral passer of a ball I have seen in a midfielder and that's when he has control of the ball which is not that frequent as his close control is hardly a strong point... So that leaves running in to box scoring occasionally and then believing he is a striker... Like I said attributes of a bench player

In my opinion, he is our future box - to - box midfielder (if nurtured well), due to his stature and close ball control

But he showed good control, skills, movements, vision and work rate when he played as a central midfielder for France in the World Cup qualifying matches.

Whilst van Gaal admitted that his side created more when playing four in midfield, as shown by their two second half goals in West London, he also suggested that it allows them less «control» of the game — using the chances that QPR created themselves in the second half as evidence:

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.

For those who do nt watch Schneiderlin play, do it when southampton play next and you will see half Arteta in terms of ball control and passing, and half Coquelin in terms of tackling... thats some combination if you ask me... i must admit though, nobody in this league can intercept like Le Coq... am still yet to decode how he anticipates a pass before it happens and if you were to ask David Silva, he would still be figuring it out... That said, Schneiderlin would be a massive improvement on our team... to think about a midfield trio of Ozil, Schneiderlin and Le Coq would excite any manager with ambition.

corzola is very good at giving us good control when we are up against teams that stand off our midfield, but if we up against a team that presses against us we need power to break through and press back, i saw pogba last night and he was miles above all the players on the pitch, when he came on just ran the whole midfield on his own, wenger should blow all of his next summers budget signing pogba, even if it takes everything we got the kid is the best young c / m in the world atm.

Manager David Wagner, a Jürgen Klopp disciple who received eight caps for the U.S. National Team in the 1990s, has the pieces he needs in midfield to control the ball and create chances.

Worked hard and controlled proceedings in midfield.

«When we know Wayne Rooney plays in midfield, we control his progression into the box.

Though this formation would mainly help control the Midfield it would also offer the best of our striking options in combining Giroud and Sanchez, which both oddly enough have the exact qualities the other player lacks, and will offer an aerial presence in the game.

In the past few months, most notably against Manchester United, PSG and Everton, Arsenal have struggled to control the midfield and constantly are unable to dictate and control the tempo the game.

Maybe starting the first half with 4 -3-3 formation against the so called lesser teams (get the goals in early) and then switching to a more midfield controlling formation in the second half 4 -5-1 (to see the game through) Or vice versa depending on our opponents.

wenger needs to build a golden idol in the shape of ozil @ no10 statue and make everyone in the squad bow down before it to make ozil feel special again and he will be rocking and rolling again wengers first commandment will be play ozil @ no10 only no where else, command no 2 build the whole arsenal attack around ozil only at no 10, ozil is the future of our attacking play along with wilshere and ramsey controlling midfield in box 2 box roles along with a worldy d / m in front of back 4.

Ozil is a luxury when played with Ramsey and Xhakha as it means there is very little ball winning and no control of the game going on in the midfield area thus exposing the backline.

If we do bring in another player I think they need to be some one who also offers more creativity And someone who can control the tempo of the game from deep midfield.

Like it Simon, I think with our limitations in midfield Jack and Coq, as long as he control the yellow cards, is well worth a try.

with mert and flamini a large part of backbone I fear that Barton is right... they have very quick players in hazard and willen and a real goal threat in costa... We need to better control midfield and for that reason I would risk Diaby in dfm..

The creative midfield area is somewhere that seriously needs addressing and the worse thing is it doesn't have to cost a fortune, i do nt have a particular player in mind but a young Spanish midfielder with the Spanish attributes good ball control dribbling and distribution with abit of tenacity would be ideal, or alternatively Wilshere.

The other change is in central midfield with the combative Coquelin missing out and not even making the bench, to be replaced by Elneny who will hopefully combine well with Xhaka to control the game.

Heard on espn was said of course liv controlled the game they were at home against an Arsenal who were missing their entire first midfield had a makeshift defense and played wingers in central midfield.

However we've seen as fans that Ox performs much better playing centre of the part, allowing the midfield to have a lot more pace and control, as well as being even more dynamic in playing style and passing.

It is the deeper lying midfield generals who in such a team control transformation from defense — to — attack, and vice versa, making sure shape and sharpness is maintained in attack as well as retreat.

We can not control the midfield in many of the games that is the problem including the wingers.

He needs to look at gerrard and see how he plays his game or even xabi alonso, they control the midfield but not by holding on the ball forever and trying to win every challenge, wilshere looked good in englands last couple of games just picking that ball up and pinging it around the pitch