The way to beat palace Giroud (I'm not a big fan) but put two
decent ball crossing wingers on and he will score Play Alex. Giroud ox
Not exact matches
I mean otherwise his long
ball excuse doesn't work we saw how different the game was Giroud couldn't get a
decent cross and without one with the way we currently play he can't do much.
We hit some very
decent cross field
balls out to Bellerin, who stayed wide and controlled
ball well.
A couple times he had a good opportunity to play a simple enough through
ball, also when out wide he held up play allot, with little penetration for getting in behind and getting
decent space for
crossing.
It says it all when Podolski's late
cross was more or less the first time we put a
decent ball in from wide positions.
You can understand why — he has raw pace to burn and a
decent cross on him — but when you consider his own admission that he «prefers the
ball to feet,» and the way he's capable of driving a team forward from deeper areas of the pitch, you have to wonder why Wenger didn't give him more chances.
Plus, Madrid might just play into their hands: While Barcelona hunts out the most efficient shots, working the
ball to the endline for cut - backs and often passing up
decent chances for even better ones, Madrid has never seen a shot or
cross they didn't like.
His close
ball control is a bit better and he gets some
decent crosses in.
Just outside his own area the defender gave the
ball straight to Anton Maglica and - from his
cross from the right - Sardinero hit a close - range shot that Jordan Pickford made a
decent attempt to save but failed to prevent rolling over the line, with the Spaniard following up to make sure.
Under pressure he would no doubt do what comes naturally to him, head the
ball goalwards, but given time and space aplenty 10 yards out from goal, he hesitated and then snatched at a shot which looped hopelessly into the air, although it worked out as a
decent cross which almost saw David Norris head in.
With seven minutes to go before the half time whistle, Gervinho, who had been having a half
decent game, went on a small run, taking the
ball to the by - line and eventually cutting back a delightful
cross to a waiting Tomas Rosicky who slotted the
ball in to the far corner of the goal.