Sentences with phrase «defending aerial balls»

Not exact matches

He holds the ball for others to do the finishing when he is surrounded, defends especially set pieces, wins aerial battles and is generally a focal point who will fight defences.

In situations where we play teams who defend so well, the top 9, who is usually big and strong, should be fed with aerial balls, which he may take delight in converting to goals!

presently we still need work on our defending from the left flank; Gibbs / monreal Mustafi need work on aerial balls into the box it's good Ozil is now scoring, but he isn't at his creative best yet.

Giroud's value is not only in scoring goals but also in holding the ball, keeping opponent's defence under pressure, winning aerial battles and defending against set pieces.

This is in part due to their ageing squad (Denis Glushakov, Kombarov, Andrei Eschenko, Samedov, Luiz Adriano and Serdar Tasci are all aged 30 or over), but also their inability to defend transitions.They have come unstuck on numerous occasions by counter-attacks, and although Aduriz is an aerial powerhouse with little pace, Athletic's effective high press, pace and ability to hold onto the ball out wide and Iker Muniain, Iñaki Williams, Iñigo Córdoba and Markel Susaeta may cause a few problems.

On a slightly separate note, when defending, Liverpool could adopt a 4 -4-1-1 with their long ball / counter-attacking outlet being Benteke, with Sturridge running off of him — this would help with Benteke winning aerial balls and not having players to lay the ball off to as seen earlier this season in games like the 3 - 1 defeat at Old Trafford.