Sentences with phrase «defensive pair»

It was clear from last season that we needed a better central defensive pairing.

The club's first choice central defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker proved very capable last term and Manolas may be an intelligent option to bring in as back - up.

Jose Giminez at Athletico Madrid, one half of this season's best central defensive pairing in Europe - hardly conceded any goals in La Liga or the Champions League this season.

THis is the first time we will see Xhaka and Cazorla starting in midfield and the way they play could decide the outcome of the match, as could the new defensive pairing of Holding and Koscielny.

For some time now the first choice central defensive pairing for Arsenal was Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny.

Match Predictions: Barcelona has been troubled this season on consistant basis due to their all new defensive pairings at the back.

u are joking when you say its been our most stable cb pairing in years arent u?we havent had a good defensive pairing in years.Kos is a good player but one centre back being good an quick an another being mediocre an slow isn't the kind of balance i want in my defence

The 22 year old is apparently frustrated as the limited role he has assumed at big spending PSG, who have brought in centre - backs Thiago Silva and Alex who appear to be Carlo Ancelotti's preferred defensive pairing.

Mourinho has seen his side concede seven goals in their opening three Premier League fixtures and has chopped a changed his central defensive pairing on a number of occasions.

The way that the Arsenal defence has been playing since that opening Premier League game of the season, when a combination of our inexperienced and youthful defensive pairing Holding and Chambers and the impressive Liverpool attack saw us ship four goals in about 20 minutes, you would think that they had been playing together for years.

Elneny and Coquelin are our most defensive pair, they'd be the safest bet but with four midfielders you do need something extra.

Wenger is now apparently interested in Utd's defensive pair Smalling & Jones... Yup, Next week we will be signing Mary Poppings and the seven dwarfs...??

Chambers has done well but I think we should get our first choice defensive pairing going again as soon as possible.

The team would have two top keepers, a really world class defensive pairing, and a beast in the middle of the park, something we have missed forever.

OGC Nice coach Claude Puel will have been boosted by the news that he can call upon defensive pair Didier Digard and Mathieu Bodmer once again, against of the south - coast's Ligue 1 clash with En Avant de Guingamp on Friday evening.

Arsene Wenger's interest in the defender is a little hard to fathom given the Gunners boss snapped up Brazilian Gabriel Paulista in the January transfer window, with the former Villarreal man offering strong support for first choice central defensive pair Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny.

Sunderland had Spurs goalscoring legend Jermain Defoe leading the line fresh off the back of five goals in two games, but his service was limited by Tottenham's excellent all - Belgian defensive pair.

Midfielders Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Benjamin Stambouli and Lewis Holtby have all been sold, while defensive pair Vlad Chiriches and Younes Kaboul were offloaded to Napoli and Sunderland respectively.

This thing about make shift defensive pair is ridiculous, Gabriel is an experience Centerhalf, Chambers our up and coming centerhalf, they are not playing out of position, so this makeshift reference is crap, they are our third and fourth choice so this is their job.

Are Holding and Bielik our future defensive pairing?

They will have more of the ball than us so we will have to as a consequence defend for most of the time and will need that double defensive pairing of El Neny Coq.

I would try other defensive pairings and start preparing for a future without him.

I suggested a while ago that Arsenal needed to start the Brazilian centre back Gabriel next to Laurent Koscielny a bit more, in order to get the defender up to speed and the central defensive pairing settled in preparation for the very difficult looking double header against Barcelona in the Champions League.

However, beyond first - choice central defensive pairing Samuel Umtiti and Gerard Pique, there is a lack of quality depth at Ernesto Valverde's disposal with Yerry Mina and Thomas Vermaelen available.

Hibs boss Terry Butcher has been dealt a blow with the news that defensive pair Ryan McGivern and Paul Hanlon will be missing for the visit of the league leaders on Sunday.

Our neighbours also lost defensive pair Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose to injury during the game, and could also be doubts for their remaining two fixtures.

Reaves and Kuhnhackl each scored against Philadelphia's top defensive pair, Robert Hagg and Travis Konecny, and the Flyers were unable to build on a huge road win at Eastern Conference - leading Tampa Bay.

Arsene Wenger told the Arsenal fans this weekend that our Brazilian centre - back Gabriel was back in the squad for tonight's game against Bayern Munich, and many of us hoped that Wenger would play the Brazilian this evening, but it seems the Frenchman has decided to stick with his most experienced defensive pairing of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.

Manchester United face a huge showdown with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, but they'll do so without defensive pair Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw.

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We need to start thinking about integrating a new central defensive pairing because although monreal and debuchy try their best when per and kos are out they're both approaching 30, we need to partner chambers with another younger centre back so he can develop a better understanding of his strengths and form a partnership as fruitful as the current one.

Calum Chambers is a great prospect but still has a lot to learn and with Per Mertesacker now having a full game under his belt, I expect Arsene Wenger to revert to the tried and tested defensive pairing of him and Koscielny.

Man United have yet to replace departed veteran defensive pair Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic, Vlaar may be an ideal candidate for the job.

Wayne Rooney should be back in the starting XI for United and the center defensive pairing of Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand should both be ready to go.

Maurizio Sarri's side opened the scoring through Lorenzo Insigne, however Guardiola's side soon found themselves in front thanks to defensive pair Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones.

Marquinhos may well struggle to cement a more prominent role at the Parc des Princes given that Blanc's decision to use Luiz and Silva as his first - choice central defensive pairing appears to be working very well indeed.

Arsenal have had some very strong central defensive pairings over the years, perhaps more notably back in the days when that was seen as the strongest part of our game, which gave rise to the famous chant of «1 - 0 to the Arsenal».

with Mustafi and Kos we have an excellent defensive pairing.

I think with a makeshift defense Wenger will be tempted to through Ramsey in as an extra defensive pair of leggs.

Apart from the scoring situations, Lukaku was very good in running the channels, holding up play and giving the Liverpool central defensive pair lots to do in the game.

Different players from all over the pitch has chipped in to score their goals such as Glenn Murray, Matt Ritchie and often defensive pair Charlie Daniels and Adam Smith.

It leaves Jurgen Klopp with the potential defensive pairing of Mats Hummels, another Manchester United target, and Ginter in the centre of his defence for next season, which doesn't seem like a bad partnership.

Barca were hampered by another injury to one of their central defenders as Gerard Pique limped off after 12 minutes with Alex Song coming on the make his European debut for the Catalans in an unlikely central defensive pairing alongside Javier Mascherano.

In other defensive news, Daniele Bonera will miss the match through suspension and Milan new boy Alex will miss the game through injury, forcing a likely defensive pairing of Cristian Zapata and Adil Rami.

Most alarming for Rovers fans will be the fact that defensive deficiencies haven't been addressed, even though these — and the ill - judged January sales of central defensive pairing Christopher Samba and Ryan Nelsen, compounding the loss of Phil Jones — were instrumental in the club's relegation.