Sentences with phrase «defensive performance against»

However, the team's shockingly poor defensive performance against set pieces has escaped such scrutiny.

Later in the year, KCP put on an equally impressive defensive performance against Russell Westbrook, proving his early season performance was no fluke.

Despite a strong defensive performance against the reigning champions Barcelona, Arsenal succumbed to a 2 - 0 defeat thanks to a late double from Lionel Messi.

Danny Murphy dissected Tottenham's defensive performance against Liverpool on Saturday, and he ripped apart the four - man defence deployed by Mauricio Pochettino.

Redmond insists Guardiola was not rude to him and simply questioned his defensive performance against City due to his talents as an attacking player.

Not exact matches

The Gunners defence has been fortified by the return of Laurent Koscielny, and against the Hammers Arsenal played with two defensive midfielders in Flamini and Coquelin and Wenger has been very pleased with the recent performances.

After his crazy second yellow against Tottenham, however, our defensive midfield warrior has really started to look the part again and his return to top form was highlighted by his fist pumping and chest thumping performance against Everton.

After dropping seven consecutive games and losing its coach, Ole Miss rebounded with an impressive offensive performance against a stellar defensive team, and showed enough fight to pick up its first road win in conference.

After a stunning defensive performance in the semi-final second leg against the defending champions at the Camp Nou, a brace in the final from Diego Milito against Bayern Munich sealed the treble for the Nerazzurri.

For me the ice had already broken after that performance against Manure, now he's back to the same old suicidal defensive tactics again, as if we hadn't suffered enough already, Wenger really has to go, it was obviously not working, and he hasn't changed up... again.

It would have been the perfect game for Coquelin's reading of the game and defensive ability but if Flamini can repeat his performance against the spuds then it will go a long way towards Arsenal being able to stand up to Leicester in the middle of the park.

Liverpool fans took to Twitter at half time today to slate their side's defensive performance in their first half against West Brom in the FA Cup 4th round today.

After conceding 4 against Bradford, I imagine it would be quite amusing, especially being a manager who prides himself on defensive performances.

The challenge for Arsenal will be in trying to defend against the Spanish club's attacking play and while that task applies to the team as a unit, it is perhaps Le Coq who holds the key to a solid defensive performance.

I definitely like the new formation now with some strong defensive performances backing it up, but it should be remembered that we drew against city with the old formation too, but some noticeable differences with our defending all the same.

Man if we can show the kind of performance against united - character, determination, hard work and team spirit minus the defensive mistakes and woeful finishing over the course of a whole season, we can be serious title contendors, let alone a top 4 finish..

The Lions» offensive line can't contain Warren Sapp, who turned in the defensive performance of the weekend, and I don't think Barry Sanders will run for many yards against those relentless Tampa Bay linebackers.

However, he has been under the spotlight for performances against Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea in particular so far this season, with United opting for a more defensive - minded approach which has caused some tension between Mourinho and the fans, as noted by The Guardian.

I think for him to put on the performance he did against Golovkin and (most significantly in my eyes) avoid taking any clean shots even though he was squared up against the rope for half the fight says a hell of a lot about the mans defensive capabilities.

Before the sack, Richardson's performance against Clowney is an offer any NFL GM would spend first - round money on: when applied on roughly one - third of called offensive plays in a single game, Tiny Richardson can nullify a premier pass - rushing defensive end with single coverage with a 95.4 percent success rate in clinical trials.

Congratulations to spurs for playing defensive football, arsene won't play defensive against Chelsea and I am thinking of not seeing the match due possible shock of performance and I'll be even surprised if we can stay at 0 - 0

However, Barcelona's class will shine through as it will take a near - perfect defensive performance to keep a clean sheet against «MSN».

Head coach Jim Harbaugh cited Smith, safety Dashon Goldson and defensive end Justin Smith as having strong performances against the Lions.

His performance in the game against Sporting Lisbon lead to his starting role against Braga, and the defender who can play as a full back or defensive midfielder didn't dissapoint.

Wollscheid put in a man - of - the - match performance despite missing his normal defensive partner — Ryan Shawcross — who often helps him through games, in the Capital One game against Liverpool.

Wijnaldum put in a robust performance against City, playing in Henderson's more defensive position and should be an option for the manager anywhere in center of the pitch now.

Wigan put in the doughtiest of defensive performances to pull off the shock of the season against Manchester City and once again breathe life into the -LRB-...)

Furthermore, after the Spaniard suffered an injury, Gibbs produced an excellent performance against Reading in the EFL Cup prior to catching the eye against Sunderland, making ten defensive actions.

His performance against Barcelona on their way to the final is still one of the best defensive displays I've ever seen.

Indeed, while he was a more attacking player at Arsenal, his development since his departure has made him more of an all - rounder, with his performance against the biggest teams proving that he could be a capable defensive player for Arsenal.

However until any concrete transfer is to occur, Spurs will deploy Dier in the defensive midfield role alongside Ryan Mason who will take up a box to box role, having put up a good performance against Stoke.

Their recent 0 - 0 away draw against Spartak was a superbly executed defensive performance, in which Spartak rarely penetrated their defensive line and created very few chances throughout the game.

I watched all the pre-season matches with interest and although unconvinced by a number of performances I understood that Arsene was trying out a certain number of defensive / offensive combinations which he would confirm or not for the start of the season.The game against Chelsea was not very confortable but showed that even without Sanchez, Koscielny et al we could perform with credibility.

Mathiue Flamini: With Arsenal captain and fellow defensive midfielder Mikel Arteta out injured, Flamini will once again feature for the Gunners against Besiktas as he will be looking to improve on his performance after a no - so - good run - out he had against Everton last weekend.

But, the dream has quickly turned to a nightmare; the French defensive midfielder is a shadow of his stellar self with his performance against Arsenal the latest misstep.

The defensive midfielder is in his fourth season with the Villans now and, after watching his performance against Leicester City at the weekend, I am starting to have doubts as to whether he can feature in our midfield on a long term basis.

Chelsea's 2012 Champions League winner has had many critics for his defensive mistakes and lapses of concentration at the back, especially when he came up against Luis Suarez in the 2015 Champions League knockout stages and for his performance in Brazil's World Cup semi-final 7 - 1 drubbing against Germany.