Sentences with phrase «deployed as a central defender»
Gregory van der Wiel was deployed as a central defender for the third straight time alongside Drew Moor and Eriq Zavaleta.
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Against Ural, Swedish central midfielder Pontus Wernbloom was deployed as a central defender in a back three and will likely fill in there once more in Vasin's absence.
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Chelsea were spotted using an unorthodox 4 -2-4 formation during pre-season — a system Conte is yet to deploy in the Premier League — and Luiz could easily play as a central defender or as a defensive minded central midfielder.
Against Leicester, Manchester City were beaten 4 - 2 to show how vulnerable they are in defence as the former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna was deployed in central defence.
Otherwise they might have to look at deploying someone like Francis Coquelin as an emergency defender, or switch to a back four, but a central defensive pairing of Monreal and Holding would leave Arsenal fans very pessimistic indeed.