Sentences with phrase «diminutive midfielder»

The diminutive midfield magician has played in a number of roles for Arsenal and I am sure that Arsene Wenger will ask him to do so again at times, but the boss does seem to have settled on the central midfield role as the best one for the Spaniard.

The diminutive midfielder should've had a penalty as well for a foul in their area.

The diminutive midfielder lost Joe Ledley with a looping run and was completely free when the ball found him at the back post, allowing him to head past Julian Speroni.

Not only will we be without the diminutive midfielder for the rest of the Premier League season, but it's also looking increasingly unlikely that he'll return for the Euro 2016 Championships this summer.

Naturally, as soon as the picture emerged the twitterverse took it and ran with it, tearing into the diminutive midfielder repeatedly.

The diminutive midfielder joined the red half of Merseyside on a # 34.3 million transfer from Italian side AS Roma, where he spent two highly successful seasons.

Among them was Russell Beardsmore, a diminutive midfielder who received great acclaim for his performance here, pretty much dominating the middle of the park once he'd eased himself into the game and outshining not only illustrious counterparts like Robson and Strachan on his own side, but figures like McMahon in the opposition.

The diminutive midfielder produced a sublime backheel to shift the ball back towards his holding partner, wrong footing his markers entirely.

But the diminutive midfielder has found it hard to get past his illustrious peers and looks set to move away from the Bernabeu this month.

The diminutive midfielder will have likely done better had he given more minutes to showcase his talent.

MF Joao Moutinho, 8 — Often a bruising encounter, the Euro 2016 final was apparently a match that would not suit Moutinho's neat passing game, but the diminutive midfielder was superb when he entered the fray.

The diminutive midfielder can be deployed in various roles in midfield and attack as he has played in both sides of the midfield as well as the attack under Sarri and his predecessors.

The diminutive midfielder spent three months at Brentford in 2001, failing to make an appearance, but enjoyed more success at Ashton Gate, under his father Gary, making nearly 200 appearances in five seasons.

The diminutive midfielder was influential in Augsburg's return to the top division, providing 2 assists in his 9 appearances.