Sentences with phrase «especially against a side»

The performance on Saturday wasn't great, but then again, few have been away from home, especially against any side vaguely competent enough to press.

It's easy to see another away trip causing them problems, especially against a side who will be among the top eight once again this term.

There are plenty of players who can ping the ball around the pitch, especially against a side as defensive as Galati who hardly sent anyone upfield to put pressure on the ball in the areas where Rooney received it, but how many can unlock defences in the way Rooney can, score spectacular goals or just make things happen in the final third?

Not exact matches

Flaherty had solid support from Ontario, however, and seemed also to be able to count on B.C. Having those two major provinces on - side was a crucial element in the federal strategy for pushing ahead against howls of protest, especially from Quebec and Alberta.

A bright young student raised in a tradition of conservative Evangelical pietism, Mouw recalls that his pastors «often viewed the intellectual life against the background of a cosmic spiritual battle in which the human intellect, especially as it aligns itself with the cause of the academy, is inevitably on the wrong side of the struggle.»

The sin of racism has proved especially pernicious in American evangelicalism on both sides of the border, but there have also been evangelicals throughout history who have found themselves on the front lines of the fight against racism.

Moreover, with Brazil rapidly catching up to traditional power centres Australia and the US and its leading exports openly agitating against the Margaret River Pro, whose side is the WSL likely to take, especially when Australia already has three out of the WCT's 11 events?

Definitely the home fans (for West Ham) will throw some tantrums against an Arsenal player especially when their team is not at their best or possibly boo an Arsenal player as an indication of rivalry that exists between the two sides.

I would have to agree, especially if it is a game when Arsenal are likely to be pushing hard against a determined defence with the opposing side hoping to hit us on the counter.

Arsene playing a balanced team will give you positive results, especially playing against a big team, over the past years we have continued to use players not suited for certain positions, we actually had a player who used left foot on the left side of the field who got in attacking position, Kolasinac to me was the most important player going forward and defending.

Play whoever wenger wants against bate, but I hope that he plays a strong enough side once the knockout stages begin coz it will not be easy now especially that now there are atletico madrid and bvb in the mix, plus there are already lazio, a.c.milan and I'm sure they will also want to win it....

The problem is no one else is making shots and if Patty shoots 6 from 13 at 46.2 % im happy with that especially against GS who are a excellent defensive side

Against the likes of Matic, Carrick, Schneiderlin and Fernandinho, the Arsenal star's stats come out very favourably, especially on the defensive side of things where his score of 20.56 per 90 minutes is miles ahead of the rest.

No manager in history will ever be sacked for 2 wins in 3 days, especially if 1 of those wins is against a top - 10 side in the world..

Debuchy or Monreal have played CB but that's far from ideal, especially against a quality side.

Surely a home game against a promoted side, is a perfect opportunity, especially if Ozil's out.

Schneiderlin and Coq will / would be awesome especially against top physical sides.

A normal team will give maximum of ONE player freedom to roam the pitch, Arsenal will give like 3 on a typical day, THAT is a disaster waiting to happen, especially against very well organized side.

However, Wilshere is clearly adding discipline, awareness, tackling and a great long range passing ability to his game and it might be a good idea for the Gunners to make use of that a bit more, especially in games against the weaker sides when we dominate the ball.

everyone seems to be in a rush to do interviews especially after the Man u game... its a big big win for us seeing as we have not had one over them in 4 years but in the name of all that is good this is AFC we are talking about and no matter how crucial a win is against one of our biggest rival we should just move on and focus on the next game and stop behaving and acting like a newly promoted side that caused a big upset by beating one of the favorites for the title... at the end of the day its a very important win but its still 3 points....

Although Arsenal will have a whole weeks rest after the Burnley game on Sunday, it is certain that Wenger will also be using a bit of rotation next weekend, especially with important London derbies against Watford and Chelsea in the following 7 days, so Le Prof will be relieved that the Saints will not be fielding their strongest side.

Maybe Cowquelin could come in to form a double pivot with Flamini, especially as we need to be solid away from home against a more expansive than usual Sam Allardyce side.

I think he has what it takes, though, and perhaps he could use this Emirates Cup to stake a claim once again, especially after he was the star of the show for a much changed Arsenal side that won comfortably against Boreham Wood this week.

In fact the Gunners have lost their last 3 games on their travels, to Swansea, Bournemouth and Tottenham and there is a total lack of confidence in the side, especially away from the Emirates, but Arsene Wenger is hoping that his side can change things against lowly Brighton although the Seagulls are unbeaten in their last six matches.

It's that kind of play that made us much harder to defend against especially when Ramsey and Alexiswere poping up behind opponents defences on either side.

It is not the awesome power of the side standing in our way that is the concern though, but the shocking record that Arsenal have against them, especially away from home.

A penalty against you can put a side on the backfoot not just in terms of the score line, but it can also make a side feel depleted, especially if the team has lost a man to a red card.

I say we concentrate on sending them down a division or 2 so they can get used to the propect of playing against sides they'll actually face on a regular basis... especially if they play in the FA cup and Carling Cup we begin to understand how they'll stack up against Premier league opponents.....

Confidence alone won't bring goals or trophies, but a little bit of self belief always helps, especially against the bigger sides.

playing 4 -3-3 against an in form palace side with benteke zaha fit would be suicide especially without ramsey energy in midfield.

Arsene Wenger has now moved to declare Alexis Sanchez available to feature for his side this weekend against Crystal Palace, a move which could well anger Jose Mourinho, especially if the player was to play and fall foul of injury.

The former Arsenal and England forward Alan Smith was clearly not as disappointed as some Gooners with the away point against a difficult and in form Stoke City side at the weekend, especially as the Gunners were without two of our best attacking players in Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil.

As impressive England have been, coming up short against the top national sides has been their achilles heel, especially at major tournaments which makes Tuesday's game against Italy vital for the confidence of the team going forward.

Even though I'm sure Arsene Wenger would have warned against complacency, he and the players were clearly surprised at how ell the bottom Premier League side played, especially Kramaric and Mahrez.

offtopic against city we must pay attention to city right side of the field were zabaleta and nasri will combine, we must use a left winger that can track back and support monreal, then starting with ozil, cazorla or wilshire as left midfielders will see us get exposed down the left, i would go for chamberleine or welbeck to play that role especially that welbeck was playing that role in the world cup and with united

Despite his great qualities like speed, strength and aggression his inexperience has shown itself in crucial games, remember the Chelsea game, he put himself in a position to get a red card by falling for Costa's Antics (Arsenal would have won that game if we remained 11 or if Mertesacker was playing especially considering we were playing deep), he played Lewandowski on - side for Bayern's first goal in the champions league, the shaky first half in the home game against Liverpool.

Xhaka was much needed player for the club in that defence midfield role and should be starting most games along side Coq especially against the top teams.

It was hard work for Arsenal and a very close run thing against a confident, tough and well organised Southampton side, especially with their keeper having one of those nights when it looked like nothing could beat him.

Whatever, the fact is that they are now in an even worse place mentally and will not be looking forward to the visit of Arsenal on Sunday, especially as we won our own European game and have nearly qualified already despite playing a second string side against Red Star Belgrade.

The Arsenal side still looks like a strong one to me, especially up front where Danny Welbeck and Theo Walcott will be feeling good after both scored against the Foxes and will be keen to build on that and force their way into the first team on a regular basis, not to mention the thoughts of the England manager Roy Hodgson ahead of Euro 2016.

Are you really surprised that Arsenal struggled against one of the strongest sides in the division, especially on their own turf?

Lampard was talking about Ramsey and saying that although he is impressed with the talent and attacking intent that Rambo showed in his two starts back in the central position vacated by the injury hit Santi Cazorla, he feels that the Arsenal star needs to focus more on the defensive side of things, especially in games against bigger teams like Man City.

They have claimed a clean sheet in six of their last seven games and Chelsea to win to nil at Paddy Power has to be weighed up, especially against a low scoring side like Norwich.

The signings of Yurchenko, Mensah and especially Berisha should be enough to avooid relegation relegated and maybe even to avoid the playoffs against a FNL side.

A draw might yet be enough, while a defeat could let Ancelotti's Chelsea side back into the race especially if they win their London derby against a stuttering Spurs side.

We can't see them suddenly turning around their form against the top sides with a result here, especially as Conte is likely to include Eden Hazard out of necessity.

However, we don't expect that to be the case here, especially after landing blows against the two other top sides in this group.

Having drawn their last two games, the Azerbaijan side will be out for another point against the English champions, especially after stopping a side like Atletico Madrid.

improving the ability to create and pass out of diamond overloads in between the lines against deep defensive teams, especially from within our opponents» half - spaces and especially on the left - hand side of our attack.

Recent results in their World Cup 2014 qualifications have triggered optimism from France head coach Didier Deschamps that his side can compete against all the big nations, especially in picking up positive result on their upcoming clash against Spain this Tuesday.