Sentences with phrase «false number nines»

We're talking out - and - out strikers, not best goal scorers, so Messi, Ronaldo and all the other «false number nines» don't count!

Liverpool are now in to make a bold bid to bring him to Merseyside however, with the Reds relying strongly on midfielder Roberto Firminho as a false number nine for much of the campaign.

With Alvaro Morata suspended, Willian and Pedro are probable candidates to start on the left and right wing respectively with Eden Hazard playing centrally in a false number nine role.

Eden Hazard's ineffectiveness upfront: Hazard was fielded in a false number nine role versus the Blaugrana, and this sort of restricted his movement.

So far he has experimented with a back three, a false number nine and also the 4 -3-3 system.

Morata was also used as a substitute for both the crunch Champions League encounters against Barcelona in the Round of 16 as his Italian manager preferred to use talismanic winger Eden Hazard as a false number nine despite Morata's availability.

Due to his constant injury problems, Sturridge fell down the pecking order in Klopp's side as the German boss picked Roberto Firmino as his main striker and false number nine.

Not exact matches

Or someone who alternates on a weekly basis between holding midfielder and false nine / number ten.

Ashley Young was given licence to organise the Aston Villa attack from a free, central role, Marseille's Mathieu Valbuena — habitually a right - sided attacking midfielder — found himself used as a conventional number 10 and even as a «false nine» on occasion, and Udinese's push for Champions League qualification was given an unexpected shot in the arm by Francesco Guidolin's decision to convert Chile winger Alexis Sánchez into a high - octane central playmaker.