Sentences with phrase «for aerial duels»

But we have the second highest success rate for aerial duels in the PL, winning 56.8 %.

While Chelsea FC's match against rivals Manchester United at Stamford bridge ended in an exciting 1 - 1 draw, the Blues defender was stretchered off the pitch screaming in pain, after he landed awkwardly while challenging for an aerial duel in the second half.

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really happy for the big win, needed it to boost our goal difference, ox played okay but misplaced way too many easy passes, walcott was anonymous had no impact what so ever, mustafi is an amazing defender wins most of his aerial duels and for his height wow, xhaka is gonna come good, and thank God ramsey did nt start

We have a 6» 4 snail who ducks out of aerial duels for vice-captain and a pint - sized sideways passing guy who uses ridiculous amounts of hair gel as captain.

Giroud: slow but good in winning aerial duels, settibg passes for run ins (now he'll lots of it for theo), you and i know his one touch is sublime and i noticed he score goals we do nt think he's capable of, He's a green snake under the green grass in football, he can be deadly when you do nt expect him.

Mikel Arteta's game by numbers for Arsenal vs. Dinamo Zagreb: 0 chances created 0 tackles won 0 aerial duels won 0 shots 0 crosses Yet according to Wenger, there are no better players out there.Sums up his delusion

Benzema is not physical enough for the EPL and sucks at aerial duels.

Wayne do you consider fighting for position and winning aerial duels while having knees put in your back part of a strikers job?

Baines and Monreal are tied for first on pass completion so the Spaniard is not just about defending, although it is clear that this is his real strength, with more blocks, clearances and interceptions than his rivals as well as winning an amazing 62 percent of his aerial duels.

Don't get me wrong stats DO NOT tell the entire picture but, back in the day the only stats were goals, assists, tackles, but now they have statistics for all parts of the game so something like aerial duels can be quantified and we can see how dominate Le coq is in all aspects of the game

Compared all the stats you'd think for a defensive midfielder: tackles won / lost, aerial duels won / lost, interceptions, blocks, clearances and the like, 12 comparisons in total.

He might not have the capability to go up and down that wing like a fullback, nor might he have the tackling ability, strength for duels or an aerial prowess.

He is also ahead for both ground duels and aerial duels with 59.1 % of his battles on the floor won to the Chelsea man's 49.6 % and an impressive 68.9 % of his contests in the air successful to Matić's 62.5 %.

His overall score is better, as are the totals for defence, but Debuchy comes out on top in some key areas like tackles won, blocks, clearances and aerial duels.

Gab for me has not convinced, Mert, we can't expect him to turn into Usain and Kos, we cant expect opposing managers to stop pitting the likes of Kouyate, Van Dijk, G Mccauley, Benteke against him at set pieces and hope he can come out on top in their aerial duel every time....

Nacho was the stand - out defender but Per did fine for most of the game; 12 effective clearances to Kos's 10, 10 duel winners to Kos's 8, 9 aerial duels to Kos's 5 — and we have clowns saying how Kos was once again «covering» for his friend.

Mertesacker has looked very good since his benching post-Monaco debacle, more aggressive coming for balls and winning more aerial duels and Kos was immense at the weekend.

Lost most aerial duels prior to the goal and looked lost in defence (terrible for our supposed best defender and captain) can not organise a defence, Mertersacker was the leader in the defence and barked out instructions despite his lack of pace.

In 2013/14, no Premier League defender of any nationality made more interceptions (104) or won more aerial duels (171) than Davies; those disparate disciplines show his equal comfort reading the game or reacting to physical presence, while he contributed the second - highest number of tackles won for a centre - back (56, one behind Swansea's Chico Flores).

He won a whopping 269 aerial duels, created 53 chances for teammates and in netting every 128.3 minutes he was on the pitch, scored more regularly than Luis Suarez or Gareth Bale.

In 16 appearances for West Ham, Fonte contributed 141 total defensive actions, 79 % pass accuracy, and won 69 % of aerial duels.

He did his bit for the team, as shown by four successful aerial duels and two completed tackles.

He also won more aerial duels than Vertonghen and Dier over the course of the season, backing up the common feeling that he dominates in the air which works in his favour considering the reputation the Premier League has for it's physicality.

Chirches only won 20 % of his aerial duels, although he could be forgiven for this as many were lost to Christian Benteke.

The defender failed to make a single tackle or win a single aerial duel all match and it Ronald Koeman will definitely be on the lookout for an improvement on the Welshman this summer.

Michu's duel battles were key for Swansea yesterday — he won 56 % of his nine duels and he won 80 % of his five aerial duels.

Moreno's stats for 2015/16 — 2.9 tackles, 2 interceptions, 1.5 clearances, 0.5 aerial duels won and he was dribbled past 1.1 times per 90.

The Arsenal man leads the way for interceptions made per game with 2.84, while his tackles, blocks, and aerial duels won are second across the board.

One area in which Altidore can not claim to be hard done is his hold - up play, where a 29 % aerial duel success rate is simply inexcusable for someone of his physical ability.

In the graphic below he is compared to the three other Premier League players involved in the most aerial duels and he comes out worst for the percentage won.

The major difference between the two's figures for last season is their aerial ability with the Sevilla midfielder outdoing Coquelin for duels won in the air per game; at 6ft1, he is taller than the Frenchman, who stands at 5» 10.

The tone for Leeds» invigorated display was set up as early in the 15th minute by Pontus Jansson as the Swedish international sent Boro's Marcus Tavernier clattering to the ground in an aerial duel and walked away roaring at the Boro winger.

We'll be looking at goals, assists, aerial duels, tackles and interceptions, but will be using this season's statistics for Lacazette and Firmino, but the 2013/14 statistics for Daniel Sturridge — the last time there was an adequate sample size for such a comparison to take place.

The Italian defender has played just five times for Inter in Serie A this season, and his strength does seem to be in the air, winning 86 % of his aerial duels over the course of this season.

There is no doubt that he gives Arsenal something different as he's a player that likes a tackle, will fight for the ball, win aerial duels and offer layoffs for others to attack.

On the basis of their statistics for this season, Deeney comes out second best in all but aerial duels won (39 per cent per game), just ahead of Okaka, and the number of times he loses possession on average (0.9) per game.

While tackling is a weakness of Slick Rick's (aerial duels too for some reason), he more than makes up for it with a word that hasn't been uttered around these parts for quite a while: grinta.

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