Sentences with phrase «games partnering koscielny»
Chambers, Holding and Bielik are not ready for prolonged spells at centre back, one or two games partnering Koscielny would be OK (depending on the opponent) but we could in theory find ourselves playing catchup with the top sides after a couple of weeks if things go wrong against Liverpool and Leicester.
http://www.justarsenal.com/ Not exact matches
Naturally, Mustafi and Koscielny would be first choice but I'd pick Holding and Kosc for mine, we cant have two defenders charging into tackles when we have the option of pairing a calm reader of the game with a more aggresive partner.
No, we need a top quality centre back to partner Koscielny because to be honest Koscielny's injury record isn't that great either (he's missed 22 games in the last 2 seasons), so we need at least 2 top players for that position to cope with the inevitable injuries / suspensions / fatigue.
So with his central defensive partner Laurent Koscielny missing a large chunk of games with his achilles tendon injury problem, we needed the German to be at his best and he wasn't, which is why Arsene Wenger used the January transfer window to strengthen his back line by signing Gabriel.
Before the Man United game, most Arsenal fans were regretting that Laurent Koscielny was taken out injured and were worried that Per Mertesacker would have to partner Gabriel in defence, but they held firm against the so - called deadly Man United attack force, and along with Petr Cech (5 shots — 5 saves) stopped the Red Devils from making any sort of comeback.
That seems to have been the ideal chance for the young defender and he has grabbed it to such an extent that he is now in front of Calum Chambers in the pecking order, having been chosen to partner Laurent Koscielny when the France international returned to face Leicester City in our second Premier League game of the season last weekend.
I do however retain some hope he could bulk up and adapt his game to partner Koscielny, if we did manage to sign him.....
LAURENT KOSCIELNY 6.0 The Arsenal skipper had a torrid time in defence alongside partner Mustafi as Liverpool threatened from all sides during the game especially from Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
After only one game alongside the German international, Koscielny formed a very good idea about his new partner's skills.
Koscielny may well be rushed back into the game with centre back partner Shkodran Mustafi having limped off in Germany's 5 - 1 win over Azerbaijan on Sunday.
Koscielny misses the trip to Craven Cottage, but Djourou could recover in time for the game to partner the fit - again Thomas Vermaelen in the centre of the defense.
Monreal partnered one of Mertesacker or Calum Chambers at the heart of the Arsenal back four for a string of domestic and European games through November until Koscielny returned for the Christmas fixtures and, despite some poor performances (such as away at Swansea), he acquitted himself remarkably well.