Sentences with phrase «get to the ball first»

The Guardian reported that the former Japan international outjumped his — probably much younger — opponents to get to the ball first.

Purce was legitimately taken down, but the ref decided D'Angelo getting to the ball first was enough to excuse taking Midge out with her trailing leg.

If gibbs was not high up field he would have gotten to the ball first.

I'm not a complete fan of Flamini but I felt that he got to the ball first and that the Bournemouth players momentum caused him to fall over Flamini's legs not his boots.As of late to many refs have flashed cards at the Arsenal players plus a free kick but when we are fouled only a free kick is given.It's called inconsistencies.

Slow to react for the first goal, and could perhaps have prevented Murray getting to the ball first, but is understanding the English game better, and has become a calming influence, rather than the liability he seemed to be when he first joined the club.

Steve 3:04 am You say Mikel actually got to the ball first, wrong, Arteta did.

He tries to anticipate and get to the ball first before the opponent, looking to snuff out attacks.

To my mind this makes sense; further out from that and you'll struggle to get a shot away from a cross, and any closer and any goalkeeper worth his salt should be getting to the ball first.

Embed from Getty Images Showed his determination when getting to the ball first to score the opening goal.

Not exact matches

«You could argue that she and her husband got the ball rolling in the»90s,» he adds, referring to Clinton's push for a universal health care program when she was First Lady.

While there are plenty of ways to go about this first step, a tool like SurveyMonkey is a quick and easy option to get the ball rolling.

It would have to be more agile and move far faster than the Internet - based email incumbents who just couldn't get on the ball quickly enough to satisfy mobile - first business users.

Follow Up — You to believe in the Giant Dirt Ball in the Sky (Big Bang) which nobody has an answer Giant Dirt Ball got or how the Gor there in the first place given that our Universe is still excelerating apart instead of slowing down like science said it was 30 years ago.

First, make your macarons (one color at a time) by adding all the ingredients together and mixing them all up with a spoon until you get a soft dough that you can mold with your hands into one big ball (it's going to feel like play - dough!)

I had a hard time getting them to stay together at first, but after letting the mixture sit for a bit and washing hands after making every 3 or 4 balls to keep my hands from getting too sticky to roll more... success!

I first made this dough and couldn't get it cohesive enough to even roll into a ball despite measuring all my flour in ounces and using KAF all - purpose and almond flour.

Its looking like he is building a new team I support Mr wenger why sell sachez now for 40 million while his replacement will cost us 80 million we need to get players of good quality first and then we can let go and I am sure if a club comes in with 80 million for sanchez Mr wenger will go for it savilla keep the ball well and circulates the ball well so many back passes to retain position they play a shape of 3331 and very close there was no gaps and they were not afraid to dig in to our players I must admit i like their system....

Gibbs hasn't got the confidence to pass the ball forward, he gets to pass back to often and is not good at defending Monreal is a class act so we need to add there Ramsey is not a wide player, why Wenger doesn't play his strongest first then make the 2subs in 65 min and Walcot should have started as Ramsey is better in Midfield.

Vardy got the first, with the ball falling to him in the box opportunely.

Arsenal made very hard work of the first half, and with Palace playing it very tight at the back it was looking difficult to get the ball to lone striker Yaya Sanogo.

Three things I loved from him today: 1) The cross / pass for Kos to score 2) His ball - on - chest balancing act — class, never seen that before in a match and 3) being first to get to AR after he scored and the obvious delight on his face.

The guy had a great game v west ham but his ego lets him down, but Wenger his comments on the defensive cock ups, it is the same comments on all the losses so surely he needs to rectify the prob Number one drop the BF German that can't head a ball can't run he is a liability every time he puts on the shirt even Debuchy jumps higher than him Gibbs can't defend he is a nice guy but not first choice L Back Chocqelen has proved he is a good player that can get better what we need is an Ozil type midfielder that has more guts to play good balls through to runners not high balls that you hope will find a target So a defender that can defend a left back and a midfielder and then look out enough is enough on what the problems are If the car won't run right you Fix it Wenger now is the time to FIX it CB

This is his first season with us and is only natural that it will take him some time to get use to the ball movement rather than just attempt the individual play.

It was frantic stuff at times but we did manage to get the ball down and give the home side some real problems and that seemed to increase as the first half went on.

this might be the first time since they had stanley matthews in their team that a stoke side can claim to have more accomplished ball players than arsenal... basically this is the opportunity for walcott and chamberlain to prove doubters wrong... but its going to take a hundred per cent effort to get something out of this

at 3rd and 15 instead of throwing to get the first down, the Jags ran the ball.

I've seen a penalty given against us, I think it was Bellerin who tackled from behind, and got the ball first, before getting the man, and he put enough power in the clearance, that even if the man had managed to stay on his feet, he wouldn't have got the ball, however the MOTD of the day crew said it was a penalty, because even though he got the ball, you weren't allowed to tackle from behind?!?!? So why the double standards???

Phoenix would be a great fit for Wall, who could offer 16, future first Jared Dudley and TJ Warren to bolster the Wizards by getting more Santorovsky time, getting Beal more ball handing duties and adding wing scoring depth.

The Eagles suddenly found themselves struggling to run the ball, but they could still throw it, and they got a first down on a play where Keanu Neal couldn't make the tackle.

First is he's always looking for the ball and comes deep too often to get it.

They shouldn't have even got to the ball for the goal and that I blame on the defence not Cech... who I reckon saw the player running and the big gap and realised no AFC defender was gonna get there in first.

Lets get Ozil on first half and get Lacazette runing on to his through balls... get 2 - 0 up and then take him off for second half and let Ox or Iwobi take that position on counter attack

Then the Eagles got hit with a holding call on a bad Matt Ryan throw to create a first down situation where Matt Ryan held on to the ball forever before throwing an incomplete to Levine Toilolo, who was virtually blanketed.

«The whole team has tended to play very well together, and when we lose the ball everyone tries to be first to get it back.

To me, the bunt has gone out of baseball a little bit because almost every ball club has got the first baseman and the third baseman down your throat.

Wisconsin got off to a quick start on Saturday, as Montee Ball scored on their first possession to put the Badgers up by seven.

If you need that annotated, that's a) Albert Pujols hitting a ground ball that b) Marcus Semien drops before c) leaving a Yelp review about Angels Stadium then d) calmly picking the ball up and e) gently crow - hopping as he f) throws a lollipop to first base to g) get Pujols by two steps.

Ball doesn't have a great first step and his lack of strength limits his ability to get into the paint off the dribble.

After fielding a ground ball, Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque had enough time to kiss the ball before throwing it to first base and getting the runner.

For the first couple of months of the Season, it was repeatedly said, they are better than their record, they need time to incorporate the new offensive weapons, they hustle too much to not start getting bounces, the ball will eventually stay down..

In the build up to the first goal Aguero made no attempt to compete for the ball but deliberately pushed Mustafi in the back to prevent him getting a header away.

Arsenal seemed to be trying to be more precise with their passing and hold on to the ball longer, but the first time they give it away Fer runs through to Cech's goal but his shot was a bit weak to get past our big Number One.

The first 25 minutes of the second half also carried on with the hogs share of the ball, but they could simply not take advantage, and Newcastle were looking increasingly more confident the longer the game went on, so it was little surprise when Perez was in the Arsenal box on his own again, and gave the ball a little nudge to Ritchie who made no mistake, and the Magpies wwere looking to get their first win against Arsenal for 13 years.

Sometimes it looks like hes reacting to his own touch as hes not quite sure where ball will end up, he gets away with it at times with reactions being quick but every second for a striker really matters and the first touch gives you that time.

When you are playing football and you got a high ball to control the slightest touch will push you off it for sure eguaro pushed mustafi but mustafi should have stock his leg out to bring him down or elbowed him in the face well i would have done that Arsenal were not hungry enough for the cup if they were we would have seen some blood running down of some Manchester players Arsenal need to defend in packs of wolves The first half was not to bad we should have scored though but yes no back bone no hunger and no fight What is going to happen on Thursday how are we going to line up against them??? I need to see Arsenal fight like man stand up like man and use their skill and agility to turn Manchester to a loosing side Well if we do nt we need to separate the real man from the phony ones period

In his first four seasons as a major - leaguer, first with the New York Mets and since 1972 with the Expos, Foli managed to get into more fights with opposing players, umpires, and even his own teammates, and to hit more innocent bystanders with thrown helmets, bats and balls than the average high - spirited player might in a 20 - year career.

Finally Wenger have got guts to make some changes to the first team players, to increase the ball possession, creativity and domination.

We just ain't good when the opposition closes us down, our players like space and if you watched the game Spuds when they lost the ball they got it back in seconds working together as a team, that's what you have to do to stop good teams play like we did at Chelsea first half of the season,

I beleive this team in form will get the best out of barca and even beat them Barcelona plays with high line with high pressure with cazorla, ozil and sanchez ability to get the ball from tight spaces we can pass the first defence line and go counter attacking with theo and sanchez with some magical passes from our wizard we can put the fear in there team and could get a win atleast at the emirates but since cazorla and coquelin are not sure to be playing i feel it will be very hard to get a positive result but let's give it a go we have nothing to lose

Time of Death: After cutting the lead to seven with a field goal, San Diego couldn't get the ball back again, as the Bengals picked up four first downs on the last drive to run out the clock.