Sentences with phrase «goals against a quality»

Why is everyone so surprised that Arsenal struggle to consistently score goals against quality opponents with OG leading the line?

Not exact matches

Ozil's goal against Chelsea is written quality all over it, from the build up to the final execution, just two quality players

The only solution for the referee's unfair and wrong decision against our lovely club is to strengthen our squad quality specially in the defensive areas and be ruthless in front of the goal just like the current Man city team.

His.923 save percentage and 2.35 goals - against average were quality marks by any standard, and they had to look extra good next to the grisly.907 and 2.99 figures put up by the team's most frequent starter, Braden Holtby.

I agree 100 %, my frustration does not stem from being kicked out of the FA cup by Watford or an other dumb red card against Spurs or for being eliminated from the CL, my frustration comes from the fact that we all know in the summer we would suffer injuries and that we need more goals in the team in the form of a quality striker.

However, the 32 - year - old can arguably claim to have scored the most spectacular goal of the past year, with the PSG forward's sensational first - time volley in the Champions League against Anderlecht recently being one of four strikes on the night from the player in what has been yet another high - quality 12 months for Ibra.

They win more often than not, but with the quality we have up front, we can score goals against them.

As well as this, he has the numbers to back up; scoring on his first Arsenal start, albeit an offside goal against a poor Everton side, but the quality is there for all to see.

Is it a coincidence that unlike last season, this season - in which we have had two CFs with different styles - we are winning the big away games, with the two strikers capitalizing on their unique qualities (Giroud powerful header against city, Welbz pacy counter goal against United) to score in both games?

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

Anyways, The Ox is looking up for it this season and has scored two quality goals, one in pre-season and one against Liverpool, so hopefully he will continue to improve And maybe Campbell will get a chance to shine aswell, We have plenty of cover In midfield, at the moment lol So we can concentrate on worrying about the other areas for now!??

... great goal... if only we could play all our games against 10 men we would be going somewhere... quality by Wiltshire though

The importance of the goals scored (i.e against which defense quality, score consistency «not score hatrick in one game and go drought for the next four games» and so on)... 2.

It was a hard - fought victory against Crystal Palace today, but Olivier Giroud's first goal was a quality moment and may quieten his critics for a couple of weeks at least!

The defence was all over the place at times, against a better team we could have conceded 3 goals with ease, don't confuse their lack of ability for our quality.

The Blues advanced with goals from Diego Costa, Willian, Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and Bertrand Traore as they eventually made their quality count against a much - changed lineup from Manuel Pellegrini that featured several youngsters with the Champions League in mind.

Look at the quality on display against lowly Leicester and we couldn't score more than one goal against them!

It is the quality of his goals as well as the quantity though, and his strike against West Ham that just got the goal of the month award is becoming the norm for Giroud rather than a rarity.

«I felt that the 33 shots on goal against Manchester United and the chances we missed had a little impact there, but we need to continue focusing on the quality of our game and not to focus too much on the fact that we are not ruthless at the moment.

Albeit mostly against inferior opposition, Perez has scored eight goals and provided six goals in 22 appearances in all competitions, as he has shown glimpses of his quality when given a chance.

Not the most important goal of the season, but Jack Wilshere netted this beauty against West Brom last week to show his quality.

Not only defensive lapses arsenal lack the mentality to win match of this nature, we have bad away record against stoke, barca is closing on series and yet some arsenal fans said is not good enough cos they watched him against napoli, we need quality signings, u are one goal down and u expect Walcott to come in and turn the match around is not possible, Ramsey just turning left and right with nothing to show, ozil is not active enough as a play maker, xhaka prone to mistake, Wenger with is old philosophy....

Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.

Last season he scored 25 goals in 43 games in all competitions for Bayern, and demonstrated his qualities with a superb strike in the Champions League second leg tie against Barcelona:

He replaced R.Carvalho after Portugal 3 - 3 draw against Hungary in the last group game and walla, they just let in 1 more goal the rest of the tournament against the likes of Croatia, Poland, Wales and France.So for me if we want a stop gap proven quality defender this season, I would go for him if we can steal him from Southampton.

We don't have quality, we did beat Bayern 2 - 0 but they also thrashed us 5 - 1, against Barcelona the same thing will happen we'll probably beat them at the Emirates by a close score then lose at Nou Camp by 4 goals or more

But as well as ability to pull a stunning solo effort out of the hat, it is also more difficult to score a great goal at an important time; when the pressure is on, that's when the best players do their stuff; playing against better quality of opposition means you have to do something a bit more special, and to have the guts to try it.

While the Gunners have demonstrated some quality in recent weeks — seeing off Everton and Watford — they dropped two points against West Ham United this weekend despite being two goals to the good.

His goal against United wont be forgotten for a while simply because he was dismissed by United for lack of quality and knocked United out of the FA Cup.

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.

People look at his goal stats in Arsenal but don't check the quality of opposition he got those goals against.

«I thought in the second half they always looked dangerous against Bournemouth and capable of scoring — it is true that if you look at the number of goals they scored and the quality of their last two performances, it looks like they are coming back to a much more dangerous team.»

Up next for the Three Lions was a tricky test against a Croatia side packed full of quality but goals from Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling handed England an impressive 2 - 0 victory to set up a quarter - final meeting wth Argentina.

Terry please do nt let our lack of quality goals against shitty and Chelsea make you unhappy.

According to expected goals against, the quality of chances allowed by Liverpool's defense in the second half of the season has dropped down to league average.

Well done Firmino and Salah on scoring 2 quality goals against Sevilla.

Against a side who had set up to try to stifle Liverpool's attacking qualities, the visitors made the most of their few opportunities - something they failed to do earlier in the season - as two of their three shots on goal in the first half resulted in goals.

In terms of xGA (expected goals against), Liverpool are conceding fewer high quality chances.

With the steadying influence of Cech in goal and the quality of our defence, Barcelona will not find it easy to score against us even with their unparalleled front three.

MU showed in their last preseason game that they can defend a one - goal lead against high quality opponents.

Goals do change games and there's no doubt that against a team of Chelsea's quality, our first half profligacy might have come back to haunt us on another day.

«Until City's first goal it had been one of the best 40 minutes we had played on a stage like this against a top quality rival,» Enrique said afterwards.

He did that against Liverpool last season, a vital goal in a big game, and that always shows you that the guy has the mental quality to be there.

There were doubts that he could recreate his quality against England's finest, and that he didn't score enough goals with his head.

In the decisive match of the Champions League against Basel a lack of quality was obvious when the highlight of Rodgers» team was to win a free kick from which the veteran Steven Gerrard scored a goal.

POLAND: One of the most balanced sides so far in France this summer, the team boast top young quality and a star striker in Robert Lewandowski, who is due for a goal and will certainly be looking to hit the mark against Switzerland.

Arsenal's Kim Little is no stranger to scoring goals and her quality shone through in this goal against Doncaster.

Arsenal looked like they had taken out exclusive rights on possession of the ball, whilst Blackburn parked the metaphorical bus in front of the goal, employing a tactic well used against Arsenal by countless other teams of inferior quality.

His first and only goal for the club in the pre-season friendly against Valerenga exemplifies the technique and quality Alberto has when shooting on goal.

The turning point was in his home country, the first leg against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, De Gea pulled of a number of top quality reflex saves and has since taken this form onto the domestic scene with De Gea proving to be a reassuring presence to a United backline that hasn't conceded a goal in their last six Premier League games.