They may a net
a goal against our defence but the question is whether we can get at least two without Ozil and Mkhitaryan playing.
Not exact matches
Tight interplay, great movement, four
goals against one of the best organised
defences in the country and the Ox seems to have found his position.
A fair minded manager would admit that our so called
defence with the ruinous and way out of his depth Chambers was dead lucky we did not get hammered by 3 clear
goals against Chelsea (mainly thanks to Moratas rubbish finishing) even though, overall we did deserve a draw, since Chelsea were also rubbish at the back.
OG may well have scored 20
goals had he played 35 matches last season, but he has fluffed a lot of chances
against tight
defences.
I agree with you that our
defence is porous,
against CSKA Moscow yesterday, cech try to save the first
goal by parried the ball away, but mustafi was slow, nonchalant, looking for offside before CSKA player tap the rebound inside the net.we need to work on our
defence if we are to go past athletico in semi's.
Personally I've never felt Barcelona have a fantastic
defence, and if you asked me to compare it to Bayern Munich's
defence for example, I'd say Bayern's was stronger, and in two games we managed to score 3
goals against Bayern, so I feel we can score
against Barcelona, though that's just opinion.
Hummels and the Germany
defence were absolutely obliterated during their first warmup friendly, shipping five
goals against a team they should have beaten with their eyes closed in a 5 - 3 defeat to Switzerland.
Giroud — 7 Great
goal but his strength didn't seem to have so much effect
against an organized Palace
defence.
Arsenal are now tied with Man City, Spurs, Crystal Palace and Watford for least
goals conceded and when you consider how we started and also had two players sent off
against Chelsea, that suggests to me that as well as being a great keeper, Cech's influence is starting to spread through the team, especially the
defence.
Vossen ended a six - match
goal drought on Saturday and will fancy his chances
against a
defence that shipped five
goals against Arsenal on the same afternoon.
What a nail - biting afternoon for Arsenal fans as we watched Newcastle defend admirably for over an hour with ten men
against the might of the Gunners attack force, and the only way that we penetrated their
defence was when we got a lucky own
goal from Oxlade - Chamberlain's wayward strike.
The lack of power in our
defence compared to top teams will cost us dearly even burnley were willing to have a hotmail on Saturday bcse all teams coming to emirates know that there is a
goal to be had
against the likes of mert arteta flamini and Monreal
I think this is what the Arsenal
defence need because we often get concentration lapse which lead to cheap
goals scored
against us.
What they can possibly do, is to practice more on
defence, taking care of the fact that we don't concede those type of
goals again, specifically
against Manchester United in the coming game, which will be the most crucial part.
Kane will be looking to continue his
goal scoring form for the year
against 2015's best
defence, Arsenal.
Look gentlemen this WAS an extremely well written and well researched article and has to rank as one of the best Ive read in many a long year, Howvever when all of the «in depth analysis» has been done it really boils down to two points and two points only, 1) Our strikers (namely Walcott, Giroud, Welbeck and Cambel) just did nt score enough
goals when it really mattered, 2) our
defence made too many mistakes that allowed too many
goals to be scored
against us when it mattered.
Would like to see coq and elneny in middle and welbeck and iwobi starting more hunger and movement
against a ropey
defence... More open more
goals but could come out as winners which is a must here..
Sanchez himself has appeared to have a
defence againt it as he scored 2
goals against Peru to silence the Peruvian fans.
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.
If you have 20m to spend add another 12 and get Mustafi that should be your only concern... Also Lacazette just scored a hat trick today albeit
against Nancy not really the best
defence out there but worth mentioning that the movements were really those of a poacher, a striker always looking to go forward with an eye towards the
goal at all time!!
Would Lacazette provide an upgrade on Giroud's ability to shield the ball from opposition
defences, to come off the bench & have an immediate feel for the game to provide assists &
goals, win headers
against the far more physical Premier League defenders?
They say
goals will be distributed from midfielders to strikers, lets say: Alexis scores 20, Walcott 20, OG 20, mid scores around 20, thats 80
goals, and we all know OG wont score 20 plus, Chelsea won with 74
goals, but their
defence was so solid that they did nt need more
goals, while our style demands
goals, if we do nt score in first half, our players are starting to panic, something like
against Swansea last year, we were better but they won, to win those type games you need someone to produce something special, OG simply cant do it
Our
defence cost us because the big teams sent out the calvary
against us, with Giroud alone upfront, there were no consequences for going gung ho on us, u wouldn't go gung ho on Barcelona with Messi and Suarez, U wouldn't do that
against Madrid either even if they sat back because it only takes one break away attack and ur one
goal down already
Why this article doesn't talk about our
defence which has leaked 4
goals in 2 games
against mid table teams.
Arsenal's error - ridden
defence have already conceded 20
goals in just 18 Premier League games, but surprisingly the Liverpool defenders have also let in the same amount, and their coach Jurgen Klopp has warned them that they need to be on their best behaviour
against the Gunners tonight as we have created even more chances than even Man City this season.
Firstly, barring the game
against Southampton, our
defence has been outstanding this season, having conceded just 18
goals so far.
If southhampton were more clinical, it could have been 4
goals against us cos that
defence was wide open.
Ivanovic has not only been part of one of the league's strongest
defences, he has also contributed at the other end of the pitch, scoring three in his last five Premier League appearances, as well as Chelsea's vital away
goal against PSG in the Champions League
Chelsea's
defence would have learnt from conceding two
goals against Arsenal, but wouldArsenal haven learnt in return?
A
goal every other game
against some pretty shoddy
defences for 35m....
On Morata, I have never really seen him play but I saw him the run he made
against Bayern which led to their second
goal and for most parts in the game, he threatened Bayern's
defence..
Its not the
defence that killed us
against Stoke, the defense did well to let in a single
goal, where was our attack?
Would have been sensing
goals having been included
against the country's worst
defence.
Into the final quarter and we set our shooters the task of getting to 60
goals and the
defence keeping Edge Hill to under 25
goals, turning over Edge Hills centre and the
defence of Nancy and Bekah yet again getting ball after ball
against a frustrated Edge Hill attack we went on to dominate the remainder of the game running out comfortable 61 - 23 winners so both «
goals» attained.
Against tired
defences i think a striker with his pace and movement will score a heap off
goals in the last 10 - 15 minutes off the game.
Whilst the Frenchman has struggled with injury this season he's looked typically composed whenever in the side but he will be up
against the 20
goal forward who has already decimated the previously robust
defence of Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.
There was no doubt we would score
against this make - shift
defence and we did — we scored 2
goals and really should have scored 4.
Sanchez has scored several vital
goals for Arsenal already, and his
goal against Swansea looked set to be the winner — until his
defence let him down.
Remember the
goal that Walcott scored
against city from the left... I think it should be Sanchez on the right and Walcott on the left, but I would hope that the front 3 will roam and interchange positions to confuse the hell out of
defences!
I feel walcot can triv as our cf. I love his off ball movement e.g
against man u; 1st
goal - i was jst rewatching his movement and how it caused problem for man u's
defence without touching d ball - manu were rearrenging to cope wid his movement dat let sanchez off d mark.
The first
goal has to come early to open the game up
against what will be an 8 - man
defence lobbing the ball to Deeney.
Giroud's value is not only in scoring
goals but also in holding the ball, keeping opponent's
defence under pressure, winning aerial battles and defending
against set pieces.
Cech should play the big matches (PL and Europa) Ospian can play the Carabao... Also get Lacazette playing sub for Carabao or Europa for last 10 -15 minutes to get some
goals and confidence for PL — his speed at end of games plus finishing ability will be better than Walcott or Giroud
against a tired
defence...
Defence Wojciech Szczesny should return to
goal, after serving his one - match Champions League suspension
against Anderlecht.
By most accounts, Dzeko was the man of the match
against Shakhtar, finding the winning
goal in the tie with the outside of his right boot, forcing Shakhtar's
defence into taking a red card to keep his sprints past their defensive line at bay and very nearly finding yet another curling finish to ice the cake that night.
Trialist Ed Cook, playing in the centre of
defence alongside latest professional recruit Oliver Younger, scored the only
goal of the game this afternoon
against Crewe Alexandra in the...
Also rested in the dramatic cup win
against Wycombe, and will cause constant problems down that right - hand side for the Sunderland
defence, looking to replicate his part in the first
goal at Manchester City.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan's
goal against Tottenham was a great example of how a quick transition of
defence into attack can create an opportunity for one of their star players to drive towards
goal with relative ease.
Two quick - fire first - half
goals from Danny Welbeck had given last year's finalists a healthy cushion at the interval, but the Swiss outfit had missed several opportunities to close the gap
against a poor United
defence.
When the Central Defender is dispossessed, it exposes the Liverpool
defence with the attacker 1 vs. 1
against the
Goal Keeper.