Sentences with phrase «goals by midfielders»

He was third in the AFL for goals by midfielders with 27 and second for score assists.

Not exact matches

We have the best midfielders EPL and I would go and say outfield players too but we are not using them properly MR Wenger do sent change tactics to suit opponents and never seems to want to change tactics during a match he likes to play safe and sates comfortably converting with his assistance with nothing much than calm sometimes it back fires with losing by 8 goals and that is what drives me crazy with MR Wenger

We usually start slow in games but we should avoid this by all means tonight, an early away goal from our opponents tonight can really destabilize our team and change the whole complexion of the game, besides will be missing our battler in midfield who runs at the same pace the whole game to dig us out the hole in the dying minutes of the game.

as for the league, giroud is a 13 goal per season scorer, that is one goal every 3 matches, he is a feature striker, and this wont win anything unless you generate huge output from your midfield... by comparison, henry scored 27 goals in the epl when we won the league...

Chambers would have been playing the holding midfield / 3rd Central Defender Role (Its still beats me how and why wenger didn't even try Vermaleen in that role — his cautious attitude is one of Arsenals biggest albatros) If Arsenal had started playing Joel Campbell on the flanks since the beginning of the season, when it was obvious Carzola was misfiring, Campbell will be getting used to the league by now and will have been chipping in with the odd goals time and again - but NO Arsene will stick with Carzola and even play him in the wings thereby putting pressure on gibbs because he lack the discipline to stay there and will rather keep roaming to the certain.

For the second goal, he was drifting in the space provided by the Spurs midfield.

#kev Spot on keg the more goal creators in the midfield like Ozil, Mharez, Ramsey, and even Sanchez more chances is missed by useless Giroud.

It's difficult to blame Ozil for the difficulties he's faced at Arsenal without looking at the big picture... like the fans, he too was lied to by Wenger... there is no doubt in my mind that he was told by Wenger that he was trying desperately to recreate our earlier success by acquiring players that fit the system he ran when Henry was in his prime... as we know this hasn't happened... in order for Ozl to flourish he needs some speed up front, forwards that can make intelligent runs, a boss in the midfield to compensate for his obvious defensive liabilities and defenders who can transition from defence to offence quickly and efficiently... much like he had in Real and with the German National squad... unfortunately he ended up on a squad that has a striker who plays with his back to goal, very few intelligent runs into the box, minus Sanchez, no one to take pressure off him in the midfield, once Cazorla was injured, average defensive midfielders around him, which simply highlighted his lacking defensive qualities and defenders who lack the necessary cutting edge when it comes to transitional passing... instead of blaming Ozil, which is simply too easy, especially considering his mopey disposition, we should be asking ownership and / or Wenger why they brought him in if they didn't intend on doing what was necessary to get the best from him... can you imagine Ozil playing with the likes of Henry, Viera, Petit and Pires, it would be incredibly to watch and even more difficult to stop... so the only thing different between his experiences in Real and with the German team versus his time at Arsenal are the players around him and we all know who is in charge of making those decisions, the Grinch who stole soccer

Both Goals scored by defender and midfielder.

He was probably better than average, but yes their goal was started by him losing it in midfield, which he did a lot, but that was in a dangerous position, and finished by the awful defending.

Coutinho scored 14 goals and provided nine assists in 36 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool this past season, but if he were to move to Barcelona, then as detailed by Tite, he would have to move back into a midfield role given the current attacking trident at the Nou Camp with Neymar, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.

Also, simply comparing the 2 last year by spewing goal / assist numbers doesn't exactly provide the context that one (Ozil) was our primary attacking midfielder playing behind the ST, whilst the other (cazorla) was playing deep alongside our defensive midfielder.

To make the goal even sweeter for Southampton fans, the free kick was conceded by former Saints midfielder Victor Wanyama.

Everton attacking midfielder Ross Barkley has been given an ultimatum by manager Ronald Koeman, report Goal.

NO Arsen paid 35 million quid for a defensive midfielder who cant run or tackle but can make the occasional long pass so he has to be backed up by a player who can tackle but who is unable to pass the ball forward (only sideways or back) or take a shot at goal, that is a serious issue.

Whilst van Gaal admitted that his side created more when playing four in midfield, as shown by their two second half goals in West London, he also suggested that it allows them less «control» of the game — using the chances that QPR created themselves in the second half as evidence:

Messi's top ten goals are also sublime but the majority are well - finished team moves, orchestrated by the midfield pass - masters Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets.

Highly touted by MLS, Vega, a Chilean midfielder, displayed more paunch than punch (one goal, six assists in 17 games) for the MetroStars.

His creative ability from a variety of attacking midfield positions made him a highly influential player almost straight away, and with a highly impressive haul of 22 goals and 12 assists in his final season with the club in 2006/07, he was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid for # 23million.

Mkhitaryan had an outstanding season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals in 28 domestic league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.

Don't let the goal cloud his performance, tonight was probably one of the worst midfield displays by Arsenal.

It could also be viewed as a superb piece of business by Bayern boss Pep Guardiola, as Vidal is regarded as one of the best central midfielders in Europe at the moment and proved his quality last season as he scored seven goals and registered four assists en route to Juve being crowned champions of Italy once again.

The attackers and midfielders did their jobs by creating, assisting and scoring 3 goals.

But we forgot that our midfielders are poor goal scorers going by their records.

The rumour mill will undoubtedly throw out a whole host of names that Arsenal could sign during the summer (Zlatan Ibrahimovic being one that stands out), but while Wenger's eye for a bargain may have deserted him, most people would agree that our chances of success next season would be significant improved by the arrival of a top quality centre - back, holding midfielder and proven goal - scoring striker.

We need to change this little by little by buying a world - class player every Summer, Overhaul the defense, midfield of mediocre (all short players) and So called Strikers (Giroud, & Sir no goal)

Therefore, I would slowly but steadily incorporate Mina in Piques spot like how Umtiti was incorporated last season in Mascherano) CB: Umtitti LB: Alba (this posisiton would be up for grabs, explain later) LM: Roberto (once iniesta gone, this position will be up for grabs as well) DM: Busquets RM: Rakitic LF: Araniaz (time to promote, we need a good winger, and who better that him, having been brought up by the Masia) CF: Messi (Messi as False 9 and with two good wingers, along with midfielders around him, he'll thrive with plenty of options to assist, or go at goal for himself, with the fullbacks stretched, and him dealing with only two centerbacks, which we all know he is more than capable) RF: Coutinho (future at Barca, mark my words!)

The 24 year old had an outstanding season in 2012/13, scoring 25 goals in 28 domestic league fixtures, finishing as the Ukrainian Premier League's top scorer and the attacking midfielder is seemingly seen by Liverpool as their top summer target.

But QPR's dominance in midfield eventually led to a goal, thanks to a mistake by Gary Caldwell.

The 20 - year - old midfielder is considered a top prospect by the Catalan giants, and he's bagged nine goals and four assists in 28 La Liga 2 appearances this season, while featuring three times for the senior side in the Copa Del Rey.

Hamann thinks that their playing style is not suited to Lewandowski and that is backed up by the fact that all three of the attacking midfielders, Robben, Gotze and Muller, have scored more goals than the Pole.

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With nine goals and six assists on all competitions, Insigne might not be a prolific scorer like Sanchez but he's just 25 years old and there's room for improvement under Wenger and surrounded by a decent midfield.

If you contrast his performance in the games where Arsenal had less possession, where he had to do the job of a true defensive midfielder, that is, chase the ball, close down the opposition, help his team play confidently from the back by coming out with the ball and taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal.

The Midshipmen (one of whose midfielders, Nick Lockwood, is shown above) «play tough teams, but are always losing by a goal.»

Undaunted, Leicester are attempting to reinforce for Europe by picking up Sporting's captain Adrien Silva, a midfielder, and his clubmate Islam Slimani, who scored over 30 goals last season.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

The Arsenal midfielder was used in an unusual role by the England manager Roy Hodgson this week, as the new Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck grabbed the headlines by scoring both goals against Switzerland to give the three lions an excellent away victory in their first Euro 2016 qualifying game.

our problem is not the defense we cant just score goals with so many attempts we shoudl have scored 4 - 5 goals and win it by 5 - 2 without a creative midfielder like Cazorla or Ramsey (when he plays well) our attacking play is very predictable maybe playing Iwobi instead of Elneny or Coq is at least better But Wenger's biggest mistake was to play Chambers instead of Bellerin Bellerin with his pace opens up the opponents.

The attack minded midfielder has netted six goals already this season and may well be tempted by a move to the Premier League and one would imagine a move to Fulham would trump a switch to struggling Southampton.

We won the EPL and went to the CL finale by having a 25 - 30 goals «machine», a destructive midfield (not the «ladies» we have right now) and a powerful defensive structure (apart from Koscielny, no one is world class at the back).

As for Gab, look at his energy and his covering, him on the field allows the defenders to play high BUT sadly let down by a poor midfield» the goals due to Kos rather than Gab.

Goal scoring isn't a burden to be shouldered by a midfielder.

The teams poor performances have been going on all season, our midfield can't maintain possession or create chances for the offense and we often got by on lucky calls, Messi or own goals.

At Arsenal Mesut Ozil plays deep and tries to find the super pass that will result in a goal, but otherwise Giroud had to rely on our wingbacks or midfielders to find him with a cross or a lob while he is surrounded by defenders.

In midfield, Heung - Min Son deservedly gets the nod after his brace against Huddersfield at Wembley, and he continues to prove his class and importance to Tottenham by taking his tally to 15 goals in 41 appearances this season.

Berardi has the ability to play literally anywhere in attack, boasting attributes of a winger in terms of crossing and set piece taking ability, coupled with attacking midfielder attributes in killer through balls and topped off by a striker's intuitive nature, eye for goal and ariel presence; this hybrid footballer is exactly what Arsenal need.

Last two seasons Giroud allowed midfielders to chip in with goals, but they were still few and far in between, mostly because Giroud is inherently incapable of occupying too many defenders by his lonesome.

we faced them twice without loosing against them beating them in d process, world class matic was in chelsea team we dominated and annihilated @ fa cup finals, with matic making zero successful tackles and was a liability all tru d duration of d match, was ran over by our midfielders like ever, lukaku was in Everton team we beat 3; 0 even with 10 men, even with Mert @ our back he couldn't even smell a goal, the way we ridicule our players is terrible, to some dudes here all we have is bunch of idiots, parading as players, what a pathetic bunch of ingrates, between Sanchez and walcot last season we have 49 goals and numerous assists, how many goals has Rashford and Martial scored since last season that makes they super stars?

Our best game I though last season at home against Utd the goals were scored by a midfielder and a winger.