How many
goals have we conceded through our central defence this season.
Not exact matches
referring decisions also go in our favour, for instance that dortmund
goal sanogo scored was clearly offside, these things are apart of football, GREAT teams overcome these obstacles, GREAT teams do not crumble with 3 or 4
goal leads, GREAT teams do not
concede 3 +
goals in 40 mins REGULARLY, GREAT teams average more than one tackle every 90 mins, GREAT teams don't need more 7 clear cut chances to score, united
have academy players in defence, in fact our defensive players are 15x better but VAN GAAL will get a result, united
have had an injury list just as long if not longer than ours but VAN GAAL will get a result, united
have just gone
through a managerial shift but VAN GAAL will get a result, so why on earth are united in the title race and not arsenal?
We'll find a way
through their defence, but we
have to make sure we don't
concede any «away»
goals.
This game contained, in brute list form: a remarkable opening
goal from David Beckham (that
has been almost completely forgotten by history, which says a lot about what was to follow); a spawny equaliser; Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira; a (correctly) disallowed Nicolas Anelka
goal that was (wonderfully) celebrated for fully a minute and a half; Jaap Stam and Tony Adams; a (deserved) red card that involved the referee actively pursuing Keane, the better to take (onanistic) pleasure in the act of dismissal; extra-time; Arsenal pressure; a (hopelessly abject) foul from Phil Neville to
concede a penalty; a surprisingly tepid missed penalty from Dennis Bergkamp; Peter Schmeichel saving; Peter Schmeichel barking; an unusually sleepy pass from Vieira; and then, that run, that finish, that
goal, that winner, that completely stupid slalom
through a stupified 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.
Great performance from Sanchez and Chambers, Walcott looked strong (fitness coach I presume) but if that
had been any other team we
would have conceded goals, make no mistake, they were getting
through our defense and
had 3 tremendous chances.
I said we
'd concede within 5 minutes of Wilshere's
goal, which we did, and then I joked there was still 2 minutes left to get the winner after Bellerin's wonder strike, and they were somehow clean
through straight from kickoff!!
Early impressions of Gabriel are far more positive from a defensive standpoint and the fact he's come from Villarreal
having helped them go
through a long period of defensive stability (forget the stat, but something like a few
goals conceded over a period of months) and that he's won awards as a young player in Brazil bodes well imo.
After we gave Chelski a good spanking last season in probably Conte's fifth or sixth game in charge he immediately re organised them and went
through till the new year unbeaten.He
had them very solid at the back and scoring
goals for fun.And all this with a squad of players he inherited and their top striker Costa wanting Away.They ended up romping to the Premiere League Title scoring loads more
goals and
conceding far less than Wengers Arsenal.We by the way are treading water at best this season and
would not bet on us finishing above Chelski even allowing for the season they are
having.
We
've been
conceding shock / early
goals through shambolic defending regularly for a decade, and every decent manager knows exactly how to play against Arsenal to get a result.
I like how we grew in confidence as the game went on, it just shows how much damage
conceding the early
goals used to cause... even in the beginning of second half City
through their kitchen sink at us but we could handle it and could
have embarrassed them with 3 more
goals on da break....
Palace
have no points and no
goals through three games and
have conceded six times during that span, but the Londoners saw an offer of $ 3 million plus a further $ 5 million in add - ons turned down.
If you guys could go back and re-watch all our matches, most of the
goals we
conceded was
through free kicked and corner kicked, so we don't
have outstanding defenders who can compete with a ball on the air, and this is not a new problem, it
has been there since TONY ADAMS, DIXIONS AND CO, left the club nothing
has been done on the probs.
Sebastian Giovinco now
has more
goals than Toronto FC
has conceded through seven games this season.
«When you
concede a
goal in that way it is normal you go
through a bad period after that and in the second half we hoped to continue to dominate but because of errors we made and pressure from the opponents, we didn't
have as much possession.
Through 19 matches, they
've conceded 14
goals, 10 of which
have come in the first half.
Their defence was what got them
through the group,
having only
conceded one
goal in all six group games.
United could and perhaps should
have notched double figures such was the dominance they enjoyed and the ease at which they tore
through a bewildered Bolton defence that
has now
conceded eleven
goals in its last three Premier League matches.
The Reds battered City on Merseyside, despite
conceding the opening
goal midway
through the second half, and
had it not been for some goalkeeping heroics from Joe Hart late on, City's sixteen - game unbeaten Premier League run (W14 D2)
would have come to an abrupt end.
In the Tottenham tactics we looked at how Everton
had conceded goals recently from losing the ball and being hit quickly by a runner
through the centre after the turnover.
Playing at Ewood Park was a good memory for United as they
had some excellent away days there before the side were relegated from the Premier League, this one was not all that different, but the home side took the lead in the 17th minute
through a Danny Graham strike, which silenced the United supporters as it was the first
goal United
had conceded in over 450 minutes of football.
Almeida
had enjoyed a great last season with Besiktas and he needs to come up with a clever display to go
through the spaces of spain's tight defense that
has conceded single
goal all tournament.
The Spaniard will
have a very clear motivation for not
conceding a
goal on Wednesday night because if he succeeds, Arsenal will progress
through to the next round.
Real looked on course to surpass their record home result in Europe when Callejon and Benzema bagged braces in the second half to make it six, but a late flurry from Dinamo
through Fatos Beciraj and substitute Ivan Tomecak were the first
goals the Spaniards
had conceded in the tournament this season.
From United's corner: A win without
conceding or a win with a clear two
goal margin
would see United
through.