Jansson had
another good header from a corner, but although it appeared to take a deflection off of a Forest defender, it went behind for a goal kick.
Not exact matches
In all his matches he struggle to get his self in any
good position to have shots on goal most of his play have been one touch football which comes to nothing, his
best and only option of scoring looks to be
headers from corners and free kicks deliverd in the box.
And Mertesacker had a free
header from a
corner on the stroke of halftime but was
well off target.
Alexis had a
good chance
from an Ozil
corner but could not keep his
header down.
Liverpool won the game, yes, but the result was a product of a «soft» (at
best) penalty and a late
header from a
corner — neither of these goals were created
from open play.
The Chelsea skipper rose
well at the near post to direct a powerful
header goalwards
from Willian's curling right - wing
corner, only for De Gea to make a sensational fingertip save to keep the scoreline goalless.
Centre - forward Jose Sand broke the deadlock with a typically cute finish, and Nicolas Pasquini added a second with a looping
header from a
well worked
corner routine.
Simon Mignolet — 7.5 Made one excellent save
from a Perez
header, reacting
well when slightly off balance to claw the ball away
from the top
corner.
When Hazard released Cesar Azpilicueta with a clever ball the left - back, who had Oscar waiting in the box, should have done
better, but the pressure was relentless and Terry was next to go close, the skipper testing Heaton with a glancing
header from Willian's
corner.
Even though the home side started
well, they trailed in the 37th minute thanks to a fantastic
corner delivery
from Lee Yeong - Jae to find Richard Windbichler with a spectacular
header.
Steven Caulker had a perfectly
good header ruled out, but the Italians are susceptible to
corners, with Maribor and Panathinaikos also having joy
from here.
After leaping the highest at the far post seconds earlier but failing to make an adequate connection for a downward
header to trouble Adrian between the visitors» sticks, Lolley cut inside and produced a superb curling effort into the far
corner, cueing pandemonium on the terraces; and renewing a fresh belief that Town could
well go on and retrieve maximum points
from this huge encounter.
The Hong Kong team had seen a
header from a
corner cleared off the line and then two
good efforts
from sloppy Tottenham turnovers.
Bettinelli then produced a fine save to turn a flicked
header from Barbet over the crossbar, the resulting
corner again found Brentford's French defender and he really should have done
better than head down and over
from seven yards.
With the Reds down to ten men, Leeds threaten twice in the span of two minutes, first on a free
header on a
corner that goes wide, then on a low, stinging shot
from the top of the box that Mignolet does
well to save.
Willian, allowed a pocket of space just inside the box, chipped over a precise cross and Pedro, completely unmarked after running in
from the left, nodded a
well - directed
header into the bottom
corner.
Peter Crouch (who was a menace all evening) won yet another
header in the penalty area, and as Fabregas scuffed his clearance, Tom Huddlestone showed the Arsenal skipper how to get a
good connection on the ball as his half - volley whizzed through a crowd of players and found the
corner of the net as if fired
from an assassin's rifle.
Made a
good recovering tackle in the second half, and almost scored shortly after with a
header from a
corner which Ryzhikov just managed to collect.