Sentences with phrase «head the ball off»

Not I. Heading the ball off a cross or set piece is a big part of any attack and we have the best there is.

Trying to head the ball off a set piece is considered a sitter and especially when someone is grabbing and pulling on your jersey or have you in a head lock.

Not exact matches

Welbeck headed a great ball just wide in the 16th minute and Lacazette really should have buried the rebound after a mazy run by Ramsey saw his attempt come back off the post minutes before the break.

The defender was stretchered off in the Blues» 1 - 1 draw with the Red Devils on Sunday after appearing to hyperextend his knee after leaping to head the ball away before landing awkwardly.

Tied 1 - 1, Valencia caught the the ball which had deflected off the head of Demichelis to gain a clean path between him and the goalpost — an opportunity he promptly took and to great effect.

Both players went for the same ball, and their clash of heads left a gap in the Gunners» defence which Clint Dempsey exploited — Diomansy Kamara finishing off the American's pass.

With 206 yards to carry to the front, he pulled out a five - wood but didn't like the way the head sat behind the ball off his sidehill lie.

In a six - technique (head up on the tight end), Ford repeatedly got pushed off the ball and reached by the right tackle when facing a combo block or cut off by the tight end when the run was away from him.

OFF the post, enough said, funny how he doesn't have his head in his hands (giroud) and actually tries do win the ball back.

Sure, pi $ $ ed me off when he left Coleman head the ball but he is not a natural defending machine.

This formation had glaring weaknesses, notably an exposed striker left freezing his gonads off at the head of the formation as we endlessly back... side... back... passed the ball and lacked direct attack and a high line when we were counter attacked.

You can talk about Welbecks» football qualities like pace, strength, off the ball movement, or Giroud's qualities — like technique, strength, heading, first touch and movements off the ball.

Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team

«Darren didn't even have the ball and the guy tried to take his head off.»

This guy has superstar potential... been drawing raves off the field for his work this spring, nice to see that translate into a memorable day for the kid before he heads back down to the minors (A + ball, I assume?).

The ball rose off Aaron's bat in the normal trajectory of his long hits — the arc of a four - iron shot in golf — ripping out over the infield, the shortstop instinctively bending his knees as if he could leap for it, and it headed for deep left centerfield...

He had a good Cup Final and showed how good he is in the air anticipating crosses and in doing so took a lot of pressure off our central defenders.I believe that our young keeper had previously tired of Mertesackers frailties i.e. lack of pace, poor defensive heading and constantly ducking away from the ball at last moments.Hence his rather rash and angry attempt to tackle outfield against Southampton to make a pretty futile point Must be a nightmare to play behind that guy.

It was awkwardly cued in a bizarre fashion — you don't usually see foul balls head off in that direction on that kind of swing.

When he burst on the scene in 2013/14 this was an obvious weakness; with Bilbao often stretched on the counter attack as balls bounced off Laporte's head, and the youngster relying on his pace to recover from his mistakes.

Sanogo has all the attributes to make it as a CB at Arsenal, his big, strong, his good at heading the ball away from goal even when the goalie is off the line or not in goal, his good at kicking the ball away from goal even in one on one situations, and his French (that's a big deal here).

The draft's No. 1 pick, defensive end Myles Garrett, strolled into the Cleveland Browns» den and turned heads and raised eyebrows when he said that Hall of Fame defensive end Bruce Smith told Garrett he was slow off the ball.

Just 10 years old then, he walked onto the field and proceeded to juggle his soccer ball for the entire intermission — keeping it in the air by bouncing it off his feet, knees, chest, ankles, head and shoulders as if it were a balloon and his body a spring breeze.

And when Holding headed the ball right into the danger man on the edge of our box, Elneny ran towards him and looked like he could at the very least put him off by lunging in before the shot was connected with, but Elneny does a Walcott, and just stops short..

Payton then dragged the writer off to shop for stereo equipment before heading to a driving range to hit golf balls.

As we expected Newcastle set themselves up to try and frustrate Arsenal and try and hit us on the break and they managed to hold us off until Alexis Sanchez challenged for the ball in the Magpies box and the headed clearance fell sweetly onto Ozil's left boot who sent a perfectly weighted volley into the top of the net.

Not sure which editor dropped the ball this week, but we'd appreciate a little heads up if one of these pops off next week.

Headers unless right in front of goal are based on timing unless it all goes right, pace of the ball, tilt of the head and most cases someone right in your chest to throw off the balance.

Huddersfield Town's Ince gets his head to the ball, but sees his effort come back off the left upright.

Botham treated the physical intimidation with contempt, hitting Lillee for six, three times in 12 balls, hooking twice «off his eyebrows,» as they say in cricket, and once straight back at Lillee's head so hard that the bowler could only dive out of the way.

Attempting to catch a foul ball off the bat of Evan Longoria, Ozuna went head first into the wall after he tripped and fell over the bullpen mound.

A bit of a defensive switch off and a great ball in from Gareth Berry left Coleman the freedom of the penalty area to head past Szczesny.

For a while we looked quite comfortable but as we began to drop off they pressed and got the equaliser thanks to some awful defending from a corner and then Iwobi heading the ball away from Ospina's waiting hands.

Smith didn't, either, except on two occasions when he lost his head, checked off the coach's plays and ran the ball on sneaks.

He keeps his head up when pass blocking and has good acceleration off the ball coupled with a low center of gravity.

The head of the driver was trailing the rest of the his motion and the club, and the ball bombed 20 yards into the middle of a pond that was already some 20 yards off the fairway.

It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood fairytale, the ugly beast who put his head where you wouldn't put your foot (a true legend a warrior with balls of steel — someone you wanted in the trenches) topped off a magnificent season..

The elder Nance took part in an in - game skit, holding the ball over his head as Moondog, the team's furry mascot, dunked off a trampoline.

When you take a penalty you make sure its in sanchez really messed that one up I was screaming to take carzola and sanchez off and luckily carzola didn't get another yellow Iwobi recked my head but eventually he fixed it wollcott and Coquelin and Xhaka did very well but the whole team controlled the ball very well it was a well done job but should have been 3 goals up before half time very glad with the win I wanted a big win I eventually got it

he'd be like OG, minus being able to lay the ball off, head, hassle defenders.

Instead, Marwin Gonzalez had the ball bounce off of the heel of his glove head in the other direction, so two runs have scored, and there are now runners at the corners.

We were totally muddled with Delph, Lallana, Sterling and Townsend all just bumbling about, not holding positions, not making any movement off the ball and not getting their heads up.

A smart shot by Edmilson Fernandes was well stopped by keeper Heaton but his save sent the ball into an unusual orbit where, on re-entry, it bounced off the bar, onto Ayew's head and into the net.

And that pressure paid off when Mesut Ozil whipped in a free kick from the right - wing that Wimmer, in his efforts to beat Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez to the ball, headed into his own goal.

With Borough already two up, Kendall was knocked out when the ball rebounded off the woodwork and struck him in the back of the head.

The new Orlando City SC man cleaned up a corner in the box, finishing off Dax McCarty's header — who let Dax McCarty's head touch a soccer ball?

I wonder what England head coach Eddie Jones would think today if one of his players knocks Johnny Sexton to the ground in a brutal off - the - ball hit like Yoann Maestri did to the Ireland out - half during the France two weeks ago?

Every neat flick and trick did not come off; he dwelled on the ball that micro-second longer than usual which resulted in him getting dispossessed in good positions and his head seemed to drop at the frustration.

Peacock - Farrell did well to come off his line to head the ball into touch, but Villa were able to win a free - kick after Pablo Hernandez «fouled» Snodgrass, but the free kick was shot directly into the wall by Snodgrass, and Leeds were able to clear the ball.

11th — free kick from 35 metres blocked by GK Irwin, cleared momentarily, ball falls to Bradley who shoots high 14th — Takes pass from Findley, eludes a player and runs the length of the field from the midfield stripe, hits right foot shot from top of box, deflects off defender and ball goes through the hands of Irwin and in (18th goal) 18th — Cheyrou plays ball through middle, Osorio backheels to onrushing Giovinco, takes touch then bends right foot shot past Irwin and in (19th) 36th — takes pass from Bradley, floats a cross to back post where Altidore heads just wide 37th — takes long pass from Cheyrou, beats defender, charges in but shot is deflected out for corner 38th — takes corner to near post — Perquis heads in to score (14th assist) 60th — starts run from defensive half, left side of field, cuts into middle, tripped by Pittinari who earns yellow card — resulting free kick from 30 yards is just over bar 76th — takes breakout punch from corner from Konopka, is fouled by Cronin, who earns yellow card 82nd — steals ball from Ramirez, sprints past Burling, attempts cross but hits own foot and rolls behind end line

That puts the ball in Liverpool and Manchester United's courts, and it remains to be seen where Fabregas heads off to in the summer.