Sentences with phrase «high defensive line»

He provides the defence with the assurance that he'll come out of his area to clear things up, regardless of how high their defensive line is.

If Arsenal players can keep their distances short to play short passes, confident to play with high defensive line and work as a team, I think we will see a good football from them.

I'll be the first to admit counter attacking football and Arsenal should go together like cookies and cream but ever since the invicibles teams have refused adamantly to play high defensive lines against us and counters do not work if the opposition has a defensive 5 or 6 set up near the edge of their box when you finally get the ball up there.

They were able to exploit the space behind high defensive lines and advanced wingbacks by creating three (attackers) versus three (central defenders).

Playing with such high defensive line requires guts and high confidence, the things that Arsenal does not have currently.

The new formation is a big improvement, and suits Arsenal's high defensive line much better than the old one.

Operating a 4 -4-2 system, Hull play with a particularly high defensive line.

Japan's high defensive line got them into trouble on occasion — most notably when Sebastián Soria broke the offside trap to put Qatar 1 - 0 up in their quarter - final — but their football was very pleasing on the eye.

But he is one of the best off the ball runner that we have — opponents does not want to play high defensive line or press our midfielder higher on the pitch due to the threat he pose — you may argue that the long distance scorcher by Sanchez in the FA final is due to their CBs slow in closing him down, wearying of the Walcott threat.

We play with a very high defensive line and usually without a DM (until Coq arrived) so Per has had to face a lot of marauding young fast wingers and strikers who basically just ran by him time after time.

Depending on how high a defensive line they play in the second half... Theo and / or Welbz on in the 2nd half when the FB's are tired and burn them with pace.

He is playing in a high defensive line team but still manage to be rarely caught off guard considering his super lack of pace and acceleration.

Mertesacker never worked in our system because of his pace, and our high defensive line.

We added new skill set to our weaponry with Xhaka long pass and Perez pace and trickery upfront, also we now have two strong pacy defenders so can affort to play a higher defensive line when need be.

He is extremely mobile across the ground, with the speed to play in a high defensive line and to keep track of quick opponents - and he's rarely beaten for strength by the more physical opponents either.

Playing a CB that can not actually run, in a system that uses a high defensive line is suicide!

When the game plan involves counterattacking a high defensive line Walcott will normally be the best choice.

With Mertesacker in the side, the team will have to be very cautious to play a high defensive line because as we saw against Chelsea, one precise through ball can take the big German out of the game.

We almost always play with a high defensive line with the full - backs pushed right up with the central defenders split, and for years Wenger hasn't even bothered with a DM.

Playing the new formation with three at the back really suits Arsenal's high defensive line.

That's true, but then again, that was because we were playing such a high defensive line with a defender that couldn't run.

He didn't suit the high defensive line that Wenger's system requires.

He has a huge weakness which is his pace hence can be easily exposed every time we play with a high defensive line.

Well one things for sure, if we play a paceless front line of cazorla and giroud we'll have to play a highline to get out of our half and if we play mertasacker in that high defensive line i fully expect us to get murdered by 3 + goals.

I want Chelsea to win big matches playing attacking football with a high defensive line, and I want it to happen so lazy fans, bloggers and journalists alike can put on their thinking caps and figure out something else to talk about.

Do you want to play a high defensive line?

Klopp's decision to play a high defensive line was punished as Vardy used his pace to run in behind Lucas Leiva and Joel Matip all game.

When was the last time a team playing arsenal didn't sit deep and held a high defensive line?

Players leaving and lack of quality, belief, injuries and some tactical mistakes mostly against big teams (example no real DM and playing high defensive line) have been the big issues if we are to be honest.

This team sets a high defensive line and presses hard - and seems to have the intelligence and quality to pull it off.

Noticeably they looked to get players behind the ball when Leicester were in possession, condensing the space and refusing to offer the Foxes a high defensive line to exploit.

As a leader, Michael Dawson is spectacular, but playing in a high defensive line is still not comfortable for the former Forest man, while he may not be the ball playing defender that Vertonghen is, he does the jobs that Vertonghen isn't capable of.

Thereby allowing Radja Nainggolan to man - mark Sosa as well as ensuring Leandro Paredes and Daniele De Rossi were able to protect the high defensive line.

Using a high defensive line against Newcastle United last weekend was borderline idiotic with both Michael Dawson and Brad Friedel, one player who seldom leaves his line, and one player that needs to drop back due to his lack of pace.

What didn't change was Leicester looking to run Jamie Vardy in to the space beyond our high defensive line.

The pair can also be consider quicker across the ground and therefore also served to cover Jamie Vardy's runs in - behind our high defensive line.

3) His tendency to stay back, also creates problems because we play a high defensive line and this creates a large gap between GK and defense, which has been exploited by the opposition.

Whether Hull continues with a high defensive line given our pressing game will be one of the factors to look out for in the match.

Steal possession and attack at speed into the spaces behind City's high defensive line and success is there to be had, as they have proved.

Pickford frequently sent the ball in - behind our high defensive line with one booming swing of his left foot.

After the interval, the Cypriot team would be back in search of an equaliser as they looked to hit the space beyond our high defensive line.

The Argentine has a little bundle of tricks (and was even called «tricky Ricky» at one point) and he will look to exploit any gaps between Juventus midfield and their high defensive line.

His tactics call for the players to always be on the front foot and to keep a very high defensive line, and this can cause them to be a little exposed at the back, particularly against teams that sit deep and look to hit on the counter.

Three chances ensued as the ball was sent in to the space behind our high defensive line without hesitation whenever APOEL had the opportunity.

In order to make the offense tick, Dempsey, V8R, Wolff, and Lodeiro need space to operate and with no threat of speed that space is condensed by a high defensive line.

Recognizing this, Spalletti setup his men in 4 -1-4-1 with a high defensive line transforming into a 4 -2-3-1 mid-block, then a 4 -4-2 mid / low - block as the away - side got deeper into Roma's half.

First, Bosz deploys a high defensive line.