Sentences with phrase «hold of the ball»

We can't string 2 passes together when pressed, even against low opposition, can't keep hold of the ball and I really can't understand why.

It just felt so comfortable and felt like we only had to get hold of the ball in small spells of the game and we could score.

But his presence and holding of the ball seem to give us a lot.

They lost the energy in their midfield, should've been easy for us to keep hold of the ball, but instead we sat back.

Need to get hold of the ball and get passing going.

«But hopefully we can introduce them to a Goodison atmosphere and a team that is a bit more confident, that will play that extra pass, keep hold of the ball for longer and put them under a bit more pressure.»

United had the chance to create something with Burkart on the ball, he then passed to Puigmal, who could not keep hold of the ball with City regaining possession and pressing United.

Juve simply couldn't keep hold of the ball in any meaningful way.

no, just no; I have seen Sanchez lose the ball countless times because he keeps hold of the ball too long when there are options around him.

MF Aleix Vidal, NR — Replaced Dembele with 12 minutes to go but barely got hold of the ball as Celta dominated the final spell.

Played a good ball through to Suarez for one of Liverpool's early chances, but faded as the game went on and couldn't keep hold of the ball well enough to pose a threat.

Vieira = Tough tackling B2B CM who could keep hold of the ball even if surrounded.

However, against the run of play, All Saints went on a great counter attack and shot at the goal, which the Eton Messi goalkeeper managed to save but failed to keep hold of the ball which All Saints player, Luca Raimo managed to tap into the back of the net.

The uncompromising Stoke centre back completely missed the ball, and as Murray fell he grabbed hold of the ball, convinced he was about to be awarded a penalty.

Immediately realizing that that ceding quite so much possession was a recipe for disaster, Juve kept hold of the ball far better and continued to attack out wide, particularly down the left, where Mandzukic and Sandro were making life difficult for Carvajal.

They were pressing and harrying Chelsea out of their stride, and the home side were struggling to get hold of the ball for any length of time.

The epitome of Blood Bowl: American Football, mixed with the fantasy world of Warhammer, resulting in a very deep and tactical turn based game where crushing your opponent under your boots is just as important as getting hold of the ball to score a touchdown.

He might not have the strength to hold of players like Giroud but he has the ability to go past a player and keep hold of the ball with skill instead which can buy him time to bring others into play.

Keeping hold of the ball in dangerous areas is a precursor to goals, and it explains why Seattle hasn't scored any in 2018.

Besides as much as he is a good player he is prone to sulks, prone to keeping hold of the ball too long when not required and prone to not making the easy pass but instead going on a run into a dead end.

My wingmen Arteta and Flamini will show you the benefits of keeping hold of the ball for 60 - 70 % of the game and have nothing to show for it after 90 mins».??

It's easy to see how the 29 - year - old could do a job for this United side, who looked sorely lacking of creativity in their recent defeat to Manchester City, when they failed to get a hold of the ball and create much to trouble their opponents.

Maybe keep hold of the ball and errrrrr pass it sideways.

If he gets hold of the ball and does what he can with it, then that works well for Arsenal.

The finest with the ability to keep hold of the ball.

Any striker surrounded by 8 defenders will struggle to get hold of the ball.

Man United currently rely a great deal on veteran Paul Scholes and do not really possess much in the way of a goal threat with the likes of Michael Carrick, Anderson and Darren Fletcher not being all that attack minded, whilst also not providing a great deal in the way of a link between midfield and attack, being more concerned with keeping hold of the ball.

Led the midfield well, getting hold of the ball and driving forward, but lacked the support around him.

His finishing a holding of the ball is not as good as Giroud.

He was unable to keep hold of the ball and was subbed off on 73 minutes, meaning he has still never completed a full game for the Reds.

Cazorla who could keep hold of the ball and take it out of our own half to start an attack.

Passing accuracy is now seen as one of the most important skills that a team can have in the modern game, particularly since the measurability of such statistics entered into football, with the general wisdom being that the most effective teams are those who are capable of keeping hold of the ball the best.

With Arsenal having only managed to keep hold of the ball for less than 25 percent of the game against Bayern Munich in the home tie, not many people are expecting the Gunners to go and dominate the game in Germany.

Arsenal claim they are a possession team yet, we cant keep hold of the ball «maturely»..

A fairly similar player — very good at dribbling and keeping hold of the ball, a good short and long range passer also and can set attacks going.

Ostersund - under Englishman Graham Potter - had not been able to get hold of the ball and when they did, they gifted Arsenal the best chance of the opening exchanges as goalkeeper Aly Keita passed out of his box to Papagiannopoulos.

These were moments in the match when I thought we had to keep hold of the ball.»

«I expect a tricky tie, Newport will be champing at the bit to get hold of the ball and send some long balls in to their big guys up front, and I fully expect the first 20 minutes to be very difficult indeed.

«The way Manchester City defend is by keeping hold of the ball.

@Gruggy while watching Shitty, as you put it, do nt you think they ave the opposite problem to Arsene's boys, that is too much muscle, not enough creative technique and ability to keep hold of the ball for long periods.

Abou Diaby failed to clear his lines, and Ramires darted and slipped with Szczesny sliding to get hold of the ball.

His hold up play was decent and he often managed to keep hold of the ball and lay it back to his onrushing supporters.

The opening stages of the game saw neither side get a hold of the ball, but after the ten - minute mark Forest settled and began to press high on Town.

Keeping hold of the ball is always the best defensive tactic in my opinion and our ball retention dropped alarmingly after Carroll's withdrawal.

With Borussia keeping hold of the ball, Town was looking to play on the break and Olly Dyson was particularly involved.

When Real Madrid started to press / counter-press in the second half, Allegri's men were not able to keep a hold of the ball.