Sentences with phrase «impact from the bench»

Granit Xhaka made his first Gunners start in midfield, while Cazorla and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain - who both made positive impacts from the bench last weekend - started in place of the injured Aaron Ramsey and Alex Iwobi.

Former Manchester United and Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov almost made an immediate impact from the bench with his very first touch, but he glanced his free header wide of the post and that was the closest the visitors came to clinching an away goal.

Every pundit and his family appears to be talking about Wenger's decision to leave Lacazette on the bench, but he may have had less impact when starting the match, although Olivier Giroud being on the bench should have been enough fresh legs up front to make that similar impact from the bench,

Welbeck will be a huge boost to our squad if he does manage to prove his fitness for the big game, and he will cause Tottenham plenty of trouble in attack, and will more than likely make way for Lacazette to make a big impact from the bench as he did versus City.

Thierry Henry hailed Anthony Martial's impact from the bench for Manchester United last month by pointing out that an attacker has to make an impression with the time given.

Niasse forced his way back into the starting XI after making a telling impact from the bench in the match with West Bromwich Albion three weeks ago.

I still don't think Giroud is a striker who is going to lead the line for a title winning team, he has of course showed he is reliable however at making a positive impact from the bench.

However, whether he can do it from the start of the match, rather than impacting from the bench is the question.

However unfortunately for the Frenchman it seems he can make far more of an impact from the bench, rather than being relied upon week in week out from the start.

Crazy idea... If he's in form and scoring he starts... If he's out of form he try and make an impact from the bench?

They always had impact from the bench but whenever they started matches they disappointed.

Herrera was great last season — unfortunately he has been a shadow of himself this season, but his impact from the bench at Wembley on Saturday showed he can still make a difference.

He continued to make an impact from the bench, culminating in him setting up the winner in the semi-final against Schalke.