Sentences with phrase «importance of a defensive midfielder»

Lucas has played a few games now under a manager who apparently does not believe in the importance of a defensive midfielder.

Coquelin is looking forward to the chance to test himself against Matic and believes the former Benfica man has proven the importance of defensive midfielders.

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By now we sould have known a defensive midfielder is of extreme importance and so are a few other positions.

for me a defensive midfielder is of paramount importance if you think that we have loaned / sold to sporting campbell i guess with a good gesture we can buy w. carvalho rather than lose him like we hav done with similar players and after a couple of years reading that AW was close to sign him as well, but instead he opted for coq

There is no debate as to the importance of the activities measured, to the qualities needed of a defensive midfielder.

In the last week I have been explaining the importance of Arsenal getting a world class striker and a world class Defensive midfielder.

And with Liverpool having the joint second best defensive record in the league, the accusations levied against the defensive work of the side, although some of them are pertinent, seem to have not as much importance in comparison to the issues raised here, although with the slight caveat that there is a noticeable drop off between the two seasons in terms of interceptions from midfield and the forwards, which has lead to Liverpool not being so strong on the counter attack and the fact that the majority of the shots Liverpool have conceded seem to be in the space in front of the defence and behind the midfield.

Despite endless calls from fan over the summer that the signing of a defensive midfielder was of paramount importance, Arsène decided that Flamini and Arteta were of sufficient quality to do the job.