Sentences with phrase «in back of the net»

For all our «dominance», Spurs actually had the better scoring chances (all of them on the break) and a clinical side would put 3 or 4 in the back of the net.

Alexandre Lacazette could be a slightly risky proposition, but he has shown some serious ability to get the ball in the back of the net over the past two years with Lyon, and Wenger is no stranger to delving into the French Ligue 1 for players.

RvP was only a bit player for us for many years due to injury yet he turned into the player we needed, top quality and knew how to put the ball in the back of the net, a youngster developed at Arsenal after we bought him.

He hasn't been as prolific as he was at Madrid, but we don't have Ronaldo to put the ball in the back of the net for every chance he creates, so of course his assists aren't going to be as good, but here's an interesting stat:

Some teams use zonal and have specific man marker for a dangerous player... shearer, Carroll etc who did or can excel at putting the ball in the back of the net from a corner.

I have always struggled to get the ball in the back of the net so I think it is testament to how hard I have been working and playing for my teammates.

We've had a slow start to the season with a frustrating 3 draws from our first 5 games and our first win only coming in the 6th — many of these draws caused by the difficulty we have in putting the ball in the back of the net.

Would he usually have put the ball in the back of the net?

Arsenal's biggest problem this season is the failure to stop other teams from scoring rather than putting it in the back of the net themselves!

It worked perfectly as a brilliant breakaway pass from Mustafi found PEA on the wing, and his centre was perfect for Lacazette to do what he does best and put it in the back of the net.

Unfortunately, Chris Sutton, Emile Heskey and Mikael Forssell couldn't put any of them in the back of the net and another relegation followed.

I'm asking myself if the referee would've awarded a penalty if the same thing had happened in our area (obviously without going in the back of the net), and I don't think he would of, and indeed it shouldn't be (although they have be awarded), so by the same logic, I think it was a goal.

On another day, 3 of those would have been in the back of the net.

The opener came ten minutes before half - time, as Dame N'Doye saw his long distance strike nestle in the back of the net via a deflection off Scott Dann.

Even if there was one guy on the blue line and Ericsson had all day to aim his shot... it would still go right to the opposition and stay in the zone (and on occasion, right in the back of the net).

Rather than rightfully punish the act and counsel the striker, these entities and a handful of writers supported him on the basis that he's good at putting the ball in the back of the net.

An assist means the ball is in the back of the net.

mind you, if kos is in there, he gets right in front of that lame fk from the toons and clears it before they flick it in the back of the net.

Ronaldo is hitting his form again, give him the chances we've been giving these other teams and he will put them in the back of the net.

Five passes and ten or so seconds later, the ball is in the back of the net, and while there's no such thing as a twenty yard tap - in, there's also no chance the keeper was getting anywhere near this one.

Not every offside, only the ones where a goal is involved and the decision is unclear... The game is already stopped when the ball is in the back of the net!

After that Arsenal still looked lively but they got lucky when Brighton put the ball in the back of the net but the striker was inches offside.

He needs to put the ball in the back of the net more but without compromising his defensive duties.

We're already struggling to put the ball in the back of the net.

But he's capable of putting the ball in the back of the net no doubt.

It is encouraging that the Knights had issues putting the puck in the back of the net.

Off course, the problem will come from strikers to make all those assists in the back of the net.

If Liverpool can continue putting the ball in the back of the net and Virgil Van Dijk can fit in quickly, Liverpool will be serious contenders to end the Premier League season in the top four.

Arsenal are on course to be 2nd in the league I find it hard to suggest only 1 player makes the best team of the year seeing as Monreal has been absolutely dominant at LB, Cazorla has been immense in the heart of it all and Giroud has put everything he touched in the back of the net.

Chances that 9/10 would be in the back of the net.

even my grand ma can put that in the back of the net.....

Jack Wilshere, who just played for an hour when Arsenal faced Man City last weekend, has been giving his verdict on the season on Arsenal.com and he is quite clear that our problem was putting the ball in the back of the net.

Claudio Ranieri's reputation for being a «Tinkerman» continued as he brought on Shinji Okazaki for the second period, and the Japanese international responded within two minutes as he danced his way through the Spurs defence before putting the ball in the back of the net at the second time of asking.

We need a guy that's going to take the ball, beat 2 defender, round the keeper and put the ball in the back of the net.

Maybe if he does show this video to his grandkids they won't think he was better than pele but certainly one of the best in terms of the style with which he played, than most other CF»S as his technique and ability to find the perfect place to put the ball in the back of the net are both worth admiring....

We had three or four excellent opportunities on goal, two of which under any other circumstances (or striker) should have been in the back of the net.

another midfielder??!! we need pure DM and Pure ST who has ability of putting the ball in the back of the net..

Everton get the ball in the back of the net again but the ref had blown his whistle quickly to ascertain another disallowed effort....

and i think we all agree we needed and still need a WC striker that will put some of those crying out chances in the back of the net which we create every game

I put that loss down to our team not being able to put the ball in the back of the net when it's on a plate for them.

neither reus nor sanchez or walcott are pure strikers... but neither is eden hazard, lionel messi, or gareth bale... but they all put the ball in the back of the net on a consistent basis.

The 30 year - old Olivier Giroud has been giving the Arsenal fans nightmares since the New Year, and there are many Gooners that will point to his inability to put the ball in the back of the net as the main reason for us missing out on the title this year.

No matter what you may think of them, and personally I see the modern forward as something close to a ballet dancer with father issues, any team with hopes of trophy success needs at least one star man up front to put the ball in the back of the net.

A better team would have put 3 or 4 goals in the back of the net.

i could they were putting our defense under a lot of pressure and i said that it was only a matter of time before they put the ball in the back of the net.

He lashed the ball through a crowd of bodies, and somehow it evaded them all and ended up in the back of the net.

I'd rather not be so reliant on 1 player and have him go injured to rely on a 5 - 10 goal striker who is not a sure bet of putting it in the back of the net.

Kroos has had a similar string of bad luck at getting ball in the back of the net, scoring just once in 27 competitions for Real Madrid this year.

But ultimately it all depends on who is on the pitch and if luck is on Arsenal's side, we'd have Santi Cazorla ready to put the ball in the back of the net.

You can put the ball in the back of the net 100x in training but when it's in a game situation there's obviously the potential to over-think it.